It’s time again for that portion of the show when The 4 Moms answer reader questions. Here are a few I have gathered recently:
How do you keep track of drinking glasses?
Ah, yes. We used to have a drinking problem, too, until I figured out this ingenious idea for managing cups. Now, my sink is no longer full of cups all day!
My husband was recently laid off, too. How can I make money with my blog?
Here are some tips I wrote from my experience on how to make money blogging.
However, successfully blogging for income takes momentum, building relationships with readers and advertisers, and constant updating. All that can take TIME, and the income comes in bits and pieces; $50 here, $75 there, until little by little, it adds up.
All those factors can be time consuming and stressful if you let it, but if you are determined, you can make it happen!
What’s the one thing you couldn’t live without in your homeschool?
Spiral notebooks. I buy at least 10 for each student when school supplies are on sale at the end of summer. Everyone gets one spiral per subject, and is FORBIDDEN to rip the papers out. Each daily assignment is done in the spiral and there are no loose papers all over my kitchen table.
Do homeschool kids have to be tested like public school kids?
In my state, Texas, there are no requirements for testing homeschoolers. You can find out what your state requires of homeschoolers at HSLDA (Homeschool Legal Defense Association).
In my 11 years of homeschooling, I have tested my children twice, most recently this past summer. Both times I was extremely nervous to find out the results, and then pleasantly surprised.
Most recently I printed out these free TAKS tests to see how they compared with their age mates in our state. I didn’t prepare them at all, but one morning passed them out and said, “See how many of these questions you can answer correctly without any help.” They dove right in, and out of the 4 children I tested, only one single answer was incorrect for all combined reading tests!
Will you bring some of your eggs to church?
Sure. (Which I naturally forgot to do.)
Now see what questions the rest of The 4 Moms are answering!
Other posts in this series
- How to Easily Cut Homemade Bread
- The 4 Moms Head to Church With 35 Kids
- 4 Moms Answer Reader Questions
- 4 Moms Teach History
- 4 Moms Eat Inexpensively While Traveling
- How To Keep Kids Still and Quiet During Worship
- 4 Moms Answer Reader Questions
- 4 Moms Reveal Where Babies Come From
- Summertime Company Meals
- How to Lose Baby Weight
- Large Family Moms Answer Your Questions
- 4 Moms Choose a Church
- Favorite Naptime or Bedtime Read Aloud Books
- Homeschooling a Child With Learning Differences
- 4 Moms Picnic Linky
- 4 Moms Announce a Book Club!
- Teaching Children Diligence
- 4 Moms Discuss Lunch Menus {Linky}
- 4 Moms Interview Kim Brenneman, Author of Large Family Logistics
- 4 Moms Discuss "Large Family Logistics"
- 4 Moms Discuss Managing the Week ~ Large Family Logistics
- 4 Moms Review Chapters 28 - 47 in Large Family Logistics
- 4 Moms Finish Reviewing "Large Family Logistics"
- The 4 Moms Keep Our Patience in the Midst of Chaos
- 4 Moms Pack a Lunch
- 4 Moms Discuss Memorizing {and 2 GIVEAWAYS}
- Keeping Up With Housework in the Midst of Homeschooling
- 4 Moms Tackle Large Projects
- 4 Moms Q & A
- Food Storage For Large Families
- Best Vehicle For a Large Family
- 4 Moms Celebrate Thanksgiving
- Preparing Children to Deal With Differing Beliefs
- Favorite Holiday Recipe {Linky}
- 4 Moms of 35 Kids Go Christmas Shopping
- 4 Moms of 35 Kids Answer Reader Questions
- How Do You Organize ALL Those Clothes?
- 4 Moms Q&A
- Encouragement For Homeschoolers
- 4 Moms Share Favorite Desserts
- 4 Moms of 35+ Kids Answer Your Questions
- 4 Moms Discuss Storing Keepsakes
- Ebook SALE! {Goes Live at 11:00a.m. CST}
- 4 Moms Answer Questions From Readers
- 4 Moms Make Time to Manage the Budget
- 4 Moms Manage Blogging Time
- What Do Large Families Do About Tithing, Saving for College, and Saving for Retirement?
- 4 Moms Q&A Time
- Large Family Moms Homeschool Through Chronic Illness and Pregnancy
- Large Family Moms Serve Leftovers
- Favorite Frugal Tips of Large Family Moms
- How Do Large Family Moms Manage Everything? {4 Moms Q&A}
- Homeschooling Through Bad Attitudes
- Teaching Children to Cook
- How Did Large Family Moms Know They Could Handle a Large Family?
- How Do Large Family Moms Keep Their Energy Up?
- Favorite Freezer Meals
- 4 Moms of 35+ Kids Discuss Dating and Courtship
- How Do You Manage the Home While Nursing a Baby?
- How to Begin Homeschooling With a 5 Year Old
- How Do Large Families Handle Older Children Disciplining the Younger Children?
- 4 Moms of 35+ Kids Answer Reader Questions
- What To Do About Tattling
- Favorite Fruit Recipes {LINKY}
- 4 Moms Discuss First Weeks With a New Baby
- 4 Moms Answer Questions About Sharing, Boys, College, and MORE!
- 4 Moms Handle Different Standards Between Husband and Wife
- Kids and Electronics - What Age and How Much is Too Much? {4 Moms}
- 4 Moms Discuss Food Preservation
- 4 Moms Discuss Laundry, Labor, and Clothes Management
- Large Families Keep Up With Technology
- Giving Food as Gifts
- 4 Moms Answer Questions About Christmas
- Quick and Easy Christmas Crafts
- Quick and Easy Holiday Recipes
- 4 Moms of 35+ Kids Answer Questions on Preschool, Homeschooling with a Newborn, and More
- On Encouraging Self Sufficiency in Children
- 4 Moms of 35+ Kids Answer Questions
- 4 Moms Answer Reader Questions
- 4 Moms Talk Buddy System, Dinner Recipes, Hand-Me-Downs, and Sharing
- 4 Moms Q&A - Birthdays, Switching Seasonal Clothes, and Grieving a Stillborn Baby
- 4 Moms Discuss Difficult News Stories, Naptime, and Sleeping Through the Night
- 4 Moms Answer Questions About Personal Space, 15 Passenger Vans, and Dawdling
- 4 Moms of 35+ Kids Answer Questions About Seating Arrangements, Snacks, and Books
- 4 Moms Answer Questions About Sharing, Church, and Extreme Honesty
- 4 Moms on Bedtime, Home Construction, Forced Association, and Favorite Read-Alouds
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We get new drinking glasses in the morning, and they then stay on the table all day long and are reused at each meal. Each person’s cup stays at their spot, so there is no problem keeping them straight.
Heather (mom to 6 children ages 10 and under, #7 due in June)
While standardized testing is not required by the state, any homeschooling parent in Texas that wants to test their kids and have official records of it, can do so, check with your private schools and see if any of them are open to letting your kids get tested when the school tests, or find a homeschooling association in your area and ask around.
I don’t homeschool yet but I did tons of research on it a few years ago.
Amen to the whole post! We have the same spiral notebook system and a similar method for cups. I just love reading your posts, Miss Connie. (From one Connie to another.) Thanks for sharing with us!
Here is another great idea for cups! I do daycare and we have tons of cups for everyone. This would be no nice! Then hopefully I wouldn’t find cups all over the house!
http://stickupcup.co/story.html
If my kids get a glass out, they use a sharpie to write their name on it. It comes off when washed.
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