What are your homeschool survival essentials? My friend Ingrid from Mommy & Mia Homeschool Chronicles asked some homeschooling YouTubers what they must have in order to homeschool. She made up a list of 10 questions for us to answer for a more full picture of what is needed in every homeschooler’s home. So here we go…
Homeschool Survival Essentials
1. What are your top 3 favorite mom things?
- Time alone.
- Mom’s night out.
- Mom’s night in.
2. What are the 3 homeschool must haves no matter what?
- Black & white card stock paper
- Binders with a clear pocket in the front
- Prismacolor pencils
3. Share 3 new things that will be added to your homeschool this year.
- Physics
- Geography
- Civil Air Patrol
4. Share a minimum of 3 things you will be changing in your homeschool.
- Adding to Teaching Textbooks for my daughter for Albebra 2, including Khan Academy and Math-U-See DVD’s.
- While filming homeschooling this year (we’ve filmed our homeschooling for the past 10 years, which you can find in the Unit Study Treasure Vault!), my son will be filming just the physics experiments without a person in the screen.
- As long as they finish what they need to do for the school week, they can arrange their school days however they want. No rigid schedule this year.
5. Share 3 things in your survival homeschool kit. (These are destressors that will help you survive the day/week.)
- Spending time with my mom, my sisters, my friends
- A hot bath at the end of the day
- Time alone to decompress
6. 3 must-read homeschool books (for homeschool help)
- The Well-trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
- A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola (If you want to know more about Charlotte Mason, I have a 6-part blog series that starts here.)
- Educating the WholeHearted Child by Sally Clarkson
7. 3 favorite subjects to teach in order please
- Bible
- literature/writing
- history
8. When is the best time for you to do your planning
- Long-range plans for the school year are done in the summer.
- On the weekends, if I need materials for an experiment the next week.
- For math, they do one lesson per day. That doesn’t need a lesson plan.
9. Share your favorite planner and supplies.
- I don’t like planners, so I don’t use them. I use paper and pencil when needed.
10. Share a minimum of 3 field trips you are planning to do this new homeschool year.
- horseback riding
- shooting range
- Geography field trip to Canada
So those are my homeschool essentials. What are yours?
