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The One Question Homeschooled Kids Dread Answering

December 22, 2014 | 5 Comments
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Besides answering questions to relatives about what my kids have been learning and no I don’t mean the kind of genuine questions where my extended family is interested, but the kind where they think they can quiz my kids to find out if they are truly learning, there is one question dreaded more by my kids.

The one question homeschooled kids dread answering is what grade they are in. And when my kids shrug their shoulders and answer with, “I don’t know”, that just gives the relatives one more thing to bristle about.

When kids have not been exposed to public school grade levels and they have not learned to keep pace with a grade level, they really don’t know what grade they are in and guess what? Most kids don’t care.

As my kids have grown older and see the shrieks of terror on some adult’s faces because my kids have no idea what grade they are, my kids try to reply as best they can.

When Mr. Senior 2013 was in fourth grade and without any prodding from me, he replied, “Which subject?” The reply made complete sense to me.

I learned a few things from that encounter:

It was probably best to prepare my kids for questions like that because most people are asking just to be polite;

It was a reminder to me that I had released myself from the bondage of graded level learning because my kids were all over the place in each subject and it was a good feeling;

That my kids were being allowed to learn at their own pace;

That I did recognize the differences in each of my kids because they were accomplishing skills at different grade levels; and

That if I had to reply to it I probably would have to say something like he is in 9th grade reading, 7th grade grammar, 8th grade math, 7th grade writing. .. oh my!

Through the years, I have found it better to reply with a more general reply like he is in middle school or high school.

Too, I find a more general reply avoids a lot of confusion even for my sons. For example, we may have started a new curriculum mid-year and my sons may reply they are in one grade level for that year and then still be in that same grade level the beginning of the next year.

To avoid my kids feeling confused, which are the only ones I am concerned about when answering that question, I just have them reply in generalities by saying middle school or elementary school. The kids understand there are about 3 or 4 grades considered for any level, even high school.

Sometimes, the boys reply by saying their age and then the adult can figure it out on their own.

Besides how many people would understand that you may be starting pre-algebra with a 11 year old or a 5th grader reading high school level literature?

How about you? Do your kids know which grade they are in?

Hugs and love ya,

Also, check out some other comebacks here:

“I’m homeschooling because I want them socialized”

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4 Ways to Not Plan the Most Boring Homeschool Field Trip Ever

December 16, 2014 | Leave a Comment
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Besides changing the monotony of a hum drum day, homeschool field trips are learning adventures.

Maybe it’s how captivating I find the challenge of adding in all the homeschool subjects on any field trip we take or maybe it’s the charge we get after we meet up with other families that makes us wanting to plan more.

Too, when others join in, it can make an enormous difference in how much you remember the trip.

But if you want others to join your family, then there are 4 ways to not plan the most boring homeschool field trip ever.

You take charge of it.

I don’t view myself as a funny or even entertaining homeschool mom.

However, with that being said, planning and taking charge of our learning adventure is something I have done with much success.It doesn’t take the most entertaining mom to do, but you have to have a fun loving spirit that is infectious.

Don’t sit back and wait for field trips to happen. When you plan your trips like one that you would want to attend, then others will come. Excitement is contagious and when you are excited that trickles down to each member.

Maybe you don’t feel like you have time to plan it, but a little known secret in planning field trips is that it is just like lesson planning in a way.

Field trips are your lesson plans for the day and when you view it like that, you are not adding to your already hectic schedule, but you are adapting it. Not extra work, just different.

Treat Others Like You Want to Be Treated.

The families in my group and in many groups are the most grateful creatures and it has made my planning numerous field trips such a delight. I just don’t say this lightly because planning can be such hard work at times, but the payoff in friendships have been worth every ounce of extra stress.
When I plan thinking about others, it makes their experience more engaging. For example, many years I had to use a baby stroller and always ask questions about how easy it was to get around using a stroller.
I tried to pick field trips that would make it easier to handle several little ones alone when you are venturing out solo. When we outgrew baby strollers, I still asked detailed questions and passed on that information to the moms in my group.

When you haul around several little ones, all the tidbits on how to make it easier to attend and still enjoy the outing makes the field trip one that many will not forget.
On the flip side, if the field trip was primarily for little ones, I was very specific in adding in a suggestion or two that could include the teens.

Since most of us have kids of different ages, we like to bring them all to each field trip. I would suggest time at the park afterwards and ask the teens to bring their games or things they wanted to share with their friends.
Our teens never had problems with field trips based just for the little ones because they knew some part of the day they could be with their friends. A couple of places we went to even had a few things that only teens could do after the little kids finished.

So a few moms would go with the teens while the others stayed with the little kids. Treating others like you would want to not only feels good, but the whole group benefits.

Forget “Normal”When Planning Seasonal.

It is easy to plan seasonal activities like a leaf hunt in the fall or planning a back to school pool party in the summer.

I am not encouraging you to not plan seasonally, but what will set your group apart from the others will be the not so normal things you plan during any season.

Stretch your creative juices during the seasons to plan for not so normal activities.

For example, one year when we had scorching hot Texas weather and planning a back to school party, we went to the chilly ice skating rink.

When the ice skating rink got scraped, we got asked if our kids wanted to play in the snow/ice outside.

Playing with snow afterwards was an unexpected treat for our kids. All ages got involved. No homeschool mom was spared in the snowball fight.

Another example would be planning a swimming party in the winter. Of course finding a heated pool would be a must.

Why do we find activities that we normally can’t do in one season as appealing? Making the unexpected happen in your group will make your group unique and you will attract families plenty!

Mind the Details.

I’ll just say it. There is nothing more aggravating to any mom of many than to show up at a lack luster planned field trip.

If you are the kind of person that doesn’t mind shooting from the hip when planning, then this might not bother you so much. However, field trips can be a lot of work especially if you have a distance to drive and especially if you need to make arrangements to have the vehicle if you’re a one vehicle family.

Then, there is lunch to think about and fees, if any for the field trip.

One small tip that has been huge in avoiding miscommunication with the group is to keep everything in email or in written form. I love to text and pick the phone up too when I want to get the answers to my questions quickly.

However, after doing that, I email the personnel at the field trip location just to be sure I have my details correct. But here is the secret, then forward to your group, the response you get from personnel at the field trip location.

Why? This cuts down on any aggravation if a family did not understand the costs or details. Even if there is a mix up, the group can see that you had your details straight and those that appreciate your hard work will stay part of your group.

Another detail to be aware of that is extremely important is knowing exactly what is going to happen when you arrive at the field trip.

One thing I have done right is to ask meaningful questions regarding the length of a program. Because our field trip group was formed primarily for socialization, an equal part of our day needed to be left for the kids to visit.

Do not forget the primary purpose of your group when planning. For example, we were not interested in long winded instructors who were trying to follow common core standards and who chewed up most of our day as we sat in desks.
By asking meaningful questions ahead of time, I was able to ask in a gracious way if the speaking parts of some instructors could be cut back. Of course there is no need to have to go into detail about why we were short on time. I always let it be known we had time constraints. We did.

{Our field trip to the federal reserve was geared toward highschoolers, but knowing that other ages of children would be there, we cut the discourse in half and still enjoyed what we learned.}

Too, even if the subject has your student’s rapt attention, unless it’s planned ahead of time, be sure you stick to the hours you communicate about to the group. Some kids may not be interested in the same things your kids are and too some families may have distances to drive back to their home.

Bringing the ewww and awww to field trips is easy when you think about how you want to be treated when planning.

Taking charge of a field trip, you can determine the atmosphere and keep it a meaningful part of your day and create awesome field trips by not thinking like everybody else.

Finally, when you take extra care with the details, your field trip group remembers. And the best pay off yet, your children are not only provided with endless ways to explore the world around them but make life-long friends too.

If your first planned field trip was a flop, what are you going to do differently this time?
>Hugs and love ya,

Look at these other ways to plan field trips.

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3 Traps to Avoid When Home and School Come Together Mid-Year

December 12, 2014 | Leave a Comment
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At the end of the year is not when most people probably want to talk about homeschooling mid-year. But when January rolls around, home and school can collide.

Whether you have the itch to try a different approach or you are brand spanking new to homeschooling, there are 3 traps to avoid when home and school come together mid-year.

Avoid I’m-behind-already anxiety.

Without giving you a legal synopsis on who invented standards based learning, you have to adopt what standard you choose to live and educate by. The mentality that you are already behind from your beginning is self-defeating.

Opportunities for enrichment and learning do not only happen between August and May. Avoid the tug and trend of the public educational world that tells you when you are starting mid-year, you have to catch up.

Instead of focusing on what you are not doing right now, remember that this is a big change for your family and everybody will need time to adjust to a new schedule.

Focus on what you have done which is to take control of how you will measure the progress of your children and to not measure them by some perfect child that does not even exist.

The rigors of withdrawing from public school after possible drama can make it physically and mentally exhausting for the whole family.

The beginning is a point to learn about how to homeschool and that is enough for the first year of change.

Look at 8 Components of a Boxed Curriculum and How to Use a Boxed Curriculum without Giving Up Your Homeschool Approach because you can glean some tips by easing the stress of lesson planning in the beginning.

Start taking control back of your family’s education by allowing them time to recuperate and rest before your embark on your new journey. This process is called deschooling.

Deschooling can mean several things depending on your family’s circumstances.

The common factor among most families is that it is a time to step back and assess what you want for your family.

It can mean taking time to physically rest. For some families it is a time to rethink their educational goals and for other families it can be at time to rekindle their relationship with one another.

However you choose to use this time depends on the needs of your family. Avoid setting up dogmatic rules about how long your family needs to recover.
Some families need a few weeks to recover and others need a few months. It does not mean you don’t do any learning.

It does mean you decide during this recovery period what your family will learn. Take time to explore your possibilities and options.

Avoid cracking open your curriculum immediately.

This can be especially hard if you feel that your child has been getting further and further behind.

What I want you to know is that when a parent spends one-to-one time training their children, they will excel at academics. And normally, this can be done in half the time the public school takes for the day to do academics.

What I am saying is that you have time. Take time to nurture the strained relationship with your child first. This is especially important if your child is older.

FIRST WARNING SIGNS OF HOMESCHOOL BURNOUT

Up to this time, your child’s experience with public school may be negative or maybe this year you have had a negative experience with your homeschool approach or curriculum.

This negative experiences can affect how a child thinks learning is suppose to happen. Digging deeper into something that is not working only sets you back instead of thrusting you forward. Don’t do it.

Start out your year by studying something that captures your child’s love of learning. Take a look at 50 Free History Unit Studies and grab you one or two.

For some kids this is a craft, for older children it can be a unit study on a topic they find fascinating and for others it can be creating a hands-on model of something they want to learn about.

Reading aloud together also engenders a love of learning and it is not just for preschool age children.

I have read to my two older sons until high school. Besides equating reading with sheer pleasure, it evokes the feeling of a warm atmosphere in my home.

Our reading together many times has turned into precious and personal time where my sons pour our their hearts to me about what is on their mind.

Creating opportunities to repair the relationship or even to nurture it takes leisurely moments of time. That can’t be done when your only focus is cracking open the math workbook.

Avoid over committing.

Committing to your child means not over committing to other activities outside the house.

Trying to right all the perceived wrongs to our child, we may feel that joining every field trip group, local co-op and outside classes will be just the thing that our child needs.

Don’t flee one stressful schedule to run into another one even if the activities seem helpful.

Limiting outside activities in the beginning will allow your family time to adjust to a new lifestyle without the stress of too many outside activities.

As your family adjusts to a new routine and new curriculum, gradually fold in other activities.

This allows time for you to focus on what is important, which is getting to know how your child learns best, taking time to adjust to new curriculum and reading all you can about homeschooling.

When home and school meet up mid-year, it should be a time of exploring, experimenting, and evaluating.

It is a time to focus on what is important to you and to not follow what somebody else says to do.

Avoid the 3 common traps when beginning mid-year, which are I’m-already-behind mentality, cracking open the curriculum instead of focusing on what your family wants to learn and don’t over commit to outside activities thinking that your child needs his schedule filled up at every waking moment with socialization. He does not.

You only have one new beginning, keep it memorable. How do you plan to kick off your new year?

Hugs and love ya,

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How to Use a Boxed Curriculum without Giving Up Your Homeschool Approach

December 11, 2014 | 4 Comments
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Don’t give up your much loved homeschool approach when using boxed curriculum.

Today, in how to use a boxed curriculum without giving up your homeschool approach, I will be sharing some boxed curriculum providers and giving you a tip or two on how to pair one with your homeschool approach.

From Overwhelmed to Confident

Also, I will be listing the next 3 features of a boxed curriculum.

In my post 8 Components of a Boxed Curriculum I shared the first 5 features of a boxed curriculum:

understanding whether a curriculum has a religious or secular worldview
determining if a teacher’s manual is a treasure trove or glorified check list
planning your school year with 120 or 160 days in mind
deciding whether you need an accountability service or reporting service and
understanding that all curriculum required to complete a grade level like workbooks, student work text and readers come in the box.

Look at these next 3 parts of a boxed curriculum.

Testing and Answer Guides/Sheets. In addition, most curriculum providers have an option for testing along with answers sheets to the tests.

Most boxed providers can give you some local places in your area which tests your child.

If you do not live in a place that has stringent laws requiring testing, then I encourage you to not bring extra stress by having to report the testing scores.

Simply use the tests that come in your boxed curriculum for your own peace of mind.

I used the tests provided in our boxed curriculum for review and for my own purposes. It also gave my kids some familiarity with test taking which is very helpful in the older grades.

Student Evaluation or Assessment Help. One mistake made when using boxed curriculum is assuming that your child is ready for a grade level when in fact he he may be ahead or a bit behind.

A provider should have some way of you assessing your child’s level and then you should be able to get feedback on it.

I can’t encourage you enough to take time using informal testing methods to find a better fit for the grade your child should be in.

A huge mistake made by seasoned veterans and new bees alike is thinking they are back tracking if they have to repeat a grade.

No matter how many homeschoolers I counseled on this, many still push and shove ahead to the next grade level, which their child may not be ready for only to be met with tears and a brick wall several months into the curriculum.

Homeschooling is about being masters of their material and that is hard to do when they don’t have time to simmer on a grade level that a child needs to be on. Homeschool scholars are made by being immersed in a subject or skill and not by skipping ahead of it.

Extras. Some boxed curriculum providers also have on line classes where your child “meets” with other students of similar age and the classes try to make you feel like part of a school or group.

They may encourage your child to become involved online with any contests or communities they may be promoting.

Depending on the level of commitment or your time, you need to determine ahead if you want your child to be involved in any extra curricular activities a curriculum provider offers, if any.

Take a look at some of these common homeschool providers. Also, where possible, I added a tip or two for helping you to find a better fit for your homeschool approach.

Though most boxed curriculum providers would be categorized as a textbook approach, there are some differences worth considering.

*Note: Technically, a boxed curriculum contains ALL subjects, however, there are some curriculum providers that provide everything except math, so I included a few of them.

Boxed Curriculum Providers

A Beka A Beka would fit nicely with the strong language arts approach to a classical method of approach. With strong emphasis on writing and reading, this would fit nicely with those wanting to build a strong language arts foundation in the early grades.
A.C.E {Lighthouse Christian Academy}
Alpha Omega {Switched on Schoolhouse, Life Pacs, Monarch, Horizons}Takes a Biblical worldview and is a solid textbook approach.
Bob Jones or BJU Press. Taking a Biblical worldview, Bob Jones has a more rounded out text book approach, but all subjects have a Bible based theme throughout.

Calvert Though Calvert uses basal readers for teaching reading, some of their books written by head master Virgil Hillyer, I would categorize more like living books.
Charlotte Mason and the classical approach both encourage reading and using living books. A Child’s History of the World continues to be a much loved book in our home. Note: the book starts off with a bit of evolution, which we skipped, but continues on a middle school level for a great read and a broad covering about world history for budding history buffs.
Recently, I read A Child’s Geography of the World, which is outdated with facts, but is still a great read. These books were written about the 1930’s.
Christian Light Education
Covenant Home Curriculum
K12 Takes a more secular approach, but has a more straight forward textbook approach with rigorous standards.

Memoria Press Memoria Press takes a classical approach to homeschooling and their boxed curriculum is no different.
The most significant feature of the classical approach is using history of the ancients to teach. So Memoria Press uses books like Famous Man of Rome and D’Aulaires’ Greek Myths to name just a few to start building a basic foundation in history.
Also incorporated are some Charlotte Mason techniques like copywork and memorization.
My Father’s World {but does not have math} My Father’s World combines both the classical approach by using history as some of it’s stepping stones along with a Charlotte Mason approach. From the classical approach, it utilizes a chronological approach to history.
Also there is a hands-on approach in many of the grade levels and a focus on science and arts, which is encouraged by a Charlotte Mason approach.
Moving Beyond the Page{but does not have math} Moving Beyond the Page uses a unit study approach to covering all the subjects except math.
Having the combined layout of structure along with using the basic concept of a unit study, which is tying all the school subjects around a main theme is another option for your family.
Oak Meadow

Seton Seton uses a strong language arts focus in their boxed curriculum and they are a Catholic provider.
Sonlight Sonlight uses living books which is both a feature of the Charlotte Mason approach and classical approach along with a strong emphasis on Bible.
Trail Guide to Learning<{but does not have math} Trail Guide to Learning uses living books in their boxed curriculum and takes on more of a Charlotte Mason approach with a classical bent because of using their history focused guides.
Veritas Press Like Memoria Press, Veritas Press has a strong classical approach to homeschooling with an emphasis on history.

Whether you are new to homeschooling and trying to learn the ropes or if you are overwhelmed with the season in your life right now, knowing the 8 components of a boxed curriculum can help you to avoid the busy work that can accompany a boxed curriculum and find one that can help you make headway.

Hugs and love ya,

Check out Cathy’s Duffy’s 101 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum.

8 Components of a Boxed Curriculum

December 9, 2014 | Leave a Comment
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From my 31 day boot camp for new homeschoolers, here is my definition:

BOXED CURRICULUM

A curriculum provider who provides all subjects laid out in step by step order usually accompanied by a scripted teacher’s manual. Teacher’s manual, a student book and a work text are normally included. Tests and sometimes grading services are offered. Some providers, like Calvert sends all supplies, crayons and paper too. It may arrive in an actual box or not.

A boxed curriculum has saved my sanity more than one time during my journey. They are not just for new homeschoolers.

Knowing the 8 components of a boxed curriculum can make it a very useful tool when you need it.

Sad to say, instead of trying to understand how to use a boxed curriculum, which can navigate you through rough times, some homeschoolers just give up homeschooling.

Maybe we are worried about what those other homeschoolers will think because we are not wanting to be a lesson planning momma.

Homeschool Insanity IS . . .

Heaping more homeschool torture, loosely translated here meaning having to lesson plan when stressed out, moving, having a baby, being sick, helping out with finances or anything else that life throws our way, IS insanity.

Understanding the components of a boxed curriculum will help you to choose one that fits your family, lift the stress of homeschooling and otherwise keep your feet plodding along in homeschool.

Religious or Secular Bent. Most boxed curriculum providers openly advertise whether they are faith based or secular.

Over the years, I have seen many advantages and considerations using both of these. I love secular curriculum because I always like to add my own Bible content and history view.

The caveat with secular curriculum, especially books that you get from public school is to watch that they don’t go against Bible principals. I have had excellent results with Calvert because they try to stay as neutral as possible.
Too, with religious curriculum, I love the fact that even in language arts, my children can still learn Bible tidbits. The same caveat with religious curriculum exists if you don’t hold to their same beliefs.

Find one that is easily tweaked for you needs and understanding what their bent is will help you to choose better.

Teacher Manuals or Glorified Check List? Another element of a boxed curriculum is the teacher’s manual.

Right off, I want to tell you that I am extremely picky in how I dole out the title, teacher’s manual.

When you are new to homeschooling, stressed or otherwise have not used a solid teacher’s manual, you may think they are all created equal. They are not.

This is an area of the boxed curriculum that I want you also to be very picky in choosing. This component of a boxed curriculum goes to the very reason you are using one and if you don’t choose a boxed curriculum that has a helpful teacher’s manual, your choice could be more hindrance than help.

Some boxed curriculum providers proclaim proudly that they have a teacher’s manual, when in truth it is a glorified check list.

A checklist means they have lined out all the subjects for your child to do day by day and that is pretty well it. Can you say not very helpful at all?

My standard for a teacher’s manual is way higher and it includes these elements:

1. It should not only provide the assignments laid out for you, but should give background information about what you are going to teach.

The whole incentive for using a boxed curriculum is to save you time. Having to research background information for the lesson you are going to teach because you got a checklist is defeating.

2. It should give you examples of proper responses from your child or samples from other students’ work so that you know what to expect from your child or how to gauge progress.

If you are struggling with teaching a child or if you are new to teaching, you want some help in this area to be sure you are on track and the manual should have tips on how to gauge progress.

3. It should provide a sample of a student schedule. Otherwise how do you know when to get it all done.

4. The objectives should be clearly stated.

What are you going to teach for the day? What are your children trying to learn for the day? If they don’t know, how are you suppose to know?

5. The other must-have for me in a teacher’s manual is an area that lists what I need for that day.

This is very valuable in planning when you know what supplies you need ahead of time. Some even have what you need for assignments way far out and this too help eases lesson preparation.

6. It can also expand on alternative ways of teaching in case your child encounters problems with the assignment.

7. Some even provide extra teaching tips and helps, and they should.

When you know those elements to a worthwhile teacher’s manuals, it can be a treasure trove.

Day to Day Lesson Plans. {120 to 160 days}. Another key element of a boxed curriculum is that it has day to day lesson plans laid out.

The year will consist normally of anywhere from 120 to 160 days of lesson plans.

Having the lesson plans laid out can ease the stress of planning, give you an ending and beginning date to start and can also give your child a clear list of what is expected for the day so that he can work independently of you if he is old enough.

Accountability or Reporting Service. A lot of boxed curriculum providers are accredited providers and they also provide some kind of reporting service for you.

This may or may not be important to you in the area that you live in. Personally, accredited can be over rated because most people are confused about the meaning of the term accredited.

Schools are accredited, not curriculum. These are two completely different issues.

I don’t want to make your eyes pop out with too many details because I can go into what accredited means later.

The point I want you to take away today is that accredited does not equate with superior curriculum. It just means a school has met the requirements to be accredited.

The reporting service is where I made the mistake when I used a boxed curriculum because I thought I had to get the teacher reporting service to get teacher support.

Instead of relieving the stress when I was pregnant at the time, I brought more stress because I had constant deadlines of turning in work of my then Kindergarten kid to the school.

Crazy I know, but when you haven’t ever taught a child to read, you are looking for all the feedback you can get.

What I failed to ask at the time was if the teachers would be available for questions if I had them.

Ask and be clear when you sign up because most options to have a teacher grade your child’s work is just that optional. Any kind of reputable boxed curriculum provider should have teaches on hand to answer any questions you have for free.

Too, unless you live in a country or state that requires an accredited school, do not judge the value of the curriculum and education by the so misunderstood term of accreditation.

Books, workbooks, student texts, text books and maybe supplies. Another element that can reduce your time curriculum shopping is knowing that everything you need for one grade comes in your boxed curriculum.

The standard for a boxed curriculum is that every book, workbook and textbook that you need to get started comes together. Some providers like Calvert even send school supplies. You simply unwrap and get started.

There is no worrying about missing something or not covering something for that grade level. Everything your child needs to complete the grade comes in the box.

There are just as many reasons to use a boxed curriculum as there are to not use one.

Convenience, less anxiety and easy of teacher planning are some of the benefits of using a well-laid out boxed curriculum.

In the second part, I will share 3 more benefits of a boxed curriculum and give you a list of boxed providers.

Do you find that using a boxed curriculum has lessened the stress at the time?

Hugs and love ya,

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4 Ways to Not Plan the Most Boring Homeschool Field Trip Ever

3 Traps to Avoid When Home and School Come Together Mid-Year

Avoid I’m-behind-already anxiety.

Avoid cracking open your curriculum immediately.

FIRST WARNING SIGNS OF HOMESCHOOL BURNOUT

Avoid over committing.

How to Use a Boxed Curriculum without Giving Up Your Homeschool Approach

From Overwhelmed to Confident

Boxed Curriculum Providers

Check out Cathy’s Duffy’s 101 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum.

8 Components of a Boxed Curriculum

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