Please know: this video was the last drop needed in my bucket to make a commitment to my YT channel. People need honest and useful videos like this! Thank you!
Thank you for this video. You affirmed what we are doing and helped me feel like I am not failing my children. I have two teenagers and this is our third year homeschooling. I get so many judgemental looks when I tell people we self-learn. I don't do much but am there when they need me. I appreciate you taking the time to let us see what your rhythm looks like.
This is so my homeschool.. Symplified... I think this is what homeschoolers really need... Not all those 1 hr long videos and a thousand books to read which ends up confusing the homeschooler even more... Thank you so much
Just so i don't only leave a silly message. Thank you for posting! First timer here. Still having trouble finding curriculum much less teaching. So I have kinda become an eclectic homeschool person just because I am trying to just teach something...anything...everything...figuring out how to turn the most basic part of a day into a school day. Like making going to the park, a school day. It can be done! Especially if there is a creek and some woods/trees.
I’m preparing myself mentally for homeschooling my kids, they are 3 and 1 presently. I feel like I spend so much time cleaning the house, cooking, and doing other chores or errands. It makes me wonder when will I ever have time to plan? As a former public school teacher I feel like I need a lesson plan and all my materials set out. Help!
Number 1 thing I would say ... public school and homeschool are VERY different. They don't and shouldn't look the same. Two different vehicles to accomplish similar purposes (educate the child). Unschooling yourself will be super important, because your expectations will adjust as you get into the details of it. I promise - you'll be able to homeschool AND do all the other "housing" things that you have to do. :)
@@homeschooltohomeschool Thanks for the encouragement and advice! I think it will take a lot of undoing of my preconceptions about what education “should” look like. God’s grace covers it all! Hallelujah.
I have four kids and I am homeschooling three of them this year. I have asked myself the same thing: “How am I supposed to teach and maintain a house as well? My schedule is already full as it is.” And you know what? I am pleasantly surprised with how well things are going so far this year. The key is to put the kids to work. Let them help you around the house. And that means trusting your three-year-old to carry a plate to help set the table, and letting him/her to feed the dog in the morning. Start with easy, little tasks and work up to harder tasks depending on their age. Kids are way willing to do more than we give them credit for. For example, my littles love to help me with laundry (pouring detergent, putting clothes in, and pushing the start button). They also love to help me cook. I’ve let my three-year-old put cheese slices on grilled cheese before, and she just loves it. This year, I’m entrusting my older kids to do more. I’ve assigned them the task of taking turns to unload and load the dishwasher. I’ve assigned them different days of the week to help me prepare dinner. They can do more if we just direct and guide them. We just got to let go of that inner-control freak and silence that inner-voice saying “It’s just easier to do it myself.” Yes, my three-year-old might drop a plate, and yes, my ten-year-old might overcook one side of a quesadilla, but so what? It’s good for them. They are learning. And I am right there to help then if needed. Spread the workload. Just as a growing business needs to hire workers, so does a growing household. And if you want to incentivize it, by paying kids for their labors or earning rewards or something, go for it. I just went thought Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace Junior” curriculum, and it was pretty good. I’d recommend it for 6-9 year-olds.
That’s very much how we are. We don’t take tons of field trips, but when we do that is my instruction time. Medical appointments also come out of my instruction time. The big kids pretty much have independent work every day. I should say we take family vacations that are educational, but those aren’t typical home school weeks.
How old do you feel like you let your kids be more independent with their work? I feel like I have to sit at the table with them the entire time at the stage we’re in.
You don't know how hearing you say when a outing. thats pretty much it as I too know how hard getting orgainsed and then driving and looking after 2 kids with needs can be draining. I was trying to still add book work until our 2nd year homeschooling I just said...Forget it. Im tired, and their tired too, Much better family dynamics when everyone is well rested
I like how her vid has 85 likes and 1 dislike. 😆 This person is probably the one person she has the most trouble with in her actual life or the one non-homeschooler that happened to watch it and just automatically disagreed.
Please know: this video was the last drop needed in my bucket to make a commitment to my YT channel. People need honest and useful videos like this! Thank you!
Thank you for this video. You affirmed what we are doing and helped me feel like I am not failing my children. I have two teenagers and this is our third year homeschooling. I get so many judgemental looks when I tell people we self-learn. I don't do much but am there when they need me. I appreciate you taking the time to let us see what your rhythm looks like.
This is so my homeschool.. Symplified... I think this is what homeschoolers really need... Not all those 1 hr long videos and a thousand books to read which ends up confusing the homeschooler even more...
Thank you so much
Yes I am still researching homeschooling. Thank you so much, it's so helpful.
Just so i don't only leave a silly message. Thank you for posting! First timer here. Still having trouble finding curriculum much less teaching. So I have kinda become an eclectic homeschool person just because I am trying to just teach something...anything...everything...figuring out how to turn the most basic part of a day into a school day. Like making going to the park, a school day. It can be done! Especially if there is a creek and some woods/trees.
I’m preparing myself mentally for homeschooling my kids, they are 3 and 1 presently. I feel like I spend so much time cleaning the house, cooking, and doing other chores or errands. It makes me wonder when will I ever have time to plan? As a former public school teacher I feel like I need a lesson plan and all my materials set out. Help!
Number 1 thing I would say ... public school and homeschool are VERY different. They don't and shouldn't look the same. Two different vehicles to accomplish similar purposes (educate the child). Unschooling yourself will be super important, because your expectations will adjust as you get into the details of it. I promise - you'll be able to homeschool AND do all the other "housing" things that you have to do. :)
@@homeschooltohomeschool Thanks for the encouragement and advice! I think it will take a lot of undoing of my preconceptions about what education “should” look like. God’s grace covers it all! Hallelujah.
I have four kids and I am homeschooling three of them this year. I have asked myself the same thing: “How am I supposed to teach and maintain a house as well? My schedule is already full as it is.” And you know what? I am pleasantly surprised with how well things are going so far this year.
The key is to put the kids to work. Let them help you around the house. And that means trusting your three-year-old to carry a plate to help set the table, and letting him/her to feed the dog in the morning. Start with easy, little tasks and work up to harder tasks depending on their age. Kids are way willing to do more than we give them credit for. For example, my littles love to help me with laundry (pouring detergent, putting clothes in, and pushing the start button).
They also love to help me cook. I’ve let my three-year-old put cheese slices on grilled cheese before, and she just loves it.
This year, I’m entrusting my older kids to do more. I’ve assigned them the task of taking turns to unload and load the dishwasher. I’ve assigned them different days of the week to help me prepare dinner.
They can do more if we just direct and guide them. We just got to let go of that inner-control freak and silence that inner-voice saying “It’s just easier to do it myself.” Yes, my three-year-old might drop a plate, and yes, my ten-year-old might overcook one side of a quesadilla, but so what? It’s good for them. They are learning. And I am right there to help then if needed.
Spread the workload. Just as a growing business needs to hire workers, so does a growing household. And if you want to incentivize it, by paying kids for their labors or earning rewards or something, go for it. I just went thought Dave Ramsey’s “Financial Peace Junior” curriculum, and it was pretty good. I’d recommend it for 6-9 year-olds.
Thank you, your advice give me freedom.😉 I can be a very stressed homeschooling mama.
That’s very much how we are. We don’t take tons of field trips, but when we do that is my instruction time. Medical appointments also come out of my instruction time. The big kids pretty much have independent work every day. I should say we take family vacations that are educational, but those aren’t typical home school weeks.
How old do you feel like you let your kids be more independent with their work? I feel like I have to sit at the table with them the entire time at the stage we’re in.
You don't know how hearing you say when a outing. thats pretty much it as I too know how hard getting orgainsed and then driving and looking after 2 kids with needs can be draining. I was trying to still add book work until our 2nd year homeschooling I just said...Forget it. Im tired, and their tired too, Much better family dynamics when everyone is well rested
Very helpful while trying to get set for homeschool.
I like how her vid has 85 likes and 1 dislike. 😆
This person is probably the one person she has the most trouble with in her actual life or the one non-homeschooler that happened to watch it and just automatically disagreed.