A Day in the Life of Homeschool Mama Heather
Here’s a little look at the Day in the Life of Heather, mama to 10 kids! At Learning Well, we understand that homeschooling doesn’t look the same for all of us. We understand it doesn’t have to either for us to learn and glean good things from each other. Each Wednesday, on our Instagram feed, we feature a new homeschool mama to take over the feed and show us what her day looks like.
Some of us homeschool for religious reasons and that inspires our homeschool days. Some of us homeschool from the road and never do school in the same place twice. We might have been homeschooling for years and years. Or we may have just begun our journeys. We understand that those details don’t really matter though. The common thread that binds us all together is our desires to educate our children differently.
We might all homeschool differently, but we can always look for ideas from each other that inspire, encourage and equip us in our own homeschool days.
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So, each week, we create blog posts for you to access later of each of those “days in the life”. We hope you keep coming back for more inspiration. Keep going, mama! These days at home are so worth it!
Day in the Life of Homeschool Mama Heather
{MEET HEATHER} @heathertullyphotography is taking over the feed to show us her day in the life! This mama has her hands full with 10 kiddos and we can’t wait to see her day. What I love about Heather is how she captures the messy, everyday moments with her photos. They’re so real!!
Hi! Welcome to our family’s homeschool Day in the Life! I thought you’d enjoy seeing us all together… just know we are never this well dressed outside one family picture each year.
I’m Heather, mama to 10, ages 19 to 2. This year I have 6 students I’m homeschooling, 1 child doing dual enrolling at college, 1 full time college student & 2 toddlers.
Mornings find us individually reading our bibles, working out, chores, breakfast, family worship with Daddy (he works from home!) & usually getting outside for a quick walk before Georgia heat sets in! (fall is coming… right?) My big kids often wake early to get in some quiet independent work but today, they all slept in. Wednesdays usually find us tired.
For another Day in the Life featuring a large range of ages, check out this post.
9:30am :: We begin our lessons with Morning Time. This is my favorite part of the day! We ALL get to feast & learn before big kids are off working independently or going to their jobs. We do usually gather together at dinner at the end of the day but I cherish this time together!
I loop schedule out morning time which means I go down the list of topics till we need to stop. (we meet for about 1hr before stretching either outside or with Swedish Drill.) We always end our time reading aloud several books- I shared a picture of what we read today.
More Morning Meeting tips and ideas here.
10:45am :: I meet with my year 1 student for skill-based learning: Bible memory, phonics (she’s still learning her letters), math & copywork & geography (she’s learning to blob the continents). Not all of my 6-year olds were ready for writing but this girl has been doing it on her own which meant it was time for mama to oversee it!
The littles play or join us. Whatever the day, they’re guaranteed to make a mess. The big kids are off working independently, checking in with me for narrations.
Check out fun games for preschoolers here!
11:30am :: Now it’s time to meet one-on-one with my year 4 students. I have two so we do a bit together but mostly apart because this is their skill-based learning: Bible memory, math, phonics or reading aloud, geography (blobbing continents), copywork & Latin for my older daughter.
Someone usually hands out a snack if they didn’t eat at our Morning Time & maybe even starts a video for littles to hold them over till lunch. If lunch didn’t get prepped in the morning, someone does that too. (I used my instant pot today to make lentil soup because it’s fall, which means SOUP!)
12:30pm :: Lunch & usually some time outside. I sneak in switching laundry (cause there is ALWAYS laundry, y’all!) while hearing some phonics flashcards.
1:30pm :: Afternoons begin with some snuggling time with my toddlers while I read aloud a few books. This term, the girls clean up after lunch while one reads aloud. Then it’s toddler’s rest time while I meet one-on-one with my year 7 students.
I review their checklists, making sure independent work has been done. We loop through Bible memory, dictation/writing, math & reviewing Latin if needed. A few times a week they read aloud to me, and today we went over their poetry homework.
With a house full of littles, this year we have group meetings with my older students in the evenings so Daddy can help (he teaches a few of the meetings or helps watch littles). YAHOO! for a hubby who can walk alongside me in this homeschool journey! We do not meet every night, but a few times a week, covering things like poetry, logic, humanities course, and worldview course.
Afternoons :: I read aloud to my year 1 & 4 students using our Ambleside Online selections. Narrations follow all readings – usually orally but sometimes they illustrate it or write it out. I love building our learning around living books!
Older children finish up independent work. Other afternoon activities include music practice (we have lessons 2 days a week), handicrafts & free time (outside lots) before evening chores & dinner.
This last picture is my eldest student. Most of his work this senior year will be dual enrolling at college but he has a few assigned readings from me, as well as maintaining a job. He joins us for Morning Time & a few of group meetings in the evenings- I’m savoring these times with him. He’s so eager to fly, this firstborn son of mine, and I’m excited to see him do it… but it breaks my heart at the same time! Guess that’s motherhood!
Thanks for joining me today! I’m off to chat with my college student (she lives at home but is gone all day at classes). I’ll post a spot in stories for any questions you have. I’m grateful for a community of homeschool mamas- you all are a special group!
Thank you so much to Heather for showing your family’s Day in the Life with us!
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