Experienced Homeschoolers | Homeschool Routines | How To Become A Homeschool Mom

[@HBox-t7h]

Just want to say that I really support you not showing your children all the time - and when you do - you cover their faces. Thank you for protecting them. Thank you for speaking in generalities - and not naming your children and each of their struggles. It’s so unheard of in the “homeschool/homemaking” space! I know it’s a lot harder to build a following when you protect your children 🫂

[@simplegodlylivinghomestead]

It definitely IS so much harder, but so WORTH it! There is absolutely NOTHING more important than our babies 💜 Love Always and GOD Bless 💕🙏🏼

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

Thank you! When I was in therapy I asked my therapist (who was also helping my boys with ADHD) how I could help others with my homeschool experiences without giving too much info and she gave the idea to speak in generalities! It was a lightbulb moment, lol!

[@ginamcgrew9955]

I agree! Protect their privacy. They will be thankful in the future 💕

[@livingtheorganicway]

Your honesty and explanations are freeing. I am a homeschool mom of 4 - ages 11, 8, 6, 4. We have always homeschooled and I find the youtube homeschool world so overwhelming and maybe even a little misleading. Anyways, this video is so refreshing! My favorite "where is the little green blocks?" If this doesn't encompass the reality of homeschool to a T, I don't know what else would! lol.

[@MeganHurst]

Love this! We are in the very young stage so it’s a lot of hands on but it’s good to see how it changes as it grows.

[@ginamcgrew9955]

Thank you for your honesty, and encouragement! 💕

[@gabrielamcb9157]

LOVE..LOVE..LOVE needed needed needed this video. Thank you so much! 🥰

[@meaganhall7502]

I enjoyed this video and will have to come back to it again soon. I’m also a homeschooling mom of 6, I have all boys, and they are much closer in age. My oldest is 12, and I’ve been homeschooling since the beginning. A great tip would be to take lessons outdoors as much as possible. We aren’t meant to be indoors so much of the time, and I’ve noticed that the outdoors offers a great sense of peace. Plus, the volume isn’t as bothersome to me, it keeps the house tidier, and it supports breaks. Also, combining the children for all topic-based learning and keeping individual lessons for the skill-based subjects (and even then batching them where it makes sense) is very helpful and lightens the load.

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

Yes, I agree, outdoor schooling is amazing!

[@Clutterfreecarli]

This was just so sweet! Thank you so much. I loved every second of it! ❤

[@capricebachor7632]

Thankful for your advice. As a homeschool mom and second-generation homeschooler, I think the most helpful things I've learned in these early years (I'm still in them. Ages 4-9) is to keep it simple. Even though I use box curriculum (My Father's World), I've stopped feeling like I need to check every single box. If we are progressing, that's enough. If we don't finish something because we needed a slower pace (or if we got ahead), we just picked up the next year where we left off. This isn't lazy schooling, by any means, this is just not being a slave to curriculum, going at your child's own pace, and being relaxed. Its make all the difference as I've added each new child in. I have 3 boys in school, and this seems typical for boys too. Hope this helps the mama who needs to hear it.

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

This is good advice, thank you for sharing, Caprice!

[@AndreaOPatick]

Definitely helpful!! I need to print this and hang it on my wall as a constant reminder! Thank you! 😊

[@carolinadavis2178]

The overall aesthetics of your home is beautiful

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

Thank you!

[@courtneysteinmann2779]

I love your videos! They are such a blessing! Yes! I would love easy lunch ideas! I'm always looking for lunch ideas that work better for large homeschool families.

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

Thank you so much! I made a note to do a vid with homeschool lunches!

[@Alexis_9339]

This is my first video of yours. Excited to watch more. Very well done and great visuals.

[@ThisMamasFaith]

I absolutely love this channel. So encouraging to me. I’ve been homeschooling 12 years and it’s STILL helpful to hear these reminders

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

Oh, thank you so much my dear friend!

[@taylorferrell8308]

Do you have a video sharing what all you prep a d make for the week for your family to eat? This is my biggest struggle.

[@taylorferrell8308]

Breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner ideas?

[@wholeheartedhomemaking]

We use Libby and Hoopla for audio books, and they truly are life savers. We have had times where we spent a lot of time in the van traveling and we read so many amazing literature and history books that way. And yes, I think so many of us homeschoolers get bogged down in those early years and feel like failures. Last year I had all independent readers for the first time and it was insanely life changing. I realized that those hard years aren't forever!

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

Libby and Hoopla, I'm going to look those up! Thank you! Yes, it's amazing how having independent readers changes everything! So liberating, lol!

[@christinejohnston3452]

Thank you so much! This was so helpful!!

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

Glad it was helpful!

[@makerofahome]

This is such a great video, I’ve been so encouraged by your videos 💛

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

I'm so glad!

[@shawnavienneau6148]

I love this video ❤ I'm feeling a little anxious about this homeschooling year with our daughter's but this was so encouraging. Thank you so much shayla

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

I'm so glad! With the Lord and prayer you have got this, Shawna!

[@lovejoypeacepatience]

This was so helpful, thank you so much.

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

You're so welcome!

[@JMU2512]

Thank you for all your advice ! I have learned so much. Great video!

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

You are so welcome!

[@TheMennomilist]

I want to go on your nature study! hehe. I love that.

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

You should! From videos I've seen of yours I know you'd love it!

[@Granolaeccentric]

Where do I find the blocks and the fruits and vegetables

[@stefanieark]

HOW do you get your kids to listen to audiobooks?! My boys will listen to me reading and beg me to read just one more chapter. If I turn on an audiobook, they are bored and stop listening after 5-6 minutes!

[@barb4473]

play with lego or clay?

[@homeschoolingwithshayla]

I find after lunch is the perfect time. They all lay around after lunch dishes, relax in the living room and seem to enjoy listening then! FYI, kids around 8 and under don't get into audiobooks much in my experience. Their attention spans still are not long enough to get into them.