Thank you for sharing your family adventures. ❤ This was an enjoyable video to watch. I love how beautiful California was at this time of year. Once I realized how much our fam life is being weighed down by trying to keep up with the curriculum's pacing, I finally took the hint in spring just to slow down. And we got to enjoy, too, Southern California's natural beauty. Just watching this makes me already miss it! 🥲 Didn't get to finish any curriculum in my first year of homeschooling 🤷♀️ but that's okay because I also remember having teachers that didn't either.
Yes, I love spring in California! Even if my allergies don't feel the same 😂 There's a big misconception in the homeschooling world that you need to finish a curriculum in order to have a successful, productive year, but that is far from the truth. Like you, I vividly remember not finishing a curriculum in school, both as a student and a teacher, and my life didn't lack because of it. And I just love, love, love how you took note of how keeping up with the pacing affected your family, and then you made the decision to slow down and embrace the season. You're totally rocking at this homeschool thing! 🙌🏼
Thank you for the kind words! Learning to slow down and taking more mental health breaks were valuable lessons. But I still feel burned out at the end. My health fell apart last month (part of the reason I struggled finishing curriculum 😅) and now I am recovering and starting to catch up cleaning and organizing and fixing family routine again. And I know I have no mental capacity at the moment to open any curriculum to do "light schooling" for the summer - that is not the treadmill I need to be on. It is my time for much needed self-care, so I am in a better position for next school year. I really love reading your newsletters. I haven't commented or liked them yet but I want to let you know I do enjoy them.
We end the yr at Easter so we just did a Easter unit and went to New Zealand for a few days with my older kids so we could jump off the sky tower!!! My younger kids stayed at home with their grandparents!!! We had an event at home and then had some time off and New Zealand is a quick flight for us!!!
Nice! That sounds like a good time to end the year. I love New Zealand, but still haven't been to Australia even though I had an Aussie exchange student live with me for 6 weeks. One day I'll make it out there.
Thank you for sharing your family adventures. ❤ This was an enjoyable video to watch. I love how beautiful California was at this time of year.
Once I realized how much our fam life is being weighed down by trying to keep up with the curriculum's pacing, I finally took the hint in spring just to slow down. And we got to enjoy, too, Southern California's natural beauty. Just watching this makes me already miss it! 🥲 Didn't get to finish any curriculum in my first year of homeschooling 🤷♀️ but that's okay because I also remember having teachers that didn't either.
Yes, I love spring in California! Even if my allergies don't feel the same 😂
There's a big misconception in the homeschooling world that you need to finish a curriculum in order to have a successful, productive year, but that is far from the truth. Like you, I vividly remember not finishing a curriculum in school, both as a student and a teacher, and my life didn't lack because of it.
And I just love, love, love how you took note of how keeping up with the pacing affected your family, and then you made the decision to slow down and embrace the season. You're totally rocking at this homeschool thing! 🙌🏼
Thank you for the kind words! Learning to slow down and taking more mental health breaks were valuable lessons. But I still feel burned out at the end. My health fell apart last month (part of the reason I struggled finishing curriculum 😅) and now I am recovering and starting to catch up cleaning and organizing and fixing family routine again. And I know I have no mental capacity at the moment to open any curriculum to do "light schooling" for the summer - that is not the treadmill I need to be on. It is my time for much needed self-care, so I am in a better position for next school year.
I really love reading your newsletters. I haven't commented or liked them yet but I want to let you know I do enjoy them.
We end the yr at Easter so we just did a Easter unit and went to New Zealand for a few days with my older kids so we could jump off the sky tower!!! My younger kids stayed at home with their grandparents!!! We had an event at home and then had some time off and New Zealand is a quick flight for us!!!
Nice! That sounds like a good time to end the year. I love New Zealand, but still haven't been to Australia even though I had an Aussie exchange student live with me for 6 weeks. One day I'll make it out there.