I like your fire, lady. No one is questioning parents who dump their kids in public school, but they question homeschool parents. Your kids are so lucky to have a mom like you!
I know im asking randomly but does someone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost my login password. I love any tips you can offer me.
@Pedro Korbin I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
God has guided me to your video tonight after a massive mental breakdown 😭 thank you 🙏 *** I had no idea you were a Christian as this was the 1st video I watched from you. Now I am more than convinced that God with His love guided me to your videos. I needed to hear everything you said and watch every single of your videos. I praise God for your life and for your passion 🙌🙌🙌
My husband and I have decided that if our kids come out of homeschooling emotionally healthy, it is enough for us. Obviously things like reading and math too but what’s most important to us is emotional health.
Switched to homeschooling this year because covid gave me the opportunity to try. Now...total convert. We are not going back to brick and mortar school. Here in B.C. the education system has not been beneficial to my children at all! What has been beneficial is the relationship we have started to grow and tailoring curriculum to each child’s needs. What a privilege!
Let me add that even if your kids don't retain a great deal of what they are learning right now, it sets the foundation for later learning. Familiarity with concepts and ideas can be built on year over year.
I love this soooo much. I have homeschooled for over 6 years and I still feel insecure. My sister-in-law told me, "As a homeschool mom, my call is to raise children with a strong foundation in Christ. Teaching just goes along with it." Love our kids, play games with our kids, teach them about Christ, read to them, and pray, and it will be ok!
It will be better than OK, you and your kids will be grateful, and you will have no regrets in the future...I did it When it wasn’t as popular and I’d do it again in a heartbeat, I really miss that time and so do my kids. They always tell me they wish they could go back to those days.
@@indy2316 oh sweetheart, if you do the research colleges LOVE homeschool kids. They have much more respect and know how to get work done independently. Not only that, but homeschooling has gone through the roof after COVID. Parents are pulling kiddos left and right because of what is going on in schools. We homeschool families must be doing something right. And, as a Christian, I felt called to do so. If this is where God wants our family, He will bless it.
@@indy2316 her being homeschooled has absolutely nothing to do with it. Being a homeschooled kiddo means if you have a passion then the parent can gear your education toward that passion. We go through high school credits just like any other child and they cannot get their diploma unless they have completed those credits. I guarantee you there are doctors who have been homeschooled and teachers who have been homeschooled. You don't become a doctor or a teacher based on the high school you went to, you become a doctor or a teacher based on the college you go to and the major you choose. And homeschool kiddos attend college just like everybody else.
Wow ❤️🔥 I "stumbled" upon an article you wrote last night titled "Why we stopped using Abeka". I'm currently in my 3rd year of using Abeka. After reading your article I went on your website and I'm so captivated by everything I'm seeing. I had a breakdown and just questioning what am I doing with homeschooling my daughter. You touched base on so much that I have in my heart. Thank you🙏🏻
Thanks for this video. I am a first time homeschooling mom of a 5th and 2nd grader. Then have one starting kindergarten in September when baby #4 is due. I've been already feeling overwhelmed at the thought of it all and thinking if I should put them back into school. Along with the uncertainty of covid which I am not scared of at all my decision to homeschool was more based on my 2nd grader not grasping the remote learning as much and not wanting them in the ungodly system with their teachers teaching them about yoga and new age stuff instead of actual things they should be. Add the stress of masks and more possible vaccine requirements it was just time to get out. I prayed about it and realized it's just the devil trying to get in my ear because yes; why do I feel like I need to meet the world system's requirements? I need to meet my children right where they are and not put the stresses of the world on to them. I want them to learn, grasp it, have fun while they do it and not have to rush to meet requirements for school to get funding. God continues to give me reassurance as well as my hubby but, thanks from another momma for reminding me about that made up bar. I will continue to meet them where they are and not stress it. It's our job anyway to teach our babies and help them grow. God bless you all.😘
I am a new homeschooling momma. I absolutely love the freedom of it (I get that, unfortunatly, that sometimes get determined by state standards/homeschooling laws) and I cannot imagine going back to such rigid scheduling. In order for our family to take a vacation we had to not only put in for that time at my husbans work but also "request" said vacation and have it approved by the school for four children. We are now expecting baby 5 (first girl) and the ease with which scheduling comes for our family now, its a HUGE difference. The single biggest difference however was being able to take this past year "off" and do nothing but review with my four boys. I needed to know where they were at for them. Not for the state, not for the school system, for THEM. Because that alone has helped me learn where they are, what they need help with, what kind of learner they are, and where they are strongest. The "unschooling" for me was probably more diffucult. What the public school system does to parents is just sad. I had to really step back and look at myself and realize that trying to mimic school at home was hurting them and myself and keeping me from truly homeschooling. Also, I found that so many different people homeschool. It is a vast over stereotyped trope that only religious families do it. I have seen and hugely wide variety of homes, homeschool their children. It is refreshing. THank you so very much for this video. I completely understand your "Angst" in the video because even after only a year of "Defending" myself to people with pre-conceived notions about homeschooling, it is so tiring and frustrating, I can't imagine having to have done that for years. I'm sure I will learn how, but now I have this video for reference!
i'm not a mom, not even close to having kids of my own, i'm just really passionate about learning and as much as i loved my school experience in tradicional school, i always feel this kinda of sad feeling when i remember that 1- i didn't have the opportunity to go deeper in subjects that i really like because my teacher had a curriculum to fulfill during the year, 2- i HAD to learn subjects that didn't came easy to me in a certain way because, again, my teacher had to fulfill a curriculum and could not slow the pace for one single student. after growing, resarching, and figuring out on my own and with professionals what works for me when it comes to learning, and talking to friends that felt the same way about school, i feel that tradicional school has a lot to learn from homeschooling nowadays. specialty when we talk about kids from 4-14. really loved the video, looking forward to more of them. xo
I totally agree! It’s been interesting seeing my circle of friends, family, and co workers annoyed with our homeschooling decision this year due to COVID. I’ve had the conversation that it’s been so successful we’re going for year two, and their flabbergasted.
Preach it!!! 🙌🏻 none of the education “guidelines” are beneficial for our children!! Testing fails our kids. It’s artificial. And it actually hinders their learning. We are the ones who decide if it’s enough! It’s about relationship, and their love to learn. And most important their relationship with Jesus!!
YES, YES, YES! ❤❤❤❤❤ I remember this from convention and your words are so powerful, mama. Every mama needs to hear this message. So thankful for you and the way Gather Round has changed our homeschool. ❤
I can not LOVE this enough! As a public school teacher for ten+ years, when I saw the hypocrisy and silliness of all testing and student outcomes and learning goals, I was like “NOPE!” I left the profession three years ago after praying for God’s provision to homeschool! God opened a door i would have never expected and has become such a blessing. Your video touched upon so many reasons why PS is a sham and why I left. Thank you!! 💖💖
VERY WELL SAID‼️‼️💪 FIRST YEAR HOMESCHOOLING MAMA..😬 Yes I AM READY TO START MY OWN MEASURING STICK🤔 TIRED OF REGULAR PEOPLE DOUBTING MY DECISION AND LIFE STYLE✨✨ OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW🌈2021‼️
Whewwww!!! I felt you hard on this one mama! You just lifted so much weight off my shoulders! I was weighing myself down feeling like am I giving them enough or am I teaching the right things trying to stay up to date with public schools or will they be smart enough to go to college and on and on. We have 5 kids 13, 13, 12, 12 & 2 (no twins just a beautiful blended family) and we just found out our 2 yr old will be on the autism spectrum and I’m at a place where I just want to slow down, enjoy life with my family and be the wife, mother and woman of God that he’s called me to. Slow living!!! I needed to hear this and I felt your passion and drive. Thanks Rebecca!
When something peaks their curiosity, they will retain it long term. You can’t teach anyone anything unless they are willing to receive it. The key is to motivate them to want to learn it.
We are doing our 1st Gather Round unit (North American Forest Animals). My 10 year old has a learning disability that makes reading and writing a challenge and she avoids it at all cost. For some reason she really connected with the Wolf lesson. She is devouring books about wolves and asked me if she can please use my computer to write a paper about wolves. We went to hobby lobby so she could spend her allowance on supplies to make a wolf mask. She’s spouting wolf facts left and right. Everything in this video is so true.
Thank you I needed to hear this! We started homeschooling this year only because of covid and I was so worried because we have been told over and over our daughter was advanced in reading and math and everything else was right at grade level, but when we started homeschooling her grammer was so behind, and she couldn't creatively think problems out she had been relying on her peers, and she didn't take risks in her education or have opinions. What troubled me the most was she was so used to her teachers telling her what to do and when to do it that she didn't even know how to learn or what interested her because she was just going through life coping everyone else. We don't plan to go back into the public school system atleast not for a few more years maybe highschool depending on what she want to do.
I agree with a lot expressed here and don't think it matters so much what order things are taught but I think a lot of people asking this question about curriculum are more concerned with the progression of foundational skills like reading and writing. The thing about that is that the answer is different for every child so parents need to figure that out for each of their children and use whatever tools that child needs. There is no one curriculum that will guarantee success for all students in my experience.
Couldn't have said it better myself! Standardized "education" is simply holding children back from reaching their full potential in who God created them to be.
This!!! This is our fist year homeschooling and I started with the idea that I had to keep up with the public schools. Halfway through the year I realized that was crazy! We jumped on the GRH train and are loving it!! Thank you!!!!!!!!
How can I become a homeschool consultant? I have homeschooled 2 high school graduates in the state of Mississippi where the homeschool requirements are minimal. No specific curriculum. No state testing required. No certain hours needed. Parents decide everything for their kids.
Thank you so much for your videos. I'm completely new to homeschooling. But I just want to thank you for all your videos have been hooked on learning on how to teach my children best. And these videos really helps. Thank you so so much All HONOUR to THE ONLY LIVING GOD😊
I just want to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!! On our homeschool journey we have gone through everything from Abeka to ACE to everything in between and we hadn't found anything that worked for my three children. We decided to give your curriculum a try after winter break after my friend suggested I try it out and we have fallen in love! My kids are actually excited to get started with our homeschool day. Thank you for your dedication and hard work, you are answer to our prayers ❤
Preach it sister!!! Loved this video! So glad I watched, and I’m soooo excited to start Gather round this fall for both my kids!!!! I’m so grateful for you!
Fantastic! My kids have never enjoyed, or learned more than when we switched to Gather 'Round. Other curriculums left me feeling like I was either force feeding knowledge, or spoon feeding my children their education. We have finally found the balance we needed, and it's by my own measuring stick I run. I'll be praying for you as you continue developing new units!
I needed this little kick in the booty! Time to settle down and just enjoy this time with my boys. We learn so much together when we are not trying to check all the boxes. Thank you! I pray God blesses your family and ministry!
Thank you so much for sharing your passion and heart towards this! We are jumping into the homeschool journey after summer break and this has been one of the big questions for me and my husband. I love everything you had to share!
Brilliant Rebecca! Especially during this time of the year when us mamas are feeling burnt out. Will be sharing this video with my homeschool group! :)
Needed to hear this. God led me here after I begged Him for direction! Thanks so much. You reminded me WHY I’m Homeschooling. It’s not for anyone else. It’s for my family. MY family.
Can’t even tell you how much I needed to hear this and how much I appreciate you say it. I get so caught up on what I ‘should’ be doing, it can really suck the joy out. Thank you so much.
I needed to hear this! I’m still deciding on a curriculum for this year for my 3 kids because I want to be sure the one I choose is enough. Just last night I said to myself ‘ it’s not enough!’ Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for this. When starting off homeschooling, we were very structured. Structure wasn't working for us. My kids were not engaged and they did not look forward to homeschooling. We are more laid back in our approach to learning now. And I have to say, they are retaining more information now than ever before, especially when we touch upon topics that interest them. I was worried if what we were doing was enough. Sometimes I get emotional because I'm afraid that I'm either failing my kids or doing them a disservice by pulling them out of public school. Im grateful for your advice and the advice of other homeschool veterans who tell me that what we do is absolutely enough.
Love your work all around from your curriculum (incorporating Gods word) TH-cam videos, merch etc. Please keep updating and creating 😁❤️ Also a 5 Oceans Unit to go with all the 7 continents would be awesome !🙏
Rebecca, you are just the best. I honestly needed to hear this today. We have been so blessed by your curriculum this year and it has truly changed our lives. Thank you 💛
I have watched quite a few of your videos but obviously not all. This is the best one yet. I was homeschooled and am a homeschool mom. Thank you for this......💗
Well said! I need to hear this today, I have been caught up in progress reports for the Quebec Ministry of Education, and lost sight of what’s really important. We are REQUIRED to hit specific competencies and sometimes this just messes with you.
Thank you! I needed EXACTLY this today! I'm a first year homeschooling mom. I never thought I would homeschool because my 9yo son never wants to hear anything I say and definitely listens better to a teacher than to me. With Covid, I knew that trying to get him to do online school from home would be a nightmare. Add in my 4yo daughter and it would be impossible. Their nicknames are "chaos" and "pandemonium." While I know that doing it our own way is definitely better, it has been such a struggle. I would love to talk about "that kid that is always like that" you mentioned, because boy is he it! We've decided that we will to continue to homeschool and I was already fussing about next years curriculum choices because I didn't feel like we were doing enough. I've been watching curriculum pick videos to get ideas and the number of books people pull out made me feel completely overwhelmed. This video has taken a huge weight off me and given me much to digest.
I decided to do my laundry this very second and all of the sudden NEW VIDEO FROM REBECA ! Guess what, laundry 🧺 will have to wait !!! Ahhhhh so excited!!! I love these type of videos and missed them so much ♥️Thank you !
I'm so excited to start homeschooling my kids this year! I'm so glad I found this curriculum through my sister in law! My kids are almost 5y, 3.5y, 2.5y, and 6mo. I was really hoping to find one that I can teach them at the same time and this one seems to be the perfect one AND its Christian and family based. Super super excited!
Oh my goodness! I literally found this at the perfect time in our homeschooling journey. Like many others COVID prompted us to go ahead and start. I have 7yr old twin boys, and I’m a stay at home mom who also takes care of my mom. Listen, unschooling is sooo real not just for the kids, but me as well! I’m literally struggling with the whole “ is this enough, what is normal, are they advanced, are we meeting standards “!!! This video in the first 5mins, BLESSED me and gave me hope, and encouragement!! This video was truly for me. It spoke to my soul!!!! Also, gather round is a curriculum I happen to like. Anywho thanks for this video, I’m subscribed here, and the podcast. From a totally overwhelmed mom, and very new to this journey I thank you sooo much!! I’m actually feeling soooo much better about our decision. Going to binge watch your video’s, information thirst is what I’m experiencing!
Totally agree with every single word you say. School system is broken. I feel bad for the parents who can't homeschool for one reason or another. Because not everyone can. I'm grateful I can. And my 6 yr old is already doing things that you're not supposed to learn until 2nd grade. She'd be learning things she learned when she was 4, in kindergarten right now. No thanks.
I loved meeting you today!!thank you for spending the time with me to answer my questions and directing me to this video. I’m excited to try some of the units with my boys. You did wonderful today speaking on teaching teens, building relationships, and having them own their education. Thank you so so so much for all the time you invest into other homeschool mommas! Love your heart.
This has to be the most brilliant video I have seen in a very long time. Thank you for bringing a light to this subject. I am new to your curriculum and my kids are loving it. Yet I constantly get questioned by those around us, family, are they learning enough? Are they where they need to be? Are you doing testing to make sure they are keeping up? This video answers all of those questions so well. Thank you and keep doing what you are doing. Your time and talents are a gift to so many of us.
I cannot tell you how bad I needed to hear this it has blessed me and was freeing. It was like you sat down and had a mom to mom chat with me (haha). It really made me realize I am doing enough. Thank you.
I know it's enough, because my children have learned so much more from me. The concepts I teach they remember versus the brick and mortar school system. I'm not tooting my own horn, but homeschooling works for my two boys.
Wow ive seen you before in TH-cam but never connect to your ideology for homeschooling but i saw this title because i had been struggling with homeschooling my two toddlers with a difficult pregnancy and this video help give me piece of mind. Your perspective was mind blowing. Thanks for this.
Thank you for this, we are a blended family so my older children's father doubts what my homeschooling can do for the kids, it's hard when I'm trying to prove they're learning but also just keep at their pace.
I absolutely needed this video. I found it perfectly on time. Thank you. I’m a homeschool mom of 3 with another baby on the way and I worry I can’t juggle it all. This was so reassuring.
This is very good!! Being intentional with the end goal in mind. -raising Gos fearing children to have a relationship with him and have a desire to learn.
I am a new homeschool mom to 3 kiddos this year (1st, 3rd, 7th). I have found this year very challenging with how to best use my time and split my time between all my children. I have watched many youtube moms and most of the time I feel like I am not doing enough. I also struggle with your view point (tho I don't think you are wrong) and I think that comes from attending Catholic schools from K-12 and pushing myself to my limits to do well so that I could attend college and have a career. I did graduate with both a BS in nutrition and a MS in public health which I had to pay for on my own working 30 hours a week and keeping up a 4.0. I think this is why I feel I cannot subscribe to a more relaxed approach- its likely my own brainwashing as a kid that the only way you get anywhere in life is to study nonstop. Do you feel that maybe you are able to have this viewpoint because I believe in an earlier video I watched you said you knew you always wanted to be a mom and homeschool- not sure if college was not on your radar? Here in CT the cost of living is one of the highest in the United States and without being highly competitive in schooling it would be difficult to survive at a minimum wage job. I have been home with my kids for the last 8 years leaving a very high paying hospital job but have always had to have a side gig waitressing at higher end restaurants to make ends meet and we definitely live within our means- there are lots of our peers that do not! How do you feel your approach may change as your children enter high school? I am trying to be more relaxed with my younger two as I have a 3rd grader who struggles greatly with math but my soon to be 8th grader I feel I need to push- he is lazy otherwise and I fear for his future. Any suggestions? Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
How much did WE retain when we went to school? Probably only the stuff we really NEEDED to know, like reading and writing and math. Those are the things we really need to focus on “academically”. Other than that, to me it’s the stuff our kids are gifted in and interested in, because most likely, that will be what they do for a career some day. That, and character and knowing God!!!!
Wow! Very good point! Also, the world says that "how much we know" and "how smart we are" is what matters most. While God says its CHARACTER that matters most, and loving and being there for our children.
Ancient Greece at "grade 5", haha. That literally made my day. We explored Ancient Greece since age 8....! 😅This little tidbit makes me understand, in all of my anxiety, that WE as dedicated Homeschooling families/mom's are doing enough. A lot.. .In all humaness, the question of "are we doing enough?" Does scamper across my mind at times. But God has a way of making it clear to me to just stay passionate about this call to HomeEducate, keep trusting Him as well! .... I think you are great, loved hearing some of your mind and heart on this!
All schools are listing to BIG BUISNESS ! Business model tells the schools what " They" need us to think feel and believe . So that we can continue working THEIR jobs and relying on them to provide us with our little piece of life that we are so uncomfortable comfortable with . They don't want INSPIRED outside the box thinkers. Any type of " trouble maker" behavior is punished. I remember getting multiple detentions in highschool for not bringing my books to class and then getting three hour Saturday detentions. I WAS BEING PUNISHED because THEIR classes and the things they were trying to shove in my head was not something that I wanted in my head! So i was told for the longest time that I was bad. I went to the special room with the other "bad" kids because I wanted to make kids laugh and smile during class instead of stare at a book or powerpoint with dates and names I didnt care about. Those dates and names didnt help me figure out what to do with my sadness and abonnement issues. They didnt teach me how to stop trying to impress every kid and just be authentically me. Children have a innate essence that is unique to each individual. Class clowns make great speakers and leaders. The ones who dont bring supplies to class are subconsciously screaming " GIVE US SOMETHING GREAT TO LIVE FOR" Children these days don't know what they want or who they want to be in the future. Given a very small list of occupations to choose from. Placed in front of screens at such early stages of development. Agenda 31 , has broken down the family units , parents and children hate each other, children and parents both find relief and belonging in peers or thru social media, sex. food etc. WHAT IF .... what if we told each child at a very young age . " This world IS broken BUT THEY have the power to fix it. Let your children know the people in charge DONT CARE ABOUT THEM! They want your money ( which money is power right now ) so basically they want your POWER. They take away very important information like how to grow our own food and work together within communities to help each other and How to eat the right way to heal your body of all sickness. United nations are scared. They know that their time is about come to an end. That is why there is constantly race and religion wars , now its straights against gays . the list goes on and on . They are TRYING their best to separate us in every way they can . I guess they are not smart enough to know that the more lonely and separate we feel , the bigger the fire of resilience & determination for love and freedom get . We are creating a new earth. Yes there will be birth pains that come along with that . If we want to change the Macro Cosim we have to start with ourselves then our friends and family then the world . I love you all :) Be aware of the problem then FOCUS on solution!
When I worked in the schools, I saw teachers teaching students all the things that were on the standardized tests before the students took the standardized tests lol
I like your fire, lady. No one is questioning parents who dump their kids in public school, but they question homeschool parents. Your kids are so lucky to have a mom like you!
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I stupidly lost my login password. I love any tips you can offer me.
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@Pedro Korbin I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Pedro Korbin It worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
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God has guided me to your video tonight after a massive mental breakdown 😭 thank you 🙏
*** I had no idea you were a Christian as this was the 1st video I watched from you. Now I am more than convinced that God with His love guided me to your videos. I needed to hear everything you said and watch every single of your videos. I praise God for your life and for your passion 🙌🙌🙌
My husband and I have decided that if our kids come out of homeschooling emotionally healthy, it is enough for us. Obviously things like reading and math too but what’s most important to us is emotional health.
this is so worth it and yes mentality matters
AMEN to this♡
Emotional health, yes!
Yes, this!
Switched to homeschooling this year because covid gave me the opportunity to try. Now...total convert. We are not going back to brick and mortar school. Here in B.C. the education system has not been beneficial to my children at all! What has been beneficial is the relationship we have started to grow and tailoring curriculum to each child’s needs. What a privilege!
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yay!!! you did a step to the freedom
Let me add that even if your kids don't retain a great deal of what they are learning right now, it sets the foundation for later learning. Familiarity with concepts and ideas can be built on year over year.
I love this soooo much. I have homeschooled for over 6 years and I still feel insecure. My sister-in-law told me, "As a homeschool mom, my call is to raise children with a strong foundation in Christ. Teaching just goes along with it." Love our kids, play games with our kids, teach them about Christ, read to them, and pray, and it will be ok!
It will be better than OK, you and your kids will be grateful, and you will have no regrets in the future...I did it When it wasn’t as popular and I’d do it again in a heartbeat, I really miss that time and so do my kids. They always tell me they wish they could go back to those days.
How will they get a job? What if one of your kids wanted to be a doctor, or a teacher? They will never be able to
@@indy2316 oh sweetheart, if you do the research colleges LOVE homeschool kids. They have much more respect and know how to get work done independently. Not only that, but homeschooling has gone through the roof after COVID. Parents are pulling kiddos left and right because of what is going on in schools. We homeschool families must be doing something right. And, as a Christian, I felt called to do so. If this is where God wants our family, He will bless it.
@@HealthyHousewife But the women in the video wanted to become a teacher and she wasnt able becuase she was homeschooled.
@@indy2316 her being homeschooled has absolutely nothing to do with it. Being a homeschooled kiddo means if you have a passion then the parent can gear your education toward that passion. We go through high school credits just like any other child and they cannot get their diploma unless they have completed those credits. I guarantee you there are doctors who have been homeschooled and teachers who have been homeschooled. You don't become a doctor or a teacher based on the high school you went to, you become a doctor or a teacher based on the college you go to and the major you choose. And homeschool kiddos attend college just like everybody else.
Wow ❤️🔥 I "stumbled" upon an article you wrote last night titled "Why we stopped using Abeka". I'm currently in my 3rd year of using Abeka. After reading your article I went on your website and I'm so captivated by everything I'm seeing. I had a breakdown and just questioning what am I doing with homeschooling my daughter. You touched base on so much that I have in my heart. Thank you🙏🏻
All homeschool moms need to hear this! This is my favorite talk that you have ever done.
As someone who went to public school and did well on standardized tests, I can still say that there were plenty of gaps in my education.
Thanks for this video. I am a first time homeschooling mom of a 5th and 2nd grader. Then have one starting kindergarten in September when baby #4 is due. I've been already feeling overwhelmed at the thought of it all and thinking if I should put them back into school. Along with the uncertainty of covid which I am not scared of at all my decision to homeschool was more based on my 2nd grader not grasping the remote learning as much and not wanting them in the ungodly system with their teachers teaching them about yoga and new age stuff instead of actual things they should be. Add the stress of masks and more possible vaccine requirements it was just time to get out. I prayed about it and realized it's just the devil trying to get in my ear because yes; why do I feel like I need to meet the world system's requirements? I need to meet my children right where they are and not put the stresses of the world on to them. I want them to learn, grasp it, have fun while they do it and not have to rush to meet requirements for school to get funding. God continues to give me reassurance as well as my hubby but, thanks from another momma for reminding me about that made up bar. I will continue to meet them where they are and not stress it. It's our job anyway to teach our babies and help them grow. God bless you all.😘
I am a new homeschooling momma. I absolutely love the freedom of it (I get that, unfortunatly, that sometimes get determined by state standards/homeschooling laws) and I cannot imagine going back to such rigid scheduling. In order for our family to take a vacation we had to not only put in for that time at my husbans work but also "request" said vacation and have it approved by the school for four children. We are now expecting baby 5 (first girl) and the ease with which scheduling comes for our family now, its a HUGE difference. The single biggest difference however was being able to take this past year "off" and do nothing but review with my four boys. I needed to know where they were at for them. Not for the state, not for the school system, for THEM. Because that alone has helped me learn where they are, what they need help with, what kind of learner they are, and where they are strongest. The "unschooling" for me was probably more diffucult. What the public school system does to parents is just sad. I had to really step back and look at myself and realize that trying to mimic school at home was hurting them and myself and keeping me from truly homeschooling. Also, I found that so many different people homeschool. It is a vast over stereotyped trope that only religious families do it. I have seen and hugely wide variety of homes, homeschool their children. It is refreshing. THank you so very much for this video. I completely understand your "Angst" in the video because even after only a year of "Defending" myself to people with pre-conceived notions about homeschooling, it is so tiring and frustrating, I can't imagine having to have done that for years. I'm sure I will learn how, but now I have this video for reference!
i'm not a mom, not even close to having kids of my own, i'm just really passionate about learning and as much as i loved my school experience in tradicional school, i always feel this kinda of sad feeling when i remember that 1- i didn't have the opportunity to go deeper in subjects that i really like because my teacher had a curriculum to fulfill during the year, 2- i HAD to learn subjects that didn't came easy to me in a certain way because, again, my teacher had to fulfill a curriculum and could not slow the pace for one single student. after growing, resarching, and figuring out on my own and with professionals what works for me when it comes to learning, and talking to friends that felt the same way about school, i feel that tradicional school has a lot to learn from homeschooling nowadays. specialty when we talk about kids from 4-14. really loved the video, looking forward to more of them. xo
I totally agree! It’s been interesting seeing my circle of friends, family, and co workers annoyed with our homeschooling decision this year due to COVID. I’ve had the conversation that it’s been so successful we’re going for year two, and their flabbergasted.
Preach it!!! 🙌🏻 none of the education “guidelines” are beneficial for our children!! Testing fails our kids. It’s artificial. And it actually hinders their learning.
We are the ones who decide if it’s enough! It’s about relationship, and their love to learn. And most important their relationship with Jesus!!
YES, YES, YES! ❤❤❤❤❤ I remember this from convention and your words are so powerful, mama. Every mama needs to hear this message. So thankful for you and the way Gather Round has changed our homeschool. ❤
Thank you I’m so tired of people putting our kids in groups according to their ages
I can not LOVE this enough! As a public school teacher for ten+ years, when I saw the hypocrisy and silliness of all testing and student outcomes and learning goals, I was like “NOPE!”
I left the profession three years ago after praying for God’s provision to homeschool! God opened a door i would have never expected and has become such a blessing.
Your video touched upon so many reasons why PS is a sham and why I left.
Thank you!! 💖💖
VERY WELL SAID‼️‼️💪 FIRST YEAR HOMESCHOOLING MAMA..😬 Yes I AM READY TO START MY OWN MEASURING STICK🤔 TIRED OF REGULAR PEOPLE DOUBTING MY DECISION AND LIFE STYLE✨✨ OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW🌈2021‼️
Whewwww!!! I felt you hard on this one mama! You just lifted so much weight off my shoulders! I was weighing myself down feeling like am I giving them enough or am I teaching the right things trying to stay up to date with public schools or will they be smart enough to go to college and on and on. We have 5 kids 13, 13, 12, 12 & 2 (no twins just a beautiful blended family) and we just found out our 2 yr old will be on the autism spectrum and I’m at a place where I just want to slow down, enjoy life with my family and be the wife, mother and woman of God that he’s called me to. Slow living!!! I needed to hear this and I felt your passion and drive. Thanks Rebecca!
When something peaks their curiosity, they will retain it long term. You can’t teach anyone anything unless they are willing to receive it. The key is to motivate them to want to learn it.
We are doing our 1st Gather Round unit (North American Forest Animals). My 10 year old has a learning disability that makes reading and writing a challenge and she avoids it at all cost. For some reason she really connected with the Wolf lesson. She is devouring books about wolves and asked me if she can please use my computer to write a paper about wolves. We went to hobby lobby so she could spend her allowance on supplies to make a wolf mask. She’s spouting wolf facts left and right. Everything in this video is so true.
Thank you I needed to hear this! We started homeschooling this year only because of covid and I was so worried because we have been told over and over our daughter was advanced in reading and math and everything else was right at grade level, but when we started homeschooling her grammer was so behind, and she couldn't creatively think problems out she had been relying on her peers, and she didn't take risks in her education or have opinions. What troubled me the most was she was so used to her teachers telling her what to do and when to do it that she didn't even know how to learn or what interested her because she was just going through life coping everyone else. We don't plan to go back into the public school system atleast not for a few more years maybe highschool depending on what she want to do.
I agree with a lot expressed here and don't think it matters so much what order things are taught but I think a lot of people asking this question about curriculum are more concerned with the progression of foundational skills like reading and writing. The thing about that is that the answer is different for every child so parents need to figure that out for each of their children and use whatever tools that child needs. There is no one curriculum that will guarantee success for all students in my experience.
Couldn't have said it better myself! Standardized "education" is simply holding children back from reaching their full potential in who God created them to be.
This!!! This is our fist year homeschooling and I started with the idea that I had to keep up with the public schools. Halfway through the year I realized that was crazy! We jumped on the GRH train and are loving it!! Thank you!!!!!!!!
So good! I work as a homeschool consultant and I'm always explaining this to parents. I will share this. Thank you 😊
How can I become a homeschool consultant? I have homeschooled 2 high school graduates in the state of Mississippi where the homeschool requirements are minimal. No specific curriculum. No state testing required. No certain hours needed. Parents decide everything for their kids.
Thank you so much for your videos. I'm completely new to homeschooling. But I just want to thank you for all your videos have been hooked on learning on how to teach my children best. And these videos really helps.
Thank you so so much
All HONOUR to THE ONLY LIVING GOD😊
I just want to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!! On our homeschool journey we have gone through everything from Abeka to ACE to everything in between and we hadn't found anything that worked for my three children. We decided to give your curriculum a try after winter break after my friend suggested I try it out and we have fallen in love! My kids are actually excited to get started with our homeschool day. Thank you for your dedication and hard work, you are answer to our prayers ❤
Preach it sister!!! Loved this video! So glad I watched, and I’m soooo excited to start Gather round this fall for both my kids!!!! I’m so grateful for you!
Fantastic! My kids have never enjoyed, or learned more than when we switched to Gather 'Round. Other curriculums left me feeling like I was either force feeding knowledge, or spoon feeding my children their education. We have finally found the balance we needed, and it's by my own measuring stick I run. I'll be praying for you as you continue developing new units!
Love this! Every parent needs to watch this, and then watch it again! So important!
I needed this little kick in the booty! Time to settle down and just enjoy this time with my boys. We learn so much together when we are not trying to check all the boxes. Thank you! I pray God blesses your family and ministry!
This is so powerful! So thankful i found your channel.
Thank you so much for sharing your passion and heart towards this! We are jumping into the homeschool journey after summer break and this has been one of the big questions for me and my husband. I love everything you had to share!
I really needed to hear this! Thanks so much for posting :)
Brilliant Rebecca! Especially during this time of the year when us mamas are feeling burnt out. Will be sharing this video with my homeschool group! :)
Needed to hear this. God led me here after I begged Him for direction! Thanks so much. You reminded me WHY I’m
Homeschooling. It’s not for anyone else. It’s for my family. MY family.
Can’t even tell you how much I needed to hear this and how much I appreciate you say it. I get so caught up on what I ‘should’ be doing, it can really suck the joy out. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! We have always homeschooled and I still needed to hear this!!
Your passion about this is so contagious!!! I LOVED IT!
Thank you for bringing freedom 🔥
Well said, from one homeschool mom to another you have answered all my questions, thank you for making this video.❤
THIS is why I'm going to homeschool. And it's not going to be just playing school at home. I need to write down what my true goals are.
Thank you!!!! As a 1st year homeschooler of 4 you have been such a great wealth of precious info for our family. Please continue
I needed to hear this! I’m still deciding on a curriculum for this year for my 3 kids because I want to be sure the one I choose is enough. Just last night I said to myself ‘ it’s not enough!’
Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for this. When starting off homeschooling, we were very structured. Structure wasn't working for us. My kids were not engaged and they did not look forward to homeschooling. We are more laid back in our approach to learning now. And I have to say, they are retaining more information now than ever before, especially when we touch upon topics that interest them. I was worried if what we were doing was enough. Sometimes I get emotional because I'm afraid that I'm either failing my kids or doing them a disservice by pulling them out of public school. Im grateful for your advice and the advice of other homeschool veterans who tell me that what we do is absolutely enough.
So glad you finally shared this! I loved it so much during convention and have been wanting to listen again!
Yes and Amen! I’m right there with you Mama!
Thank you! Very helpful! Spoken like a true veteran. I'm a newbie first year.
Love your work all around from your curriculum (incorporating Gods word) TH-cam videos, merch etc.
Please keep updating and creating 😁❤️
Also a 5 Oceans Unit to go with all the 7 continents would be awesome !🙏
Rebecca, you are just the best. I honestly needed to hear this today. We have been so blessed by your curriculum this year and it has truly changed our lives. Thank you 💛
I have watched quite a few of your videos but obviously not all. This is the best one yet. I was homeschooled and am a homeschool mom. Thank you for this......💗
Dang girl. You had me cheering, crying and laughing in this one. Preach! LOVE this video!!
Well said! I need to hear this today, I have been caught up in progress reports for the Quebec Ministry of Education, and lost sight of what’s really important. We are REQUIRED to hit specific competencies and sometimes this just messes with you.
Great perspective! Thank you.
Thank you! I needed EXACTLY this today! I'm a first year homeschooling mom. I never thought I would homeschool because my 9yo son never wants to hear anything I say and definitely listens better to a teacher than to me. With Covid, I knew that trying to get him to do online school from home would be a nightmare. Add in my 4yo daughter and it would be impossible. Their nicknames are "chaos" and "pandemonium." While I know that doing it our own way is definitely better, it has been such a struggle. I would love to talk about "that kid that is always like that" you mentioned, because boy is he it! We've decided that we will to continue to homeschool and I was already fussing about next years curriculum choices because I didn't feel like we were doing enough. I've been watching curriculum pick videos to get ideas and the number of books people pull out made me feel completely overwhelmed. This video has taken a huge weight off me and given me much to digest.
Your enthusiasm really comes through. Great video!
Truth, thanks so much Rebecca!
I decided to do my laundry this very second and all of the sudden NEW VIDEO FROM REBECA ! Guess what, laundry 🧺 will have to wait !!! Ahhhhh so excited!!! I love these type of videos and missed them so much ♥️Thank you !
I'm so excited to start homeschooling my kids this year! I'm so glad I found this curriculum through my sister in law!
My kids are almost 5y, 3.5y, 2.5y, and 6mo. I was really hoping to find one that I can teach them at the same time and this one seems to be the perfect one AND its Christian and family based.
Super super excited!
Oh my goodness! I literally found this at the perfect time in our homeschooling journey. Like many others COVID prompted us to go ahead and start. I have 7yr old twin boys, and I’m a stay at home mom who also takes care of my mom. Listen, unschooling is sooo real not just for the kids, but me as well! I’m literally struggling with the whole “ is this enough, what is normal, are they advanced, are we meeting standards “!!! This video in the first 5mins, BLESSED me and gave me hope, and encouragement!! This video was truly for me. It spoke to my soul!!!! Also, gather round is a curriculum I happen to like. Anywho thanks for this video, I’m subscribed here, and the podcast. From a totally overwhelmed mom, and very new to this journey I thank you sooo much!! I’m actually feeling soooo much better about our decision. Going to binge watch your video’s, information thirst is what I’m experiencing!
Totally agree with every single word you say. School system is broken. I feel bad for the parents who can't homeschool for one reason or another. Because not everyone can. I'm grateful I can. And my 6 yr old is already doing things that you're not supposed to learn until 2nd grade. She'd be learning things she learned when she was 4, in kindergarten right now. No thanks.
We are our children’s first teachers .
Excellent video!
I loved meeting you today!!thank you for spending the time with me to answer my questions and directing me to this video. I’m excited to try some of the units with my boys. You did wonderful today speaking on teaching teens, building relationships, and having them own their education. Thank you so so so much for all the time you invest into other homeschool mommas! Love your heart.
I needed this! Thank you💜. I will be doing my own homework this weekend, “ Is what I am doing enough?”
Thank you🙏💜
This has to be the most brilliant video I have seen in a very long time. Thank you for bringing a light to this subject. I am new to your curriculum and my kids are loving it. Yet I constantly get questioned by those around us, family, are they learning enough? Are they where they need to be? Are you doing testing to make sure they are keeping up? This video answers all of those questions so well. Thank you and keep doing what you are doing. Your time and talents are a gift to so many of us.
I appreciate you, Rebecca! Thank you!
Love this! Just bought our first Gather Round unit (Botany) and am so excited! Thank you!
I cannot tell you how bad I needed to hear this it has blessed me and was freeing. It was like you sat down and had a mom to mom chat with me (haha). It really made me realize I am doing enough. Thank you.
I know it's enough, because my children have learned so much more from me. The concepts I teach they remember versus the brick and mortar school system. I'm not tooting my own horn, but homeschooling works for my two boys.
Wow ive seen you before in TH-cam but never connect to your ideology for homeschooling but i saw this title because i had been struggling with homeschooling my two toddlers with a difficult pregnancy and this video help give me piece of mind. Your perspective was mind blowing. Thanks for this.
Thank you for this, we are a blended family so my older children's father doubts what my homeschooling can do for the kids, it's hard when I'm trying to prove they're learning but also just keep at their pace.
Homeschooled children have excellent outcomes! Look into the stats and how sought after they are in good post secondary institutes.
I love your honesty and passion 🙌
You really made me think, thank you!
Yayyy now you can just post this video in your groups when the question comes up again and again and don’t have to keep revisiting this 😂
Haha pin it at the top!
I seriously needed to hear this today!
I absolutely needed this video. I found it perfectly on time. Thank you. I’m a homeschool mom of 3 with another baby on the way and I worry I can’t juggle it all. This was so reassuring.
This is very good!! Being intentional with the end goal in mind. -raising Gos fearing children to have a relationship with him and have a desire to learn.
I am a new homeschool mom to 3 kiddos this year (1st, 3rd, 7th). I have found this year very challenging with how to best use my time and split my time between all my children. I have watched many youtube moms and most of the time I feel like I am not doing enough. I also struggle with your view point (tho I don't think you are wrong) and I think that comes from attending Catholic schools from K-12 and pushing myself to my limits to do well so that I could attend college and have a career. I did graduate with both a BS in nutrition and a MS in public health which I had to pay for on my own working 30 hours a week and keeping up a 4.0. I think this is why I feel I cannot subscribe to a more relaxed approach- its likely my own brainwashing as a kid that the only way you get anywhere in life is to study nonstop. Do you feel that maybe you are able to have this viewpoint because I believe in an earlier video I watched you said you knew you always wanted to be a mom and homeschool- not sure if college was not on your radar? Here in CT the cost of living is one of the highest in the United States and without being highly competitive in schooling it would be difficult to survive at a minimum wage job. I have been home with my kids for the last 8 years leaving a very high paying hospital job but have always had to have a side gig waitressing at higher end restaurants to make ends meet and we definitely live within our means- there are lots of our peers that do not! How do you feel your approach may change as your children enter high school? I am trying to be more relaxed with my younger two as I have a 3rd grader who struggles greatly with math but my soon to be 8th grader I feel I need to push- he is lazy otherwise and I fear for his future. Any suggestions? Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
How much did WE retain when we went to school? Probably only the stuff we really NEEDED to know, like reading and writing and math. Those are the things we really need to focus on “academically”. Other than that, to me it’s the stuff our kids are gifted in and interested in, because most likely, that will be what they do for a career some day. That, and character and knowing God!!!!
Thank you for the video. I'm planning to homeschool my kindergartner beginning this year and still needed encouraging voice. Thank you.
We decide .. as a family ! Yes ... love this. Thank you for sharing 💛
Great motivational speech, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this video! I really needed to hear this!
Great video and great excuse to enjoy an afternoon coffee ☕️
I know this video was from a while ago, but thank you for sharing and your encouragement! So appreciate your perspective.
Wow! Very good point! Also, the world says that "how much we know" and "how smart we are" is what matters most. While God says its CHARACTER that matters most, and loving and being there for our children.
I love this! Thank you for posting this. As a new homeschool mama it’s so easy to fall into the ‘is it enough’ mentality. Thank you! Thank you!
So so so good!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thank you!! Love Gather ‘Round!!
I needed this. What a breathe a fresh air!!
This is the best I've ever heard it said!
Ancient Greece at "grade 5", haha. That literally made my day. We explored Ancient Greece since age 8....! 😅This little tidbit makes me understand, in all of my anxiety, that WE as dedicated Homeschooling families/mom's are doing enough. A lot.. .In all humaness, the question of "are we doing enough?" Does scamper across my mind at times. But God has a way of making it clear to me to just stay passionate about this call to HomeEducate, keep trusting Him as well! .... I think you are great, loved hearing some of your mind and heart on this!
All schools are listing to BIG BUISNESS ! Business model tells the schools what " They" need us to think feel and believe . So that we can continue working THEIR jobs and relying on them to provide us with our little piece of life that we are so uncomfortable comfortable with . They don't want INSPIRED outside the box thinkers. Any type of " trouble maker" behavior is punished. I remember getting multiple detentions in highschool for not bringing my books to class and then getting three hour Saturday detentions. I WAS BEING PUNISHED because THEIR classes and the things they were trying to shove in my head was not something that I wanted in my head! So i was told for the longest time that I was bad. I went to the special room with the other "bad" kids because I wanted to make kids laugh and smile during class instead of stare at a book or powerpoint with dates and names I didnt care about. Those dates and names didnt help me figure out what to do with my sadness and abonnement issues. They didnt teach me how to stop trying to impress every kid and just be authentically me. Children have a innate essence that is unique to each individual. Class clowns make great speakers and leaders. The ones who dont bring supplies to class are subconsciously screaming " GIVE US SOMETHING GREAT TO LIVE FOR" Children these days don't know what they want or who they want to be in the future. Given a very small list of occupations to choose from. Placed in front of screens at such early stages of development. Agenda 31 , has broken down the family units , parents and children hate each other, children and parents both find relief and belonging in peers or thru social media, sex. food etc. WHAT IF .... what if we told each child at a very young age . " This world IS broken BUT THEY have the power to fix it. Let your children know the people in charge DONT CARE ABOUT THEM! They want your money ( which money is power right now ) so basically they want your POWER. They take away very important information like how to grow our own food and work together within communities to help each other and How to eat the right way to heal your body of all sickness. United nations are scared. They know that their time is about come to an end. That is why there is constantly race and religion wars , now its straights against gays . the list goes on and on . They are TRYING their best to separate us in every way they can . I guess they are not smart enough to know that the more lonely and separate we feel , the bigger the fire of resilience & determination for love and freedom get . We are creating a new earth. Yes there will be birth pains that come along with that . If we want to change the Macro Cosim we have to start with ourselves then our friends and family then the world . I love you all :) Be aware of the problem then FOCUS on solution!
Great discussion!
You are amazing! ❤️😍 nothing I needed to hear more than this before we start the school year!
Thank you for the great post! I miss your videos - but I know you are super busy right now! God Bless you and your family!!
Love what you had to say! Thank-you.
Yes! Keep preaching this message
When I worked in the schools, I saw teachers teaching students all the things that were on the standardized tests before the students took the standardized tests lol
Yes ma’am 👍👍 love that you put this out in the world...Needed to hear this out loud today; as I plan our 6th year homeschooling