Homeschooling Reflections: Advice for New Homeschool Moms

This pic 😢 It might just be the only pic of me doing “school” all these years. —- Husbands take pics! . Eight years. That seems crazy. It’s a good thing I have that youngest kid to help me track time. But I do so wish I could go back and talk to me as a first year at-home mom. . . I would tell her: 1️⃣Quit buying books and curriculum and the next, greatest nature study guide — They take up so much space and money, and you’ll never use them. 2️⃣Don’t waste time thinking you’re not as disciplined or qualified or organized — Just be your best 3️⃣Save the paper and don’t print out all those worksheets. — Kids don’t need busy work, and you’ll forget where you put it. 4️⃣Invest time in seeing the big picture. Hang out with older moms with bigger kids. — Learn from them and quit trying to figure it out on your own. 5️⃣Turn off the radio and ask the kids about life or their books or church or the movie. — Quit filling the quiet with the unimportant. 6️⃣Take time for yourself and quit feeling bad about it. — You need it. 7️⃣Stop comparing your house cleanliness or decor to that of your mom or neighbor or Pinterest. — Love what you have and invite friends over to play. 8️⃣Clean out the junk. Minimize the time and worry and crap (figurative and literal) — Leave room for the important. 9️⃣Make friends - I feel like I preach this all the time! and lastly… 🔟Rest. You can do this. God wouldn’t have led you here if he wasn’t going to help you in the space. — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and Lean not on your own understanding.” ❤️ . . #hereisourhomeschool . What do you wish you had “only known then”?