#282 Finding Joy in Your Homeschool

I'm on a mission to find the absolute best homeschool curriculum out there! After homeschooling for 17 years, I've sure learned a lot, and I want to share it with you in today's episode.

Who here wants more joy in their homeschool?? In this week's episode, I go over some simple things you can do to find and create joy in your homeschool. I am also sharing what benefits come from being calm with your kids. You are not going to want to miss this!

It's almost November, and time to get ready for another No Yell November challenge. In today's episode, I share three long term effects of yelling and what it does to your kids. I am also sharing ideas of how to stop the desire to even yell. Go and check out the challenge here: https://www.coachmegthomas.com/product-page/no-yell-november-challenge

Next month's lesson plans are ready to go!  In today's podcast episode, I not only cover what your kids will be learning, but I also give you some homeschool tips to help you to create success without feeling completely overwhelmed. https://www.coachmegthomas.com/category/lesson-plans

You've often heard that comparison is the thief of joy, and I couldn't agree more. Comparing your weaknesses to someone else's strength is a quick way to beat yourself up, and think that homeschool isn't for you. But what if instead you focused on your strengths? In today's podcast episode, I want to dive into this topic and help you see how awesome you really are.

I get the opportunity to talk to thousands of homeschoolers all over the world. I get to hear their concerns and their worries for their homeschool. One of the things I hear is that they have no idea how they can homeschool longterm. In today's podcast episode, I want to share with you two simple things you can start doing to get on the road of longterm success. If you are feeling like you can't do one more thing, don't worry, one of the things you can start doing is less. Go and check out the episode.

With homeschool on the rise, more and more resources are starting to become available. One of those resources is AI. In today's episode, I am going over the pros and cons of AI, and if I am planning on using it in my homeschool.

Do you remember how you learned to read? What method was used, or what books you read? Maybe bits and pieces, but chances of you remembering all of it is pretty slim. I know as homeschoolers we can spend so much time worrying about if we are using the right or the best curriculum out there. I want to address that in today's podcast episode, as well as how to keep your homeschool consistent.

Today is a very special episode with my friend, Joey Mascio. Joey was a former public school middle school teacher and got the opportunity to work with a lot of teens. He got to see a lot of the common issues and concerns that they had. Since then, he has become a life coach and specializes in helping teens build confidence and help them to be resilient to all of lives ups and downs. If you have a teen, or kids who will eventually be teens, you need to listen to it!!

In this week's podcast episode, I am going over our homeschool plans for 2024-2025. I am also sharing with you September's lesson plans. This is our 17th year of homeschooling, and I am excited to share what we do with you!