Raising Arrows - Large Family Homeschool Life

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

Are you a mom who is easily overwhelmed by noise, lights, touch or smells? You might have sensory issues like I do. Listen to learn how I deal with being a large family mom and having sensory issues. Learn my tips and tactics for managing all the sensory input a mom comes in contact with during the day!

Life as a Mom with Sensory Issues (blog post)

Resources mentioned:

• Educating Your Gifted Child
• The Out of Sync Child
• The Out of Sync Child Has Fun

The tools your children need for college are the same tools they need for life - so give them that college-prep homeschool education even if they don't go to college! Here's what we did!

Read the post here - https://www.raisingarrows.net/2018/05/preparing-homeschooler-college/

Mentioned in the podcast:

Fish dissection - https://www.instagram.com/p/BjnKRCBAWBM/?taken-by=amyraisingarrows

Helpful link for Graduation Requirements - https://uh315.isrefer.com/go/phsc/Amyarrows/

Transcript help from The HomeScholar - https://uh315.isrefer.com/go/tts/Amyarrows

James 1:2-4 Proverbs 22:6

After years of doing the same thing in our homeschool, we are changing it up in a major way! Come hear all our news, plus learn tips and tricks for making major changes in your own homeschool curriculum and schedule!

In this episode:

• New curriculum reveal!
• How we make the Charlotte Mason method work for our family.
• Ideas for making the transition to a new curriculum and schedule easier.

Resources mentioned:

Occupying a Busy Preschooler (podcast)

A Year of Playing Skillfully Review (post)

A Year of Playing Skillfully (and A Summer of Playing Skillfully)

The Peaceful Press - home of The Peaceful Preschool & The Precious People

Ambleside Online Year 12

For the Children's Sake (book)

Morning Basket (book)

Nature Table (post)