Keep your home tidy and festive this Christmas season...even with a lot of kids...even with homeschooling...even with all the stuff you have to do! Get the Christmas Holiday Homeschool Planner >> Get your FREE Christmas Movie Themed Parties >> Get your FREE Christmas Eve Candlelight Vigil >> In this episode:  What we do for Advent & Christmas Why you should focus on tidying up rather than cleaning How and when to set up a "Tidy Up Time" How to get kids involved in cleaning up How to put your house "to bed" each night How to keep Advent traditions simple  Resources mentioned:  Hot Punch recipe Jesse Tree ornaments Reasons for the Season devotional Christmas Holiday Homeschool Planner A Gentle Advent (plus others!) You ARE an Artist chalk lessons Music of Christmas class The Advent Jesse Tree Free Christmas themed movie parties Free Christmas Eve Candlelight Vigil Playmobil Nativity set 

How to Keep Your Home Clean During the Holidays

Large family homemaking and homeschooling encouragement and tips from a mom of 10!

Kids & Family

Parenting

Education for Kids

When you have big kids and little kids and even young adults living in your home, how do you handle all the different screens and rules for being on devices?  Here's what's worked for us! Resources mentioned:  Podcast #74 - Screen Time Limits in a Large Family Do Your Homeschooled Kids Need a Cell Phone? (post) Creating a Special Night for Each Child (post) The Anxious Generation (book) VidAngel (movie and television filtering service) 

Screen Time Rules When You Have Multiple Ages

Simple organizational ideas for homeschooling in small spaces using what you already own! Resources mentioned:  Organizing Your Homeschool with Backpacks & Tubs (post) Simple Organizational Systems for Your Homeschool That Work! (post) Homeschool Mom Basket Organization (video) Shelf System with Doors 

Homeschool Organization in Small Spaces

A plethora of ideas to help you spend quality time with your teenagers as they move from childhood into adulthood. Resources mentioned:  Boys & Their Attitudes - Podcast #54 Girls & Their Attitudes - Podcast #56 Homeschool to College: Transitioning Your Teen - Podcast #102 Mother Daughter Journaling (post) 

Spending Time with Your Teens

Don't let your marriage slip through the cracks of your homeschooling day! Resources mentioned:  The 5 Love Languages (book) Just Between Us (app) Driveway Dates (post) 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson (book) 

14 Ways to Make Your Marriage a Priority

The relationship between a mother and her son is special, but it also changes as he moves from being a little boy, to being a teenager, to being a man.  As moms we need to learn to accept these changes and grow and change with them.  Resources mentioned:  Boys and Their Attitudes (Podcast #54) How to Parent and Discipline Boys and their Attitudes (post) Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy 

How to Keep Your Home Clean During the Holidays

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