{"podcast":{"title":"The Nicki Truesdell Podcast","slug":"the-nicki-truesdell-podcast-7235662","podcast_index_feed_id":7235662,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/xEXRguad.rss","website_url":"https://nickitruesdell.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/cb013fe6-c31c-4c6e-bb5c-fe028a3ccd65/37071104-1682603214816-88627a2f761ff.jpg","author":"Nicki Truesdell","episode_count":66,"summary":"Join Nicki weekly as she gets to the heart of discipleship in the home. Second-generation homeschooler and veteran homeschool mom for more than 20 years, blogger, speaker, and author of Anyone Can Homeschool, Nicki blends a message of biblical motherhood with practical homeschooling tips.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T12:18:46.305583+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicki-truesdell-podcast-7235662"},"episode":{"title":"22: Homeschool 101: Middle School","slug":"22-homeschool-101-middle-school","published_at":"2025-08-18T05:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicki-truesdell-podcast-7235662/22-homeschool-101-middle-school","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicki-truesdell-podcast-7235662","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicki-truesdell/episodes/22-Homeschool-101-Middle-School-e36tlol","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/388a67e03bd9997de50b918e0d3f2ff4fcaf2d8ec43181e15ca063482b5d46ac/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJiNjYyZjUxNS05NzcyLTQ2NTUtYjc1Zi1hYmE2N2FmZTYzNTciLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJjYjAxM2ZlNi1jMzFjLTRjNmUtYmI1Yy1mZTAyOGEzY2NkNjUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NDRhNzJkNWQyZWQ5ZTQ2YTIyMzU4NWIiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy9jYjAxM2ZlNi1jMzFjLTRjNmUtYmI1Yy1mZTAyOGEzY2NkNjUvZXBpc29kZXMvYjY2MmY1MTUtOTc3Mi00NjU1LWI3NWYtYWJhNjdhZmU2MzU3LzQwNTc0MjU3MC00NDEwMC0yLTQ1ZTU1MjY4Y2JiNWUubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"Teaching middle school subjectsscares a lot of parents, but it shouldn’t! Join Nicki for MiddleSchool 101 where she will give advice, encouragement, and curriculum favoritesfor this transition from little kid to young adult. Related: Itdoesn’t take 12 years https://nickitruesdell.com/it-does-not-take-twelve-years-to-educate-a-child/ https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschool-101-middle-school/ Copywork: https://nickitruesdell.com/copywork-and-language-arts/ Institutefor Excellence in Writing https://iew.com/structure-and-style-for-students-year-2-level-a-basic-forever-streaming-or-dvd?ref=NICKITRUESDELL Fix-ItGrammar (my review) https://nickitruesdell.com/iew-fix-it-grammar-curriculum-review/ LanguageArts https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschooling-and-all-of-the-language-arts/ Math-U-See https://www.christianbook.com/page/homeschool/math/math-u-see?cat=Math-U-See&catid=2280087&event=AFF&p=1187914 Mysteryof History https://nickitruesdell.com/mystery-of-history-how-we-use-it/ Teachingmultiple ages together https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschooling-multiple-ages-without-losing-mind/ HomeschoolTexas History https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschool-texas-history/ BereanBuilders Science https://www.christianbook.com/page/homeschool/science/berean-builders?event=AFF&p=1187914 101Series Science (my review) https://nickitruesdell.com/review-the-101-series-christian-homeschool-science-curriculum/ NotConsumed Bible studies https://store.notconsumed.com/?aff=458 Highschool transcripts https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschooling-high-school-transcripts-and-graduation/ Connect with Nicki -- ⁠ https://nickitruesdell.com/ ⁠ Homeschool 101⁠ https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschool-101/ ⁠ Homeschool Consultations⁠ https://nickitruesdell.com/homeschool-consulting/ ⁠ Facebook⁠ https://www.…","meta_description":"Teaching middle school subjectsscares a lot of parents, but it shouldn’t! Join Nicki for MiddleSchool 101 where she will give advice, encouragement, and c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3353,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nicki-truesdell-podcast-7235662/episodes/22-homeschool-101-middle-school/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicki-truesdell-podcast-7235662/22-homeschool-101-middle-school.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}