Latecomers: Homeschool Podcast
Oct 8, 2026 · 58 min · 14 segments
Host Katy interviews Leslee Pennywell, a certified reading specialist and elementary ELA curriculum coordinator with experience teaching grades 1 and 4 and providing K–5 reading intervention. They…
Okay, well, talking about ELA coordination and stuff, even though you work for a school district, I know there's so much crossover between the homeschool world and-
... what you do.
...
Yes.
And especially-
... being such a fan of Sarah Mackenzie with the Read Aloud Family and Read-Aloud Revival, like, she is what got my interest piqued in homeschool.
Um, and I talk about her all the time on this podcast.
If she ever finds this podcast, I have asked her to be on it, but she is so busy doing her own stuff that she doesn't really do any-
... appearances.
But if she ever were to find it, I would be like, "Please don't listen to one s-," I don't think one episode has gone by [laughs] without me mentioning her.
I would be so embarrassed.
I'd be like, "Oh, gosh."
I know.
I am.
Okay, well, talking about ELA coordination and stuff, even though you work for a school district, I know there's so much crossover between the homeschool world and-
... what you do.
...
Yes.
And especially-
... being such a fan of Sarah Mackenzie with the Read Aloud Family and Read-Aloud Revival, like, she is what got my interest piqued in homeschool.
Um, and I talk about her all the time on this podcast.
If she ever finds this podcast, I have asked her to be on it, but she is so busy doing her own stuff that she doesn't really do any-
... appearances.
But if she ever were to find it, I would be like, "Please don't listen to one s-," I don't think one episode has gone by [laughs] without me mentioning her.
I would be so embarrassed.
I'd be like, "Oh, gosh."
I know.
I am.
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