194: Why Your Homeschool Doesn't Need More Curriculum

<p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">You have been researching homeschool curriculum for weeks, filling carts, reading reviews, and asking everyone what they use. What if none of that matters as much as </span><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">what you do before you ever open a single book?</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">This episode shares 3 simple tips that will make a bigger difference in your homeschool this year than any homeschool curriculum purchase ever could:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">✅Why </span><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">your attitude and atmosphere are more important</strong><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);"> than the curriculum you choose</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">✅How to take a CEO planning date that </span><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">prepares you for the whole year</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">✅1 tradition that </span><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">creates lasting memories</strong><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);"> your kids will still talk about decades from now</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">✅3 questions to ask about each child </span><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);"><u>before</u> buying any homeschool curriculum</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">✅Why knowing your learner always </span><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">comes <u>before</u> choosing any program</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">Join the waitlist for the new homeschool support community mentioned in this episode and be first to know when it opens.</span></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">Resources for You&nbsp; </strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://howtohomeschoolmychild.com/rlnf-wait" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: inherit;">Raising Leaders Not Followers Course waitlist</a></li><li><a href="http://howtohomeschoolmychild.com/wait" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: inherit;">New homeschool support community waitlist</a></li></ul><p><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">Your Biggest Homeschool Decision This Year Is Not Curriculum</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">Raise your hand if you've already started looking for curriculum. Maybe you've already spent hours reading reviews or filled up an online shopping cart. What if I told you your biggest decision in your homeschool this year is not curriculum? It's the atmosphere and the expectations you create before you ever open a book. Today I'm sharing three simple tips that will make a bigger difference in your homeschool than which curriculum you buy.</span></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">Tip #1: Prepare Yourself Before You Prepare for School</strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">There are moms like yourself that spend weeks organizing books, labeling bins, printing out schedules — but almost no time preparing themselves. What kind of mom do you want to be this year? Peaceful? Flexible? Intentional? Joyful? You really do need to decide that before you move forward, because when you are ready, your kids will automatically follow along.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">I want to strongly encourage you to take a CEO homeschool planning date. I used to do this. I still remember one particular planning date — we were living in Idaho, and there was a coffee shop called Bootser's. I went up there for a whole Saturday morning and worked on things to prepare for our homeschool that year.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 86);">Get somewhere you can be by yourself with a notebook and a calendar. You're not going to plan the whole year — I don't even understand when people say they plan the whole year in a day. What if your child, three weeks in, doesn't understand the Pythagorean theorem and you've got to go back? Plan an overall idea of what you'll cover each