If you are homeschooling preschoolers, kindergartners and first graders, make sure that learning time is fun time, because this will set the tone for long term homeschooling and plant a love of learning in your kiddos minds.

Check out starfall.com for an amazing curriculum resource for these grades: https://www.starfall.com/h/

If you have a fourth grader in the family, check out the 4th grade wilderness pass that I mentioned the podcast to get your child's free years pass to all federal parks in the country. https://www.nationalparks.org/our-work/campaigns-initiatives/every-kid-outdoors

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This is something that came up in the early years of homeschooling that I want you to be aware of as a newly homeschooling parent. Most folks probably won't tell you about this, but let me tell you it's real, and if you are aware of it, it won't be such a surprise and source of anxiety when you do experience it.

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As you all know, one of my most important pieces of advice is scheduling out your day. That said, making your timer your friend will help to ensure this. What does this mean? Listen to this episode to find out.

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I never want to live my life with regret, but I realize recently that there is something that I regret after looking back at the 13  years of our family's homeschool experience. Listen and harken my advise. Don't take this advice too lightly. I don't have much regret in my life, but this is definitely one that I don't want you to have to experience if you heed my advise.

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What does this mean, listen to this episode where I share with you why in the homeschooling experience Quality is always more important than Quantity.

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It's countdown time! If you are not already gearing up and getting ready for the first day of Homeschooling, then listen o this episode for important tips and advice about what you should be doing during this time to get ready.

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This is my advice for raising strong homeschool readers. There are excellent resources out there that can help raise healthy and strong readers. In our family experience, these were some of our favorite supplements to our kiddos early reading/learning experience:

Starfall.com

abcya.com

Check this study out about the importance of reading out loud to your kiddo(s):

https://edsource.org/2015/study-says-reading-aloud-to-children-more-than-talking-builds-literacy/82045#:~:text=Reading%20aloud%20is%20the%20best,studies%20language%20acquisition%20and%20literacy.&text=Picture%20books%20even%20include%20more,conversations%20among%20adults%2C%20he%20said.

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Remember that You've Got This! You're not alone, together we';; make sure that you have the most successful homeschool experience ever!

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There are many positive reasons why we made the decision years ago to homeschool. In this episode I share with you just a few of my favorite picks to help  encourage you to continue on your journey and choice to homeschool.

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It is possible to find affordable homeschool curriculum even on a budget. From personal experience, our family has had to go down the road of Homeschooling on a tight budget, and these are some of the resources that I would recommend of you find yourself in a similar situation right now:

Easy Peasy  https://allinonehomeschool.com/a complete free curriculum program

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ a non profit organization that provides free top of the line curriculum for all grade levels

Time 4 Leanring https://www.time4learning.com/ an inexpensive option for complete homeschool curriculum  k-12

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Like with all things in life, there are good days and not so good days. There are inevitably going to be times in your homeschool experience where your lose it or come close to losing it. In this episode I talk a bit about this.

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Remember you were born to do this - You've Got This!

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