Raising Arrows - Large Family Homeschooling

Learn how to incorporate your child's natural aptitudes and interests into their homeschooling using Delight Directed Learning!  Also includes a crash course in making homeschooling a lifestyle of learning!

As your girls grow into their teenage years, you may begin to see attitudes that are so different from what you are used to seeing. Learn 3 secrets to help your daughter navigate her teen years and avoid attitude problems.

Control the chaos and have a blessed Thanksgiving with this guide to a fantastic holiday from a large family mom's perspective!  Learn how to manage the kids, the crowds, the food, and the festivities in this idea-packed podcast!

Are you seeing attitudes in your boys that seem disrespectful and rude?  Are you worried you won't know how to handle them as they get older?  This podcast shares the secret to dealing with boys and their attitudes!  You won't want to miss this!

Homeschooling through the holidays can be so much fun!  Learn about great resources for homeschooling during Thanksgiving and Christmas, and how to make memories along the way!

Busy moms tend to forget to cultivate art and beauty in their own lives.  They are so busy pouring out, they don't realize how important it is to show their children what an abundant adult life looks like.  Learn how to inspire your children with your own creative life by building what the Charlotte Mason method calls "Mother Culture."

Have you ever wondered what a typical morning homeschool schedule looks like in our house?  Today, I share all the subjects we tackle, our Morning Basket or Table Time routine, how we manage lunch on homeschool days, and so much more!

Homeschooling is a big job! Learn how to put some of your subjects on autopilot will give you more margin in your day and less stress in your life! Find the show notes here https://www.raisingarrows.net/podcasts/

Now that I have a mix of big helpers, medium helpers, and little not-so-helpers, we can do a supercharged Weekly Home Blessing with decluttering and deep cleaning!  Learn how we do it in this podcast!

During busy seasons of life, a weekly chore rotation is super helpful!  This method works best when you have children who are beginning to be able to help out with cleaning chores, even though their standards may not be on par with your own.  I used this method when I had a mix of older and younger children. Resources mentioned:  My book - Home Management for the Homeschool Mom Large Family Logistics

When you have a lot of little ones, survival cleaning is often the best way to go.  Putting together a simple chore board can be a sanity saver because it doesn't require a lot of forethought and can be done anytime, anywhere! Post & Video can be found here - https://www.raisingarrows.net/2016/08/chore-board/

When I had 2 small children, I did the majority of the house cleaning every Monday morning, mostly by myself.  Learn how I organized the chores, how long it took me, and how I kept it clean the rest of the week. In this episode: How I got control of my messy house. My Monday morning chores. How I kept the house clean throughout the week. Resources: FLYlady app

Are you a mom who is easily overwhelmed by noise, lights, touch or smells?  You might have sensory issues like I do.  Listen to learn how I deal with being a large family mom and having sensory issues.  Learn my tips and tactics for managing all the sensory input a mom comes in contact with during the day! Resources mentioned: Educating Your Gifted Child The Out of Sync Child The Out of Sync Child Has Fun

The tools your children need for college are the same tools they need for life - so give them that college-prep homeschool education even if they don't go to college! Here's what we did! Read the post here - https://www.raisingarrows.net/2018/05/preparing-homeschooler-college/ Helpful link for Graduation Requirements - https://uh315.isrefer.com/go/phsc/Amyarrows/ Transcript help from The HomeScholar - https://uh315.isrefer.com/go/tts/Amyarrows James 1:2-4  Proverbs 22:6

After years of doing the same thing in our homeschool, we are changing it up in a major way!  Come hear all our news, plus learn tips and tricks for making major changes in your own homeschool curriculum and schedule! In this episode: New curriculum reveal! How we make the Charlotte Mason method work for our family. Ideas for making the transition to a new curriculum and schedule easier.