CMP Review 2025-07-01

July 1, 2025

“I guess I wouldn’t think of the word ‘joy’ when describing my homeschool.”

This was a typical response when Nancy Kelly began telling people that she was preparing a talk on joy in our homeschools. One mom after another would say, “I need some of that in my home.”

Rather than being dissuaded by these negative responses, Nancy Kelly was propelled even more urgently to pursue her comprehensive study of joy. It is not an “extra,” she discovered. It is the “mainstay” of a living education.

Some talks can be grasped in a single listen and fill us with an inspiration or an idea. Nancy Kelly’s “Joy: Mainstay of a Living Education” is not one of those talks. Rather, it invites repeated listens and careful study. Begin with a first listen of her 2022 talk today here.

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