Discover the Secret to Homeschooling Freedom!
Who is Joanne Calderwood?
Joanne is a mom who, like you, performs a daily balancing act of the typical mom responsibilities.
She has been married to Tim for 24 years, and they are the happy parents to 8 kids.
She has a relatively useless BS degree in Education and has taught in the classroom environment, but more importantly, she has 15+ years of homeschooling with excellent RESULTS using a unique approach to education that yields excellent RESULTS.
Joanne thinks that children are a blessing, no matter how many you have. It is not necessary to go nuts and have eight in order to feel overwhelmed.
If you peeked into her house on any given day, you would see her children working steadily on their school work. Yes, all but the very youngest are self-learners as they themselves prefer self-learning over having mom hover over them.
"Self-learning has opened my eyes to my children's potential. They are quite capable and flourish in an environment where trust leads to educational freedom for them, and the benefit for me is that I get to be mom instead of School Marm!"
The results Joanne has had in her homeschool are not magical. They are the result of following a simple schedule with built-in expectations for her children.
Self-learning and The Homeschool STUDENT Planner have together revolutionized her homeschool to the extent that she has a burden to share this educational approach with you.
Sometimes moms have to work outside the home for a season. Joanne understands because she, too, has worked full time at a job outside the home for several years.
The good news is that self-learning can keep the homeschooling moving along in mom's absence!
While Mom's being present and active 24/7 is the ideal, there are many things that change the landscape of homeschooling such as a move, a pregnancy, a new baby, caring for elderly parents, etc. Self-Learning is not only an excellent way for your children to learn and grow, but it is also a great back-up for those extremes in life that do happen.
Joanne would really like to hear your thoughts, concerns, and any issues that are on your mind. Take a look at the information, FAQ's, the helpful hints and freebies that are offered here on URtheMom.com!
Thank you for taking your valuable time to stop by today!
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The Self-Teaching Manual
I'm the Mom; I Don't Have to Know Calculus
Welcome, Y'all! If you are a homeschooling mom and have
been home educating your children for more than oh, let's say 6 weeks, chances are you
have faced Burnout upon occasion.
I, too, experienced burnout many years ago...ten, to be
exact.
May I share a bit of my story with you?
As a young homeschooling mom with four young children, I began our
homeschooling journey with great enthusiasm and joy. I never doubted that we could
homeschool, and the first two years were downright fun for all of
us!
But as the demands of motherhood and a houseful of young 'uns began to
increase, I felt as though I just couldn't do it anymore. I felt as though my brain was
made of lead. Something had to give, but I wasn't sure what besides my sanity
and will to live.
In case you have not experienced it, Burnout is that feeling you get inside that tells you that you just can't do one more day of sitting beside your children to go over their lessons, check their work, and do yet more lesson plans!
...and that was where I found myself, unable to manage yet another day of
schooling. I was in despair over my lack of energy and my flagging commitment. I hated
checking the kids' work daily and doing lesson plans weekly. I procrastinated. I still
desperately wanted to homeschool, but I woke up each morning and had to talk myself out
of the bed.
Well, Baby Number Five came along, and with her came utter exhaustion.
For a lack of other options, I began to allow my older two children, ages nine and ten,
to do most of their work on their own so that I could tend to the baby and my other two
children who did need me to work with them hands-on. I was desperately trusting Nick and
Lauren to "do the next thing" in their books without me having to tell them what to
do.
The truth was, in my exhaustion, I really didn't care what they
did, as long as they just accomplished something in each of their subjects.
Something surely was better than nothing.
My usual location in those days was on the couch with a baby or two on me, around me, under me, and always with me. Nick and Lauren would show me their math, spelling, language and other subjects' work as it was completed. I even allowed them to use the teacher's editions to check their work. (Gasp!) They made great progress without my constant intervention.
What happened at that point changed our homeschool forever!
Not only could Nick and Lauren do their work
on their own, but they seemed to enjoy it more than they did with me
standing over them, telling them what they should do, when they should take breaks, and
of course checking all of their work for them. I knew we were onto
something.
(What I didn't know at the time was that independent learning had been
the hallmark of educational excellence in ages past.)
Just for fun one day, I hopped on the computer, pulled up a program that
helped me to design a prototype for what would become known as The Homeschool Student
Planner.
I felt that what was lacking was just a simple system to enable the
children to keep track of their daily work themselves so that all I had to do was glance
at it to see what had been learned at any given point in
time!
And the rest is
history. With this new system, the children could jot down the work they
accomplished each day, record their grades, and also set short-term goals for themselves!
They recorded the books they read, extracurricular activities they participated in, and
they also had a place in which to keep their loose papers. At the end of the year, I had
a complete portfolio for each student to pop into my file cabinet for
safe-keeping.
Peace flooded into our
home.
No longer was it my responsibility to make sure the
school work got done. The burden of educational responsibility was transferred to their
young shoulders, right where it belongs anyway. This process of transfer of ownership is
called self-teaching or self-learning.
Sure, I helped the children as needed. I helped them set short-term
goals, looked over their shoulders occasionally and asked questions to make sure the
material was actually being absorbed.
I gained the confidence that learning with excellence can be done by the student on his or her own. In fact, this was a superior way to learn. The students become motivated when they are given the keys to their little kingdom, so to speak. The change in my children was immediate. The change in our lives was profound.
Fast forward to today.
Nick and Lauren both are attending the colleges of their choice on
scholarship. Their SAT scores were amazing because self-learning students....well, you
can read more details about their individual success stories under the About Us
section. (In fact, I hope you will pop over there to meet us all and get to know us a
little better.)
Their successes have been truly outstanding, and I am so happy for them
that they have been so rewarded for their hard work and
achievements.
Not only have we homeschooled all the way through high school with two
children so far, but our other six kids continue to work with excellence, confidence,
maturity, and responsibility.
Would they take a day off from school if given the chance? Ummm...You
bet! They are not weird, but they are self-motivated and are high achievers quite
naturally.
So if you are feeling overwhelmed, maybe frustrated with
your students' lack of joy, scared of failure, tired, worried that your children aren't
learning anything, or just discouraged with the state of your homeschool, please be
encouraged! Read on!
I have been where you are, and I am happy to
be able to offer you...
...The Secret to Homeschooling
Freedom!
This site exists to introduce you to two specific concepts and
show you how to utilize them in your homeschool to achieve your own amazing homeschool
results!
What are those two concepts?
Self-Learning and Mastery
Learning
You can raise lifelong learners who work with passion and purpose! Avoid homeschool burnout and encourage lifelong learning!
The information presented here on URtheMom.com will help you prevent burnout as well as deal with burnout if you are already there.
- are free to set their own goals (which generally turn
out to be more stringent than what I would set for them),
- work independently on a daily basis to achieve their
goals,
- gain confidence and
motivation
- experience the feeling of a job well done,
and
- spend extra time on the subjects that most interest them
- become lifelong learners
could revolutionize it virtually overnight.
I assure you it is NOT!
Discover the secret of Self-Learning that will enable your children to learn with excellence no matter what curriculum you choose.
We
offer....The Homeschool STUDENT Planner
The Essential High School Planner
The Self-Teaching Manual
I'm the Mom; I Don't Have to Know Calculus
Why does BURNOUT occur?
Burnout is caused by MOM doing too much. You do not need to go over every lesson with your student before he or she does it. You do not need to sit beside your student while he does his work. You do not need to plan every day to the minute!
Entrust your children with responsibility for their education. The more they are involved in the planning and daily maintenance, the more motivated they become!
Instead of planning the year out for them, involve your student in the process with The Homeschool Student Planner! Notice we said STUDENT planner. There is a reason for that; the STUDENT is responsible for the planning AND the executing.
Maybe you are thinking, "If you think my student is going to willingly plan and work independently on a day to day basis, you are crazy!"
Ah, but it is the setting of goals and the realization of the FREEDOM that awaits the student that will cause him or her to begin to enjoy the journey.
You will be amazed at what your students will be motivated to do once they understand the benefits of self-learning and The Homeschool STUDENT Planner!
Many, many thousands of homeschooling moms have chosen
The Homeschool STUDENT Planner and The Essential High School Planner to be
You have my guarantee that
- You can love homeschooling again!
- You can have a a guaranteed system of success!
- You don't have to do all of the planning and all of the work anymore!
- In fact, do a tad of planning just four times a year!
- You can homeschool through high school!
- Your children can be self-motivated!
- Your children can be overly prepared for college!
- You can enjoy being an unfrazzled Mom again!
- Your children will be the best that they can be!
It is my hope that you and your children, no matter their ages, will begin to experience the rich rewards of homeschooling via the Self-learning and Mastery methods of education.
One final thought. You can use whatever curriculum you like, but dare to turn your children loose to experience Homeschool Freedom starting TODAY!
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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