Best of RAR: 5 Habits of Happy Homeschoolers
Read-Aloud Revival ®
Sarah Mackenzie
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🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
What does having a happy homeschool mean to you?
How would you describe it? What would you be doing?
Our homeschools are all unique. We have different kids, different spouses, different resources, different homes, different demands on our time and energy. And yet I have a hunch that when we think about what having a happy homeschool means, our answers would be remarkably similar.
As many of us are getting into the swing of a new school year, I want to revisit a topic that I think is incredibly important to keep in mind so that you can actually enjoy your homeschool this year.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- The one word we want our homeschools to emulate
- Why your peace and contentment as a homeschool mama matters more than curriculum
- The five things moms told us again and again about having a happy homeschool (with a handy acronym!)
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| 0:00.0 | What does having a happy homeschool mean to you? |
| 0:03.8 | If I asked you to describe, in a few words or sentences, you know, what a happy homeschool is like, how would you answer? |
| 0:11.1 | What would you describe? |
| 0:12.7 | What would be happening in your homeschool that would make you think it's a happy homeschool? |
| 0:18.4 | See, I have a hunch that the answer to that question is remarkably similar |
| 0:23.8 | for most of us. We all have very different homeschools, different kids, different spouses, |
| 0:28.6 | different resources, different homes, different demands on our time and energy. All of our |
| 0:32.9 | homeschools are very unique, but I think the answer to this question is very similar for most of us. |
| 0:39.5 | Let's talk about it. |
| 0:53.2 | Hi, I'm Sarah McKenzie. This is the Read Aloud Revival, the show that helps you make |
| 0:58.1 | meaningful and lasting connections with your kids through books. Today, I want to revisit |
| 1:04.0 | something we've talked about before around here, but it's really worth revisiting, |
| 1:09.1 | especially at the beginning of a new school year, because |
| 1:12.6 | we all really want to enjoy our homeschools this year. I would bet nobody watching this video or |
| 1:18.8 | listening to this podcast are homeschooling to be miserable or overwhelmed or exhausted, right? |
| 1:25.8 | We don't really aspire to be rushing around feeling like we have more to do |
| 1:30.3 | than time to do it in. I know a lot of homeschooling families, and I do not know a single |
| 1:36.0 | homeschooling parent who signed up for this thinking, you know, I don't have very much to do. |
| 1:43.2 | You know what would be fun? Home schooling. Now, to me, |
| 1:48.8 | personally, a happy homeschool is usually one where we're not feeling rushed around. We're not |
| 1:55.4 | running from one thing to the next, feeling perpetually behind. I'm not yelling at my kids. I'm not snapping at my kids. I'm not |
| 2:03.0 | feeling like I'm perpetually not living up to the expectations I've set for myself. We don't always |
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