If you’re a newer homeschool mom, you might be trying to find solutions for simplifying your homeschool plans. Maybe your curriculum is just too overwhelming to keep up with, or perhaps teaching multiple ages is leaving you frustrated. As I was consulting with a homeschool mom recently about her current homeschool challenges, I realized that the solutions I gave to her would be helpful for more moms to hear! So in this episode, I’ll be sharing the 3 top tips for homeschool plans that can bring more simplicity, peace, and confidence to your homeschooling.
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Welcome to the show notes for Episode #147 of the Homeschool with Moxie Podcast!
As a former classroom teacher, now homeschooling mom of five, I love to equip and encourage other homeschooling families.
On the Homeschool with Moxie Podcast our goal is to inspire and encourage you with actionable strategies to take you from overwhelmed to confident in your homeschool adventure. Listen to interviews with amazing influencers in the homeschool world and beyond.
All About Learning Press
All About Learning Press offers easy-to-use and effective curriculum for teaching your kids reading and spelling! They encapsulate the best in homeschooling resources and we’ve been happy customers for years. All About Spelling worked so well for our dyslexic child plus all the others.
You can get a taste for the educational philosophy of All About Learning Press by downloading and using some of their free resources in your homeschool. Just click on the Free Resources tab to grab:
- 20 Best Tips for Teaching Reading & Spelling
- 200+ Chapter Books Your Kids Will Love
- Teaching Latin Roots with Word Trees
- Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter Reading Bundle
- Phonogram activities
- ABC Crafts
- AB Playdough mats
All About Learning Press truly does take the struggle out of reading & spelling!
Read about our experience with All About Spelling.
Listen to the Podcast – 3 Top Tips for Homeschool Plans
Create a Visual Layout
Take all those thoughts from your head and your lists and create a visual layout on one sheet of paper! You can download our Homeschool Schedule Planning Pages.
Group Multiple Ages Together
Remember, the only subjects that need to be level-specific are math and language arts. Other than that, all your subjects in K-8 can be taught together. Check out these links below to learn more about this family-style of homeschooling.
- Why a Morning Basket Works
- How to Teach Multiple Ages Without Losing Your Mind
- 6 Tips for Homeschooling Multiple Ages
- Narration for Non-Charlotte Mason Homeschoolers
- Homeschool Notebooking
Choose Open & Go Curriculum
Here’s some of our favorite open & go curriculum companies:
- Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW)
- Writing with Skill
- All About Learning Press
- Notgrass History
- Mystery of History
- Story of the World
Our short workshop that costs less than a cup of coffee with a friend, Homeschool Lesson Planning in Less Than an Hour, but it will walk you through my minimal style of homeschool planning.
Grab our newly updated Trello Cheatsheet if you want to see how I schedule our whole homeschool year on Trello.
Homeschool Mom Collective
Would you like a monthly step-by-step success path to keep your homeschool on track? Then you’ll love the Homeschool Mom Collective! It gives you a month by month plan to use in your homeschool. Access to the Collective costs less than a great cup of coffee out with a friend each month! Seriously, what’s your homeschool sanity worth? Join today!
Homeschool Consultation
Do you want specialized help with your homeschooling? Consider booking a homeschool consultation with me! I’d love to help you craft a homeschool plan that will work.
