Called To Homeschool

Why can't homeschool just be easy? You have the desire to teach your kids, and now you are feeling overwhelmed, you are wondering how to get your kids to do their work without screaming at them, and you are also running a house on top of teaching your children. It's easy to see why so many people are struggling. I want to show you how you can make homeschool easy. Yes, that really is a possibility. I am giving you three simple things you can do, so you can enjoy your school, your kids, and your life. Doors to the membership are currently opened and will close Friday, August 18th at midnight. Click here to learn more about the membership.

Sometimes we get so worried about our kids getting messy or making mistakes, that would forget to look at the good. I recently had an experience with my son who went to church a bit messy. Some people made jokes about it to me, and it made me think about why are we so worried about these things? Not only do we worry about our children looking messy, but we can get worried about messy handwriting, or messy spelling.I want to share with you my thoughts on is your kid a mess in this week's podcast episode. Click here to register for webinar.

It's that time of year again. Time to share my homeschool schedule for 2023-2024. These are some of my most listened to episodes, so I am so excited to share it with you. I am also going to do a live webinar where I will be giving you six weeks of curriculum. All the books, the activities, and so much more! Click here to register for the live webinar August 14th.

Have you ever wondered what is your homeschool dream? I have had a homeschool dream for years now and it is finally happening this summer, and I cannot wait to tell you all about it! I also want to challenge you to find your homeschool dream and how can you actually create it.

Do you ever feel afraid in your homeschool? Maybe you are afraid that you aren't smart enough to teach your kids? Or maybe you are afraid of what other people say or think about your homeschool? Whatever you are afraid of in your homeschool, I want to give you some help to get over your fears.

This weekend we will be celebrating our 23rd year of marriage!! It had me thinking of what advice I would give to my kids before they got married and what things to do (or not do) to have an amazing marriage. I want to share with you 5 tips for marriage in this week's podcast episode.

Have you heard the expression of you only get 18 summers with your kids? Does that statement make you panic? I know when I thought about that with my oldest, I started to worry that I had not done enough. I want to share with you my thoughts about that phrase, what how to thought that brings you peace instead of panic.

We studied Korea last school year and I wanted to share with you some of the books we loved. I have ideas for younger kids, tweens, and your mature teen. I also share some ideas of things we did as we studied Korea. You can check out the book list here.

I want to start giving you some short and sweet episodes with a tip to help you in your homeschool. Today's tip is what to do with a child with a lot of energy. I know it can be frustrating when a child won't sit down and just do their school. I want you to try out this tip and see if it will help your energetic child.

I want to address three things today in this episode. What do you do if your husband doesn't think that homeschool is a good idea? How to include your husband into homeschool. And ways to stay connected with your husband even with homeschooling.

I am excited to interview the amazing Kelsey Sorenson today (bio below). She is putting on a spectacular event, Educate and Rejuvenate, (which yours truly will be speaking) and I wanted her to share more about the event. Kelsey is a homeschool mom and I also wanted her to share how she has time to work and homeschool. She also shares why finding wins in your homeschool is important, and how to find them. Click this link to check out the event. Kelsey Sorenson is a former third grade teacher and substitute teacher. She is now a homeschool mom to 3 kids and owner of Wife Teacher Mommy, where she and her team serve Pre-K through 6th grade teachers. She is also a certified life coach with The Life Coach School. Wife Teacher Mommy has been featured on We are Teachers, Teachers pay Teachers, Jane, Etsy, Food Network, CBC, Fox, and NBC. Kelsey and her team have helped hundreds of thousands of educators cut down planning time and balance the many roles in their lives with her time-saving resources, blogs, teacher life coaching program, Educate & Rejuvenate events, and Wife Teacher Mommy: The Podcast. Kelsey is addicted to Coke Zero and loves reading and listening to audiobooks.

Who else has ever felt overwhelmed? I have seven kids, I homeschool, I work, I run the house and yard, and I have a husband who often travels for work. How could I not feel overwhelmed? This was a story I held onto for years until I had a coach question my story. She asked me what if overwhelm was optional?I sat back for a while and just thought about. Is overwhelm truly optional? I want to talk more about overwhelm and if it is optional, how do you stop feeling it, and is it a problem to feel overwhelmed sometimes.

Are you worried about what is the worst that could happen in your homeschool? Do you worry that your kid will never learn to read, or that they will never get into college? I want to share with you about what is the worst that could happen, and why you should stop letting fear lead in your homeschool.

A hobby is an activity that is done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure. The research shows that spending time on an activity that you enjoy can improve your mental health and wellbeing. Research shows that people with hobbies are less likely to suffer from stress, low mood, and depression. Activities that get you out and about can make you feel happier and more relaxed. That all sounds beautiful, but how in the world does one have time for a hobby AND homeschool? That's what I want to cover in today's podcast episode. How to have a hobby and homeschool. Also, if you want to hear how my Ironman went (training is my current favorite hobby) then make sure to listen to the last half of the episode.

What do you do when homeschool feels too hard? How do you move forward when you have no idea of what is the next step? I want to share with you how having faith can help you through any challenge that you may face.