Three home school trends that I've got in 2022. Have you ever scrolled through Instagram? YouTube Pinterest and you see these beautiful pictures of these amazing home school rooms routines, I don't know It's just amazing. It's so pretty. I just I don't even know what to do with it. Make you say oh My goodness. I want to go home inspired home school Oh, I want I want a simplistic like it just gives you all the fields Half of these people. I love y'all. I love y'all But in on this channel, we're gonna talk about it This is not normal. This is not what you should expect coming in for your home school to look like if it is You did a girl you did it But that's don't Judge yourself for your home school according to what you see on YouTube and Instagram and for this reason That is why I'm giving you these trends because you need to know People are always doing what's circling around in our community, alright? So the number one trend the first train I got in order with these are the three the first train and Over-planned morning basket In case you don't know a morning basket is a time in which it's like a family subject like everyone comes together And you're doing one thing it can be devotional poetry Tee times reading read aloud puzzles games All the things whatever this is generally where you get the best Instagram photos like everybody's around the table It's like eight keys around table images. They're like poem and they all look really productive early in the morning The light is right. That's morning basket. Okay. Why did this trend die? So for many families mornings They look so different Everyone doesn't get up at night or eight o'clock with seven o'clock and had destruction thing right some people start with nature walks Some people start with work Some people start outside playing Being around friends whatever it doesn't necessarily mean that we're all just coming to the table and We're gonna have this family time in this teeth, right? And what I've noticed recently is on a lot of influences Have retracted what they have said Regarding like morning baskets, so you'll see videos and you might even see one here, but you'll see videos and I mean the morning baskets have like 84,000 things Not even for them. They have like maybe 10 10 things that they want to go over in the morning What are you having time to do that? I'll be saying so It becomes overwhelming like you get involved and entrenched in the things versus the experience and the learning Aspect of what morning basket really should be so give me out. I'm not saying morning basket is a bad Okay, trend number two actually reading Read all else Listen don't feel bad if you don't have a talent You can read I'm sure you're everybody Well, I'm sure we can read right don't feel bad if you don't have a talent Make these books come to life that is not everybody's gift Let me stop laughing. I like dumb voices and different things. Yeah, I do my thing However, that's not everybody's stuff. I love it fantastic and you should not feel bad if that's not your things So if you're scrolling and you see read a lot for March and they're like 12 of them and you're like We win How how's this how am I doing these read aloud? I'm so happy. Thank you Lord You know what I said audible YouTube Epic They all have read aloud books and oftentimes these books are the same books that you're getting from the library the same books that you Purchased just before you do it before you actually purchase it just go on these programs and just take a look Can a look right and see if they have to put on it. This does not mean that you're gonna have You know technology reading to your kids every time however you might want to do it with them without facilitating the reading so for example I have an action Bible and Action Bible I'll tell you guys about it later in another video. You're gonna love it. That's not it It's not sure The action Bible has an audible that reads The print so nice Way better than what I could do to drink that don't feel like you have to sit sitting and read and Hope that everybody's got you It's dead. It's your article for you number three. Listen. Let me tell you something. Well, I love you guys Okay, however, nothing at my field Some people might be upset about it. This is not for you. So just let it go this trend Has so many people free when I first started coming on YouTube and like looking at things And what's going to do when I first started homeschooling and I was like man What do I do? What's in that doing what's best for the kids? You will see a lot of things about like screen time you have some families who are very very strict about how much screen time they want to give the kids some of them say nothing Not good these babies are gonna read these classics and that's they are going to No, some people like Bring it on and that's all my kids do I like to be somewhere in the Meek middle right like not too much, but we're not afraid of it, right? So this trend of anti-screen time policy is there Sorry, good fun. We live in a world where Technology is not going anywhere as a matter of fact Living from into it. We do not to be in a position where you are not Equipping your children to navigate responsibly or to even understand how to Move within that type of landscape Oh, I don't know about that. I don't know if I agree with that. I'm not gonna matter. It matters. I'm just telling you So for all the screen time, please keep it Keep it on you Hold it dear It's not for me We use technology. Many homeschooling use technology To incorporate into really great to life the lessons. So you have everything from virtual Virtual experiences virtual field trips documentaries music um coding science Explorations. There's so many things that you can do Using technology and that involves the screen So your kids aren't necessarily on the screen watching Netflix and YouTube kids of it That's not what I'm saying at all There are programs though that will require screen and I don't want I hope What your hearing is be open to these things and Don't look at homeschooling as an opportunity for you to craft the perfect thing for you and your ideas Remember the experiences a shared experience and mostly it's but it's your child's experience And when you think about that what do you want them to be exposed to what type of experiences? How can you in light you know, invigorate their learning and make them excited about things that they're learning What can you use strategically and monitor and be responsible with to make sure they are Emerson and whatever it is you're trying to you know, present them. So take advantage of everything that's here that trend of The screen time please and my key is don't use no screens tougher Is that okay? All right, those are our three tips the things that have died in 2022 Don't follow into these little traps when you're on YouTube and on social media Do especially your homeschool and I'll create experiences that you know your child is going to appreciate for years to come All right, I hope you enjoyed these tips. I'll see you in the next one