Need a Change
As I have added Bird slowly to our homeschool time over the last two years, I have been feeling incredibly overwhelmed, and things have just not been clicking as they used to. I spend much time redirecting and trying to keep the older girls quiet during my read-aloud and instructional time. We have lost some of our magic within our homeschooling day. It is not at all Brid's fault, nor Baby Bee's fault, as he helps add to the chaos most days, too. Bird is very different from her sisters, and that is what makes her beautiful. However, it is time to reevaluate our homeschooling plan moving forward.
That Being said, I have begun researching extensively over the last year for different curricula for Bird. While researching for her, I was also exploring elective options for Mouse for her high school years. I have been experimenting with various approaches and searching for what works. Then, I was drawn back to my homeschool vision, recalling how I had imagined homeschooling would look when I first started this journey thirteen years ago. I have always envisioned us all working together, and somehow, we have lost that. There are too many individual aspects that no longer mesh well together.
My initial plan has been to finish out this year with Sonlight for Humphrey. Still, I would let Miss Mouse continue using Sonlight independently. However, as plans developed for Thumper next year and this year progressed (I will dive deeper into this later this year in a reflection on our first year of high school blog post I have planned), I was going to shift Thumper and Bird to something new. Still, now we're all going to stick with it and see how it goes. We are giving it a trial run in November with our first Family Unit Study from Campfire Curriculums.
I feel that my time as a homeschool Mom is being pulled in many directions, and my love and drive for this life are faltering. I am fully confident that next year's plans will add a much-needed relief. I am not expecting it to run smoothly by any means. We will still have to find a new groove and routine, but I am certainly very hopeful about what we will be doing. I plan to elaborate on this further and provide more detail in a blog post scheduled for October, where I will delve deeper into the aspects we are retaining and what we are changing for our 2026 school year. But for now, know that if you are struggling, I have been too, and you are not alone.
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