I wish I would have known not to follow anyone else’s rules and just make homeschool my own. Now, I truly understand what homeschool means for me and my family.

Ohhh girl! YESSS! 🌟

Have GRACE for yourself and your kids!

@@SimplyLivingIt I am a new home schooling mom. Starting Kindergarten. Thank you so so much. God bless you. Please check out Chuck Missler on KZfaq. I plan to add in to history, math and science the Bible and Chuck Missler is where Im getting my information. Please watch him even if you don't add the information to the kids curriculum. A good impressive video of Chuck Misslers is called "extraterrestrial message Chuck Missler".

That curriculum is a resource to serve us not our master that we serve.

She was mine too! She just calms my soul to listen to her. Unfortunately, my daughter after a year and a half decided to go back. 😭 I’m missing her and learning with her. She’s in 8th grade and doesn’t want to spend her days just me & her. I wish I’d had the resources & internet we do today with my oldest way back, she’s 24 now, and I had homeschooled them all! I see how much closer families are, how much more well behaved and well adjusted homeschooled kids are. It makes me sad and feeling like I failed my kids by sending them to public school. The only curriculum we knew of was Bob Jones because 1 family we knew homeschooled. That curriculum was so intimidating. My husband and I both went thru public school. The one family we truly knew and the few families we’d been around that did homeschool my husband thought they were odd and didn’t know how to act around other kids. Now looking back all I see is that they were calm and overly behaved compared to the wild heathens running all around after church. I wish I’d known then what I know now. And I surely wouldn’t have allowed iPods, iPads, & video games even the supervised ones till they were in high school. My older 3 didn’t have it till at least junior high and they knew how to play outside and were so much closer to one another. My twins have to be entertained and seem like they don’t understand manners as well even though I deman they use them. I see nothing but benefit in homeschooling now! As long as moma can handle it and dedicates some self care time to herself.

Yes mama! Rest in Him! Sounds like you are right where you need to be! 🤗❤ Have a great year, friend!

Wow!!!! Thank you so very much!!!! 💞😭🤗

💜🤗 Thank you for your kind words!

Thank you! 🤗

Yessss mama!!!!! YOU WILL and it will be your best year yet!!!!!! Enjoy!

Aw, thank you so much friend! I'm so glad you found it helpful. 🌻

I taught kindergarten for 14 years before staying home to homeschool my boys. Your boy will be gaining so much more from your individual attention and love than he could ever experience in public school. We always remember the “special” things about traditional schools and somehow forget the nonsense that we are protecting our children from by choosing to homeschool - the developmentally inappropriate expectations, active shooter drills, negative peer influence… just to name a few! Trust me, I’ve seen it all and I’m SO thankful for a new opportunity with my children. You will be just fine ❤️

@@laurenaddison Thank you so much for that. I needed it more than you know. :)

Oh mama! Soak it up! 💜🤗

I would love to talk about that more. I am so sorry you are feeling this way. I pray that flame will be ignited for you and your family, friend. Sometimes we just get in a rut and that is totally normal. You are never alone in feeling this way. We have all been there or are currently there. You're doing a great job, mama. 💕🤗

@@SimplyLivingIt Thank you so much for the encouragement. I truly appreciate it!

If God led you to this then you are doing what’s right. I wanted to homeschool mine way back when. My oldest is now 24. But because we didn’t have the internet or resources I caved and sent them to public school. I homeschooled my youngest daughter from half way thru 7th grade and we decided to repeat 7th grade the next year because she had always struggled. But this year she decided she’s tired of only seeing me all day everyday because she’s not used to it. I wish I’d homeschooled all of mine and now feel like I failed mine. Homeschool families are so much closer, happier, more well adjusted, and behaved. I heard a homeschool moma & curriculum author say something that stuck with me. As long as you teach her to learn she can learn anything. And that’s is the truth!!! Teach her the basics of language arts, spelling, & math. We’ve in some science & history. The older she gets gear it toward her interests. You can’t teach her everything & neither do public school teachers. Public school teaches them to memorize then throw it up on paper to pass a test and forget it. All they do is cram & there is no way they can actually learn much of it much less retain it. Childhood is so precious and short. She is your baby! And your baby to enjoy! No one in my family supported me taking my daughter out except she was bullied and in a bad way so they didn’t say anything because they didn’t know what to do. But they started telling me & her behind my back she needed to go back to school and she would never amount to anything. I know what God told me & that I could teach her better because she has adhd just like me & I know how she thinks and learns. Only you know your baby better than anyone. I wish I’d had someone to tell me all of this at one time. So here is my unsolicited probably unwanted 😂 advice that I wished I’d known from day 1. You are at the best place! The beginning. Enjoy it!!! Pray. Breathe. And learn to laugh. If you stay happy and keep your mood up then hers will also. And reach out any time you need it. There are so many amazing momas on here! I’m so sad I’m not homeschooling anymore. I may show up just to listen to Jaime’s soothing calming positive voice. 🥰

@@NikiLivi5 thank you! You do not know how much that helped me. From one stranger to another, just thank you. We face some issues as well, you helped more than you will ever know. 💜

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Happy homeschooling, mama!

@@SimplyLivingIt 😬🙏🏻

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We still do!!!!

I thought once they became independent readers and moved into chapter books that I needed to stop. WRONG! We still read and love picture books!

@@SimplyLivingIt awesome!! I would hate to stop lol my kids are 6 4 and 1 :)