We’re on Day 3 in 10 Days of Homeschooling For First Year Families. I’m sure by now your head must be spinning. If not I can tell you that when we started homeschooling my head was spinning.
I didn’t think it would ever stop spinning. The more I begin to research ideas and resources for Homeschooling the more confused I became. With that being said I thought we would have a little bit of fun.
The first step when you decide to Homeschool is t find Homeschooling Blogs through Google or Facebook. When you see Bloggers you can relate to then you need to Bookmark them.
As a Homeschooling Mom Bloggers are what kept me sane. Also, ask your friends and family if they know of local people who homeschool in your community. Check with your local library as they may know of Homeschooling Groups in your area.
Once you find bloggers you want to follow check out both Instagram and Pinterest both have a lot of different Homeschooling Ideas on them. I would like to suggest you follow some bloggers on both sites and set up Homeschooling boards on Pinterest.
Now, let me give you one tip about Pinterest don;t become obsessed and get lost on there and spend all of your time pinning boards. Which is what happened to me.
Once you have found items on Pinterest and Instagram create a Google Spreadsheet and write thing down you see you would like to teach your students. As you do this make sure and include the links to there websites, so you don’t have to spend hours hunting for these resources.
Another suggestion I would like to make is to always carry a notebook and pen with you when your out and about. You will find items you want to use in your classroom to teach your students, and by the time you get back home you will forget them and end up upset with yourself.
As you’re walking through stores and see items you think would fit into your homeschooling write down there websites. Once your home takethe time to add these resources to your spreadsheet, then go look them up as they may have items you need in your homeschooling classroom.
I have found when were reading books that if I visit the websites, there may be activities we can do in school that I wouldn’t have known about if I didn’t take the time to visit the websites. When purchasing food check out their sites as well as you never know what you might find.
For today I have 4 Tips for you:
1 Join Instagram and start to following other Homeschooling parents.
2) Do the same on Pinterest and set up boards you can go back to during the school year.
3. Set up both a Spreadsheet and Google Calendar.
I would like to remind you to set up with reminders for things you want to teach in your classroom.
4) Check out Youtube for Homeschooling Bloggers videos they have made to use in their classroom which you might be able to use in your classroom.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
