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Don’t homeschool. I’m not kidding.

Yes,  kids need to read and write and solve basic math problems, but they don’t need school at home.

They need to have plenty of time to run, jump, slide, swing, lay, laugh, build, and rest.

Give them time to be bored, time to think, time to day dream.

Don’t give them workbooks, worksheets, and hours of assignments.Instead, give them LESS.

• Less toys
• less screen
• less activities away and more time outside

With that extra space in their day, give them MORE

• more time together
• more hugs
• more smiles
• more time to breathe

Kids need to know that their part of in your family is important, needed, and necessary.

They need to work everyday as a part of the family, doing their “age-appropriate” share.

And most of all they need to be LOVES, enjoys, and delighted in.

They know when they’re not.

Kids grow up too fast, but they really don’t want to.

Honest.

• They really do want to snuggle, play, and dance.
• They want to hide and be found, seek and discover.

Reading is truly one of the BEST things we can do with and for our kids.

Cozying with your child and a book, reading aloud or listening to an audio book, getting lost in a story… it’s the BEST and they know it. They beg for it.

Kids need to be allowed to struggle, even made to struggle.

Let them “do it themselves” whenever you can.

Listen 12 times longer than you think necessary.

Ask open ended questions and then count to 100 in your mind before speaking again.

If they don’t answer, rephrase the question and count again.

Kerry Beck

Our kids don’t need to be homeschooled.

• They need to work, play, laugh, love and be loved.
• They need to explore, test, experiment, and study.

Each child has their own set of curiosities and passions that make them smile from their toes.

If they are so busy doing school, they may stay locked up deep within and refuse to come out.

Oh, if something has to go… let it be school.

Learning has NOTHING to do with school.

Life, love, service, reading, exploring, discovering, enjoying, delighting and BEHOLDING… that’s where the magic happens.

Want kids who are excited to learn?

• Hide the pencils, textbooks, and tests.
• Pull off the shoes, walk barefoot in the grass and chase the butterflies.
• Watch the sunrise and lie back and wait for the stars to come out.
• Roll out of bed and watch the sunrise and listen to the choir of birds herald in the new day.
• Pack a picnic and explore a trail through the woods and delight in the meadow hidden from view.
• Spread a blanket and eat a simple lunch and listen.
• Unplug the electronics for a few days and watch as your kids blossom as they inhale each new day with growing enthusiasm. Don’t be discouraged if it’s hard at first… press through the boredom.

Don’t homeschool your kids.

Bring them on the journey of life with you. Talk with them, teach them how to change the oil, do the laundry and sew a button. Bake cookies for a neighbor, find a geocache and check out books from the library.

GO to the food bank and ask what their greatest need is and then go to the grocery store and fill it together.

Related: An Easy Button for Making Learning FUN

Don’t homeschool your kids.

Life has so much more to teach them than that curriculum in the corner.

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97+ Ideas for Making Math FUN

You Don’t Need to Apologize for Raising Kids In a Greenhouse

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Bible Object Lessons from Nature for Kids

She lays awake at night tossing and turning. She tries to rest, but when she closes her eyes she sees the slumped over image of her son burned into her memory.

“I failed again.”

She is confused. She read all the latest and greatest articles on how to teach her child, but when she tries to follow the advice, her son closes down and she becomes frustrated, discouraged and depressed.

“I’m messing up my kid!”

Today was no different. A new lesson, neatly sharpened pencils, a good breakfast and the day began as usual. Son was happy; until the books came out… then the sparkle in his eyes dimmed and his shoulders slouched forward.

“HELP! I need to make learning more engaging, passionate and FUN for my son. THIS isn’t working.”

Related: Amy Michaels will be LIVE to share tips on Hands-on learning, Making Math and Science EASY, and sharing incredible exclusives!

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What if there was a way to simplify learning, magnify time away from worksheets, and increase connections with your kids?

Would you sleep better at night?

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Quick Win!

Hands-on Learning like a professional.

Step 1: Choose a focus: The US, ballparks of the Us, National Parks (that’s the one i NEED), Canadian Provinces, The Caribbean, or…

Step 2: Begin traveling to places close to where you are.

• make memories
• take photos

Step 2.1: Toss in a few relevant Geography lessons (Splurge on the color copy. It’s still really affordable!)

CELEBRATE!! It doesn’t get much better than this!

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Do you know what we all NEED?

An Easy Button.

Imagine actually having time to connect and play with your kids before handing them a pencil.

Imagine activities and lessons that not only teach them a thing or two, but actually capture their imagination.

Let me introduce you to EVAN MOOR.

Evan isn’t a person.

He’s not gonna show up at 8:00 am each day and take your dog for a walk. Evan Moor is one of my favorite publishers.

Related: COMPLETE homeschool packages by grade

In 2011, my youngest son began BEGGING me for a Civil War Activity packet. He had peeked over his brother’s shoulder as he read, colored, cut and pasted together a beautiful project highlighting all the major facts and events surrounding the Civil War. And that little squirt wanted in on the fun.

The Challenge: Make learning FUN.

Many homeschoolers are completely and totally committed to educating their kids with excellence, but they have no idea how to make it fun.

Worse, their kids walk away from a lesson they are destined to forget… because they don’t invest their imagination into it at all.

Learning should be engaging and fun. Kids across the planet are suddenly turning their heads.

“PLEASE make it fun! PLEASE make me curious! PLEASE let me stand up, lay on the floor and move around!”

How to Make Learning Fun

• EXPERIENCE. Before handing a child a pencil, give them an experience, take them on a journey, capture their imagination and ignite their curiosity. Field trips, vacations, movies and trips to the library whet their whistle and give you the opportunity to witness what catches their attention.
• HANDS-ON. Find ways to touch, mold, eat, smell, and manipulate a subject BEFORE the pencil is handed to the child. It’s magic.
• SIMPLIFY. Remember, kids do not need to practice a skill 14 times to “prove” they’ve learned it well. Doing fewer problems, writing fewer words is usually the shortest path to success.

Give yourself an EASY button for inspiring your child’s love for learning.

Evan Moor products are designed with the goal of nurturing a love of learning in our kids. Their products are EASY to use, low cost, and packed with FUN assignments that will not require your kids to skip meal time, rest time, or playdates. They’ll even have time left over to do a few chores! Yay!

Since there are over 500 products, let’s approach this EASY button by focusing on the top three NEEDS our kid’s learning activities need to solve.

1. HANDS-on learning. We need to sprinkle just enough hands-on activity into our kids day to keep them on their toes and fully engaged.
2. CONQUER Math head on. Many homeschoolers begin to break into a cold sweat when they think about teaching math, so give us a way to simplify teaching math in less time than we think it should require!
3. INSPIRE. Our kids need to be problem solvers, critical thinkers, and overcomes who learn to embrace learning with an “I CAN!” attitude and then be able to trouble shoot their thinking strategies when things do not go as planned.

EASY BUTTON: HANDS-ON Projects Made Easy with Geography Skill Sharpeners.

Geography Skill builders are filled activities to invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills while focusing on a particular geographical topic.

The reading selections and activities take students beyond basic geographic understandings and into unique ecosystems, biomes, places and regions, histories, cultures, and social movements within our world. Students make personal connections to their learning by completing expository and creative writing activities as well as hands-on geography projects.

Shop Skill Builders: Browse by grade level, Daily tasks, Continents

Science Comes ALIVE with Skill Sharpeners for Science.

Build your child’s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with these stunning full-color activity books! Engaging reading selections, activities, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts such as:

Physical Science

• Forces and Motion
• Magnets
• Gravity

Life Science

• Life Cycles
• Growth and Change
• Animal Groups
• Offspring
• Fossils
• Dinosaurs
• Adaptations
• Ecosystems

Earth Science

• Weather
• Climate
• Hurricanes
• Tornadoes
• Floods

Shop by grade, high interest topics, or all science.

The simple experiments and hands-on activities, using materials that can easily be found at home, help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way.

Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept.

EASY BUTTON: Simplify Math

Math Fluency! Introduce your students to an exciting world of opportunities when you help them learn skills and develop aptitudes that will benefit them throughout their lives! Math is more than just about numbers — it is about how our world and surrounding universe works. 

You’ll love the ease and convenience of presenting each strategy—transparencies, teacher overview pages, student practice pages, reproducible number facts tests, flashcards, and assessment record charts give you all the tools you need.

I love these math lessons because they have success built right in.

• Clear, simple instruction
• Easy to follow examples
• Just the right amount of practice

Math Fluency cover grades 1-6.

• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4-6

Easy Button: STEM Challenges!

Don’t worry! You’ll have everything you need right at home to complete each of these challenges (usually)

• The 15 grade-appropriate STEM challenges target life, earth, and physical science concepts. 
• Every unit is focused on a hands-on challenge in which students apply the STEM process of plan, create, test, and redesign.
• No-prep lessons and easy-to-find materials help you fit STEM learning into the busy school day.
• Each unit provides everything you need to guide your students in completing the hands-on challenge

All the homeschool moms said, “THANK YOU!!!”

Everything is right there to help get your kids moving, building, thinking, testing and retesting.

A STEM challenge overview—Introduces the specific task and goal of each STEM challenge and provides space for students to brainstorm.

Design process worksheets—Activities guide students to plan, create, test, and evaluate their creation.

A redesign page to evaluate their design—The worksheet guides students through each step of the design process and provides space to document plans, materials, results, evaluations, and revisions.

Can I make this even easier for you?

“Yes Please!!“

If you want your kids to do some hands-on learning about the world, improve their math skills AND solve some STEM focused challenges…

Kindergarten BUNDLE

• Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade K
• Everyday Literacy: Math, Grade K
• STEM: Smart Start K

First Grade Bundle

• Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade 1
• Math Fluency 1st
• STEM: Smart Start

Second Grade Bundle

• Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade 2
• Math Fluency 2nd
• STEM Lessons and Challenges 2nd

Third Grade Bundle

• Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade 3
• Math Fluency 3rd
• STEM Lessons and Challenges 3rd

Fourth Grade Bundle

• Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade 4
• Math Fluency 4-6
• STEM Lessons and Challenges 4th

Fifth Grade Bundle

• Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade 5
• Math Fluency 4-6
• STEM Lessons and Challenges 5th

Sixth Grade Bundle

• Skill Sharpeners: Geography, Grade 6
• Math Fluency 4-6
• STEM Lessons and Challenges 6th

EASIER Button: Turning that EASY Button into the BEST SAVINGS Button too!

The Teacher File Box! (Not included in the sale)

If wish I could go back to the beginning of my journey and grab this one! Oh my stars!!

So there you have it: A EASY Button + an Easier Button Recipe = Success!

Carefully crafted activities to inspire a love for learning in your children. Just add a few outings to visit and explore, plan a journey to the local library to fill your read-aloud time with adventure, and add some EASY to follow hands-on projects to ignite your child’s imagination.

After that?

Simply lay your head down at night and rest. You won’t need to toss and turn and wonder if they’re learning and growing.

You’ll see it all over their face and in that sparkle in their eyes!

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Looking for the EXACT Links Amy Shared during her interview?

HISTORY

History Pockets:

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/20056/Evan-Moor-STEM-Lessons-and-Challenges-Grade-2

Skill Sharpeners, Geography PreK-Grade 6

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/19925/evan-moor-skill-sharpeners-geography-grade-second

Daily Geography,  Grades 1-6

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/114/Daily-Geography-Practice-Grade-2

MATH:

Building Math Fluency, Grades 1-6

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/561/building-math-fluency-grade-2

Math Fundamentals, Grades 1-6

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/19819/Evan-Moor-Math-Fundamentals-Grade-2

Daily Word Problems, Grades 1-6

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/20047/Evan-Moor-Daily-Word-Problems-Grade-2

STEM:

STEM Lessons and Challenges, Grades 1-6

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/20056/Evan-Moor-STEM-Lessons-and-Challenges-Grade-2

Smart Start STEM, PreK- Grade 1

https://www.evan-moor.com/p/19987/Evan-Moor-Smart-Start-STEM-First-Grade

OH My STARS!!

TeacherFIleBox:

https://www.teacherfilebox.com/

Doors open again in January 2020!!

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Doors open again in January 2020!

One of the most challenging parts of homeschooling is staying encouraged and filled with enthusiasm for our kids and family.

It’s easy to get caught in the trap of staring at lesson plans, learning benchmarks and curriculum and forget to focus on the things that really matter: heart, attitude, and character.

Homeschooling is wonderful.

After 20+ Years of teaching our five sons, I can tell you it is one of the best adventures I have been on in my life. But I can also tell you it’s harder on your own.

The BEST news?

You don’t have to do it alone!

My friend, Ana has developed a place for homeschool moms to be refreshed and renewed while simultaneously being equipped for teaching their kids.

This membership is for moms who want to ditch busy, find clarity, and homeschool with confidence, peace, and joy. 

Every month the sisterhood will focus on a specific topic and you will have access to:

• Masterclasses
• Homeschool experts interviews
• Book clubs for kids and for moms
• Curricula & book author’s Q&As
• Family workshops in a variety of subjects from writing, to arts, cooking, foreign languages, etc.

All strategically scheduled to help you follow a homeschool success path.

You will also have access to special discounts for all future resources and events..

The Homeschool Sisterhood will give you the content, the community, and the accountability you need to homeschool successfully from a place of rest and confidence.

All outside social media, so you can redeem your precious time and invest in the most important people in your life – your family.”

This membership will only be open twice a year, so make sure to drop your name on the wait list today. Learn more here.

Everyone is So Excited About This!💃💃

The Homeschool Sisterhood is an amazing Charlotte Mason Inspired membership community that will provide you monthly with:

🌿a habit training focus for the children in a printable form with a checklist
🌿a masterclass on a specific topic following our success path roadmap
🌿a guest/expert interview
🌿a book club for moms designed to cover topics on homeschooling, motherhood/parenting, marriage, and relationship with God
🌿a book club for children done by kids to get them super excited about reading and meeting online together
a family workshop (it could be on writing, cooking, arts, foreign language, music, etc)

😍Everyone is so excited about working together in training our children in important habits like:

🌿Obedience
🌿attention
🌿perfect execution
🌿order
🌿self-control
🌿thankfulness
🌿observation
🌿memorization & more!!

Month-by-month we will be navigating the 7 Cs of Homeschooling™ together:

CLARITY
CONTENT
CONSISTENCY
CONTENTMENT
COMMUNITY
CONFIDENCE
CELEBRATION

What will you have inside The Homeschool Sisterhood:

🌿Content
🌿Community
🌿Mentorship
🌿Encouragement
🌿Inspiration
🌿Accountability

1️⃣All in one place
2️⃣All off social media
3️⃣No distractions
4️⃣Designed with a proven success path to help you create a successful, restful, and joyful homeschool.

💗 You’ll want to hop on the waitlist today!

Don’t miss out the next time the doors open👇👇

Our littles can get pretty creative while we are heating our tea for the third time, switching the laundry, or answering a math question.

Moms know there’ quiet. And then there’s “TOO QUIET”.

One mom shared, “My son siphoned chocolate milk from his sippy cup and put it into a squirt gun and sprayed the entire house!”😂🤣

I know it’s only funny if you don’t have to clean up the mess!

Can you top that?

LOL.
Oh, the exciting days with littles.

Baby powder, vaseline, lipstick, peanut butter, and glitter.

“I painted it for you!!”

It’s amazing we ever try to get anything done with littles around. So how do moms do it?

Related: Let me show you the Activity Room!!

With Secret Parenting Weapons!

Because if we try to parent and homeschool without being fully armed with brilliance, we’re doomed.

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Those cutie pies can destroy a house faster than an untrained golden Labrador puppy who just discovered the sofa is filled with fluff!!! 🐕🐾

Don’t worry. I got your back.

Easy Preschool Craft and Activities to help you keep your little busy during school

Imagine that you wake up each day feeling excited, and knowing you’ll create a meaningful childhood experience THAT day.

You feel in control because you know not only when those moments of chaos happen, but what you can do when they do happen.

You’ve come to appreciate what activities can do for your parenting and your child — you feel more confident that you’re the parent you’ve always wanted to be.

You can do this! Jamie is here to help! (It’s worth putting your name on the VIP wait list)

DIY Arts and Crafts!

Forest Rose knows the best way to get kids involved in a fun activity is to include them in the process of getting all the goodies ready! (Don’t you love here name? Forest Rose).

In her DIY Arts and Crafts recipe post, Forest gives us everything we need to help our kids create and use finger paint, flubber, play-doe, bubbles and more! (Read more here)

Create a Reading Corner for Preschoolers

Preschoolers LOVE forts, tents, and anyplace they can crawl inside. Joanie, with Simply Living Mama, encourages moms to take advantage of that desire to stir up a desire for reading. How? Create a Comfy Reading Corner!

Camp Mom is jam-packed with gorgeous photos of super fun activities to do with the kids!

• Several printable summer planning pages (art supply prep list, Summer Bucket List template, etc.)
• Four summer themes with over 45 Simple and FUN activity ideas with full instructions and supply lists. With 80+ total activities and ideas to do!
• Adventure ideas and tips – you can have adventures without leaving your backyard or use the ideas to get out and explore your community.
• Tips and articles for a successful summer: managing sibling conflict, what to do with the toddler, how to enjoy a museum with your kids, etc.
• Reading recommendations to go with each of the 4 themes.

Scissors with Littles!

“I know – a scissors is sometimes a scary thing to hand over to a kid.

But trust me on this — I bet they can do it.

Just don’t expect them to do it right.

Don’t expect your child to hold the scissors with their thumb up, or even with one hand. Don’t expect straight lines, or even lines at all. Don’t expect a lot.

Give them the rules — no running with scissors. Point down when walking with scissors. And scissors are meant for cutting…. and that’s it.

Notice – I didn’t restrict it to cutting paper.

That’s because there’s many other objects that are easier to cut — but also more enjoyable for kids to cut when they’re first starting out. Why?

Because little kids can do it.

Try these when cutting in the beginning:

• Play Dough
• Nature
• Straws (or strings or ribbons, but they can be harder)
• Food (like cooked spaghetti noodles)

And of course paper — try coffee filters or construction paper.” (Jamie- Activity Room)

Scissor skills are about more than cutting a straight line. We need to help our kids develop and fine tune their fine-motor skills and using a good pair of fiskar scissors and a little creativity they will be safe and delighted as the fine-motor-skill up their little world. Just be sure to supervise:)

Grab these 5 Cutting Activities from Jamie with the Activity Room!

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Perfection Is An Illusion!

This is a collection of home education resources, tips, and HACKS to help you find victory, joy and laughter in your homeschool journey whether you’re looking for faith homeschool, simple homeschool or ways to make learning fun!

LIVE interviews with veteran homeschool moms and Bekki as we dive deep into ONE specific area of homeschooling, parenting, and life!

Episode 12: Homeschooling Challenging Kids with Julie

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Episode 1: Boys, Nerf Bullets, and Decluttering with Sarah Mueller from Declutter My Home!

Join Sara’s 10 minute Decluttering Challenge here

Oh My STARS!!: Grab your FREE copy of all the episode links and resources here

Episode 2: Capsule Homeschooling with Ana Willis from They Call Me Blessed

More from Ana here

Episode 3: Soft Skills and why they’re just as important as academics with Lisa Nehring

Orienteering

Because taking a few tests or surveys and calling it college and career planning just leaves you standing alone and wondering what happens next. Learn More here

Episode 4: The Importance of Homeschool Goals over Curriculum with Laina Yeisley

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How to Make Learning Fun: EASY!

97+ Ideas for Making Math FUN

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Episode 5: Nature Studies with Sarah!

Nature Study Resources from Sarah
 Nature Worth Observing Journal

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Episode 6: Adding Music into Your Homeschooling with Gena!

Gena shares all the tips and tricks to bring the wonder and power of MUSIC into our kids lives! Gena will explain how we can do this even if we don’t know anything about music ourselves!

Related: Gena’s top Music recommendations

My TOP Picks from Gena

• A Year of Charlotte Mason Music Lessons
• 15 Minute Music Lessons for Elementary Kids

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RELATED: You can download all the links from all the episodes to date, right here

Episode 7: Embracing the Power of the Mind, With Meryl

Free Class to Help us set our kids up for effective struggling! FREE Python Programming

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Episode 8: Homeschooling with Chronic Illness with Heather

Join Heather’s Series on Chronic Illness

Episode 9: Hands-on Learning Made FUN with Amy

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Episode 10: Teens and Business with Abby

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Episode 11: Homeschool and Nutrition with Debbie

Episode 12: Homeschooling Challenging Kids with Julie

Episode 13: Art Beyond the Stick Figure with Jennifer and Sally

coming August 19

More Episodes on the way…

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Engaging, Pre-Planned Activities That Help Create Magical Moments Together.

Save tons of time and stress looking for and planning activities to keep them busy! Have them right at your fingertips!

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How to join in Each week: the videos will hosted LIVE on my Facebook Page, and then the video will be posted on this page and also on my YouTube Channel.

Want to make sure you don’t miss anything? Subscribe to my Facebook Messenger bot. I will send messages the day of the interview/chats.

I’m sitting here listening to one of my sons finger pick his guitar. It’s better than having the radio playing any day of the week.

I still remember the day he asked me if he could look up a tutorial on YouTube. Fast forward to today… YouTube is where that child learned to play.

Do you have kids who want to to learn to play instruments? Maybe you want to find easy ways to integrate music into your homeschooling.

Yes, Youtube is an option. It worked wonders for our son, but he is extremely determined by nature and is self-disciplined enough to practice every single day.

I think a better description is obsessed. He practices every day, and in the summer he will put HOURS on his guitar.

If you’re looking to introduce your kids to music, or give them access to lessons, bookmark this page so you can find it later.

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Read More »

Grab your ticket to the fun here

 My eyes were opened to the wonder of educating the child from the inside out AGAIN.

Even though this is how my husband and I have always educated our kids, I had gotten numb to the simplicity and brilliance of focusing on character, attitude and… the WHOLE child.

Well, I was bitten by the Charlotte Mason bug during my interview with Ana Willis.

I love hanging out with people who are zealous about what they do… It’s so contagious!

Holy Moly!!

I am so excited I’m shaking.

• Educating the WHOLE child
• Focusing one character, attentiveness, obedience, kindness and more

Using BOOKS as the backbone to learning.

YES! YES! YES!

I had the pleasure of interviewing Ana Willis with They Call Me Blessed about Capsule Homeschooling AND this amazing NEW Charlotte Mason Conference.

Fast forward to Minute 59 to listen to Ana Describe this event!

Related: Here’s the printable from the Interview

Do you ever wonder if a 19th-century British educator can still influence our homeschool today?

Join us as we learn about the Charlotte Mason philosophy of education from 23 veteran homeschool parents who have been successfully using and enthusiastically sharing about Ms. Mason’s educational approach still today.

From habit training to Shakespeare, come discover and be inspired by a feast of ideas to implement in your homeschool.

🌿June 24-28
🌿23 Speakers
🌿25 Live Workshops
🌿Lifetime Access
🌿Swag Bags
🌿Giveaways
🌿Only $10

Grab your ticket to the fun!

Charlotte Mason Conference Schedule

Monday, June 24 – Getting Started with Charlotte Mason

1:00 PM Ana Willis WWCD? A Charlotte Mason Education in the 21st Century

2:00 PM Dollie Freeman Self-Education: The Pinnacle Ideal of the Charlotte Mason Way 

3:00 PM Kay Chance How to Grow Faith & Disciple Kids with Bible Study + Journaling

4:00 PM Crystal & John Schindele Why? Not just a question for Preschoolers

5:00 PM Tatiana Adurias Fostering a Charlotte Mason Community

Tuesday, June 25 – Early Years, Nature Study & Handicrafts

1:00 PM Amy Fischer Before Curriculum: Using Charlotte Mason’s Educational Tools in your Home

2:00 PM Sarah Bliss The Intricacies of Nature Study

3:00 PM Meghann Dibrell Handicrafts for Whole Body Learning

4:00 PM Angela O’Dell Growing Naturally in Language Skills

5:00 PM Jennifer Dowdy Charlotte Mason in the Early Years

Wednesday, June 26 – Charlotte Mason Curriculum for All Ages

1:00 PM Angela O’Dell Learning & Teaching History from a Biblical Worldview

2:00 PM Jeannie Fulbright 5 Steps to a Superior Science Education

3:00 PM Julie Ross The Pageant of History

4:00 PM Chelli Guthrie Encouraging You and Your Reluctant Writer

5:00 PM Ashley Wiggers Making Geography Memorable

Thursday, June 27 – Living Literature, Shakespeare and the Arts

1:00 PM Gena Mayo Doing Music the Charlotte Mason Way

2:00 PM Gena Mayo “Me? Teach Shakespeare? Then it has to be easy.”

3:00 PM Dachelle McVey Add Enchantment to Your Homeschool through Literature

4:00 PM Erica Johns The Gift of The Arts

5:00 PM Diana Waring From Ordinary to Extraordinary—A Multi-Faceted Approach to Learning

Friday, June 28 – Habit Training & God’s Purpose for Our Homeschool

1:00 PM Cori Dean What is a Biblical Home Education?

2:00 PM Kathie Morrisey Training Character Into Your Children

3:00 PM Tara Wholford Spirit Led Homeschooling

4:00 PM Charlene Notgrass Homeschooling: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt

5:00 PM Lee Felix 4 Keys to Keep an Encouraged Homeschool Mama Heart

Grab your ticket to the fun here

When you buy your ticket from A BetterWay to Homeschool, you also get a special BONUSES

Hurry!

1. Register for the Charlotte Mason ONLINE Conference with this link.
2. Email your receipt to abetterwaytohomeschool@gmail.com and you will receive the Amazing Handwriting Worksheets as a special BONUS! (BONUS Expired June 28, 2019)

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Wait? You can make actual money making and selling printables?!?!

It’s not fair.

When you dedicate your life to raising your kids and personally stay at home to make sure their needs are met, you are like a master gardener inside a greenhouse.

Greenhouses are safe and controlled environments which provide optimum conditions for seeds to grow.

Plants are given just enough food and water and care to ensure they are healthy and strong and exposed to plenty of light.

As homeschoolers, we are greenhouse parents.
We carefully tend to their needs as young learners, providing just enough to help them grow in their love of learning, while providing plenty of opportunities for time in the sun.

Someone I respected told me I was setting my kids up for failure because my husband and I chose to homeschool our five sons. I was rattled.

My sons’ doctor had homeschooled all six of their children, so I asked him if I was making a mistake. “What would be your mistake?” He asked with a warm smile.

“Over protecting and over sheltering my kids,” I replied.

He laughed. “Bekki, look to the Bible. God ALWAYS over protects His kids. He hides them under His wings, protects them from storms, covers them with clouds, and warms them with pillars of fire. He parts seas when they need to cross water and sends food when they are wandering in the desert. God always over protects His kids. We should do the same.”

That one conversation gave me such a burst of confidence, I never looked back again. In fact, my husband and I pressed in and became expert Greenhouse Gardeners for our Kids.

Just like tomatoes and flowers grow better in a greenhouse, so do our kids… for the same reasons.

Temperature Control

“Outdoor temperature swings range widely between day and night. Plants subjected to extreme cold and heat across a 24-hour period do not grow as well as greenhouse plants and stressed plants become stunted over time.”

Kids left to their own devices, or worse the whims of the world, are subjected to extreme cold and heat in the form of topics and agendas being thrust into their worlds long before their roots are strong. Over time, they become stressed and their own growth is stunted.

• It’s the right thing for us to control the temperature in our children’s lives. To give them the proper balance of normal, healthy, and whole- all flowing from our love for the Lord.
• It’s ok for us to control the flow of information that comes into our child’s mind while they are young.
• It’s necessary for us to give our kids boundaries and rules based upon the word of God and to teach them His guidelines for truth.

“They will know us by our love.”

Carbon Dioxide Factor

“Controlling indoor air movement provides the greenhouse plants with a constant supply of carbon dioxide, which they need for sugar production.”

A master gardener knows that controlling the air flowing to her plants is key to their health and eventual harvest. Too little of the right air and the plant withers, too much and it is not healthy. The key is balance.

Kids need the proper flow of ideas, teachings and truth to be controlled as they flow into their lives also. As a greenhouse homeschooler, you don’t cut your child off from the world entirely, instead you are completely in control of how much of the world has contact with your children as they are developing. Master gardeners will not fill their greenhouses with sunshine, water, locusts, and diseases that may arm their plants.

Greenhouse parents take precautions when raising their kids as well, carefully selecting and controlling what they let in. That is the best way for kids to grow.

Reduced Pest and Disease Exposure

“Plants in greenhouses grow in containers with specifically chosen soil. Unlike an outdoor garden, your greenhouse container soil does not have the potential of harboring harmful diseases and pests. As a result, your greenhouse is practically sterile to fungi, bacteria and pests, such as borers. Without stressful pathogens and pests, the plants concentrate on healthy growth rather than repair and defense.”

Read that last sentence again. ‘Without stressful pathogens and pests, the plants concentrate on health growth rather than repair and defense.’

You are NOT stunting your child’s life when you control which ideas and ideologies you allow in your home. You are strengthening them and giving them an unfair advantage for growth.

This is where everyone takes sides and draws lines, I get that. You have every right to decide what you want to pass on to your children, but be careful. EVERYTHING is too much.

Kids who are exposed to an “anything goes- no boundaries” world are not set up for confidence and success to the same degree as those who are taught to live within the safety of boundaries. The right boundaries are more than beneficial for our kids. They catapult them toward stable, secure, healthy and fruitful lives.

Our kids have an unfair advantage because they grow in safety, security, and confidence in this greenhouse environment.

We made the decision long ago that we would homeschool our kids, I would be a full time mom and homeschool teacher, and we would stand upon the word of God and all His precious promises.

It may be unfair to everyone outside the greenhouse, but it’s still the best for our kids and the effects are evident in our kids as they grow in joy, love, confidence, and passion.

All five of our sons are healthy, strong, and catapulting toward successful futures.

Don’t be afraid of the greenhouse. EMBRACE it!