Chatty Homeschool Q&A | Asking my MOM All the Homeschool Questions | Large Homeschool Family

[@SevenInAll]

Leave us some comments if you're enjoying my mom's KZbin debut! Lend some support to my "you ought to write a book" campaign. :)

[@alindsay7365]

I think this may be my favorite video so far. I love hearing your mom's wisdom and heart. This was a tremendous encouragement to me ❤️

[@mostmagicalhomeschoolonearth]

I'd read the book!!! 🙂🙂

[@MyHomeYourHomeOurHome]

Your mom should definitely write a book! 100%!!!!

[@L.L.W.PODCAST]

I want the audiobook!!!

[@sandylawrence3704]

Love this!

[@ironoakacademy1375]

Oh my gosh. I love your mom! And I love that she said to not try to make it even, give each child what they need. She said so many things I needed to hear but didn’t know I needed to hear.

[@SevenInAll]

I think that's such an important point!

[@shannonspoelman4139]

We need more of "Auntie" Cindy's wisdom on the channel! Always love hearing her stories.

[@SevenInAll]

Of course!

[@keeperofmyhome]

So many nuggets of wisdom! I wish the interview was longer! Something that stood with me is: “If homeschool is going to be your field, be an expert in your field..” and learning to love homeschooling..🙏🏻💕 Thank You!

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you so much for watching, Erica! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@iaaraneta]

Thank you for sharing her wisdom with us! "Don't try to be fair. Give each child what they need." sooooo many heart emojis hereeeeee

[@SevenInAll]

Such an important thing to remember!

[@lifewithginab]

Your mom is a Rockstar... I loved hearing her answers.. so much wisdom!! I can see why you are so soft-spoken.... I could hear you and your mom talk for hours ❤

[@SevenInAll]

Hopefully we will be able to film more videos together in the future!

[@simplycece]

I love listening to advice from extremely experienced homeschool moms/grandmas! Thank you so much for sharing :)

[@SevenInAll]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@SummerMeyers]

The first year of anything, is hard! 👏👏👏 Yes mama! So wise!

[@SevenInAll]

But it doesn't stay equally hard forever. :)

[@thehudsonshub]

I agree with her, the 1st year of anything is hard. Just hard!😅

[@SevenInAll]

Yes it is!

[@ThisHomeschoolHouse]

I loved your mom's advice about not starting late but just starting on something different that THEY specifically need. :)

[@SevenInAll]

Yes! We tend to start "early" with 'school' but there are sooooo many things to learn before reading and as preparation for reading.

[@keeperofmyhome]

Please do write a book!!💕💕💕💕

[@SevenInAll]

I'm going to tell her how many votes there are!

[@keeperofmyhome]

We would love a part 2!!! 👏🏽👏🏽

[@SevenInAll]

One of these days!

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

Don’t try to be fair- Oh I love that!!! That’s kind of how I work, but I’m always wondering if I’m doing the right thing.

[@SevenInAll]

It's easy to get caught up in wondering "am I dividing my time equally?" but realistically...that's not necessary. Every day, there will be a particular kid or two who needs you more.

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

She definitely needs to write a book or be on your channel more!! We need the older experienced mamas and their wisdom! She makes me feel so relaxed about homeschooling.

[@SevenInAll]

To me, she's been the perfect example of how you can BE "relaxed" about homeschool (no stress, no anxiety), but also implement an academically rigorous homeschool. Challenging your kids and implementing a love of learning? Yes. Just no stress. lol!

[@rhondaclimer664]

This was so awesome! Hearing you moms wisdom truly spoke to me and I know so many more people. She really does need to write a book and to make an audible on it with her reading. Seriously she has such a peaceful way about her. Just love today😀❤️

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you, I'm tallying up all the votes on "Yes, book!" to help bolster my ongoing book campaign with her. ;) I'm grateful for her and the gift she has been in my own life and in the lives of many others.

[@MyHomeYourHomeOurHome]

Your mom is so sweet! Thank you for doing this, Cindy--even though you don't like to be in front of a camera! ;) My mom began homeschooling around the same time as your family did. When you have a lot of kids in the family (and our family has 11), there's a high chance that you're bound to get a variety of "students," and so a lot of the various scenarios sound SUPER familiar. I love gleaning wisdom from these women who have gone before us and blazed a trail. ❤

[@SevenInAll]

Yes! So grateful for our moms!

[@stephandlife43]

This was good for my soul. Thank you for doing this. Also, I saw so much of your mannerisms in your mom! I love noticing / observing that.

[@SevenInAll]

haha, well now you know where I got them from! :) I'm so grateful for everything she's taught me over the years!

[@keeperofmyhome]

Oh we love you’re Mom!! It’s so good to see her!!! Yay!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@SevenInAll]

:) Thank you, Erica!

[@ssd9154]

Watched this when you posted it but no time to comment! Came back to say this has been one of my favourite and most helpful videos on homeschooling. I love and value the experience of older women teaching younger women and found so much wisdom in what your mum shares. It's one of the biggest struggles I find in getting support for homeschooling from those more experienced as there aren't many with so much experience in this part of the world. Thanks again!

[@SevenInAll]

Oh, I'm so glad you found it helpful! I appreciate her so much--and you're right, homeschool has a "shorter" history here. She's pretty rare in having homeschooled for 17 years straight in SE Asia. :)

[@HomeschoolwithJen]

I love listening to your mom talk about educating a strong-willed child. Let me know when her book is published! :)

[@SevenInAll]

Will do! :)

[@jillwallace9752]

Thank you, Cindy, for giving of your time and wisdom to encourage us in our homeschooling!

[@SevenInAll]

She has been the greatest blessing to her family and so many more, thank you for listening!

[@mycupofcocoa1125]

Your mom is a wealth of info !

[@SevenInAll]

She truly is!

[@scriptivapaper]

I love your mom! She is wonderful! Thank you for doing that. It was very helpful! 💕

[@SevenInAll]

She is fantastic, isn't she? So grateful for her!

[@BellosdemiAlma]

I really love how she explain, and her calm, ella es serena como un espejo de agua. Un placer

[@SevenInAll]

Yes! She does have a calm and peaceful presence...even when young children are acting wild. She's been a great example for me to learn from.

[@L.L.W.PODCAST]

What an incredible mother! Goals! I would love more of these! Need all the wisdom I can get from such a wise woman!

[@SevenInAll]

She really is amazing!

[@ginakitsuse2796]

Wow! Loved this video! Please thank your Mom for her words of wisdom :) Look forward to seeing her in more videos.

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you! Will do!

[@HerDailyJourney]

Loved hearing your mom share her insight and experience. And yes to supporting "you ought to write a book" lol

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@arlenstoltzfus9240]

I so enjoyed watching this! Please make more videos together! Your mom is one of a kind, her wisdom is definitely coming from years of living it out. You are both a gift to the homeschool community. I would buy her book ;)

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you so much! She's truly a special lady!

[@OdetoAbode]

This was so fun to watch! I love your mom's perspective on ownership and partnership over education and family tasks

[@SevenInAll]

She's definitely been an influential force (for good!) in my life! Grateful for her!

[@juliequates9529]

Thanks so much to your lovely mom for sharing her wisdom! Much appreciated!

[@SevenInAll]

You are so welcome!

[@hannahyggelighome2298]

I have not been able to watch to the end yet (bedtime for the children here!) but I have been looking forward to this video since you first mentioned it and you have not disappointed! Absolutely love the beautiful relationship that you have with your mother and pray that my relationship with my children will continue to be like this too when they are adults. So precious ❤️ Really appreciate the words of wisdom and yes… you should definitely co-author a book together!!! Looking forward to watching the rest later when my littles are asleep. Thank you xxx

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you so much! I am so grateful for her!

[@JRMVlogsChannel]

Great share of your family's experience on homeschooling.

[@heathervanmeter1716]

Loved this video! So interesting to get her input to kind of see what influenced you. Glad she decided to step out of her comfort zone and participate in the video!

[@SevenInAll]

I'm glad she did, too! It was fun to film together!

[@milenameguerditchian5854]

I love all of your videos Rachel, but this is definitely one of my favorite! 💕💕 I especially LOVE your guys answer to socialization 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you! I think that's such an important distinction to make!

[@sarahmora5207]

Your mother is so sweet! I'm so happy you both sat down and made this video. 🤗

[@SevenInAll]

I'm glad my subscribers helped convince her! :)

[@thehudsonshub]

Rachel, were you the non-cooperative one? Lol. I love your Mom, she reminds me of my grandmother.

[@SevenInAll]

ahahaha, I was not. But all of her kids will know exactly who she's talking about.

[@RockSimmer-gal4God]

We have favourite curriculum for different purposes as well!!! We are moving aboard during homeschooling and I’m glad it exists in Australia!!! We find that the American curriculum uses names for supplies. We started reading instruction from 4 but it took years due to dyslexia and the public school not teaching them in a way they could learn!!! We started with phonics at 4 and blended them so we probably started at 1 with pre reading just with letters and making songs up with letters to prepare them.

[@SevenInAll]

Yes, pre-reading skills begin much earlier than many realize!

[@thandaxaba]

So much wisdom from your mom💜. I enjoyed the video and I hope your mom will come back to the channel soon💚

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you! We are planning on another interview with her soon.

[@mylittlehomeschoolinthewoods]

Loved hearing your mom's wisdom! Such a great interview!!

[@PlanPrepPray]

Rachel she is so wise ❤️

[@SevenInAll]

I'm Soooooo grateful for her!

[@StaceyYoder]

Hey Rachel I enjoyed listening to you and your mom. She has so much wisdom to give. Her story is interesting also.

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you, Stacey!

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

So nice to hear from your mom! I would LOVE a video about homeschooling a gifted learner! Also, just other wonderful insights from her. ❤️

[@SevenInAll]

I do have an older video on that topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5DIkIatfM2Ib6s She jokes that that might just have to be a book on its own. A challenge unlike many others!

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

@@SevenInAll Thanks! I’ll check that out. 😊

[@faithfullyinfertile]

I loved this and would definitely love to see more of your mom on the channel! Not that I don’t love just watching your videos, Rachel!! I do! Your mom has so much wisdom to share that we can all benefit from. She is so sweet. I really loved what she said about teaching special needs children. That is so true that reading instruction begins before we sit down to “do phonics”. I’ve started at around age 3 with my special needs kids and it has worked meeting them where they are and then working on skills they need. I have found formal curriculum for phonics before 6-7 doesn’t really go well. Anyway- loved this! Thank you to your mom. Tell her she did a great job on video 😀

[@SevenInAll]

I will! Thanks so much for watching!

[@theselittlesprouts]

Loved this video so much! I knew I would. She has so much wisdom and it was such a great hearing from her. Tell her thank you from me Rachel! ☺️

[@SevenInAll]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@countrywisheshomeschool]

I loved this so much! Thank you to your beautiful mom for sharing her wisdom! And for someone that doesn't like to be in front of the camera she did amazing!

[@SevenInAll]

Oh, I'm so glad! We had fun! Trying to show her that the camera lens is not as scary as she might think...although I understand that it's so easy to wonder if you said everything the "right way" or wonder if you could have said it better...oh well! No video will be perfect. ;)

[@emilylong9887]

I want to be your mom when I grow up lol. Loved her advice and can’t wait to her (or read) more from her 😉

[@SevenInAll]

haha, so do I!

[@Jcarp7607]

I love your mom! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

[@SevenInAll]

You are so welcome! We had a great time filming together.

[@natg8952]

Fantastic video. You’re mom is stunning! You both are beautiful. Would love to read the book. 😉

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you!

[@OurHOMEschoolPlan]

Such good wisdom here! Your mom Is also really pretty!!

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you! I agree! Hope some of those aging-well genes trickle down. ;)

[@choyyokeheong3561]

Your mum looks good for her age and with so many kids and three grandkids. Her hairstyle suits her well. Even younger age females can't have looks as good as she.

[@SevenInAll]

I agree!

[@Suecaroline7]

Loved loved loved this video! Your mom is so wise, thanks for sharing her with us!!! I would love some of her tips with raising that strong willed child ❤️

[@SevenInAll]

That particular strong-willed child is about to graduate from college this spring and has strong relationships with her parents and all siblings as well, but the journey had plenty of bumps during the everyday ins and outs of homeschool life. Maybe we can talk about it in a video sometime...I'd like to get my sister in on it. ;)

[@marykmotherhood]

Loved this video. A gem 💎 so appreciative of this video!!! Thank u 💗

[@SevenInAll]

You're so welcome!

[@IloveJesusChristNowandForever]

Ok, so you're saying this spiritedness of my child is a long wave to ride. For some reason I had a fantasy this would change. Please, more on this topic from the spirited child's perspective!

[@SevenInAll]

Hi, I did another interview with my now-adult sister, the notoriously 'spirited' and challenging student in our family's homeschool, so you can hear her perspective here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anPOc2iNl5aEq7c

[@allyh193]

Love this video!! I’d love some tips on changing my older two boys’ mindset toward learning. They see it as being done TO them instead of the opportunity to learn FOR them. They also will argue that everything be fair but one of my boys is a struggling reader so his work is different. Please tell your mother thank you! She definitely blessed us!

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad this video was helpful! You are definitely on the right track with thinking that a mindset shift would be helpful. 1) I would definitely address the "fairness" argument head on--we do talk a little bit about the danger of the "fair" attitude in our "Gifted Homeschool Q+A". Basically--teaching your kids that they were made with different abilities and different gifts, and that they should not be concerned with whether the workload is equal. True "fairness" does not mean that everyone gets the same amount of work, but that everyone gets to do the work that they can do and that will challenge them and help them to learn. 2) Have open conversations and even sketch out visually the difference caused by those two different attitudes: Education being an opportunity or education being forced upon you. Kids' attitudes toward learning have a big impact on how much they learn, so I'd really focus on these conversations and on inviting them to take ownership and responsibility for pieces of their own education.

[@elizabethress7091]

Loved this video thank you so much ladies! So much good information and wisdom here!

[@SevenInAll]

Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed watching!

[@HomeSweetHomeschoolLife]

I loved this video. So beautiful and wise!

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you, Ashlea!

[@pinkorganichorse]

Wow. Your mom is gorgeous.

[@SevenInAll]

I agree!

[@avalle05]

What a blessing, thank you!!

[@SevenInAll]

Oh, I'm glad to hear that!

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

PS you both look stunning in the red!!! 😍😍

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you! Kinda coordinated outfits without planning on it. lol!

[@StephanieMT]

cool that you guys matched your shirts

[@SevenInAll]

haha, yeah, that wasn't planned! But we both like bright colors.

[@annielouise5048]

Loved this so much! Thanks to you and your mom for sharing your time , wisdom and experience! Have four children 6,4,2, 6 months. I also am homeschooling bc I want to spend time with my children and want to give them a positive educational experience.. also a good learning environment as our local schools are not good in that way. Lots of Love from Kansas USA… thinking about you guys with the situation going on in Ukraine . Praying for peace for our world and God is all powerful just like all the stories in the Old Testament. Know your not in Ukraine or Russia but it is a bit unsettling for everyone I think .

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you! Yes, I think the gift of "more time" is one of the greatest gifts of homeschool--time goes so fast as it is, and we get to spend a little more of it together. And our hearts are heavy with the news of war, as well. We can continue to pray for God to work and for grace and truth to be triumphant.

[@thehudsonshub]

Your Mom is lively and beautiful.

[@SevenInAll]

I think so too!

[@nateandrosannaengebretson3996]

So much beauty and wisdom and fun in this conversation! I have taught 4 kids to read and have one in the process; nevertheless, I am not terribly familiar with pre-reading concepts/activities. Do you have any suggestions for resources to educate myself? I still have one to go 😊

[@SevenInAll]

I don't have any specific resources to recommend, unfortunately...at least none come to mind. I'm sure there are good articles online about working on phonemic awareness skills and the other 'building blocks' of pre-reading...and there may be a resource out there that puts all those building blocks together and talks about the order of tackling different skills...but I just don't know of any to recommend.

[@annielouise5048]

Just curious as to what some of your moms favorite homeschooling educational books were to help her in educating ? As in books she read to help her better understand the educational process. Thanks so much 🥰

[@SevenInAll]

I asked her--she had a bit of a non-traditional answer. She said that some of the most helpful books for her personally that she read in learning how to homeschool were not so much homeschool books but were more management books. Some of the old classics of management books like "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "How to Win Friends and Influence People." It might be unusual, but she found many applications to running a homeschool in such books. haha!

[@onecaffeinatedmom]

This was awesome!

[@SevenInAll]

Thank you, Jasmine!

[@larahwilson945]

Thanks so much for this!!

[@SevenInAll]

You're welcome! We had fun filming together.

[@diannaannette6956]

What advice would you give a parent of a 2e child? Gifted with challenges wo because of this may not want to learn or quit easily. What ways can a parent turn that around?

[@SevenInAll]

We ended up doing a whole q+a video on homeschooling with gifted children: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHbIpmicmsmUl6M Building the capacity to "do hard things" is very important, even for gifted minds! And it can also be extra challenging to learn that skill because we aren't so used to being challenged.

[@elizabethlotus4214]

Yesssss!!

[@SevenInAll]

WOohoo!

[@kimberlyfrancisco5829]

Do you have a video about what you use to teach Spanish?

[@SevenInAll]

This video is from a while back, so I've added some things as my kids have gotten older, but in this video I share a lot about what we started out with, and I have a lot of details in the description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIPXgIV3ar6enMk

[@tinadarling8538]

What curriculum do you recommend for 3rd grade math?

[@SevenInAll]

There are several good, solid options--much depends on what you're looking for in a math curriculum. I have a math curriculum comparison video that walks through 5 different math curriculums for elementary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIvKm5xmf9djg9U

[@L.L.W.PODCAST]

What is all the background noise? Birds? Kids? Cars? Less echoy spaces and any background noise eliminated would be helpful.

[@SevenInAll]

Hi! My house is an open-air house (very common in my part of the world) which makes it tough to eliminate background noise--the birds and monkeys are right outside so their noises are inside as well. I'm sorry about the noise quality, more recent videos were filmed on a camera with a better mic, but the noise quality will never be perfect.

[@amandab.6815]

Is it screeching monkeys or squawking birds in the background??

[@SevenInAll]

It is birds...we also have monkeys in the trees at the park across the street...they cause more mischief but are much quieter than the birds.

[@TheTidyNest]

I literally thought it was her kids playing and squealing in the other room 😅🤣