Homeschooling is a big job! Learn how to put some of your subjects on autopilot will give you more margin in your day and less stress in your life!

Resources mentioned:

Why Teaching Textbooks is great for a large family - BLOG POST

Does My Child Have to Do All of the Problems in the Book? - BLOG POST

How we do Apologia with multiple ages - BLOG POST & VIDEO

Compass Classroom - This is a fantastic video-based curriculum!

Making Morning Time Easy - BLOG POST

To learn more about planning a simple homeschool day that utilizes autopilot subjects and looping extras, get my book Flexible Homeschool Planning. It will revolutionize your homeschool!

Now that I have a mix of big helpers, medium helpers, and little not-so-helpers, we can do a supercharged Weekly Home Blessing with decluttering and deep cleaning! Learn how we do it in this podcast!

During busy seasons of life, a weekly chore rotation is super helpful! This method works best when you have children who are beginning to be able to help out with cleaning chores, even though their standards may not be on par with your own. I used this method when I had a mix of older and younger children.

Resources mentioned:

• My book - Home Management for the Homeschool Mom
• Large Family Logistics

When you have a lot of little ones, survival cleaning is often the best way to go. Putting together a simple chore board can be a sanity saver because it doesn't require a lot of forethought and can be done anytime, anywhere!

Post & Video can be found here - https://www.raisingarrows.net/2016/08/chore-board/

When I had 2 small children, I did the majority of the house cleaning every Monday morning, mostly by myself. Learn how I organized the chores, how long it took me, and how I kept it clean the rest of the week.

In this episode:

• How I got control of my messy house.
• My Monday morning chores.
• How I kept the house clean throughout the week.

Resources:

FLYlady app