Ep. 129 - How to Set Up Your Homeschool Year: The Episode I Needed a Decade Ago (Part 1 of 2)

You planned the perfect first week — and by day three it was already falling apart. What actually torches the start of a homeschool year has nothing to do with school supplies, curriculum, or the color-coded spreadsheet you built in July. It's your expectations. Homeschool expert Christy-Faith, an education and parenting expert with over 20 years of experience, walks through the seven mindset shifts that make setting up your homeschool year sustainable instead of soul-crushing.

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In this episode, you'll learn:

Why everything is hard at the beginning — even in year 15 — and the three-things rule that keeps week one from burying youWhy the first weeks of school are the worst possible time to teach brand-new contentHow to prep before day one so your kids aren't learning new systems and new material at the same timeWhy your July and August plan is supposed to fall apart — and the documented brain glitch behind itHow much margin to build into every single slot in your homeschool scheduleWhy there's no "teacher hat" to put on, and what changes when you teach as yourselfWhy you were always the variable, not the curriculum boxWhy that bone-deep week-one exhaustion is proof your brain is doing hard, honest workSponsors:

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