Our Homeschool SCHEDULE with 4 Kids {NEW 2017/2018}
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2025
- Hi! I homeschool 4 of my kids ages 11, 9 year old twin boys, and a 5 year old boy. I had lots of requests to post our NEW updated schedule for this year, since my little one started Kindergarten. I hope this helps you and you can find inspiration for your own schooling. We are finding happiness and peace in our homeschool life, and my purpose is to share that with all of you! It is possible!
Curriculum:
The Good and the Beautiful
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Math- Teaching Textbooks and Math U See
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Thank you for this! I have 5 boys that I decided to homeschool due to the circumstances we are facing today. I hope I can manage this as well as you.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm a first time mom of a 1 year old who is also expecting baby #2 next year. I'm also a former elementary teacher and reading specialist who intends on homeschooling. Your videos and attitude is so inspiring and the love you have for your children just radiates. I love seeing a mom so passionate about motherhood and education! Thank you again!!
you're welcome! it is so wonderful to hear from amazing moms like you. Congrats on baby #2!! so exciting!
Thanks for sharing your schedule! Love seeing so many similarities and yet so many differences. The beauty of our homeschools is they reflect our families❤️
thanks girl! Yes, I love how it is so personal, that is the sweetest of it all. Your homeschool is beautiful because your family is beautifully centered in Jesus Christ, and I love that about you and your story. Much love your way! Merry Christmas!
Thank you for always chiming in on what your 5-year-old is doing, as a new HS mom of littles I tend to compare what we are doing to mom's with older kids.
never compare ;) seriously the little ones focus for maybe 20 minutes at a time. he is all over the place lately. I let him play and be squirly most of the day. but guess what, he is totally progressing! His reading is improving and his math is totally improving... it is such a huge improvement I am almost like "who else is teaching him?!" the Lord is teaching him! The Lord will fill in those gaps for you. let them be little and it will all workout :) ps even my older boys can't sit for very long ;)
I already had my mind made up to homeschool my kiddos but when I found your videos, you made me fall in love all over again with all the reasons we chose this path for our family! My son is 2 and my daughter is 1 so I still have a while before we really start "schooling" but watching your videos really gives me such a peace and confidence that I can really do this. You rock!
sweetest comment!!! My love goes right back to you! You are better than me, and your kids are luckier, they will get to start at home and you will get to experience every moment with them! If I could go back, I would homeschool them from the start, I missed so much... but going forward God has given me this opportunity and blessing, I am eternally grateful and that I can help and share this with everyone here. Much love to you. I can't wait to hear all about your story when you start!
scripture study on a comfy couch sounds great to me, that is great that your kids love it!
This was so helpful and inspiring. Bless you. You are changing the world one scripture at a time...one child at a time. ❤️
oh, that is the sweetest comment. same back to you!
You rock! Keep them coming! I love your videos!!!
We Love The Good and The Beautiful! Recently, I ordered it for my nine-year-old because of you and Grace & Grits raving about the curriculum! Thanks so much!!! I hope to do it with my 8-year-old twins next year as well! :) #MomOfFourAlso
So wonderful! I love grace and grit, such an inspiration to us all! and YAY for twins!!! They are the best ;)
Great video! So inspiring. I have two kids (5 and 3 1/2) and a third on the way 😅I know I’m going to have my work cut out for me for a few years here. But i know it will get easier as they grow. I loved being able to see how your family operates. And I adore your scripture study idea. Definitely going to start that one. :)
If there is no daylight yet forget about me going anywhere especially the gym! haha I admire people who can do that though. Its takes discipline that I clearly lack! Scripture time is such a treasure. My kids are very young still but my oldest daughter who is 4 is starting to understand more about Jesus and its amazing what she absorbs! As we approach very uncertain times its so critical our kids see faith in action and really get for themselves how much Spiritual things matter. May you and your family have a Merry Christ filled Christmas!
Love your comment "as we approach very uncertain times"- YES! This is preparing our children, AND US, for the times quickly approaching where hearing the Spirit will be essential to our spiritual and even physical survival
I think it is awesome that you homeschool. Hoping to be able to once I finish school 😁
Wonderful advice! I'm so inspired!
Great video! I like your home school schedule. I have been thinking about doing The Good and the Beautiful for my kids next year since we will be on the last cycle of My Father's World curriculum this year. I have been homeschooling my kids for several years now.
Thanks! You should give it a try! Merry Christmas
I just got he quick math apps today so far it’s a hit thank you
Hey I’m 13 and my mom homeschools me! I love it so much I get so much out of it. I will definitely homeschool my children when I’m older! People think that your not smart of you do it right your are! ❤️ love yall
thanks for commenting, and send your love and hugs to your mom! You have the best example, it is so great that you want to be like her. you are a beautiful success!
I have to tell you....I found your channel this past month or so and have been slowly watching random videos as I have time. You talk about being led by the Spirit so often and allowing the Spirit to teach through you and to guide your decisions. I am a Christian homeschooling mom to five kids and agree wholeheartedly but I found myself wondering if I was truly actively pursuing this discipline (not quite sure what to call it) on a daily, moment by moment basis. I watched a couple videos of yours both last night and this morning and really felt like the Lord was telling me to pursue and explore this more so that it would become more natural to me. I have been praying about it, and here's what I opened my Bible to this morning (a daily reading program I'm following): Romans 8:14 "For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God." and Romans 8:5 "For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit." !!! Amazing how the SPIRIT led me straight to these verses to encourage and teach me exactly what He's wanting me to learn. Just wanted you to know for a fact that God is using you. Thank you for making these videos and allowing the Spirit to speak through you.
wow, I have chills as I read your words, and the verses you shared!!! They are TRUTH! They speak God's words. You ARE being led by the Spirit and He is using YOU and teaching you as you teach your children. Thank you for this, it truly made my weekend. There have been so many times where the adversary tells me those lies like "stop you youtube channel" and "no one needs your message anymore" and "you have nothing left to share". All those lies to dim my light and stop me. I haven't made a video in a while because I have been waiting on the SPirit to show me what needs to be heard. I wait on the Lord. I am feeling like I will make a video on my purpose here, which is to share the LIght of Christ. I feel it was never actually homeschooling, although that has helped MANY people and myself, but it is to share the Light of Christ and that we need to always seek Him and listen and act! God bless you and your family. you are so close to the Lord, I feel it in your message! love mikael
What a great way to start a day! Thanks for sharing.
thanks for watching :)
Hi! I loved hearing about your schedule...ive been using TGTB for the first time with my kids (10, 7, 4, and 2 yr olds) this year (our 3rd year homeschooling). It is nice to hear about your "juggling" I completely agree thats how it feels. I'm wondering when you fit in housework? Do you involve your kids in on it, and how? My kids help for about 1 hour a day with housework, and help in kitchen, do their own laundry (7 & 10 yr old)...I feel like if the house is clean and school is done we dont have fun for "fun" outside of school. Would love your thoughts/views on how you schedule in the housework? Love, love your videos! I am also of the Mormon faith, and am so grateful for your joy and light in this way of homeschool you express so clearly, reminds me so much of my own feelings. We've been doing scripture journaling as well first thing in the morning--my two oldest boys love this.
housework is about the same as you, my kids do dishes, they unload the dishwasher, they clean their rooms etc everyday. However, to keep up I never sit down ;) any chance I get I am picking up and cleaning up, and if I dont do that then the house gets out of control pretty fast! LIke right now, we wrapped up our "school year", and all next week I will spend deep cleaning and organizing, things I was never able to do while schooling. It is a sacrifice I will make though, for this journey... our home is clean, but I can have some untidy closets and things, I am ok with that!
Thank you for sharing your schedule!
You are so lovely!
Big hug to you!
that is the sweetest!!! big hugs right back.. do you see why I want to meet all of you in person?! SO SWEET!!! maybe I can schedule a party and fly everyone to my house ;)
This gives me so much hope! I have 4 kiddos as well however my oldest in 5 and then it goes down from there 4,2,and a 3 month old. we plan on pulling our son over Christmas break for many reasons but I'm still so nervous
sarah, once you are on the other side of the fence, and actually homeschooling, you will wonder why you were so nervous! It is wonderful, you will do amazing :)
I love the idea of scripture study in the morning. We have been doing it at bedtime (when mom patience is pretty much depleted) so I think we will try to switch to the morning. Also you mentioned no screen time. Is that during school hours or all day? What are your family rules on screen time? Thanks for the great videos!!
M-Thursday NO screen time or TV. However, they have their Math on the computer (but thats school), and they use their laptop to write final papers, and they love doing power point projects. I feel it is important to learn how to use technology in a healthy way, but computre games, wii, tv etc are just junk food so we don't do any of that during our school days. Friday we do family movie, saturday they play the wii. But they don't even miss it! They love playing outside and legos much more than games now. It has been such a positive experience... I am thinking I need to do a video on Screen time (not that I am an expert in any way), but I have gotten a lot of comments and questions about it
Enjoyed this video. Your day is very similar to ours. Just curious.. Do you fit both History and science into that 1 hour block or do you switch days? History 3 days and then science 2 days!
For history and Science we have tried doing them both in a week and then just doing 1 at a time with 4-6 week units. The kids like the units better because we could dive in deeper. So now we do 4-6 weeks of a history unit (right now we are doing Revolutionary war), then, come march we will switch to Science, then back to history (pioneer unit). So we just flip flop back and forth. it is working well for now!
thank you. this was needed for me
Lol, i love you! I so feel you on the 5 year old being multiple juggling balls!😂
love right back at ya!
Ok- you’re amazing!
I’m curious which Tracy Anderson dvds you use.. I’ve been looking at her videos for a while
tracyanderson.com/programs/women/metamorphosis/
Thanks for sharing your schedule! I used to go to the gym but got to be too much with 5 kids. Realized through your video I need to exercise again!! Which Tracy Anderson dvds do you like the most?
I am loving metamorphasis glutecentric, it is totally changing my body while working out isn't taking over my life :)
This is Adrienne Nielsen, oh yeah we do evening scripture study and it’s a mess every night. No doubt, melt downs, wrestling, fighting, teasing, and me going crazy. 🤪🤪
Evening scripture study just doesn't work ;) For this, homeschool has been the biggest blessing. scripture in the morning while we are fed, rested, and have ALL DAY to just bask in the Glory of God!
Tri-cities !? Washington state? We lived in Kennewick for 1.5 yrs
Hi-- new to your channel! So glad I found it. Do you have anything you are following for your scripture studies? I want to do this with mine as well but I am unsure of where to start- my 2 oldest are 8 and 3, and what version of the bible might be a best option for everyone to understand. Any thoughts?
check out discoverthescriptures.com , it has really awesome curriculum to get for all ages, we have really enjoyed it! We use the King James version of the BIble, we feel that it has the most correct translation and I feel when you simplify the language of scripture there is so much of Gods word that is lost. It may be difficult for kids and even me to understand, and that is why I get some help like discover the scriptures! It really is amazing! I hope that helps ;)
MonsonSchoolhouse i will check that out! Thank you ❤
Thank you! this was very helpful! My kids are 9,7,4,2 & there is another due in June! I have really been seeing the screens effect their attitudes and motivation for school. Hearing you say things were better with no screens was really encouraging. When do you allow screens? like I was thinking that they didnt get any during the week except for school related material like Teaching Textbooks or Home Art Studio, then Friday nights we all do a family movie night and Saturday morning they can watch their shows or games until our families late breakfast. Other then if they want to watch sports with dad there is nothing. How do you enforce it? My kids have been being sneaky about it and I'm feeling frustrated. Any advice would help!!!
We do M-TH absolutely NO screen time (outside of teaching textbooks, but that is math lesson!). No TV, no wii, no computer games. Honestly, they don't miss it one bit! Not at all! Friday is our "friday fun day", so they wake up and turn on the wii or watch cartoons in the morning before we start school later, 10am. It has made all the difference! They read, they play legos, they climb trees, they have become boys instead of zombies. the spirit is here in the home! it is worth it :)
I only have a one year but I really want to homeschool and I can not wait to have scripture time. It's really amazing that you make it the very first time in the morning. What is your faith? If you don't mind
She's a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). So am I! :)
Great video! Thank you!
you're welcome! Thanks for watching
Thank you for sharing! Do you have a website or blog? I'm curious how you are teaching piano?
I dont have a blog, I update my instagram almost everyday and do lots of instastories ;) @monsonschoolhouse .. and for piano my daughter has a fabulous teacher and my boys got lucky with their awesome grandma (my mom) teaching them.
When the kids start wanting to know what the words of the Pledge of Allegiance mean - have them watch
[ Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance ].
It is here on TH-cam. Outstanding!
thank you! I will check it out for sure. thanks for your comment
So funny, towers out of math manipulatives.
My 5 year old son loves math u see in the same way....
He also makes container ships using the 100's block for the base, and the rest of the block for the containers. ;)
I just love little boys! Don't you :)
Does anyone know a channel that shows the actual homeschool day, where their kids are going crazy, like normal ppl. Cuz that’s what I need help with. And how others handle that. Wish I had calm, easy kids to teach. Just not the case here. Need a person who I can relate to.
Brittany, girl, you came to the right place! I have twin boys and It isn't all roses and sunflowers ;) I just made a video about "when you wanna quit!", it might encourage you (and make you laugh a little too!) th-cam.com/video/B1rKDs-I63c/w-d-xo.html
Here is another for you that might make you feel like you aren't alone in this crazy gig ;) a day in the life of my Kindergartner th-cam.com/video/vtqhkR8yB1Q/w-d-xo.html
Your so beautiful!!
Amen to NO screen time!
Which typing program do you use?
typingclub.com My kids have liked it, we have been using it almost 6+ months now
p.s. Thumbs up for a meet and greet! Utah?! 😉
Tamela Anderson 😂😂