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135. The Best Kept Homeschool Secret: What a Gap Year Is and Why It Needs to Be a Priority For Your Homeschool Graduate

Hey, Friend!
All the time, energy, intention, and focus that you are placing on homeschooling your child and the day eventually comes when they are done with their formal education years.
What then?
Should you just throw them straight into the next phase? Follow what "everyone else is doing" or what they're "supposed to do?"
What if there was another step they could take? One that gives them a buffer and a chance to grow into who God has created them to be?
A gap year is the solution for just that. And I want to share with you all the details so you can begin to prepare for it now.
Grab that pen and paper because you're going to want to write down these tips to draw upon when the time comes.
♥ Leigh
 
Let's work together and get your homeschool to the place you just know it can be. We all can get stuck and not know what to do, how to adjust, or if we're even doing it right. We'll dive in deep to all the homeschool hot topics and create the homeschool that you and your children will thrive in! ENROLL IN CLARIFY YOUR HOMESCHOOL TODAY --> www.clarifyyourhomeschool.com
 
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134. Are You An Introvert or Extrovert Homeschool Mom? Why It Matters and How It Affects Your Homeschooling

Hey, Friend!
Would you call yourself an introvert or extrovert? And how about your children?
Figuring out our natural inclinations can help us in our homeschool mom relationships. When we learn to work with each other through the day in and day out of school lessons, chores, and activities, our motherhood journey can have more peace.
However, we have to be careful not to plant our feet in the ground and allow a label to dictate our life. The good news is that I have some insight that will help you find freedom and offer solutions to the difference between you and your children.
Let's dabble a little into the psychology and how this affects our ability to homeschool our children well.
♥ Leigh
 
Let's work together and get your homeschool to the place you just know it can be. We all can get stuck and not know what to do, how to adjust, or if we're even doing it right. We'll dive in deep to all the homeschool hot topics and create the homeschool that you and your children will thrive in! ENROLL IN CLARIFY YOUR HOMESCHOOL TODAY --> www.clarifyyourhomeschool.com
 
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133. HELP! I’ve Lost My Motivation To Homeschool: Can I Just Quit Now?

133. HELP! I’ve Lost My Motivation To Homeschool: Can I Just Quit Now?

Hey, Friend!
Are you struggling right about now? We're halfway through the homeschool year and every day you're feeling more and more like giving up.
The rut you're in is deep and you can't see a way out of it. Maybe the solution is to quit homeschool. You're wondering if your children would be better off in school.
But what if there is a way to turn things around and get to a place of choosing to continue to homeschool? I have a few simple solutions that you can begin implementing today in order to see a change.
Oh, and also...I have the answer to the question of whether you can quit homeschool. What do you think my answer is?
♥ Leigh 
 
Let's work together and get your homeschool to the place you just know it can be. We all can get stuck and not know what to do, how to adjust, or if we're even doing it right. We'll dive in deep to all the homeschool hot topics and create the homeschool that you and your children will thrive in! ENROLL IN CLARIFY YOUR HOMESCHOOL TODAY --> www.clarifyyourhomeschool.com
 
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132. Rethinking Your Child’s Education: Homeschooling In Today’s World and Preparing Them For the Future with Connor Boyack of The Tuttle Twins

Hey, Friend!
By now, we all realize that the world of today is different than when we grew up. And it will continue to change. But as homeschool moms, we have the unique advantage of recognizing this and creating an educational experience that fits our children. Not only that, but one that is in line with our unique family.
As parents, we should be excited about education so much so that it is contagious to our children. Let's spark their imagination and learn new topics together.
We have an amazing opportunity right here, right now to rethink our child's education. And Connor Boyack from The Tuttle Twins is a strong and encouraging voice to do just that.
Listen in because I know that you are going to be challenged and walk away with a fresh perspective of your homeschool.
♥ Leigh
 
Connect with Connor Boyack at: https://connorboyack.com/
Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connorboyack/
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Let's work together and get your homeschool to the place you just know it can be. We all can get stuck and not know what to do, how to adjust, or if we're even doing it right. We'll dive in deep to all the homeschool hot topics and create the homeschool that you and your children will thrive in! ENROLL IN CLARIFY YOUR HOMESCHOOL TODAY --> www.clarifyyourhomeschool.com
 
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131. Struggling With Meltdowns? Try These 7 Ways to Help Your Young Child Manage Their Emotions

Hey, Friend!
You know how it goes: the day is going great and suddenly there is an epic meltdown. This seems to occur on a regular basis, and as a homeschool mom, it's often the last thing we want to deal with. There are lesson plans, art projects, chores, time outside, and more that you have on the to-do list for the day.
What if I told you that there were 7 ways to help your child manage their emotions and reduce the amount of meltdowns in your family?
Well, grab a pen and paper and get ready to brainstorm how this will look in your homeschool family. Let's meet our children where they are developmentally and work together with their big emotions.
♥ Leigh
 
 
Let's work together and get your homeschool to the place you just know it can be. We all can get stuck and not know what to do, how to adjust, or if we're even doing it right. We'll dive in deep to all the homeschool hot topics and create the homeschool that you and your children will thrive in! ENROLL IN CLARIFY YOUR HOMESCHOOL TODAY --> www.clarifyyourhomeschool.com
 
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130. What To Do When Your Child Does Not Want To Be Homeschooled: Help For The Homeschool Mom Dealing With Resistance

Hey, Friend!
Are you stuck between a major life change to homeschooling and your child's emotions? Or maybe you started your homeschool journey and your child is not feeling it.
As a homeschool mom, our heart is so into every part of it. We want to do it well and to hear our child upset and saying they don't want to homeschool feels like a major letdown. Or a source of confusion, at the very least.
What if I told you that you and your child could come to a place of acceptance, expectation, and love for homeschooling?
After years of homeschooling and hearing stories from families, along with witnessing the mass exodus of the public school system, I have a few tips that will walk you down this road.
Grab a pen and paper and get ready to take some notes and then begin your journey to you and your child embracing homeschool.
♥ Leigh
 
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129. How The Homeschool Lifestyle Grows And Changes In Different Seasons: Insights From Lisa Bass At Farmhouse On Boone

Hey, Friend!
We enter into motherhood unsure of all the decisions we are making and feel like we should know everything. Because "obviously," all the other moms know it all and we don't. Lol!
And then...we decide to homeschool and the learning curve is steep. We jump in and figure out a plan and assume that's the way it will always be.
And then, we enter a new season of life and wonder if it's okay to change the way we homeschool, get meals on the table, divide up chores in the family, and parent our children.
Today, I am joined by Lisa Bass at Farmhouse on Boone where we share our hearts about this and so many other topics. Which includes insight into how she keeps up with homeschool and home management with her large family.
Pop those earbuds in because I know you are going to be just as encouraged and inspired as I was with this conversation.
♥ Leigh
 
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128. Top Reasons You Keep Changing Your Homeschool Curriculum and How to Stay Consistent With What You Have

Hey, Friend!
It's no secret that you're a chronic homeschool curriculum switcher. Or maybe your a closet switcher. Lol!
No matter whether your friends know or not, it's something that happens often in the education of your children. And you're beginning to wonder if it's a problem.
Let's pull back the layers and dig into why you keep changing your homeschool curriculum. And once you've got a finger on that, I've have some solutions that will get you off the curriculum merry-go-round!
Pop those ear buds in, grab that homeschool mom notebook and let's get this figured out!
♥ Leigh 
 
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127. Questions You Should Never Ask a Homeschool (Or Any) Child

Hey, Friend!
After 20+ years of motherhood, there are a few questions that people would ask my children that just never quite sat right with me. Unfortunately, I think you’ve run into these more times than you’d like as well.
Let’s take a deep dive into the questions and why we should refrain from using them in conversations with our and other people’s children.
And on the flip side, I have a few ways you can resolve the conversation when others ask your children these questions, including some subtle and not so subtle responses.
Let’s be the homeschool families who recognize this and it turn, change the tide of these questions that seem to be innocent, but actually carry underlying tones that we shouldn’t want spoken into our children.
♥ Leigh
 
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126. How A Homeschool Mom Can Teach Financial Literacy and Knowledge to Children of Any Age With Kristina Ellis of Ramsey Solutions

Hey, Friend!
They say that money, politics, and religion are three subjects many people steer clear of discussing. But that shouldn't apply to our homeschools.
Today, let's talk openly about money and how, even if you struggle in this area, a homeschool mom can teach financial literacy and knowledge. Whether you have your finances under control or not, you are the one your children want to hear about money from.
But you don't have to do it alone. Ramsey Solutions has resources to walk alongside this important topic. And Kristina Ellis gives us insight into how we can start and continue the conversation.
Grab your homeschool mom notebook and a pen because you're going to want to jot her tips down!
♥ Leigh
 
Learn more from Kristina at: www.kristinaellis.com
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Let's work together and get your homeschool to the place you just know it can be. We all can get stuck and not know what to do, how to adjust, or if we're even doing it right. We'll dive in deep to all the homeschool hot topics and create the homeschool that you and your children will thrive in! ENROLL IN CLARIFY YOUR HOMESCHOOL TODAY --> www.clarifyyourhomeschool.com
 
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