• Home
  • New to Autistic Mama? Start Here!
  • Shop
  • Meet Autistic Mama
  • Contact Me!
    • Work With the Autistic Mama Blog
    • Work With Kaylene
    • Disclosure and Privacy
  • February 19, 2019
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

Autistic Mama

Embracing life, love, and a little autism

  • Diagnosis
  • Understanding Autism
  • Behaviors
  • Being Autistic
  • Advocacy & Accommodations

*This blog is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Occasionally posts contains other affiliate links as well.

Everything You Need to Know About Large Family Homeschooling

Pin74
Tweet
Share8
Share
+1
82 Shares

I love babies, and as a result, I have what most people would call a large family. We don’t fit in a sedan, or really even most SUV’s. We don’t fit in the average restaurant booth. You could imagine the looks when walking through target with my big group of littles. Mr. C and A-Man walking in front of me, Cap’n M in the basket part of the cart, and Miss S in the child seat. What are we going to do in a few months when Sweet C is added? Panic. That’s what.

Now aside from the looks we get from strangers in public, we get a lot of questions. I’m regularly asked if my kids all have the same dad, if they’re all mine, if I know what causes that, why I have so many, and if I’m finally done. I try to respond to these questions with a smile. After all, I know that people aren’t trying to be rude, they just see my family and react as if they just saw circus monkeys because large families like ours are pretty rare. But once people realize we homeschool, the real questions start. So I thought I’d put together this handy guide with everything you need to know about large family homeschooling.

Large Family Homeschooling! A 10-day series from This Outnumbered Mama!

Everything You Need to Know About Large Family Homeschooling

How can you homeschool with so many kids? Why in the world would anyone want to homeschool five kids? Don’t you need a break? How do you choose curriculum for the whole family? How do you make sure each of your kids get enough of your time when homeschooling a large family? What does a large family homeschool schedule look like?

If you’ve found yourself wondering the answers to some of these questions, you’re in luck because I’ve put together a 10-day blog series all about large family homeschooling! We’ll cover all the bases of the most common questions I’m asked about our large family homeschool, and if you have any more ideas for posts, leave them in the comments!

I’ll be posting every day Monday-Friday from July 10th-July 21st, and as the posts go live I’ll add the links below. You can take a peek now and see what is coming, and once the posts are live the title will change color and become clickable!

  • Choosing Curriculum for a Large Family
  • Homeschool Planning for Large Families
  • 5 Steps to the Best Large Family Homeschool Schedule
  • Balancing Independent Needs in a Large Family
  • Homeschooling While Expanding the Large Family
  • Keeping the Littles Busy While Homeschooling the Bigs
  • Balancing Work, a Large Family, and Homeschooling
  • Three Reasons We Love Large Family Homeschooling
  • The Downsides to Large Family Homeschooling
  • Large Family Homeschooling Hacks

If you’ve been homeschooling a while and you’re about to add a new member to the family, or you’re already a large family mama and not sure if you could possibly homeschool your large family, you’re in the right place! I can’t wait to connect more with you as the series goes on!

Large Family Homeschooling! A 10-day series from This Outnumbered Mama!

Beyond my large family homeschooling series, I’ve teamed up with a bunch of other homeschool bloggers who are all doing a 10-day series on their area of homeschool expertise! You can browse the options below and follow the ones you’re most excited for!

10 Days of Tips for Homeschool Moms! A summer blog series with homeschool bloggers!

<
<
<
<
The following two tabs change content below.
  • Bio
  • Latest Posts
My Twitter profileMy Facebook profileMy Instagram profileMy Pinterest profile

Kaylene

Kaylene George is an autistic self-advocate, author, and mother of five, including one autistic child. She realized her own autism as an adult shortly after her son received his initial diagnosis. Suddenly the parts of her that seemed so “weird” to society had an answer. Since then, Kaylene has passionately shared about her experiences with autism from both sides of the great divide between parents and autistic self-advocates on AutisticMama.com.
My Twitter profileMy Facebook profileMy Instagram profileMy Pinterest profile

Latest posts by Kaylene (see all)

  • Easy Homeschool Typing Tool for Busy Moms - January 25, 2019
  • One Super Simple Hack to Avoid Holiday Meltdowns - December 14, 2018
  • 6 Steps to Host an Autism-Friendly Christmas for Autistic Children - December 4, 2018
Pin74
Tweet
Share8
Share
+1
82 Shares

Autistic Mama

writes about these topics

« Self-Advocacy Explained: The Practical Guide to Autism for Parents
Everything You Need to Know About Choosing Curriculum for the Large Family »

Trackbacks

  1. Must-Try Tips for Balancing Work and Large Family Homeschooling - This Outnumbered Mama says:
    July 18, 2017 at 6:00 am

    […] random ladies at the park, they all seem to want to know my magic secret for balancing work and large family homeschooling. I hate to break it to you, but I don’t really have a magic secret. I do have some tips that […]

    Reply
  2. Three Things We Love About Large Family Homeschooling - This Outnumbered Mama says:
    July 19, 2017 at 12:11 pm

    […] everything is roses and sunshine over here, remember that this is a part of a ten day series on large family homeschooling, and tomorrow I’ll be sharing what we definitely do not like about […]

    Reply
  3. 5 Super Simple Large Family Homeschooling Hacks - This Outnumbered Mama says:
    July 21, 2017 at 1:55 pm

    […] made it to the last day in our Large Family Homeschooling Series! It’s been so fun diving deep into how we make it work homeschooling our large family. For […]

    Reply
  4. A Look Into A Large Family Homeschooling Space - This Outnumbered Mama says:
    September 11, 2017 at 9:40 am

    […] I put together my Large Family Homeschooling Series, there was one topic I realized that I completely missed! How in the world do we find the space to […]

    Reply
  5. Can You Homeschool Your Autistic Child? - Autistic Mama says:
    August 18, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    […] do they get socialization? How do you plan your homeschool year? How do you homeschool a large family? How do you choose […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

CommentLuv badgeShow more posts

Access the Autistic Mama Library!

Copyright © 2019 · Autistic Mama