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Homeschooling

It all began when I was eleven and my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I have now been involved with homeschooling for more than 25 years and am blessed to be homeschooling ten children.

This page is designed to help you find the specific homeschooling information that you are looking for. Click on the menu above for posts on those specific homeschooling topics.

Below you will find the most recent homeschooling posts as well as an index of popular homeschooling posts here on the site.

Homeschooling is not the norm and we aren’t normal homeschoolers. So why do we do it? I’ve attempted to answer that question in these posts.

Public schools – Why they aren’t an option.
Our homeschool journey – How God sent us the blessing of cancer.
Goals
Homeschooling vs. the classroom
Socialization
Academics
Homeschooling and single moms
Family relationships

4 Moms Teach Writing Part 2: Composition

Teaching Writing Part 1: Grammar Teaching creative writing or composition is the scariest academic homeschooling task that I face. I graduated from college with honors, receiving only three B’s. All three came in English classes. All of them because of my writing or composition grades. So now you know the truth, I’m not a writer…

Q & A: Homeschooling while Pregnant, Sourdough Starter and Handling a Large Family

Today the 4 Moms of Many are fielding your questions. I asked on Facebook what questions you would like to see me answer and you all are a curious bunch. With over 30 questions, I won’t be answering them all today, but we will add many to our regular 4 Moms topics for the upcoming…

This week the 4 Moms of many, are talking about sibling relationships, or how we deal with sharing, bullying and arguing among our children. I want to be honest about this topic because I think that many parents don’t know how beautiful sibling relationships can be. Much like the teen years, many parents have wrong…

Encouraging Verses for Homeschooling: 4 Moms of Many

This week the 4 Moms of Many are sharing some verses or stories that have encouraged us in our homeschooling journey. The passage that explains both why we chose to home educate and dictates how we home educate is Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall…

4 Moms Q & A: Only Littles, Bible Reading Attitudes and Read Aloud Interuptions

Today the 4 Moms of Many are answering your questions. Brianah asked this question on FB. It’s one that gets asked frequently so probably deserves some more publicity, “What did your day look like when you had all littles?“ Our first 8 children are all between 14 and 18 months apart, so by the time…

How we homeschool:

Husbands and Homeschooling
Our Homeschool: 6 Distinctives
How we homeschool: an overview
The Reality – A live blog about what really happens during our school day.
Teaching younger children
Teaching older children
Teaching children with learning challenges

Teaching different ages and levels together:

A day in the life of a homeschooling family of 11 - Read minute by minute updates of one school day in our home.
Homeschooling with little ones: Part 1
Homeschooling with little ones: Part 2
How to use one level of Sonlight with all of your children
Our schedule
Our Sonlight school schedule
Putting it all together

Choosing curriculum:

Teaching Bible:

Teaching Bible
Bible reading - How and why we read through the Bible at least once a year.
Memorization – A step by step tutorial to create a system to keep up with all of the memorization passages that your children know.
Family worship

Teaching other subjects:

Homeschool House

Our school room - Updated pictures of our school room
Homeschool house – creative projects and ideas for making your home more education friendly.

Balance

Keeping up with housework and homeschooling

Curriculum Reviews

I’ve reviewed more than 50 homeschool products. To see all my reviews organized by subject visit the curriculum review page.