Large Families

Homeschooling in a large family is both a joy and a challenge. Learn how to manage those challenges, while meeting the needs of everyone in the family. Here you’ll find information on keeping your home running smoothly, tending to toddlers while homeschooling, teaching many different grade levels at once, and avoid burnout.

How I Teach a Large Family in a Relaxed, Classical Way: Fine Arts

Ideas for incorporating fine art education into a large homeschool family curriculum.

One Thankful Mom

This mom of 12 children shares her challenges and blessings at this blog. She shares about adoption, attachment, Sensory Processing Disorder, homeschooling, marriage, life with a large family, and more.

How I Teach a Large Family in a Relaxed, Classical Way: Math

A look at a tag team approach to teaching math in a large homeschool family.

Identifying Priorities in a Large Family Homeschool

Teaching six children can be a challenge. How do you prioritize? Where do you focus your time? How do you make sure they all learn to read, write and tie their shoes? It is not impossible to teach a large family. It takes thoughtfulness and flexibility. It will keep you on your toes and keep you humble.

Married (with a lot) of Children

Large families are often drawn to homeschooling, due to societal pressures or the inability to pay for private Catholic school for a large brood. This article details some of the real challenges that a large family can face in the world.

How I Teach a Large Family in a Relaxed, Classical Way: Language Arts

Tips for teaching language arts (writing, grammar, handwriting) in a large family.

Tips for Homeschool Planning for Multiple Ages

For the most part, the more well ordered days are the more smoothly the day will go. Not only does it require planning on our part as homeschooling moms, it requires diligence and perseverance – daily.

Pregnant Again

This is a list for all who are pregnant for the third or more time and are having a large family by choice. Discussions include the difficulties of having several at home when dealing with sickness and fatigue, homeschooling, and more. This is a supportive list where people believe that large families are wonderful.

Introversion, Large Families, and Homeschooling

The introvert can homeschool! Here are some tips for those whose nature is more introverted. Especially helpful for those homeschooling a large family.

How Do I Teach with So Many Kids?

This series includes a look at schedules, schooling year round, busy bags, teamwork, and surrendering to God.

Tips for Homeschooling Multiple Ages in a Large Family

Heather Bowen shares some tips, tricks, and shortcuts for homeschooling multiple ages within a large family.

Ten Tips from Homeschooling Moms of Four or More

Parents of several children engage in some seriously creative thinking to accomplish ordinary day to day tasks. This article is a collection of tips, gathered from ‘Moms of Many’, and is intended to supply helpful suggestions for homeschooling, maintaining your home, and generally keeping it all in balance.

Day in the Life of a Large Homeschooling Family

Take a look at a day in the life of a large homeschooling family. Alison and Paul have seven children and share what a typical day is like at their house.

How to Live on One Income

Some practical solution and ideas to manage a large family on one income. A positive look at making things work out when there are limited funds.

The Bates Family

This beautiful family of 19 children shares their journey with this blog.

Little Earthling Blog

This beautiful family has grown through adoption and birth. With fourteen children, they homeschool and share their adventures on their blog.

I Am Not Getting It All Done: Homeschooling multiple children and multiple subjects

We have to cover subjects that go from reading and writing to foreign language, math, science, history and then to music, art and computer. For those of us with several children, it can be even more challenging, trying to meet all the instructional needs of each grade level every day.