If you are going to be a homeschooler and continue to grow your class size, then you need to be prepared and you need to be flexible. Adding a new family member during the school year can be a smooth transition. Explore these ideas and tips to help during this time.
Teaching six children can be a challenge. How do you prioritize? Where do you focus your time? How do you make sure they all learn to read, write and tie their shoes? It is not impossible to teach a large family. It takes thoughtfulness and flexibility. It will keep you on your toes and keep you humble.
This beautiful family of 19 children shares their journey with this blog.
A look at teaching history across several grades using the classical method of education and a rotation of history every four years.
This series includes a look at schedules, schooling year round, busy bags, teamwork, and surrendering to God.
These tips and tricks will help you get individual time with each of your kids while everyone is engaged in learning.
This group is for large families using the K-12 curriculum created by Dr. William Bennett. Both homeschooling families and Virtual School families are welcome. It is particularly intended for families with more than 3 children in K-12 as well as additional teens, toddlers and babies. Discussions include both the curriculum and the challenges of implementing it in a large family.
This group offers a discussion of Kim Brenneman's book Large Family Logistics.
This list is for moms only that are part of a large family consisting of four or more children. Large families are wonderful, exciting, and very challenging. Here you will find time and money saving tips, advice and support.
This article details how Bob and Erika Shupe homeschool their nine children successfully.
Ways to know if you are a large homeschooling family.
Most moms of several children become experts at multitasking with experience. We often are asked how we manage homeschooling multiple learning levels and I find it difficult to explain. It's like preparing a seven course dinner--how do you tell someone exactly how to prepare everything in such a way that it's all ready at the proper time and stays the proper temperature? I suppose you could lead them step-by-step through all the directions and it would be easier, but still experience is the best teacher.
Between the meal prep, homeschooling, laundry, and constant demands for our attention, how do we ever find a moment of peace?
An email group for homeschooling moms using Charlotte Mason's methods. Focuses on homeschooling larger families.
Every child is unique and homeschooling a large group of children with varying interests and aptitudes can be just as chaotic as it is rewarding. This article shares some tips and tricks for avoiding the chaos.
This is an audio recording of a presentation by Amy Beckstead Leonard. Amy gives strategies and ideas for large families that are homeschooling.
In a large family, it is inevitable that the older children will help guide the younger ones. Here are ideas on how to capitalize on that system.
Lesson planning for a larger than average size family can be a bit tricky. This sample planning sheet offers an easy approach to planning out schooling for a large family.
This blog follows Cindy and her family as she talks about homeschooling, large families, and parenting.
Homeschooling can reveal many things. This article shares some insight into the thoughts of a homeschooling mom.