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Avoiding Chaos in a Large Family Homeschool |
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Every child is unique and homeschooling a large group of children with varying interests and aptitudes can be just as chaotic as it is rewarding. This article shares some tips and tricks for avoiding the chaos.
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Homeschooling the Large Family: How to Get It All Done |
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Marianne Sunderland |
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Regardless of how many children you have, there will always be more on your to-do list than time will allow in any one day. Wise homeschool parents will recognize this early on and take steps to maintain their sanity by practicing these tips to enhance their homeschool productivity. |
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How to Homeschool During the Post Partum Period |
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If you are going to be a homeschooler and continue to grow your class size, then you need to be prepared and you need to be flexible. Adding a new family member during the school year can be a smooth transition. Explore these ideas and tips to help during this time. |
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Large family finds a way to homeschool |
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This youtube video gives a look into a large successful homeschooling family. This African-American family of seven children has had all children go to college, starting while still in high school. |
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Married (with a lot) of Children |
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Tom Hoopes |
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A candid look at the challenges and joys of raising a large family in a hostile world. This article is written from a Catholic perspective, but has food for thought for any parent of a large brood. |
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Planning for the Large Family Homeschool |
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Marianne Sunderland |
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There is nothing like the summer break to step back from the madness and take a good, long {and honest} look at your previous year of homeschooling. It can be difficult in a large family to accommodate everyone’s individual desires, but you can at least listen to them and try!
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The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Many |
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Homeschooling is no joke. It’s commitment and dedication, it’s trial and error. Homeschooling many is a whole different creature. There are different learning styles, interests, strengths and weaknesses. We are going to talk about what is most important when homeschooling many children, and some tips for special situations. |
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Get Along Home |
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This blog follows Cindy and her family as she talks about homeschooling, large families, and parenting. |
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Gigi's Place |
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Gigi is a 30-something large family homeschooling mom to seven kids. Being a large family homeschooler has its challenges and joys, which Gigi shares here. |
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Large Family Mothering |
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Sherry writes her blog and shares her experiences as a mom of 15 homeschooled children. |
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Little Earthling Blog |
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This beautiful family has grown through adoption and birth. With fourteen children, they homeschool and share their adventures on their blog. |
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My Blessed Home |
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This blog shares homeschooling help and encouragement, parenting tips and insights, organizational tips, and more, all while chronicling the joys and challenges of raising a large family. |
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One Thankful Mom |
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This mom of 12 children shares her challenges and blessings at this blog. She shares about adoption, attachment, Sensory Processing Disorder, homeschooling, marriage, life with a large family, and more. |
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Our Full House |
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Carrie shares life with her 14 blessings, offering a glimpse into the daily life of their family. |
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Raising Arrows |
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Join Amy Roberts as she shares her tips and ideas about homeschooling and large family living. |
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Raising Olives |
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This blog shares tips, ideas and some of the ups and downs of managing a home with lots of kids and raising children for the glory of God. |
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The Bates Family |
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This beautiful family of 19 children shares their journey with this blog. |
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Big Families Recipes |
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A recipe group list with recipes that big families can enjoy. Discuss recipe successes and failures. Feel free to upload your own recipes or download others. |
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CM for Moms of Many |
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An email group for homeschooling moms using Charlotte Mason's methods. Focuses on homeschooling larger families. |
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K12 Large Families |
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This group is for large families using the K-12 curriculum created by Dr. William Bennett. Both homeschooling families and Virtual School families are welcome. It is particularly intended for families with more than 3 children in K-12 as well as additional teens, toddlers and babies. Discussions include both the curriculum and the challenges of implementing it in a large family. |
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Large Families Home School |
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This list is to encourage and support those who homeschool many children. How many? To some 3 is a lot! If you have a large family (whether natural, adopted, foster or blended) and homeschool, you know that there are a lot of unique challenges ranging from orchestrating family harmony, dealing with multiple ages, trying to homeschool in a sometimes chaotic environment, keeping up with the never-ending laundry, transportation, cooking, chores, and more. This is a Christian list.
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Large Family Logistics |
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The purpose of Large Family Logistics is to help Christian homeschooling mothers with the daily tasks of home management.
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Large Family Moms |
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This list is for moms only that are part of a large family consisting of four or more children. Large families are wonderful, exciting, and very challenging. Here you will find time and money saving tips, advice and support. |
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Lots of Kids |
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A place where families with four or more children can find friendship, fun, and support. |
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Magnum Opus |
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Raising a large, Catholic, homeschooling family is a great work (Magnum Opus) and a great deal of work!
Hopefully this email discussion group will be a place for parents of four or more to help each other with the nitty-gritty details of raising and educating a large, Catholic family.
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Pregnant Again |
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This is a list for all who are pregnant for the third or more time and are having a large family by choice. Discussions include the difficulties of having several at home when dealing with sickness and fatigue, homeschooling, and more. This is a supportive list where people believe that large families are wonderful. |
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Pregnant Again |
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Are you pregnant? Do you have a large family? Do people look at you like you're crazy? This is a list for all of you out there who are pregnant again for the third or more time. This is a supportive list wehre people believe that large families are wonderful. |
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Tons of Kids |
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This mailing list is set up for parents of large families. Large for this list is defined as having five or more kids. They welcome everybody who has at least that many of any religion, or even no religion.
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