Follow Amber and her children as they enjoy large family learning.
An artist, blogger, painter, and mother of six (that's right, six) kids from ages 5 to 13, Denise is the queen of multitasking. In addition to managing a household of eight, the Southern California mom homeschools her three oldest boys – Noah, 13, Diego, 12, and Solomon, 10 – teaches art, and does duty as a baseball mom. There's no such thing as a set-in-stone schedule in the Cortes family. But within the swirl of noise, chaos, laundry, and huge grocery bills, this 38-year-old mom is obviously doing something very right.
Parents of several children engage in some seriously creative thinking to accomplish ordinary day to day tasks. This article is a collection of tips, gathered from ‘Moms of Many’, and is intended to supply helpful suggestions for homeschooling, maintaining your home, and generally keeping it all in balance.
We have to cover subjects that go from reading and writing to foreign language, math, science, history and then to music, art and computer. For those of us with several children, it can be even more challenging, trying to meet all the instructional needs of each grade level every day.
Carrie shares life with her 14 blessings, offering a glimpse into the daily life of their family.
This article details how Bob and Erika Shupe homeschool their nine children successfully.
Ways to know if you are a large homeschooling family.
Ideas for incorporating fine art education into a large homeschool family curriculum.
This article offers a smattering of simple ideas to help keep homeschooling materials organized.
A place where families with four or more children can find friendship, fun, and support.
Shelly is the mom of eleven children and is homeschooling. Share in her journey.
This Facebook page is a big support group of large family supporters who talk on a regular basis.
This list is to encourage and support those who homeschool many children. How many? To some 3 is a lot! If you have a large family (whether natural, adopted, foster or blended) and homeschool, you know that there are a lot of unique challenges ranging from orchestrating family harmony, dealing with multiple ages, trying to homeschool in a sometimes chaotic environment, keeping up with the never-ending laundry, transportation, cooking, chores, and more. This is a Christian list.
Sometimes, raising and homeschooling 8 kids (ages 21 to 2) seems totally manageable--even easy--especially when compared to other, larger families made up primarily of younger kids. At other times, homeschooling our brood proves to be the hardest thing ever.
A homeschooling mom of seven children shares her approach to successfully home educating in a large family. She emphasizes routine over schedules, taking advantage of teachable moments, and resisting the temptation to over-control.
Tips for teaching language arts (writing, grammar, handwriting) in a large family.
A look at teaching history across several grades using the classical method of education and a rotation of history every four years.
This list is for moms only that are part of a large family consisting of four or more children. Large families are wonderful, exciting, and very challenging. Here you will find time and money saving tips, advice and support.
Do you come from a large family? Are you planning one? Share the challenges and joys a big family can bring.
In a large family, it is inevitable that the older children will help guide the younger ones. Here are ideas on how to capitalize on that system.