Raising Arrows - Large Family Homeschool Life

Need a little inspiration to get started (or keep going!) with your homeschool planning?  This podcast is full of ideas to make it efficient, easy, and enjoyable!

Resources mentioned:

• Creating a Homeschool Schedule You Love eCourse - use code: 2024HSPLAN for 20% off! (ends 8/1/24)
• Flexible Homeschool Planning (book)
• Tapestry of Grace page
• Music in Our Homeschool
• You ARE an Artist (chalk art lessons)
• Independent Homeschooling (post)
• Modified Workboxes (post)
• Homeschooling & the 3 Year Learning Curve (post)
• How Many Hours Does It Take to Homeschool (post)
• Delight Directed Homeschooling series
• Investing in Real World Homeschooling (post)
• CompuScholar
• Homeschool Graduation Requirements - A Simple Plan (post)
• Preparing Your Homeschooler for College (post)
• Homeschool to College - Transitioning your teen (podcast #102)

For more than a decade, we have been doing some form of "Special Night" with each of our children one night a week.  In this podcast, I share how that tradition has morphed over the years to accommodate our growing family and why this has become such a special night for all of us!

Resources mentioned:

• Special Night (post)
• Chocolate Chip Scones Recipe
• Special Night plate

When you need margin in your day are you seeking breaks or escapes?  Recognizing the difference is crucial to your job as a mother and homemaker.

Resources mentioned:

• The Me Time Myth (post)
• Caring for Yourself - The Me Time Myth Revisited (post)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

Tactics for keeping the house clean with a bunch of kids underfoot!

Get my book - Home Management for the Homeschool Mom

Resources mentioned:

• 4 Steps to a Better Homeschool Day (free class)
• Mom's Daily Checklist
• Cleaning with Kids Podcast Series - #46-49
• How to Put Your Homeschool on Autopilot - Podcast #50

Are your Sundays anything but restful?  Are you tired of trying to get Sundays "right?"  When you have a lot of kids, Sundays can be hard - getting everyone ready, keeping everyone calm during the service, and then they still expect to eat when you get home!  It's time we changed how we see Sundays and lean into Jesus as our Sabbath rest!

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