The Happy Homeschooler Podcast
The Happy Homeschooler Podcast is a digital support group for everyone interested in a learning lifestyle. Join us the second and fourth Friday of each month as our hosts Holly Williams Urbach and Jennifer Jones discuss topics like the benefits of homeschooling, finding the right curriculum for you, navigating the line between parent and teacher, and more!
The Happy Homeschooler Podcast is a digital support group for everyone interested in a learning lifestyle. Join us the second and fourth Friday of each month as our hosts Holly Williams Urbach and Jennifer Jones discuss topics like the benefits of homeschooling, finding the right curriculum for you, navigating the line between parent and teacher, and more!
Episodes

Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Multi-Age Schooling
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Your hosts Holly and Melody discuss the joys and challenges of homeschooling. In this episode, how to teach all your kids at the same time, no matter what ages they are.

Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Put on Your Administrator Hat
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Your hosts Holly Williams Urbach and Melody Gillum discuss the joys and challenges of homeschooling your highschooler. In this episode, we discuss how to be a school administrator as well as a teacher.

Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Help! I Have a Highschooler
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Your host Holly Williams Urbach offers advice and considerations through some of the challenges and joys of homeschooling a high schooler.

About Our Hosts
Jennifer Jones (left) is a dedicated homeschool advocate and community leader with over two decades of experience homeschooling her eight children in Marble Falls, Texas. After joining The Happy Homeschooler Podcast as a guest, Jennifer was thrilled to join the podcast as a co-host in 2022. She hopes that by sharing her own experiences on the podcast she is able to make homeschooling more approachable for new families. She believes homeschooling is truly a lifestyle, not just an educational choice, and encourages listeners to embrace it as an adventure for the entire family.
Holly Williams Urbach (right) is a dedicated homeschooling mother of six wonderful people (five of whom are now adults). She began homeschooling in Texas in 1993 when homeschooling was not yet fully legal. She is passionate about the benefits of the homeschooling lifestyle and shares her passion by mentoring new homeschoolers in person, through the local Facebook group she moderates with other seasoned homeschoolers in her community, and by being a co-host of The Happy Homeschooler Podcast.
Melody Gillum (not pictured) was a founding host of The Happy Homeschooler Podcast. In 2025, she retired from the show to spend more time with her husband Jon, with whom she homeschooled her seven children.



