When it comes to homeschooling, I thoroughly enjoy breaking the preconceived notions people have about how it works – including other homeschoolers.
Today I shed some light on another interesting factor about homeschooling – breaks can totally count as homeschool days.
Although I have quite a bit of notebooking content, I still tend to get a few of the same questions about it. Today on my channel, I tried to tackle those answers for you. 😁
Being a mom of many has its perks when it comes to homeschooling. After being at this for 11 years now, I’ve begun to notice a natural transition of learning between age groups, and I’ve been able to use that to my children’s advantage.
Conventional schooling has kids using the same learning method from Kindergarten to 12th grade, but I think most people would agree that the needs of a 6-year-old are not going to match those of a 16-year-old.
Am I right??
As different as one homeschool can look from another, over the years I’ve learned that there is one thing the most successful homeschools have in common. It isn’t curriculum, methods, or extracurricular activities.
Can you guess what it might be?
Do the words “Operation Mockingbird” and “Smith-Mundt Modernization Act” mean anything to you?
They should.
They happen to be the two reasons you should never trust mainstream media (or most movies and documentaries) for information, whether for homeschooling or life, in general.
If this is new to you, and you’re ready for a rabbit hole, watch my latest video.
“Critical thinking” is one of the education system’s favorite buzz phrases, particularly since the introduction of Common Core. Ironic, isn’t it?
The problem is, the more we see critical thinking mentioned, the less we see evidence of its use in society. Why?? Well, the answer to that is simple. The education system does NOT teach critical thinking, despite its claims, and there’s a reason for that.
Today I published another video from the Patreon archives.
Educating your kids at home just isn’t as easy as it once was. Sure, there are tons of resources of available, but there is also an ever increasing amount of disinformation out there, as well.
(Btw, there’s a difference between misinformation and disinformation. Misinformation is accidental. Disinformation is intentional.)
On top of disinformation, we’ve got censorship. We’re living in a real life version of 1984.
This makes life as not only a homeschool parent, but any parent, extremely difficult.
Is it just me, or does it feel like Thanksgiving came and went in a flash? I’ll tell you what, taking those 4 days off of recording videos was really what I needed. 😅
Today, though, I’m back! I decided to keep it light for the first day, so I’m answering a question so many new homeschoolers have asked: What supplies do I need to get started?
I’m sitting here at the hospital with my daughter, and I realized I never posted about today’s video here. Ack!
It’s very common for homeschool parents to panic over the high school years. I have a completely different perspective, and I’m sharing that with you today. 🙂
Okay, today’s video was completely outside my comfort zone, but I did it anyway! 😬
A few people have asked me to share this sort of thing, and yesterday I really needed a brain break from my more mentally-driven videos, so I thought why not?
Finding a meal that all of my kids like is darn near impossible, but tater tot casserole probably comes closest!
Btw, if you’ve watched it already, let me just say that I should’ve stuck with two batches. This was gone in five minutes flat.
Oops.
