RAR #229: How a 25¢ Spiral Notebook Can Change Your Homeschool

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Sarah Mackenzie

Books, Homeschool, How To, Read-aloud, Kids & Family, Teaching From Rest, Reading, Education, Parenting

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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During my hardest year of homeschooling, I had a 12, 10, 8, and 1 year old, and twin newborns. Life was… a little chaotic.

One week, a friend of mine who had homeschooled all three of her kids asked, “So how's homeschooling going?”

And naturally, I burst into tears. I’m not sure she saw that coming. But then, maybe she did.

Anyway, she asked me how I was keeping the kids on track for their schoolwork and how much they could do when I wasn’t able to lead them, and when I looked at her with a blank stare, she said, “Okay, I’m going to come over tomorrow and I’ll bring some spiral notebooks.”

So, I cleared a path to the door and she came and she showed me how a 25 cent notebook could completely change our homeschool for the better.

Today, we're going to talk about those spiral notebooks-- the one simple tool that has had the biggest impact on my homeschooling life.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

How the spiral notebook system combats overwhelm when you’re being pulled in too many directions
How I used the spiral notebooks in our homeschool
The modified system that we use in our homeschool now

Find the rest of the show notes at: https://readaloudrevival.com/spiral-notebooks-for-homeschool

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0:00.0	A quick invitation here at the top of the episode because I don't want you to miss a brand
0:05.4	new free book list I have for you.
0:08.0	This one is a collection of favorites for Mama.
0:11.4	So if you're feeling like you want and need to fall back in love with your own reading
0:15.9	life and to do it with a book that I'll suck you right in, then this is the book list
0:20.4	for you.
0:21.4	Text the word retreat, R-E-T-R-E-A-T to the number 33777 and I'll send you that free
0:29.6	book list as soon as it's ready.
0:32.0	I'm putting the final touches on it now.
0:34.5	Happy reading.
0:36.3	During my hardest year of homeschooling, I had a 12-year-old, a 10-year-old, an 8-year-old,
0:43.2	a 1-year-old, and twin newborns.
0:46.6	It was kind of crazy.
0:47.6	That sounds crazy, right?
0:49.5	Life was a little chaotic.
0:51.2	Well, I remember one particular week.
0:54.2	I was at church and a friend of mine, Sheila, who had homeschooled her three kids all the
1:01.1	way through, asked, so how's homeschooling going?
1:05.4	Naturally, I burst into tears, not sure if she saw that coming.
1:10.5	Of course, maybe she did.
1:12.3	Anyway, she asked me how I was keeping the kids on track for their schoolwork and how
1:17.5	much they could do when I wasn't able to leave them through it.
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