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@kds2024

3 жыл бұрын

This video was so needed! I always wanted to homeschool but didn’t feel capable but after the remote learning experience once the schools closed I knew I wasn’t going to put my boys through that again (5 and 8 yrs) So I am homeschooling this year. Nervous but excited and this video put what’s important into perspective!! Thanks!

I’m used to living a life that people around me don’t agree with. Got married young, had more than 2 kids, believe in Jesus, homeschool my kids, am a conservative. That’s pretty much the list of things that people like to argue about/give their 2 cents about. I find it hilarious that complete strangers think they have a say in how I live my life!

@MrsAmericanFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!!!

@Mrs.Gibbs.

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

Today, homeschool left me in tears and me asking myself “am I doing enough?” and “am I doing a good job?” I needed this video so stinking much! It was truly a God send! Thanks so much for the amazing advice!😭🙌🏼

"Best days of your life" you had me in tears. I'm in this season now, three kids ages 4.5, 3, and 4 months. I watched this while wearing my baby and cleaning the kitchen. Thank you Ashlee for all your encouraging words. You are a gift to this community ❤

@GraceandGrit

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou❤️

@mcervas

2 жыл бұрын

❤️😭 same. I’m with you

As a momma of 2 graduated homeschoolers and 1 still in the nest I just want to tell you that I wish in my early years there had been someone to mentor me. What you are doing for young and some new homeschooling moms is sooo essential! Keep up the mission God has given you😊 ( and you are right... you will see the fruits of your labor in little ways along the way and big ways later on) Many blessings to you 🌻

In my case, homeschooling means to leave the country as in Uruguay the state has the monopoly of “education”. That means that they can instruct your children even in things against your beliefs. Of course they decide what Your children should study (currículum), when, and how, and they don’t ask for your opinion. Is like you are a cow in a farmer’s farm: your offspring belongs to the state and they decide for you what’s best for your own child because anyway your children belong to them. So, I feel blessed for having the chance to move to another country with education freedom, and sometimes I feel very angry or frustrates with people that have that right, that freedom, and they have the conditions to do it but they simply prefer to delegate that blessing to a third party that don’t even know And/or love Your child. For some people in the world, just to get the right to educate their children at home is an enormous sacrifice.

These last two points touched me so much. I have had clarity about homeschooling for a while, but as I get closer to taking the real leap of faith, because my son is 4 and all of his friends are starting pre K or Kindergarten, I have started to feel so much doubt and worry about if I am being selfish or stealing something great from him. But in my heart, I hope this can be something even more beautiful and a gift to him. I'm going to have to save this video to watch again. ❤

Hi Ashlee, I'm in the last year of home schooling my 8 children( 6 college graduates and two half way through their associates degrees)! This is our 26th year!! I just wanted to say that you gave great advice ! I am chatting a lot with my niece that has decided to teach her children at home and she is really afraid that she will make mistakes. I turned into your video today in hopes that she would benefit from your advice!! I will be sharing it with her. God bless you on the journey!! Paula

@lighteninggazelle816

3 жыл бұрын

Paula start a KZread channel for us moms who could gain wisdom through your seasoned perspective!!

@donanico7533

2 жыл бұрын

Bravo wow

Trace Atkins “your going to miss this” came to mind while listening to your video. Cherishing the little years with my 4 and 1.5 year old

@GraceandGrit

3 жыл бұрын

So trueB love that song!

As a "just-starting-out" homeschooling mom, kids ages 5, 4 and 2...this video is gold to me. Thank you. I savored everything you said. Also, because you are such on honest, straight-forward, no-nonsense type of person...I (and probably many/most people) am able to take your encouragement and practical advice very seriously. I know you didn't just try to think up some good-sounding reasons to make a youtube video--that is evident, as it is with every video you post. Thank you for your presence here on KZread. I have a lot of respect for you and appreciate your content so much. Also, I cried when you said these are the best years. I know you are right, and so I try to remind myself of this every day, and be present and cherish it all. Thank you for that reminder of truth.

We just pulled our kids and started our first year homeschooling. This was amazing advice and spoke to my heart so much. Thank you! 💕

This was all so beautifully put. Homeschooling really is such a refining fire and I feel incredibly blessed to be able to do it. My mom homeschooled myself and my 3 siblings and oh what a legacy she's given us!

@tinaholbrook9719

2 жыл бұрын

This Homeschool House It's so rare to hear from an adult homeschooler. So glad to hear of your positive experience and your respect for your mom. I am always wondering how my kids will view their childhood and homeschool experience when they get older. I try my best to make it as amazing as possible. We take field trips, learn about amazing stuff that I never even learned about, have lots of friends, and I see how much they're learning and feel great about what we're doing often. but sometimes it's really hard. Sometimes we argue, and I'm afraid they'll only remember the challenges or wish I had done things differently. There are glimpses I get where they show gratitude for how they're being raised, and I'm so grateful for those moments, but I worry that when they get older and see other ways of doing things that they'll pick me apart for the choices I made and how I did things. I just want to give them the best childhood and education that I can, and I hope they see that when they're older. Your comment gives me hope ❤

10 years in for us, and I’d add that the things I worried my kids would “miss out” on are the EXACT things that have KEPT us homeschooling. God had so much foresight in our family, and I am beyond thankful every day that He led us to homeschool bc He knew what was ahead.🙌🏼 Thanks for this video. ☺️

This is our second year homeschooling. We had a very rough day today that had me questioning everything and I am so grateful for this video. It was just exactly what I needed. Thank you. ❤

Awhh THANK YOU so much for this video it had me tearing up. I have no friends or family that homeschool. I've been watching your videos since we decided to start our homeschooling. All of your advice and thoughts on education have really, truly helped us. I often find myself looking ahead thinking they need more information, more grammar, more projects, etc etc. looking back and saying I could've done more here and there. They are learning though and I know that some of the best times come without a plan. This video was so needed right now!

The extended family “pop-quiz” is real! My 8 yr old couldn’t figure out why grandma always wanted to know every detail about her day and exactly what she was learning along with proof of her work... I finally just told my daughter that grandma (who is an educator) loves you enough to make sure you are learning and will never really understand why we homeschool. One thing I love about you and the way you share, is how you always share just enough about your journey and how you do things without making us feel like we need to be doing it the exact same. Some of our best ideas for our family have been sparked by something you said or did!

Thanks, right now I'm with 3 kids under 7 and listening to you I cry , I thanks God to find this video in this season of my motherhood

Sometimes even as a homeschool mom four years now you relearn lessons over again. After the first week back I was exhausted from doing all the things. This week I streamlined and we are doing much better. I have to constantly stop myself from trying to do too much.

I needed to hear this advice. This is my first year homeschooling my son kindergarten. I never expected to be here. A friend said to me recently “Gods plans are better than our plans.” Not many people were supportive of our choice, I worried if I was making the right decision, if I was doing enough, what his future would look like etc. On the hard days I felt like I was making a mistake. My heart is finally sinking in comfortably with the decision and full of hope for the future. Thank you.

Thank you Ashley for great advice. I have two kids - 4th and 7th graders- and seriously considering homeschooling as I feel public schools have robbed them of joy of learning. Watching your videos have been really helpful. Thank you for being so giving and genuine. 💓

KZread took me back a year to this video after I caught up on your content this week and I have to tell you how much this blessed me! I have a kindergartner and twin 1 year old girls. Your words spoke right to me! “You are living the best years of your life”. I needed this perspective. Just here to say, thank you.

I absolutely loved the part where you talked about how these are the best days of our lives. I just started homeschooling my 5 year old and I have a 3 year old, 1 year old and I'm 12 weeks pregnant with my 4th. I get horrible morning sickness and some days I've just had to teach my daughter while laying on the couch trying not to puke. It's been so hard but I know it will be so incredibly worth it. I really have been loving it so far and cant imagine life any other way. Thank you so much for the encouraging words ❤

I’m so glad I watched this today. We had a difficult day with homeschooling but you’re right...these days are some of the best days of my life. As a mom of 2 that are already in college I can say that these days are precious and go way too fast!

Love this so much! As a mama who had 4 babies in 5 years and who has a husband working the graveyard shift AND starting my homeschooling journey, I definitely needed the reminder to savor this time because it really will be the best time of my life. Thanks for your encouragement ❤️

@aubriehuntsman499

3 жыл бұрын

Samantha McCoy ❤️❤️

Needed to hear this. Thank you! ❤️

You rocked this! 💗

This is so helpful! Thank you!!

Thank you so much!! Really needed to hear this!

This was beautiful Ashlee ❤️ thank you

I have been homeschooling for 6 years n relate with all you talked about .God Has been so faithful n we believe He will continue. All the way from UK

Love your heart!! Thanks for sharing.🥰

Thank you so much for sharing your heart!💗

Excellent video, Ashlee! So helpful for everyone!

Love this video so much! Thank you for sharing it!!

Thank you so much for this!

This was one of the best “I wish I knew” videos I’ve ever seen!

I love this so much! Thank you for sharing!!! ❤❤❤

❤️ Love your heart for the homeschool community

I needed this! Thank you!!!

So wonderfully and beautifully said.

Thank you so much for this video, I really needed this today!

Thanks for sharing this & encouraging us! Such a blessing!

Thank you Ashlee for sharing this! I needed to hear just this as I gear up for our year to begin on the 14th!

I absolutely love this video thanks so much!

Yes! Yes! Yes to all of this!! ❤️ ❤️ you and your ministry here are truly a great gift!! Thank you!!!!

Thank you this was much needed 👍😊

This is so spot on! Really helpful to not feel alone.

Thank you for sharing! You’ve been such an encouragement this last month since we started our homeschooling journey. 💗

Wonderful video and advice! So encouraging 💓

So beautiful!! Thank you for sharing your heart and encouragement 💕 love how you called it a ministry.

I so needed to hear the things you were saying. Thank you so much for sharing your heart with us ❤️

Love this video. Resonated with me. God bless you. Thank you.

Wonderful video Ashlee! Such great advice that everyone can use! Thanks for sharing💛💛💛

Thanks. Great advice!

Thank you so much I really needed to hear this!!🙏💖

I could not love this video more! Thank you for sharing your heart and giving us so much encouragement! ❤️

This is such a great video. It was very encouraging. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

Thank you! I really needed to hear this. The burden can be so heavy, but I appreciate your encouragement.

This was an incredible video!!! I'm literally going through many of the same things you mentioned. This encouraging message was just what I needed. And I totally agree that 2nd grade feels so old hahah. My oldest is there right now and his two younger siblings aren't even at an age yet for formal schooling. Makes me relieved to hear all your advice. Thank you for sharing friend.

I’m a new homeschool mom. My littles are in kindergarten and preschool. My husband and I are going through a tough season because I’ve lost my job last March due to the pandemic. So I really needed to hear all of this, thank you 🙏🏼 😭

I love this! I needed it so bad. Im new to this homeschooling world with my daughters 4th grade and kindergarten! I love ur videos❤

Thank you Ashlee 🙏🏼 I’m embarking on my first year of homeschool and this video was much needed ♥️

I have a 8, 4, and 3 year old and my husband also works nights and when you said these are the best days I literally burst into tears. They really are though and I try so hard everyday to soak them all in

This is sooo good! Thank you for sharing your heart and listening to the Spirit to share. I can tell this video will be one I watch many times in the years to come. :)

this is so beautiful, thanks for sharing, God bless you and yours!

Oh my heart! I sooooo needed this today. Such wise words. Thank you. One of your best videos.

What an awesome video! I was in tears. I actually went back and rewatched so I could take notes. I’m helping with an event at our church (we’ve had lots of homeschoolers for years) in a few weeks that will be geared towards new homeschool families in our church and around our community just to help them and encourage them. This video had so much great information that I’ll be able to share at that event along with my own personal experience. Blessings to you as you continue to encourage others! 💕

Thank you ❤ God bless your house!

I really appreciate these videos. I havent yet bit the bullet but watching your videos are slowing building my confidence

This has been so encouraging and lovely to hear as I've just started homeschooling this month, thank you!

BAWLING 😭😭 Thank you so much for this.. 3 years in at our home and I needed this from you sweet mama! 💗

@GraceandGrit

3 жыл бұрын

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Oh my how I needed to hear this today! I love your videos and I searched homeschool encouragement tonight and this came up. I cried actual tears hearing you talk about these being the best years. I completely needed to hear that I should focus only on this year also! I have a third grader and I can get so caught up in big picture that I’m missing today. You definitely reached my heartstrings tonight! ❤️

This video is just what I needed. You are a blessing! Wishing you all a fun and happy year ♥️

Wow Ashlee. Thank you so much for your encouragement! I needed it so much! I focus so much on getting it done that i miss the little moments sometimes. Thank you for opening my eyes again. You are such a sweet momma with much wisdom!

This was just what I needed today. We just started homeschooling last year, and I learned so much from that first year, but I still found that I needed encouragement like this as we start a new school year.

Just what I needed to hear tonite! So much wisdom here. Thank you, Ashlee! -Emily

I have a kindergartner and a first grader and the part of reading to them I learned it from you, watching your videos and we are enjoying reading together. Thank you for that!

I needed to hear this, thank you! I also have a habit of focusing on what I’m not doing well rather than my areas of success. I’ll probably have to rewatch this on a regular basis!

Guuuuuuurl....preach!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌 gave me chills! Such good advice & insight 👏

Excellent excellent message! Thank you! 😘❤️

Ashley, you are incredible. Thank you for your encouragement. I'm going on year 2 homeschooling, and you've really helped my first year go so well. Thanks for your strength and bravery to share your home school journey with us. I learn so much from you! It blesses so many of us! Hugs!

LOVE THIS SO MUCH!! :) This message is SO needed! After 15 years homeschooling....you hit the nail on the head! My sentiments exactly!! Thank you, Ashley! ;)

I loved this video. I totally agree with focusing on the year at hand. I, like you, thought I was but really was forecasting also. And now, seven years later, it's nothing how I thought it would be, but it is so much better!! All your advice is phenomenal and while I'm sure this is super encouraging to newer homeschoolers, it encourages more seasoned homeschoolers too, like me! Hahah! And focusing more on what we are doing instead of what we aren't doing hit me smack dab in the heart. I needed to hear that. Thank you for always being so open and vulnerable.

Thank you for your videos. I just started watching your videos today, and I really appreciate your approach and tools. I am a mother of 4, I work a full time job from home, and I often struggle with juggling it all. I have spent the first 3 years of homeschooling without many resources. We once purchased a Christian curriculum, and we were disappointed and full of regret over the money lost. Thank you for sharing your resources!

Such great advice! I wish I had heard ALL of this back when we started our journey 7 years ago! And even though I've been doing this a while (I'm homeschooling 1st grade, 7th, and 9th this year) I still found this helpful today. It was truly a blessing! Thank you!

Thank you Ashlee for this advice. I've been watching your videos since last Fall and have learned so much. We will be starting our first homeschooling year this Fall! You have been such a blessing. 😊❤

thank you so much for this we are starting our homeschool journey officially this week and I'm excited and scared all at once. but this really helped put things in perspective.

This felt like a walking (I was walking!) meditation and gratitude walk for me. It was so helpful and such a good reminder. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I think the reading is so true! That's why I love the sunlight curriculum!

Beautifully said! This is also our 6th year homeschooling and I wish I could start over with what little wisdom I have now! 💜

Ashlee, you truly spoke to my heart! Your words were answers to prayers. I needed to hear many of those words right now! It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you ❤

Thanks so much for this video! I appreciate it, SO encouraging!!! I needed to hear: if a book is not working out put it aside. That happened recently and I was feeling so guilty. I completely agree with you, this season is so short, I’m so enjoying my kids, time flies! Sacrifices are so worth it! ❤️

All such great advice. ❤️ every point you made I was nodding like “yep that’s me!” My oldest is in 1st and I totally agree a lot of the extras I’m trying to incorporate are more for me 😂🤣 ❤️❤️

Today was my first day homeschooling so it was a blessing to watch this. Especially the part about not planning too far out into the future.

Thank you so much for this! Starting homeschooling and needing some encouragement and I got that and much more from this video. Thanks again 💕

@GraceandGrit

3 жыл бұрын

So thankful! ❤️

Such good advice! I am in my 3rd year of homeschooling (6th grade, 1st grade and pre-k) so although I am not brand new, it was still such an encouragement to hear these things! Thanks for sharing!

Great video... I am just starting this homeschooling process while working from home FT and am praying for grace and help during this season.. I took lots of notes! Thank you for sharing! 💗🙏

My family is in our 3rd year of homeschooling and the summer before starting I binged KZread homeschool videos to help grasp what I was stepping into. Your videos have been a part of our life since that summer. This particular video is so beautifully put together. So much truth and reminders as we are in the beginning of a new school year. Thanks for sharing and keeping things real. 💕

Savor it!!! So true! This is my last year homeschooling my oldest and I'm heartbroken about it, but oh so grateful for the wonderful journey we've enjoyed together!

I totally understand the one day at a time focus. Definitely time and emotion wasted. I read in spurts. I absolutely stick to the basics in the younger years. You’ll always feel you’re not doing enough.