 Hey you guys my name is Brittany and welcome back to my YouTube channel. You guys in today's video I'm going to share all about my homeschooling strengths and weaknesses So you guys I was very excited when Rachel from seven and all she reached out to me to be a part of this collab Where we are going to be sharing all about our homeschooling strengths and our weaknesses Rachel you guys from seven and all I definitely love watching her channel and watching her perspective especially because she is a second generation homeschooler And she actually is starting up the process of homeschooling her two sons who are four and two Rachel you guys she definitely has a unique perspective when it comes to the homeschooling community And one thing that's really unique is that she actually is still helping Homeschool her siblings who are in the sixth and the 11th grade I am also collabing with Rachel from our homeschool plan Rachel you guys she is a veteran homeschooler of 11 years She actually is homeschooling her third sixth and 10th grade of this homeschooling year So if you guys need any inspiration, especially when it comes to like high school She is definitely the channel to go to I love watching her videos. She is definitely very funny And I love just hearing her homeschooling journey in her homeschool experience Especially because she has way more years in this than I do So if you are coming from either uh, Rachel from our homeschool plans channel or Rachel from seven and all Hi, I am Brittany. I'm a homeschooling mom to three girls ages 10 4 and 2 We have been homeschooling now for three years. So we are officially pandemic homeschoolers So you guys I'm going to go ahead and start sharing my homeschooling strengths and weaknesses I think I'm going to go ahead and start by sharing some of my weaknesses as a homeschooling mom Um, I'm just going to have like a little chit chat with you guys and we're just going to talk about this So you guys, uh, when it comes to homeschooling and my homeschool weaknesses, uh, specifically subjects wise goes I definitely feel like my weaker subjects are reading writing and history So, uh, I know for sure those subjects when I do get to teaching them in my homeschool I definitely take avenues of outsourcing those just because I want to make sure I give my kiddos Uh, the very best that I can I put my foot my best foot forward when it comes to those particular subjects because I know, um, that's just my weakness you guys and, um One thing I will say is this year. We actually have outsourced writing for my fifth grader Brielle She actually is doing IEW structure and style level 1a for that very reason Um, I feel like when it came to the basis of teaching her how to write sentences and paragraphs You know, I was good to go But now that we are getting really into formal writing essay writing all those different types of things I definitely Needed something that could really hold my hand So that is why I really decided to go ahead and outsource that particular curriculum for her Because I know it's not really my strength and I really am okay with that because I definitely want to make sure Uh, she benefits and she gets the best that she can in that particular subject Another subject I definitely, uh, make sure that I do a lot of research when it comes to is history You guys my history class growing up was always born Um, I was in public school and you know, you guys we just had those big fat textbooks Where we would just read them and answer questions and history has never really been My favorite subject but as a homeschooling mom I do have to teach history and I definitely make sure I do my best to Give my daughter a well rounded history We definitely pull from a lot of sources We use a lot of living books when it comes to history because I'm relearning that subject as well And I definitely want to make it fun I don't want my kiddos to have the same experience when it came to history as I did And uh another one of my weaker subjects definitely has been reading. I'm so nervous And I think all homeschooling parents are nervous when it comes to teaching their kiddos how to read I have a four-year-old you guys. She's an emergent reader. I definitely know next year when we get into kindergarten I am going to be teaching her how to read And I'm so nervous just because of my past experience when it came to like reading I actually didn't learn how to read fluently into the age of 10 Uh when I was in elementary school. I was always in remedial Reading I was always pulled out of class when it came to when it came time for like language arts and reading And you guys that was really embarrassing as you know growing up as a kiddo being pulled out of my you know main classroom To go to like special reading. Um, I'm not too sure if I did have this or undiagnosed dyslexia I know I did have a few challenges when it came to my site They didn't know I needed glasses into uh a while into like I think it was like my second great year is when They finally knew that I needed glasses. They told my mom and I finally was able to get glasses But by the time I got glasses, I really got you know far behind in my reading And uh, it was just really a downhill spiral when it came to like me learning how to read Um, I really didn't solidify those reading foundation skills until my grandmother who was a formal educator She actually came down from uh, new jersey to georgia And she was down here for the whole summer and the whole summer you guys She was able to teach me the basics of like phonics and the foundations of reading And she definitely was able to give me a head start when it came to reading and if it wasn't for her You guys, I really don't know where I would have been as far as like my reading goals But after that summer you guys I became a proficient reader and a confident reader and uh after that point You guys I was just flying uh, but I definitely will say because of my personal experience when it comes to reading I am really really nervous about teaching my daughter how to read. However, you guys I'm definitely going to make sure like I have a curriculum that's going to hold my hand when it comes to reading Like I don't want to make any mistakes. I want it to be scripted I want to just be able to follow step by step. And if my kiddos do have issues, uh, struggling readers dyslexia I definitely want to make sure I am able to give them the tools they need to become, you know, good strong confident readers So, um, another one of my weaknesses is just overall in my home school I should say is I have a problem with making sure I schedule out like field trips and all like the fun things Like last year you guys we only went to the zoo and we also went to the pumpkin patch So we only did like two uh like field trips We went to the pumpkin patch because we actually did purely preschool Which is a preschool curriculum created by rachel. Um, we actually did her fog unit And when we got to the pumpkins we went to the pumpkin patch. It was so much fun It really solidified all the things we were learning that week in our preschool unit last year So that was like the only thing we did. So that was technically for my uh preschooler and then uh for braille The only thing we did was we went to the zoo because she was learning all about like mammals and animals and things like that In her science curriculum. We did like a lot of life science last year. So that was all we did So I definitely know I want to put my best foot forward this year in finding a lot of field trips you guys Here our library they offer so many like free tickets to like museums and we get free tickets to the zoo every single year and um, I definitely want to make sure I utilize those free resources that my library provides And make sure like I do a better job at doing like the field trips With my kiddos So you guys as far as my strength skills as far as the subjects, I'm definitely very strong in science and math and Of course everyone, uh, that's uh, typically not good like in that reading history Always math and science is always their strongest. I think I just lean more towards that like logical side. Um, I love math. I love science. I cannot wait you guys to teach braille chemistry Her learning like the periodic table I can't wait to do like all the experiments and things like that with her In the upcoming years I definitely think she's going to like have a lot of fun when it comes to that and she seems to like science as well Math not so much. Um, I'm really happy that it is the opposite where I can really help her in a subject that she's not Um, that strong in and it really, uh, is great that I'm very confident when it comes to that particular subject Another one of my strengths you guys is definitely when it comes to like note booking Uh, braille had a lot of fun our past couple of years Doing interactive notebooks and a lot of times you guys I was just pulling things from Pinterest I was pulling free Printables from teachers pay teachers and we were just really creating these fun interactive notebooks And they are definitely like keepsakes that hopefully I can hold on to for a while When it comes to like us doing different things like our science and things like that, uh, braille really had a lot of fun Creating those interactive notebooks. Um, I'm definitely very crafty when it comes to like our projects and just coming off with things Like just from the top of my head. We did like a lot of big projects, uh last year when it came to like our homeschool A lot of hands-on things and I'm really really really good at like art and crafts and all that type of stuff Uh, last strength I do want to talk about is one that braille she mentioned to me to add into this video And she told me mommy. I really feel like you are very organized and I think I am I think I'm pretty organized and um That's one of her strengths. She definitely wanted me to mention in today's video So you guys these are like all of my strengths and weaknesses when it comes to me being like a homeschooling mom, um Just different areas. I know that I need to work on and uh things that I know I need to outsource when it comes to subjects Uh as a homeschooling mom, you know, we are not everything and that is the beauty of homeschooling is that we can You know pool and tutors and pool and things when we need them So you guys, please don't forget to check out rachel from our homeschool plan and rachel from seven Dolls video where they're going to be sharing their strengths and their weaknesses I cannot wait to watch their videos as well. Thank you guys for watching. I look forward to seeing everybody in my next one Bye