Large Family Homeschooling Guide: 101 Tips to Homeschool Your Large Family From A to Z

By HowExpert

Large Family Homeschooling Guide is an all-inclusive guide to homeschooling and a pep talk all rolled into one. Whether you are seasoned homeschooler of many or have a large family and are considering venturing into the arena of home education you will find everything you need to know practically in this book.

Whether you are struggling to rekindle the spark you first had about homeschooling or are just overwhelmed with all the school supplies needed to educate your large family, the resources you need are found here. Encouraging, witty and practical this Large Family Homeschooling guide will lead you down the of educational philosophies all the way to finding joy and storage solutions in the chaos.

Get all the help you need in the areas of
• Encouragement in daily life
• Mindset shifts toward joyful living
• Routines that work for your family
• Incorporating rest into your daily and weekly life
• Learning to rest
• Large family challenges
• Everyday life
• Cultivating an atmosphere you actually want in your home
• Curricula
• Friendships
• Mission statements
• Storage solutions
• Feeding the masses
• Occupying toddlers
• Educating children while nursing a baby
• Educating multiple age and grade levels

About the Expert
Nickole Perry is a large family, homeschooling mother who sustains herself on God’s Word, coffee and tacos. She had 8 children in 11 calendar years and is no stranger to chaos. Her love for motherhood and home education make her as enjoyable to listen to as she is to read. She is a certified Biblical counselor who has a heart to help women find their purpose, joy and peace in the chaos of everyday life. In 2020 her family set out to see the United States and you can follow her journey on her FB Page Little House of the Perry’s or catch her speaking at a moms groups or teaching women’s bible study.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: HowExpert
• Release date: Mar 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781647580223

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Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: Learning to Live Life with joy as You Homeschool Your Large Family

Tip 1. Shift your mindset:

Tip 2. Remember it’s a privilege:

Tip 3. You will never get this time back:

Tip 4. Ask for forgiveness:

Tip 5. Don’t compare yourself to other moms:

Tip 6. Work toward improvement like you would with any other job:

Tip 7. Add 10 minute tidies:

Tip 8. Choose a routine over a schedule:

Tip 9. Prep for Mondays:

Tip 10. Don’t forget to serve:

Benefits of serving include:

Here is a list of 10 Ways to serve even if you have young children:

Tip 11. Learn to rest every day:

Tip 12. Learn to rest once a week:

Chapter 2: Homeschooling Large Families with a Sense of Humor

What makes Large family homeschoolers different?

Special Challenges Large family Homeschoolers Face

Multiple Ages:

Teaching multiple grade levels:

Budgeting for school expenses:

Laundry/Cleaning:

Food consumption:

Extracurricular activities:

Chaos coordinator:

Hair:

Schedules:

Gross things:

Manipulatives:

Not Keeping up with the Jones’s:

Chapter 3: Homeschooling Basics for the Large Family

Tip 13.Learn the basic educational philosophies:

Tip 14. Find out what kind of atmosphere you want in your home:

Tip 15. Research curricula:

Tip 16. Ask friends what they use, but don’t just do what they do:

Tip 17. Think about the kind of people you ask advice from...in this case you want someone who is successful with YOUR personality traits NOT the ones you’d like to have:

Tip 18. Don’t get bogged down by choosing just one:

Tip 19. Make a checklist of all the subjects you want to cover:

Tip 20. Check boxed curricula to make sure they put checks in your boxes:

Tip 21. Sit down with your spouse and get some answers on paper:

Tip 22. Know and write out why you are homeschooling. You may each have different reasons, Write them down:

Tip 23. Write down how you are going to actually do it:

Tip 24. Write your mission statement:

5 Identifying factors of a mission statement simplified:

Tip 25. You can change, but you don’t have to:

Chapter 4: Storage Solutions for the Large Family Homeschooler

Tip 26. You need bins:

Tip 27. Use bins for:

Tip 28. Use baskets for:

Tip 29. Utilize vertical storage:

Tip 30. Organize it:

Tip 31. Make it pretty:

Tip 32. Be creative:

Tip 33. Mail sorters for paper storage:

Tip 34. Rods, hooks and cups:

Tip 35. Use Wall organizers:

Chapter 5: Budget Solutions for a Large Homeschooling Family

Tip 40. Remember why they are so hungry:

Tip 41. Two snack times at same time every day:

Tip 42. Give them tons of carbs and fiber at meal time:

Tip 43. Time out your food:

Tip 44. 2nd breakfast

Tip 45. School Family style when you can:

Tip 53. Check on public charters in your states:

Tip 54. Online classes:

Tip 55. Bluprint:

Tip 56. Outschooling:

Tip 57. Other resources:

Tip 58. Family passes:

Tip 59. Free activities

Tip 60. Use Etsy:

Tip 61.Buy PDF’s and kindlebooks:

Tip 62. Use YouTube:

Chapter 6: Tips to Teaching While Pregnant and with Babies

Tip 63. Listen to everyone’s stories about pregnancies and babies, but with purpose:

Tip 64. B complex & magnesium (or Unisom):

Tip 65. Say no to Zofran:

Tip 66. Walk:

Tip 67. Try pregnancy workouts:

Tip 68. Nap when you can (and how to do it with small children):

Tip 71. Sharon’s best tip:

Tip 72. Take the time you need:

Tip 73. Rest so your uterus doesn’t fall out:

Tip 74 . Learn to ask for help:

Tip 75. Learn how to ask:

Tip 76. Learn what to ask for:

Tip 81. Audiobooks will change your life:

Tip 82. Teaching is the last step to learning your other children helping:

Chapter 7: Tips to Occupying You Your Toddlers as You Home School

Tip 83. Large gate:

Tip 84. Lots of outside time:

Tip 85. Special toys you only pull out for school:

Tip 86. Use busy bags:

Tip 93. Do sensory play:

Chapter 8: 6 Low Maintenance Ways to Educate Your Preschooler

Tip 94. Use manipulatives:

Tip 95. Don’t be afraid of art:

Tip 96. Play music all the time for your mood:

Tip 97. Study nature:

Tip 98. Learn the flora and fauna in your area:

Tip 99. Memorize short poems or Bible verses:

Chapter 9: Don’t Forget

Tip 100. Remember your children are yours for a reason:

Tip 101. You have the freedom to give your children the best education:

Bonus Chapter: My Opinions on Subjects for the Large Family Homeschoolers….and What We Use and Why.

Language Arts:

Math:

Social Studies:

Science:

Electives:

About the Expert

Recommended Resources

Chapter 1: Learning to Live Life with Joy as You Homeschool Your large Family

We have all heard the encouragement, find joy in the journey, but what does it really mean and how do we actually make that happen?

Finding joy in the chaos of life is arguably the biggest part of the battle in raising and educating children in large