Spotlight on Resources to Make Life Easier for the Busy Homeschooling Parent

Can we be honest for a moment?  Homeschooling is a HARD JOB.  It’s a huge responsibility.  There’s the part that everyone sees, and then there’s all the other stuff underneath the surface, which takes a lot of mental energy.

Homeschooling has the potential to place an enormous toll on a your mental mental health.  You might become excessively tired, cranky, or sad, or have difficulty concentrating, or have lethargy that leaves you not even wanting to teach at all.  (aka, burnout)

Taking care of yourself, both physically and mentally, is so important to being an effective teacher and enjoying happy homeschooling days.  You know these, but it never hurts to be reminded, especially if you find yourself needing to re-center.

• Acknowledge that this is a busy season of life
• Create a routine to reduce stress
• But be flexible with your routine, when needed
• Ask friends and family for help
• Get plenty of sleep
• Eat healthy foods
• Exercise both your mind and body
• Take a moment all to yourself
• Remember to have fun

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Two of our favorite homemaking bundles to pick up are the No Sweat! Cooking Bundle and the Herbal Education Bundle.  The first utilizes batch cooking to ensure that your family has healthy and hearty meals, while cutting down on the prep and cooking time required by you on your busiest days.  The second can be completed family-style as a homeschool unit study or simply used to learn more about using herbs in your everyday life.

This three-book bundle includes:

Freezer Cooking Through the Year – This book includes : the whats and whys behind freezer cooking how-to tips and tricks pantry freezing guidelines, printable planning sheets more than thirty kid-friendly recipes!

Freezer Cooking Through Another Year – Join us for another twelve months of seasonally-appropriate freezer cooking recipes, along with planning tips and helps! This is for anyone who wants to get a leg up on getting healthy meals on the family table, without much fuss, and includes planning sheets and extra hints.

A Slow-Cooked Year – This book includes : the whats and whys behind crockpot cooking, how-to tips and tricks, safe crockpot guidelines, printable planning sheets, and more than thirty seasonally-appropriate, kid-friendly recipes!

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This two-book bundle includes:

• Teaching Kids About Herbs – Each month, your child will learn about a new herb and how to use it. Herbs are placed in seasonal positions throughout the book, but it does not have to be completed in order.  Includes basic information about seasonally-appropriate herbs, project ideas, and recipes. (28 pages of lesson plans)
• Simple Kitchen Fixes – Learning to use herbs effectively, for both cooking and remedy, is a lost art. This resource was designed to introduce the beginner to basic herbs and their uses. (31 pages)

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