How I homeschool my 5 kids

Addressing the negativity around homeschooling. I know so many are unfamiliar with how homeschool works and have a lot of preconceived notions about it. That’s fair, our society hasn’t painted it in the best light in prior years. If you truly care to learn more or at least gain another perspective I encourage you to follow along in this series 🤗❤️ I am happy to talk about all these things as long as the conversation can remain respectful. Until then though I would like to address a few things. The socialization one really gets me 😂 Did you not see the video? They see their peers and friends everyday. My kids are all on sports teams and have extra curriculars with their peers everyday. All the leagues they are in are community leagues so they are playing amongst public school kids. They aren’t just hanging out with homeschooled kids 😉 I won’t get too into it here as I think each topic deserves its own video, but in the meantime here is my two cents on the negative comments. It is very apparent with a lot of the negative comments that the interactions these so called commentators had with homeschooled kids is extremely limited and are being exaggerated in attempt to prove a baseless point. I quite literally know engineers, doctors, scientists and lawyers who were homeschooled elementary through high school. Those higher forms of education where the training for these professions start come at the college level. A big question I keep seeing here is “How can you teach them accurately when in public school they have a teacher for each subject that has studied that subject for years?” In elementary school (which is the age my children are) they have one teacher. This teacher isn’t an expert in every single subject. In fact, some may not even have a degree in a specific academic subject at the elementary level. Rather, teachers have teaching degrees and their expertise is teaching through a variety of methods to ensure their 30 students can understand the concepts. I know my children best and know how they learn. I don’t have to learn how to teach 30 different kids with different learning styles. It’s important to remember the age of my children here (which is stated in the video). The concepts aren’t hard for any adult to understand. It’s elementary. You don’t need a degree in math to teach your own children addition, subtraction, and fractions. You don’t need a degree in geography to teach your own children about different countries. Teachers are amazing, do not get me wrong, but their expertise at the elementary level is based on how they are able to teach a variety of students with different learning styles. It isn’t based on having a formal education in every single academic area. Could imagine how long they would be in school if that was the case?? I will make a video explaining more in detail about how subjects are covered when “mom isn’t an expert” as many keep saying. But until then, I would suggest some of you stay out of the comment section. You are just further proving your ignorance into what homeschooling is and are presenting assumptions and bias as if they are facts. If you want actual facts about homeschooling start doing some research outside of your bias. Here is a simple statistic found in Business Insider, “Indeed, more colleges and universities have implemented clearer guidelines and policies for homeschooled students in recent years, and many are now eager to attract homeschooled applicants. In 2015, Business Insider noted that homeschooling is the ‘new path to Harvard’ and in 2018 the university profiled several of its homeschooled students.” One more from Harvard University, “Each applicant to Harvard College is considered with great care and homeschooled applicants are treated the same as all other applicants. There is no special process, but all relevant information about your educational and personal background is welcome Homeschooling parents keep transcripts and there is testing they can do to see where their kids are in comparison if families want to go that route. I know many have an outdated view of homeschooling as a way to isolate kids for religious purposes or whatever, but that is so far from the truth. If you are genuinely curious in understanding it better rather than judging based on unfounded assumptions and limited interactions, then stick around ❤️🤗

As a public school teacher, this sounds so much better than the schedule in public schools. Well rested, educated and active kids.

What a mom 👏🏻 just blown away. You go mama.

Lol. I'm just trying to get my dishes done every day.

My 3 children were homeschooled in the 80s/90s. Their primary extra-curricular activity was in 4H where they all trained, rode and showed their horses. Today they are a Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse, a high school Choir Teacher and a master's degree in HR working for an investment company after 10 years in the Air Force.

I was homeschooled and bullied in the neighborhood by other kids telling me I wasn't learning as much as them. Then I became a teacher...and wow. The kids in schools are not covering nearly as much material as I thought as a kid and way less than I was when I was learning at home. My two toddlers will also be home schooled. You look like you are doing an amazing job. Congratulations!

I was homeschooled and I hated it because I was on a robotics team with geniuses in advanced classes and always felt so far behind, but now I'm in college I regularly have the highest grades in my maths and science classes! It turns out that I really just needed perspective, I guess.

You go mama! My mom homeschooled my brothers and I K-12. I'm in a top 20 law school now, and my brothers are engineers. You're setting them up for a great life of learning!

I’m not a mother and I am nowhere near that phase, but I wanted to say you are an incredible example of someone who really shows up for her kids. They will appreciate this effort so much one day, very special! ❤

I homeschooled our 6 kids. When the twins were born, we had 5 kids under 5. You just have to laugh. We worked school into what we were doing. The little ones did numbers while grocery shopping. The next ones would tell me what 2 cans of beans would cost. The next would tell us which were the Best Buy, the next would figure out how many cans we needed i f we needed 6 ounces per person in a family of 8 and so on. We would camp, and hike, and leaf collect, and study geology and the world was our school room. All 6 kids have degrees, and good jobs they love, and I, am alive to Tell the tale!

I was actually homeschooled in first grade because I had my second Cerebral Palsy surgery. My mom did really great being my homeschool teacher. 🙂

This looks like a nightmare to me. I would be so unhappy and stressed doing this. Goes to show that it really works for some and not others- you do what works best for your family <3

I plan to homeschool my children because going through public school myself, I realized that children aren’t being taught everything that they should be, and other kids can be extremely cruel. I was bullied heavily and I can’t imagine my children going through the same thing. I also want my children to learn more than just the basics like math, science, history, and English. I want them to learn more practical skills like how to do taxes, how to fix up your own vehicles, how money works, how to budget, etc. The important stuff you should absolutely know about before adulthood so you’re not blindsided when you learn what the real world is like. Of course they’ll go into whatever extracurriculars they want. If they’re interested in sports, they can play sports. If they’re interested in ballet or dance, they could do that too. If they want to ride horses, I’ll put them in a 4H group and have my sister give them lessons (she’s an amazing horseback rider). I just cannot imagine putting my children through public school at this point. I don’t trust other people to teach my children the way I want them to be taught.

I have 5 kids too. We dont start lessons until after lunch. 2 of my kids have autism and attend speech or occupational therapy twice a week in mornings. Which allows kids to sleep and wake up rested vs alarm going off at 5am. I rotate out courses every 30/45 mins. and they do something like this: Math-Art-Spelling-Science-Geography/social studies-gym-spanish, etc. Which is basically a "sit down & focus" to a lighter (more fun) subject rotation. 8 hours in desk doesnt work for a lot of kids. Mainly mine with autism do better with 1:1. They also attend activities at the local library, take horseback riding lessons, karate and tumbling (boys ninja) and swim lessons. Once a month we volunteer at recycling center or at local animal shelter. It allows them to socialize outside the home with kids their age. I homeschool because i know what my kids are learning NOT the bs being pushed now. And i also know who is and isnt around my kids.

You are a literal super hero. 😍

This is by far the healthiest way to raise children! Cognitively and physically, they are getting everything they need & I like that there’s no screen time! Good job Mama! 👏🏾

I homeschooled my oldest 8 (of 9) when it wasn't popular and greatly misunderstood. This was back in dialup modem days with Prodigy and AOL LOL. You didn't tell anyone you homeschooled then (some wear it like a badge now). There were no or hardly any support groups. When I had to put the younger ones in public school due to circumstances at the time, the school counselors told me I had done a great job.

Im exhausted just watching this but i give you a lot of credit for all that you do.❤❤

I can’t ever do this. It’s a nightmare situation for me 😅 the 6 hours away from them makes me a better mom. You’re a tough one!! 👏🏻👏🏻

Good for you for homeschooling! I’ve been homeschooled all my life (I’m a sophomore now) and I’ve loved it. It’s worth it, keep it up.