Did the homemakers of the past struggle so much with meal planning, and shopping, and cooking?  The simple answer - no.  This podcast (#2 in the Meal Planning Series) digs into the past 100 years and my own grandmother's and mother's style of meal planning and cooking. Get your FREE Large Family Master Grocery List HERE! (explanation of how to use it is HERE) In this episode: The Meat + Potato + Veggie + Bread equation. The food NO ONE ate that is considered a MUST HAVE today. How to simplify your grocery list! Resources mentioned: Creating a 30 Day Master Meal Plan (podcast #25) Tips for Eating Healthy with a Large Family (podcast #78) Making Lunch Easy (post) Changing Routines as Your Kids Get Older (video) Large Family Master Grocery List 

Raising Arrows - Large Family Homeschooling

Meal Planning Over the Last 100 Years

Your family needs to eat, and you need to find a way to manage all the menus, shopping, and cooking!  This is the first podcast in a series all about meal planning for your large family! Sponsored by: Homeschool Magnet In this episode: Questions you need to ask yourself when finding a meal planning method that works for you. Why you should avoid comparing your grocery budget to someone else's. My meal planning methods over the years. Resources mentioned: Large Family Meal Planning (blog post) How to Use Evernote to Meal Plan (video) Family Favorites Meal List (blog post with video!) 

Large Family Meal Planning Basics

What should homeschooling look like if you only have kids ages 6 and under?  How much time does it take and what subjects should you cover? Need help homeschooling?  Check out: Homeschool Magnet Get my FREE HOMESCHOOLING CLASS! 4 Steps to a Better Homeschool Day In this episode: Why age 6 is scary for homeschool moms. The one thing your child needs most in his or her education. Why a 6 year old only needs an hour of schooling - and what that looks like. Resources mentioned: A Year of Playing Skillfully (read my REVIEW) Peaceful Preschool (read my REVIEW or watch the VIDEO) Tapestry of Grace Primer (review coming soon!) Easy Morning Time (post & podcast) Avoid Mom Burnout (post & podcast) 

Homeschooling Ages 6 & Under

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Homeschool to College: How to Transition Your Teen

As an introverted homeschool, it can be difficult to manage a day full of children. Learn tips and tricks to make it easier! Need someone to help you homeschool? Check out Homeschool Magnet! In this episode: Why you should admit you are an introvert. The morning routine introverts need! A simple trick to teach your children during school hours. Why everyone needs to do less - including your extroverted children! How to create an introverted "haven." Resources mentioned: Podcast #97 - Things Large Family Moms Can't Do Podcast #37 - How to Choose Extracurricular Activities for Your Family Morning Time with Multiple Ages (post) Making Lunch Easy (post) MBTI test Morning Routines based on personality (post) "Now I am sure if you could once make up your mind in the fear of God never to undertake more work of any sort than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry, and the instant you find yourself growing nervous and like one out of breath, would stop and take breath, you would find this simple and commonsense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish." - Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss

The Introverted Homeschool Mom's Survival Guide

Explore the many options for choosing curriculum that can be used to teach many different ages at the same time! (Part 3 of the Homeschooling Multiple Ages podcast series.) Need someone to help you homeschool? Check out Homeschool Magnet! In this episode: Why you shouldn't choose curriculum based solely on your children. How to "teach up" and "supplement down." How to make age-graded materials easier to use. Resources mentioned: Podcast #98 - Homeschooling Multiple Ages (Part 1) Podcast #70 - How to Use Workbooks to Lighten Your Homeschool Load A Year of Playing Skillfully (review post) Teaching Textbooks (review post) Tapestry of Grace Peaceful Press Rod & Staff ABC Series Biblioplan Sonlight Shurley Grammar 

Choosing Homeschool Curriculum When You Have a Lot of Kids

In this, Part 2 of Homeschooling Multiple Ages podcast series, we explore simple and effective organization methods for the supplies, books, and curriculum needed to homeschool a larger family. Need help homeschooling? Check out Homeschool Magnet! For more guidance and ideas to help you homeschool your larger than average family, get my book: Large Family Homeschooling In this episode: The key to organization (hint: it isn't pretty and it isn't color-coded!) How to best organize homeschool books and curriculum so it is easy to use. Resources and apps that help you organize! Resources mentioned: Large Family Homeschooling book Color Coded Kids (podcast #95) Morning Time with Multiple Ages post Organizing the Large Family Homeschool post Simple Homeschool Organization Systems post Modified Workbox System post Cube storage with baskets External hard drive Keepy app 

Homeschool Organization for Large Families

Are you homeschooling more than one child?  Then you already know how hard this can be, and you might be wondering if there's some secret to success you are missing.  Never fear!  I can help you navigate the murky waters of homeschooling multiple ages and grade levels! Need help homeschooling? Check out Homeschool Magnet! Make a homeschool schedule that WORKS with my ecourse: Creating a Homeschool Schedule You Love! In this episode: What makes homeschooling multiple ages so stressful. Why you have to think outside the box and how to do that. How to choose curriculum you can use to homeschool all of your kids. Resources mentioned: Creating a Homeschool Schedule (class) Why Homeschool Gaps Aren't Mistakes (post) Tapestry of Grace (resource page) Apologia Elementary Science The Story of the Romans Biblioplan 

Homeschooling Multiple Ages - Part 1

Moms with big families might look like super mom from the outside, but there are lots of things we CAN'T do that allows us to do the things we NEED to do! A new way to homeschool! HomeschoolMagnet.com/arrows In this episode: How I handle volunteer opportunities. The only thing I have to apologize for (and how I avoid it in the first place). Why introverts and extroverts matter when it comes to being a large family mom. Resources mentioned: Podcast #95 - Color Coded Kids  

Things Large Family Moms Can't Do

Step-by-step tips to fit in Christmas plans and projects into your December homeschool!  Plus, my personal Christmas Homeschooling plans this year! Need help homeschooling? Check out HomeschoolMagnet.com Get my Christmas Holiday Homeschool Planner HERE! In this episode: How to fit extra holiday projects into your homeschool day. How much time you should take to do holiday projects and plans. My own Christmas Homeschool plans! Resources mentioned: Christmas Holiday Homeschool Planner Podcast #86 - Easy Morning Time Routine Names of Jesus Advent Devotional Christmas Lego Challenges Colonial Christmas Advent Lessons Unearthing Wonder Advent Devotional All Creation Waits Jotham's Journey Music of Christmas Lessons Christmas Chalk Art 

How to Do Christmas School

When I had my 4th child, I started organizing the kids' things by color. This podcast is all about the why, how, and what of color coding your kids, plus what to do when you run out of colors! Check out Homeschool Magnet for a new way to homeschool! In this episode: Why I started color coding my kids. Which items were most important for me to color code. What I did when I ran out of colors for each of the kids. Resources mentioned: Color-Coded Children (post) Matching Outfits for Your Large Family (post) Tervis cups 

Color Coding Your Kids

When I started homeschooling, I had a very different goal in mind and a very different approach.  Over the 18 years I've been homeschooling, A LOT has changed in our home and homeschool! Check out Homeschool Magnet! Get my Homeschool Scheduling ecourse! Use code: raisingarrowspodcast for $10 off! In this episode: The ultimatum my husband gave me when I started homeschooling. Why I read a HUGE homeschool catalog cover to cover. The things I learned about myself as a homeschool mom and how it changed how I homeschooled. Resources mentioned: Holiday Homeschool Planner (use code: THANKFUL for $10 off) Using Workbooks in Your Homeschool - Podcast #70 How to Anchor Your Homeschool Day - Podcast #77 Occupying a Busy Preschooler - Podcast #16 How We Prepare Our Kids for College A Year of Playing Skillfully Review Peaceful Preschool Review Tapestry of Grace (How I use this curriculum) Homeschool Garden Morning Time Review Music in Our Homeschool (aff) SQUILT (aff) Apologia Elementary Science Review 

How My Homeschooling Has Changed Over the Years

10 things I wish someone had told me about homeschooling when I first got started that would have really mattered! Take my homeschool scheduling course!https://raisingarrows.net/homeschoolschedule Use code: homeschoolschedule to get $10 off! In this episode: How your homeschool methods will change - and why that's ok. Why your weaknesses don't make you weak. Why over-analyzing is your best asset. Resources mentioned: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Started Homeschooling (post) Why Homeschool Gaps Aren't Mistakes (post) Am I Smart Enough to Homeschool (podcast #84) 

What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Homeschooling

You're a few months into homeschooling and you realize that shiny new curriculum isn't working out the way you had hoped.  What do you do?  Keep trudging through?  Throw it out? Sell it?  Help! Coupon code: homeschoolmom20 for Home Management for the Homeschool Mom & Flexible Homeschool Planning In this episode: Reasons you should ditch a curriculum. How to tweak a curriculum that isn't working. Tons of ideas to help you redo and supplement curriculum. Resources mentioned: Home Management for the Homeschool Mom (book or audio) Flexible Homeschool Planning (book) Change Curriculum (or just change how you use it?) (post) Why Homeschooling Gaps Aren't Mistakes (post) Does My Child Have to Do All of the Problems in the Book? (post) Reading Eggs (aff) Peaceful Press curriculum (aff) Apologia Science for Multiple Ages (post) Khan Academy Wraps Ups (aff) Unifix Cubes (aff) SimplyFun Games Instead of Flashcards (post) 

Help! My Homeschool Curriculum Isn't Working!

Sharing God's creation with your children is an important part of their education, but it doesn't have to be complicated to be awe-inspiring!  Today, I'm sharing a few of my favorite nature based resources that don't stress me out! Take my FREE CLASS - 4 Steps to a Better Homeschool Day! In this episode: Why your children need nature. How to keep nature studies from being overwhelming. Great resources that make nature studies easy! Resources mentioned: Peaceful Press Exploring Nature with Children Our Journey Westward nature studies Wild Math Gather Round Homeschool Garden Morning Time Wild & Free Bundles The Homeschool Printing Company Pocketful of Pinecones (book) Family Nest Printing Co. Afternoon School (post) Nature Bag (podcast) Hashtags to follow: #natureschool #naturestudy #unpluggedchildhood #wildandfree #outdoorclassroom

Nature Based Homeschool Curriculum

Learn how to manage your home and homeschool with practical, simple, guilt-free ideas from a mom of 10!