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Is Homeschooling Hard? 22 Years and 5 Kids Later

Is Homeschooling Hard? 22 Years and 5 Kids Later12 aug1 u 09 min

<p>Rebecca Stromsdorfer never wanted to homeschool. She toured the charters and the private schools in her county looking for any other option, but she couldn&#39;t find a classroom she&#39;d put her daughter in. This episode is a full walkthrough of how she started homeschooling and what she learned along the way.</p><p><br></p><p>GUEST</p><p>Rebecca Stromsdorfer - homeschool mom of five (22 years), founder of My Homeschool Village</p><p>Website: https://myhomeschoolvillage.com</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 She never wanted to homeschool</p><p>03:55 Enjoying learning vs. making it fun</p><p>07:52 Six workbooks, and everything a first grader needs to know</p><p>12:36 Deschooling, and what &quot;broken&quot; actually means</p><p>21:24 You don&#39;t know what plant you were given</p><p>25:47 Week one: take a vacation, then start doing the work yourself</p><p>32:02 What their family culture actually is</p><p>35:30 The homeschool daily schedule, hour by hour</p><p>38:57 The weekly homeschool rhythm</p><p>51:11 She thought she was dumb, and the mirror</p><p>01:00:33 Homeschooling is hard on marriage</p><p>01:08:28 Rapid fire: curriculum and textbooks</p>