Beautiful! Thanks you for sharing.

Been homeschooling for 17 years as well, and not only do I not buy it but I feel sad that others may put undue pressure on themselves and their families. Homeschooling is a life style and just like every day life is messy and full of tears and filled with joyful moments. It’s sacrificial and you often second guess yourself, but it’s honestly the most rewarding path if you are honest with yourself and definitely if you do it to lead your little ones to Christ ❤

I like the idea of having one on one time and of having the children. I think this is an area where I have been failing lately. My oldest two are 2 years apart in age but about the same level with reading and math so I’ve been teaching them together without a lot of progress. I don’t know why I didn’t think of just teaching them individually, but I think that would be a huge help for their confidence. So thank you for the suggestion. I also really like the idea of having the children create their own flash cards. I’m also not a natural at that type of learning but at least one of my children is. I would love to hear more about your mom’s creative ideas.

Thank you for your video,it’s so helpful. I’m just getting ready to start teaching my third boy to read. I really screwed up teaching my first two but lately we have been making progress despite my mistakes. It sounds like my mistakes were like yours. I wish a video like this existed when i was getting started and I hope this will help lots of new homeschooling families. I really like the train car flashcards you show in the video. I did download your free ones but I’m wondering if I’m supposed to teach the picture card alongside a letter card or separately at first?

Thank you! I am just starting out. I have noticed myself trying to power through, but felt compelled to continue. “I want to feel competent as a homeschooler” is a wonderful articulation that will help me so much! Slow and steady is so hard when others are constantly evaluating. It is so helpful to have it articulated that my role is to hover and assess. This was wonderfully encouraging!

Does anyone know a good, secular & comprehensive core knowledge workbook that I could use for my daughter. She’ll be starting 1st grade in August and I don’t want a bunch of clutter & an easy way to keep track of her progress. I also would like to find a comprehensive & affordable online option in case she wants a break from traditional school work. Any suggestions or advice would be well appreciated…

I recently purchased wise words for moms by Ginger Hubbard to help me child train. I thought that might be helpful for everyone

I'm really grateful. Your videos came by the grace of God in just the right season. Thank you

Thank you for this! I know it’s been about a year since this video but I would really appreciate your thoughts on how to time block/manage my day with a full time 9-5 job which I work remote while taking care of my 8 month old. I am also trying to prepare for exams later this year. I am so overwhelmed all the time and feel like all my glass balls are falling and cracking. I’d appreciate any help you can give. Thanks in advance!

Late to watching, but I still enjoyed it! Loved the change in style. I also really liked seeing you make pumpkin pie! Is it common in Australia? I thought it was mostly an American thing. I remember someone from the UK commenting that it sounded like a very odd dish to them.

This is a wonderful video.

Please forget these comments about how harmful it is to train your child. Im guessing they don't truly understand loving Biblical training. Thank you for speaking truth and encouraging us!

Standing on the promises by Doug Wilson has been such an encouragement and so much practical wisdom on training for the long game as a Christian. Can't recommend it enough.

Its 100F here in Texas USA so its fun to feel your cozy Aussie vibe right now. Lovely. And your nails look so pretty

Thank you! Even my daughter is begging me for a "school room" because her homeschool friends have beautiful rooms and homes. It's just not my style, we have a family room with a nice table and a chalkboard we framed in on our wall, aside from that, thats about as much of a "school room" that we have. Would it be nice to have? Sure! But I think its important to teach them that just because they see a pretty room, doesn't mean their homeschool is what it should be. Not saying education doesn't happen there, but sometimes it can be just for show. We focus a lot on character, virtues, etc and it's not as pretty or easy as everyone makes it seem. Homeschooling IS hard and can lead to burnout and I don't think it's talked about because a lot of youtubers are trying to "sell" you something that just isn't realistic. Thank you for this video!

While this is not your typical style of video it’s great ❤️Nice change up

Beautiful views out of your window, very relaxing 😌

The pink stuff dies at 143 degrees. So it's safe to eat bread made with this. So good practices of trying to get rid of it is fine.

I came up with the same exact conclusion after 2 years of homeschooling, wait till your child develop is the main key.

I love your videos, I am from Brazil and our culture has changed so drastically over the years. My parents were very much the ultimate authority in our house. I used to answer them as “sim senhor (a)! We had an amazing and secure home 💕🧡

Wow! Hey, new subscriber here! 👋And a fellow homeschool Mum from the UK (although we call it home education). Finding your videos so refreshing - thank you. Totally agree with you on not starting kids too young, and it can be so hard to go against that 'norm' and people think your kids should be fluent readers by age 6 😆.

Super super helpful! Thank you!!

Thank you!! This is GREAT!

Hey! New subscriber here. Just for some context, how old are your kids? U say they are all very young but I also heard u say u have a highschooler lol sorry for the confusion 🤣

You. are. AWESOME ! *clapping!

You're doing SO great! I would LOVE to know some of yours and your mother's ideas or suggestions for incorporating more 'creative' ideas for reading lessons like you mentioned painting and getting them to do their own flash cards etc. Would love to know what you do or a resource with some ideas that you pull from perhaps? Thanks in advance and God bless you and your family abundantly awesome mamma!

Love this!! Which math curriculum are you using with your son?? X

Thank you for your help and i appreciate hearing what you've learned. A lot of people have their kids spread out and although that has its own challenges i can't relate much at all. I have six kids 7 and under and my oldest is very advanced and I have a set of twins who want to be a part of everything and I have a struggling reader... I've been thinking about group learning and appointments, I just didn’t have a name for it. Do you have a video about how you make and keep to your timetable? Also, I find myself becoming very mentally exhausted after school time. What do you do to rejuvenate?

We also love and use Math U See, Mystery of History, and Apologia❤. Have you tried The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts? Its free online (pdf) even the readers are on there and the answer book. We always buy it but this we are using the free version because its getting revamped and i want to purchase the hard copy of the new one for the rest of the kidds.❤

Which Atlas are you using under the Mystery of History Book? 11:50

Love this video! Especially the appointments. Great idea! ❤

🎉your wall is green! 🎉 I still have the laundry room, kitchen and livingroom to paint. I only have 2 kiddos and it is still a daunting task. Always enjoy your content!

I love your dresses/tops in this video series,

very inspired by you! im an older sibling having to homeschool her little brother and your channel has helped me not burn out.

“I’m real….but I’m not THAT real” 🤣🤭 Thanks for this update. I’m juggling the needs of 3 early readers and it is a lot!!

I love the appointment idea, I am going to use that for my planning. Thanks for your videos.

Where do you get the flashcards for the magreffy readers

I justed bumped into your channel and i am loving it ! Thank you for such a realistic take on motherhood and all the Tips you give! I am excited for all the upcoming videos and topics 😁i am a mother of two (20 months and 6 month old) and it can get very overwheling at times !! But i try to follow your tips and i feel better! Thank you❤

Absolutely loved the video!!!

THANK YOU. The relief!😮‍💨😅 tremendously put and so true!!

I just love how “normal” this video is; just everyday life just as I do with my own children. Funny how you mention the cinnamon rolls. 😄 I’m American and I don’t know how people eat them for breakfast either! We only have them for breakfast on Christmas morning. Otherwise, I agree, they’re much too sugary and I much prefer them as an afternoon treat. Yours look delicious though!

I so enjoy your videos!

I realize this is a minor thing, but thank you so much for wearing sweatpants in this video lol. Sometimes I watch homeschool videos on YT and just seeing how well put together the moms are makes me question myself. I get that most of the time people want to present the ideal in their videos. It's just nice to see something real for a change.

We absolutely LOVE Mystery of History we are on year three on the first book. We have been taking it at a slower pace because we are historically reading through the bible (my daughter is 14 so we go much deeper into the theology and historical context). We are almost finished, we're on lesson 97. We have also enjoyed making a Book of Centuries. Simply Charlotte Mason has a free timeline printable, and we picked some timeline figures from online (My Homeschool Printables). They have them for all the books (pdf printable) your kids can color in. That way whenever we are studying another topic like science and we learn about a scientist or explorer or whatever... we can just add it to our timeline book and not have to wait until we study that time period❤.

❤ If you melt the butter and let it cool a bit and spread it on the dough, and then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar in then roll, it's easier and less messy.

I went to a public preschool when I was a child in the 1980s. We all learnt how to read, write and count at that age. Out of 35 children in my class, 6 or 7 got to skip the 1st year of school because we were already proficient in reading. That theory about children not being ready to read at a young age sees strange to me.

I'm so exhausted. You are right. I literally don't have energy mentally and physically to spend special time with my kids because I can't control my environment.

I'm so burnt out. My kids are 8, 5, 3, 18M, and a newborn on the way. My toddler just started climbing out of his crib and won't nap and is getting into everything. My 3 year old pesters her sisters and she does it in church. I'm feeling so out of control. I trained my baby when he was young and he listens well but it's slipping up. It's my first year homeschooling and I'm loosing my mind. I have read all of the parenting books and tried them all. My favorite parenting book is called parenting a house united but my house is so chaotic that I can't even remember the different steps to teach a child I can't even stay calm long enough to even implement those practices. It makes sense to do something like that when the kids are older but right now I need obedience I don't have the mental bandwidth to explain myself every time. I do understand that calmness is a must for me but I need a system I'm going to stick to that isn't a 12-step process.

One of the best videos I have watched. My daughter is 3 and we have been easing her into home education in a simple way. I love your videos; please make more when time allows. Question - where can I get the flash cards?

I did the same thing! I had no idea that others said to toss a pink streaked sourdough starter 😮 When I saw the streaks I just thought I had got a bit of something in it! 😅 I removed all the pink I could see...fed my starter and used it smh... oops (I guess) Great video! Thanks