We do in-person but I may use Hoffman Academy for my other kids if there are no available spots

I may once it’s done. It’s kind of a dumping ground right now.

I love it!! Mine usually don’t do well when we move to the couch for whatever reason. I think because my youngest daughter gets thrown off the routine and then interrupts a lot.

Oh man I’m glad he was able to use his skills! Unfortunately my dad either can’t do stuff or is just very apprehensive. He believes he’s can’t so he won’t try. He will do little things like assemble furniture bought at a store or little home maintenance stuff but that’s about it.

Well firstly I will just say, every child learns as their own pace. My oldest took a couple years for reading to click and now she devours books. She hated and resisted reading before it became easy for her. My second daughter is in first grade and it’s taking some time for her as well but it’s starting to fall into place now for her as well. The problem is that schools want kids learning everything on the same timeline and that’s just not realistic. I honestly wouldn’t work an extra hour at night at that age. More than anything, I try to foster a love for reading by reading a lot to them. When I push my kids harder when they aren’t ready, they resist more. So in that situation, I would read a lot to my child and you could try doing early readers with him to encourage him to read, but I wouldn’t push it hard and turn him off from it when he’s in school a lot of the day already.

@HomeschoolGlue Yes I agree, he told me he hates reading, which was like a dagger in my heart. 😥 I know it's not true bc he loves when I read books to him. But it's super frustrating... even to me and I'm an adult. I was hoping working on it every night for an hour would help to get him caught up. It definitely makes me think about homeschooling, though. I work from home full time, so it would be challenging. Glad to see you back though! I've used a lot of your ideas in general and it is really helpful! 🙂

The book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons is a great start

Aw that’s so sweet! I guess like when I watch Gilmore Girls which would be the highest compliment! 😆💖

Thank you!

Thank you! We love our space

Thank you!

I’m not doing full-time daycare anymore. Just watching kids before and after school

@ oh yes I am fully aware, I’ve still been following you on Facebook and Instagram I remember when I had my 4th I had mostly only before and after school daycare kids. So during the day when my older kids were at school I had some one on one time with my 4th But then I had my 5th and 6th in the last 4yrs and it makes more sense to do full time daycare during the school day. Daycare kids are gone by 4. And my own kids come home at 4 from school & then that’s our family time I still could never Home School my own kids. And wish my house would stay as tidy and organized as yours

No separate rooms. My kids often do school in their rooms

When I closed my home daycare (which was our whole lower level) I really thought we would use it as a homeschool space, but instead we do school on the couch or dining table. I do use part of our daycare space for curriculum/supplies storage. We may get down there eventually when my kids are older but for now I need to be able to work in the kitchen while we’re doing school!

We use our dinning room and our living room. We have wall space in the dinning room and have a dining bench with storage. Our dinning room is attached to the living room and we use 4 big billy bookcases from ikea. We are book -a-holics over here and it’s still not enough space 🤣 we use the bookshelves though for toys also though, so as kids get older we will have less toys and more space for books.