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Tests are trash! Haha but as I’m preparing for a final for an undergrad class tonight, tests are an unfortunately essential part of higher academia. Once my kids are in high school I’ll teach them so they know the subject and then I’ll separately teach them how some classes are completely do this worksheet and pull the answers from this chapter and then do this test. I might make test taking a whole class because most of my college classes have nothing to do with learning but with getting good grades on homework and tests. It’s pretty obnoxious honestly.

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Thank you for this!!! I struggle with my patience daily and needed this so much!

Do you ever get to your point about myths? I have listened for ten minutes of nattering on.

I keep getting asked what about socialization, when I tell people that my husband and I are homeschooling our son which is only 2 years old right now so yeah we have time but yet they are scared that he's not going to be socialized which there is so many ways to give him socialization opportunities

I have been all of these personality types in my first year of homeschooling. 😂 Not all once but I have shifted from one and when I find I have went too much in one type, I switched.

I am all of these😂 I reserve the books ahead of time, but we end up reading 2 out of 50 and returning them a month late🤪

I need the opposite episode😂

Thank you for your vulnerability! So refreshing!

I’m a new homeschool mama and I love your podcast. It has been so helpful and inspiring!

I needed this. We dealt with crap in October that just knocked my confidence. Then my Nanas diagnosis. She sadly passed in January so now grieving. Then from February to March it was 6 solid weeks of me being sick and I was thinking this morning how do we get back on track or catch up when your train has derailed, caught on fire and fell off a cliff.

Is it too late to enter the scholarship contest?

I homeschool and I recently found your podcast…I have been doing WAP for about 3 months, bottom line I’m so thankful I found you! Thank you for what you do!

I'm so thrilled I came across your video! I have always loved art, but it was never a focus for me growing up. My 2nd grader loves all things art and I really want to support and encourage that but am completely lost! This curriculum looks completely perfect and exactly what I was trying to find!

Dear Leigh! I enjoy your podcasts very much.

My daughter went to preschool and a year of public school kindergarten so now that she is homeschooling, she absolutely does not view homeschooling as school.

You want to talk about family vacations during the school year, get a load of this doosy: Back in April of 2015, there was a guy right here in the Philadelphia area who took his two kids out of school to Boston because he was running in the Boston Marathon. Then all of a sudden, he gets a letter from the school's principal saying that it was an unexcused absence. Plus, it violated the state's mandatory school attendance laws. He then wrote the principal back, and he said that his kids learned more in the five days that they were in Boston than they would have sitting inside of a classroom. Plus, he would do it again if he had to.

Although my school days were back in the 60's and 70's, and I never had children myself, I have done some research on parents taking their kids out of school for a family vacation. According to the schools' attendance policies and state laws, family vacations during the school year are unexcused absences. Although they get breaks during the school year and the summer off, family vacations during the school year are much cheaper than in the summer and on school breaks. A lot of parents can't afford to take family vacations during the summer. They also work full-time jobs as well. Depending on the type of jobs that they have, some parents can't afford to take family vacations during the summer. Plus, they want to avoid the summer crowds as well. It not only applies to the public schools, but to the private, the Catholic, and the other religious schools as well. Sure they're going to get flack from the teachers and school administrators. But it's the parents who have control over their kids and their education. Some of them don't like the idea of the schools telling them what can and can't do with their kids. Even some of the teachers won't give them make-up work either. And it's just not for family vacations either. The schools have to very strictly enforce their attendance policies and the states' mandatory attendance laws as well. They also wants parents to schedule medical appointments after school hours as well. After all, there are doctors who have evening and Saturday hours. Depending on the schools' attendance policies, they only consider illnesses where you have a written doctor's note, a death in the family, or a court appearance, as an example, as excused absences. Plus, if your kids aren't going to be in school that day, you have to notify the school by a certain time in the morning. If not, the school will call you to find out why your kids are not in school. Plus, they'll also take it to the next level, and the school will take legal action against them. I have also seen some stories on the TV news about parents being arrested and going to court because their kids were simply missing too much school. You're doing the right thing by homeschooling your kids. The schools today want to control all the details of your personal life, especially off the school grounds. Good luck to you in your homeschooling. You're doing the right thing by educating your kids on your terms instead of the school district's terms. Oh another thing, if kids miss too much school, it affects their state funding. They lose their state funding if the kids are not in school. Here in Pennsylvania, where I live at, and by law, K-12 students have to be in school for 180 days a year.

I look forward to the upcoming podcast about misbehaviour.

God bless you sweet sister! Merry Christmas! ♥️

Merry Christmas, Leigh! Thank you for your prayers and encouragement ❤.

As a Grandparent . I stand with homeschool parents . We cannot give over our children to be taught, unloved and developed by others . That knowledge has been an awesome realisation, and sometimes an overwhelming responsibility . But soo worth the cost . Your Hero s 🙏

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I needed this as well. A suggestion for anyone who has a hard time following through on subjects they don’t like. This year I teamed up with two other moms that don’t love teaching science either, and we were having a hard time. We each took 3 months and two topics. We will get together twice a month and take turns teaching all the kids. Like a little mini co-op. This way we have to follow through 😂 And we picked things that we all Felt were important.

Thank you for this. I needed this so much. Especially what you are saying about doing the thing. Just do it. That’s where I am especially with teaching the fundamentals. It has to be done, they deserve a solid footing in these early elementary years.

Very helpful viewpoints, I really agree and appreciate the things you have shared; regarding a family's overall goals, and mission, as those wanting to follow the Father, and pointing their children to Him, in what they study, and the time they spend together. There is nothing that can replace that time lost, and the values gained, if not at home, and homeschooling. It's such a gift and blessing.

I really appreciate your explanation of why you choose curriculum. I also have 3 children, and I am always keeping in mind ahead, of what I would like for them to have as high school students, as I am mindful about where there interests are. I enjoy the thoroughness of your video. Thank you for sharing!

My husband and I have been considering home school and listening to you talking about it is like listening my list of reasons for wanting to homeschool. I really want to foster a strong family bond and a great childhood for my kids that isn't only focused on their education but includes it in our lives so we can enjoy more of their childhoods with them.

I was in that time period and we watched little house - it wasn't my favorite but I liked laura - couldn't stand nellie or mary LOL! of the books Big woods and Plum Creek are my most read faves! she's so descriptive!

These choices were fantastic! Thanks for sharing. I also have a little channel mainly about homeschooling and so fun to follow along with likeminded homeschool moms.

Do you have a 9th grade video?

I didn’t like the Little House on the Prarie show because I had read and adored the books and I felt like it wasn’t even close to the story that I cherished.

Are you going to post this next year’s curriculum choices and maybe a review if this past year?

The secret garden was one of my favorites as a kid! ❤

We’d love to see 12th grade mama ?. 😊

Before I started homeschooling 3 years ago my husbands biggest concern was not having enough discipline towards doing something or showing up somewhere at a specific time and learning to do things you might not always want to do like go to school for 7 hours a day since it resembles being at a job for 8+ hours as an adult. Lol he’s on board with homeschooling now but how would you respond with that concern?

Socialization: one reason i homeschool is i don't want my kid associating 8-9 hours/day with fools.

Year round school for me is not scheduled breaks. We just do school any day we want and don't when there's something more exciting to do.

Thanks so much for the video. Exactly what I've been looking for.

I don't grade my kids homeschool either. I think grading is a harmful practice that is required in public school but there's no reason to in homeschool.

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Very helpful. Thanks for posting.

I’d love to hear more about dual enrollment.

I know this video is a year old, but I’m just watching now. I love all your reasons to homeschool. I’m a second generation homeschool mom myself! My mom homeschooled 4 kids and my siblings and I all now homeschool our kids as well. I’m so thankful for the “homeschool pioneers” that came before.

I've had all of these. 😮‍💨 When my kids were younger, we'd "do school" in the mornings, have lunch, run errands, and then come home to do read aloud time and art projects/sewing/Lego time. Almost every time we'd be at a grocery midday, someone would ask a child (never ask me) why they weren't in school. They'd always politely reply they'd already done school for the day. I had an older couple look at me after one such reply and say, "well, you must not be doing very much!". I was so mad, I just spouted off about how we didn't waste time getting into lines, taking attendance, moving between classrooms, etc and therefore we were just very efficient. Shut them down quick! 🤩

Although i feel as if ppl who are public schooled tend to judge more on people who are homeschool. As long as a child is learning to read ,write , do math , survive in the world & is love who cares if its home or public. My peers werent my age infact alot of them were younger than me when it came to socializing infact my husband is older than me most couples arent the same age as it is. Alot of times idk what to say so i just say what ever i feel pressure about to keep the peace. Thank you for this verry helpful .❤️

I'd love more info on dual enrollment. My freshman may be interested in that in another couple of years.

Thank you so much. Anxiety can be such a pain. I have the reading thing in common with you. I'm worrying a bit less...just hard not to still and ny child's interest is there as well as ability..but she just gets so mad that nothing continues. I hope she can get through it soon cause she seems interested.

Thank you so much. This was very helpful. My family shares a place with my mom and stepfather... and I share a room with my 4 year old. I'm getting ready to set these things up and have up one floating shelf and can't wait to put up the next ones . XD