Well This Wasn't The Plan!

About Well This Wasn't The Plan!

We never expected to homeschool...but here we are! Life is funny that way, ya know? After 4 years in public school, we've made the unexpected leap into homeschooling our 3 kids--while still working full-time! On this podcast, we're documenting the journey in real time: the good, the hard, the hilarious, and everything in between. Whether you're a curious parent, a fellow homeschooler, or just here for the chaos, welcome! Let's figure it out together--because sometimes the best things start with, "Well, that wasn't the plan..."

Publisher

Carson and Teran Sands

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Aug 2025

Latest episode

18 May 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 34 episodes have a transcript.

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   18 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   33. We Hired A Sitter To Help Us Homeschool

   Hosts [Host Name] and [Host Name] share how hiring a sitter transformed their homeschooling and work-life balance, offering practical advice on finding, paying, and structuring the homeschool day.

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   10 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   32. The Week That Made Us Question Homeschooling

   Send us Fan Mail Homeschooling didn’t break us, but tax season almost did. When you’re two full-time working parents, the hard days don’t look like a cute worksheet moment. They look like nonstop noise, kids picking at each other, and that very real parenting thought of “I just need five minutes of quiet.” We say the part out loud that many families hide, then we talk through what we’re doing about it. Support the show Our Curriculum we LOVE Homeschool + Working Parents Guide (The Ste...

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   3 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   31. Options For Working Parents Who Want To Homeschool

   Send us Fan Mail A rapid-fire list of realistic ways to keep working while you homeschool • our long planning runway before homeschooling and why we tested changes for a year • switching a business to virtual work to make home learning possible • work-from-home options and early-morning schedules that open up school time • using online school and virtual curriculum for more independence • hybrid programs as a lower-risk step into homeschooling • learning pods, d...

Inside a recent episode

33. We Hired A Sitter To Help Us Homeschool

Published 18 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] We're answering all of your questions about getting some homeschool help. And I'm kind of embarrassed to admit that I just didn't really think of this sooner because once she came, it was like a game changer for us. And we're like, well, maybe we just get help during tax season more days a week or what. But now I'm thinking we loved it so much. We're going to have her come two days a week just so. for the foreseeable future, because it's so nice to be able to just really focus on work for those two days, but also get a break. Like we could go to lunch or something like that. And that's something that a lot of times people don't talk about is just getting a little bit of break when you homeschool. […]

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