61 - Best of Series - To Plan or Not to Plan Your Homeschool Schedule

Do all teens need to have stereotypical attitudes and behaviors? Do they all have to be sulky and uninterested and revert to grunting as their main form of communication? How can we foster the relationships with our teens/tweens when they have so many changes going on and they aren’t sure how to handle them all. Plus, doesn’t society tell us that’s what teens are like? Heads up, you don’t have to follow society’s norms. 

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Today we’re answering the question of why we homeschool. It’s not just one reason; it’s a whole plethora. Having our own experiences in public school and knowing what the world is like, we knew that homeschooling was the way to go for us. It hasn’t always been easy, but it’s always been worth it! Jump on our Facebook page and tell us why you chose to homeschool!

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Listen in as Emma chats about exposing our kids to a variety of opportunities that will help them learn job skills as well as figuring out what they might want to explore as a career and what they definitely don’t want to pursue. Also, hear why Emma cautions against job takeover in teens. 

Young Eagles program 

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Today Emma is talking about the differences between unschooling and deschooling, what they mean, what they might look like in your homeschooling, and some thoughts about why deschooling may be needed after pulling your child out of public school. 

Links mentioned:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/what-to-know-about-unschooling

John Holt Info: https://www.johnholtgws.com/john-holt

Parent Mindset Episode 63

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Planning to homeschool your little one starting from the beginning? Tune in as we talk about homeschooling for Kindergarten and/or Preschool and what that can look like. What should you realistically expect of your little one? Does your Kindergartener have to sit at a desk for 7 hours, trying to read chapter books and write essays? No, silly, of course not! 

Beth & Emma share their insight and stories of homeschooling all their kids from the beginning and give realistic expectations along with lots of examples of how you can teach through hands-on, activity-based methods, unit studies, and tons of reading. 

Here are some links mentioned:

Homeschool Share 

ScienceWiz

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Today Emma and Beth are discussing pulling your kids from public school. 

Is it legal? Can you only pull them at the end of the school year? What if the school says you have to choose their independent study program instead of true homeschooling? 

Come get answers to your questions and more in today’s podcast! 

LINKS MENTIONED:

Can I Pull My Kids Out of Public School? (theeasyhomeschool.com)

HSLDA - Homeschool Laws By State (hslda.org)

Deschooling - How to Successfully Transition From School to Homeschool (treevalleyacademy.com)

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Struggles in homeschooling? Maybe YOU, the parent, need to deschool. If you attended public school, you may be pushing your kids into public school ways without realizing it or without realizing many aren’t necessary in a homeschooling setting. Homeschool toward learning, not toward checking boxes. There is nothing that says you have to complete Chapter 17 today. You’re the boss of your homeschool - what is your mindset? Listen to our experiences with this and how you can step into more of a homeschooling mindset with your kids and into fulfilling the why of your homeschooling.

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Best of Series replay of episode 15. 

Wanting to homeschool but feel like it’s not within your budget? What if we told you there were plenty of ways to homeschool for free or on a budget? Listen to this week’s episode where we share some of our favorite free/inexpensive homeschool options. You don’t have to spend hundreds, or thousands, of dollars on a curriculum to give your kids an amazing education! 

Here are some links mentioned in today's show:

Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool

Khan Academy

Homeschool Share 

The Good & the Beautiful

Discovery K12

Plain and Not So Plain

Freedom Homeschooling

4-H At-Home Activity Guides

Canva Educator Acct

Common Sense Media Educator Acct

Thriftbooks

Abebooks

Varsity Tutors

Supercharged Science

4th Grade National Parks Pass

National Parks Accessibility Pass

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Best of Series - Replay of episode 11.

Today Emma and Beth discuss planning a homeschool schedule.  Do you preplan everything down to the day and page numbers? Or do you plan weekly? Or do you do a general flexible plan?

Find out what they learned through trial and error throughout the years.

Here are some links mentioned:

Free Homeschool Record Keeping Tracker PDF

Beth's Book - Find Your Homeschool Vibe 

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 Best of Series - Todays episode is a replay of Ep. 8.

 Ahhhhhhhh, curriculum!!!!! This is one of the biggest stressors for new homeschoolers. Is there a perfect curriculum? Is an all-in-one curriculum the best? Should I just choose a curriculum and make my child do it? What do I do if the curriculum we chose isn’t working? Hear Emma’s & Beth’s perspectives in today’s podcast.

Spoiler alert, for some subjects, we didn’t even use a specific curriculum! 

We’ll also be talking about various choices of curricula that have worked (or not) for our kids, and some of their favorites. 

We’ll also tell you why the curriculum you use is NOT the most important part of homeschooling. 

Some Curriculum Mentioned Today:
Math-U-See
Teaching Textbooks
Time 4 Learning
The Story of the World 
Singapore Math
Brain Waves Books

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