Work, Home School and Keeping Your Sanity

Can you work, home school and still keep your sanity? Sure you can but it is going to take some planning and a schedule to make it happen!

Your Schedule and Managing Expectations

If you have suddenly been thrust into homeschooling, you may imagine that your kids will happily sit down at the kitchen table every morning after breakfast and work quietly and busily at the worksheets their teacher has sent until lunchtime. I have not ever found this scenario to be true! Children need almost constant supervision and reminders. They need your presence standing over them to get them to do their work.

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April 22, 2020July 10, 2023

Homeschooling Basics: Getting Started

Expert Help for Home School Moms: I want to help you be successful like I've helped others. Picture of kids squirting water at each other outside in backyard.

Welcome to homeschooling! I have homeschooled my four and been working with homeschoolers for over 30 years. Here are the Basics to help you get started so you can have a happy homeschooling experience.

Your schooling style will need to fit your family and its needs, but it will also have to meet the requirements of your state and school district. See below for more resources for your specific state! In New York we have to notify the school district within 15 days.

Homeschooling: You Need Some Books

Generally with home schooling, you purchase and teach the subjects your child needs. Whatever you are teaching, please join me on Homeschool Christian Mom group on Facebook for additional support. If you are having difficulty with finding curriculum or other resources, I can help you in that forum.

There are very good boxed all-in-one curriculums out there. I used and recommend BJU Press Homeschool curriculum for all my kids K thru 12. You can do parent led where you teach or purchase the DVD’s or get the same material through the computer. For any of those ways, there are recommendations for grading or they do it for you. I love the BJU curriculum because they have thought of everything. Subjects are well put together, they list tons of extra resources if you need it and all the prep work is done. On day one, you teach lesson one, etc. So the value of that kind of complete curriculum was worth every penny to me. Continue reading “Homeschooling Basics: Getting Started”

April 13, 2020February 13, 2023

For My Birthday: #Quarantine 2020

Our quarantine this week includes my birthday celebration. It will be a little different this year- but fun for sure! I think there might even be a chocolate cake happening.

I have seen some nice fundraising ideas on birthdays. However, for my birthday this year, I want you to pray with me for a few things. That’s right- I want some prayer partners for my birthday!

Prayer Request #1: There’s a lot of people that aren’t right with God. I only can influence a few of them through my blog life and in real life, but I’d sure like to see the people I know get right with the Lord and start living for Him. Will you pray that I can be a good Christian witness to these people? Thanks!

Prayer Request #2: I tend to worry about things and this year has sure started off with plenty of things to worry about. Please pray that I will trust in the Lord as this year goes by and submit to whatever He is doing in my life.

Prayer Request #3: I need a bit more self-discipline if I’m going to reach some goals that I have set for myself this year. You, too? Well, then, we’ll pray for each other for this!

Prayer Request #4: For the Blog: I’d sure like my blog articles and Youtube videos to get a little more traffic so they can help more people. If you haven’t yet, I’d appreciate a share every now and then. If you aren’t into that, maybe you can pray for some other people to share and get the word around. Thanks!

With the whole country teaching their children at home right now, I imagine there’s a lot of frustrated moms that need some help! I’ve put a bunch of videos in one place to get them the basic information they need to get started. If you know some moms that could use this help, please forward this email to them.

I’m sure there are some other things to pray about, but those are the prayer requests that have been on my heart today. I hope you have a good unbirthday week and thanks for coming alongside to join me in prayer as we stand together, 6 feet apart, #quarantined and praying for relief from this corona virus pandemic.

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