The Modern Home School
Shannon Hood Hayes, founder of the Upper Cumberland Inclusive Home School Cooperative, uses her 6 years of experience to educate parents who are curious about whether homeschooling is right for their children.
12 Episodes
Meet World Champion Athlete Dani Auberger
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes is joined by local home schooler, and world champion athlete, Dani Auberger. Having been home schooled her entire school career, they discuss her home school journey, and how she juggled teaching classes, training for karate and kickboxing…
Unschooling
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes is joined by local mother of 4 Amber Jones. They discuss one of the many options parents have when homeschooling their children - unschooling, which is allowing the children to choose what they want to learn, and…
Working & Homeschooling
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes is joined by local working mom and entrepreneur Jerri Tuttle. They discuss how it is possible to home school your children while also maintaining a full time 40 hours a week job, how homeschooling is different from…
Homeschooling & The Military
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes is joined by Brianna Lemanski, a local home school mother who's son is participating in a military training program.They discuss homescshoolers entering the military upon graduating, homeschoolers participating in military training programs while still in high school,…
Homeschooling & Warren County
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes is joined by Jenny Farr, a local homeschooling mother of two. They discuss the offerings for homeschoolers available in the McMinnville and Warren County area, as well as her homeschooling experiences to highlight how everyone home schools…
The Putnam County Library
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes is joined by Sarah Crawford, Children's Library Assistant at the Putnam County Library in Cookeville. They discuss how your local library can help you home school your children, as well as the various types of classes and…
Meet Brianne Pryor
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes is joined by local home school graduate, and local author, Brianne Pryor. They discuss everything that she has achieved since graduating from being home schooled including writing her first book - "The Unforgotten Past," how she and…
Meet Angie Smuin
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes speaks with local author and mother of five, Angie Smuin. They discuss how homeschooling plays into her life as a mother, and how she helps women lead healthy lives and raise families with purpose and intention.
Homeschooling & Special Needs
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes speaks with Heather Dahl, a leader at the Upper Cumberland Inclusive Homeschoolers Co-Op, to discuss how to support and educate children with individual and special needs, why this is a top reason for families to choose to…
Homeschoolers & Sports
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes speaks with Leah Duquette and her twins Billy and Cassidy Gilroy to learn about their home school journey, their experience playing sports in the public school system where they live, and how you can look into registering…
Roadschooling
In this week's episode of The Modern Home School, host Shannon Hood Hayes speaks with Marissa Moss of Less Junk, More Journey on YouTube. They discuss the process of taking homeschooling on the road, and what it's like raising children on the road in an RV.
Homeschooling 101
In the debut episode of The Modern Home School, Shannon will discuss the history of homeschooling, the legal aspects of homeschooling, and the local landscape of homeschooling.