Why? Because I need a robust, step-by-step writing curriculum that my middle schooler can tackle independently. I have let go of many things that unpractical expectations for my kids (and myself) over these almost 10 (!!!) years of homeschooling.īut all that refining, tweaking, and reexamining is always for the better.Although Brave Writer will always be my first love, I add Institute for Excellence in Writing's All Things Fun and Fascinating in 6th grade. Always modify, tweak, and adapt ideas for your own family. My purpose for writing this post is to give you a clear picture of what a homeschool lifestyle routine could look like, not should look like. As always, never copy and paste. What I really love about our homeschool lifestyle is that it’s about so much more that school! Doing life this way taught be to COUNT the things that we do that might not look like a typical school day. When I started to focus more on the relationship with my kids instead of focusing so so much on academics, things started to shift in our homeschool.īecause ultimately, your kids won’t remember having a hard time they had with Math Lesson 45 on page 165, but they will remember how we made it harder by freaking out on them.īut, on a more concrete level…what does this homeschool lifestyle routine look like every week? Our weekly Homeschool Lifestyle Routine going outside for a walk and noting the birds you saw.The more I thought about what we did on a day-to-day basis that wasn’t in the planner, but still applied to education, it took so much pressure off checking boxes and more focus on checking those invisible boxes, like:
Here’s a breakdown of what we find important in our homeschool lifestyle: Under the influences of Charlotte Mason (what was also one of my earliest homeschool influences) and my own beliefs, I have styled a type of homeschool approach around providing my kids with activities that are rich in all things education, imagination, and delight. What is a Homeschool Lifestyle?īasically it boils down to this– Having an educationally rich home. Here’s a look at what our homeschool lifetime routine looks like. A homeschool lifestyle routine looks very different than others’.
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