Are you worn out and needing a break, but don’t know how to get more margin in your homeschool day? Have you ever felt guilty for using workbooks in your homeschool? Do you wish you could ditch the workbooks, but you just can’t figure out what you would do instead? This podcast will help you use workbooks to your advantage without making your homeschool dry and boring!

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Other resources mentioned:
- How to Take a Homeschool Mom Sabbatical (post)
- Fix-It Grammar
- Autopilot Homeschooling (podcast)
- Does My Child Have to Do All the Problems in the Book? (post)
- Math Wrap-Ups (aff link)
- Reading Eggs/Math Seeds
- Unboxing Reading Eggs Workbooks (video)
Helpful Timestamps:
1:46 – What happened when I tried to completely ditch workbooks in our homeschool.
4:04 – The benefit of delegating your homeschool subjects to workbooks.
4:48 – What beautiful homeschooling memories are truly made of.
6:27 – Why workbooks aren’t just for the subjects we detest teaching.
8:07 – How workbooks can help you homeschool through hardships.
8:39 – Addressing the “guilt” of using workbooks.
(Also read: How to Take a Homeschool Mom Sabbatical)
11:32 – Subjects that easily lend themselves to workbooks + my personal workbook choices!
(Check out Fit-It Grammar here >>)
13:02 – How to make workbooks fun!
(Also listen to: How to Put Your Homeschool on Autopilot)
14:04 – Why you don’t have to do all the problems in a workbook.
(Also read: Does My Child Have to Do All of the Problems in the Book?)
16:13 – Math manipulative ideas.
17:40 – How to supplement workbooks without adding to your workload.
Check out these resources:
- Wrap-Ups
- Reading Eggs (Math Seeds as well!)
- My unboxing and flip-through of the Reading Eggs workbooks
20:22 – Where to put workbooks in your homeschool schedule.
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C Jam says
Last year was a baby year, so I relied a lot on workbooks. The problem was it left me with a lot of checking. If I teach, I am checking as we go. I use a lot of workbooks, but I have a hard time keeping up with correcting their work.
Amy says
Since I rarely have them do all of the problems, it doesn’t take nearly as long to check over it. My older kids use more computer-based programs that give them feedback right away, so that’s been helpful as well.