There is nothing like the summer break to step back from the madness and take a good, long {and honest} look at your previous year of homeschooling. It can be difficult in a large family to accommodate everyone’s individual desires, but you can at least listen to them and try!

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.

Do you homeschool children of multiple ages? Discover tips, ideas, and strategies from experienced homeschool moms who teach a variety of ages in their own homes. Panelists include Amy Roberts (Raising Arrows), Connie Hughes (Smockity Frocks), Judy Hoch (Contented at Home), and Tricia Hodges (Hodgepodge.me). Moderator for this weekly event is Lauren Hill of Mama's Learning Corner.

Lesson planning for a larger than average size family can be a bit tricky. This sample planning sheet offers an easy approach to planning out schooling for a large family.

A candid look at the challenges and joys of raising a large family in a hostile world. This article is written from a Catholic perspective, but has food for thought for any parent of a large brood.

An example of an organizational system for a large homeschool family.

This article details how Bob and Erika Shupe homeschool their nine children successfully.

Ways to know if you are a large homeschooling family.

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.

Family style learning is a great way to tackle lots of different subjects, including science.

Sometimes, raising and homeschooling 8 kids (ages 21 to 2) seems totally manageable--even easy--especially when compared to other, larger families made up primarily of younger kids. At other times, homeschooling our brood proves to be the hardest thing ever.

How do you switch to a discipleship homeschool way of life? Theresa, mother of ten asked such a question – here is her letter and a reply. Theresa has given permission for this to be shared in the hope that other families will be encouraged too.

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

Between the meal prep, homeschooling, laundry, and constant demands for our attention, how do we ever find a moment of peace?

This podcast features Amy of Raising Arrows who currently has seven children on earth and one in Heaven. She shares ideas and encouragement for anyone who is homeschooling more than four children.

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

An artist, blogger, painter, and mother of six (that's right, six) kids from ages 5 to 13, Denise is the queen of multitasking. In addition to managing a household of eight, the Southern California mom homeschools her three oldest boys – Noah, 13, Diego, 12, and Solomon, 10 – teaches art, and does duty as a baseball mom. There's no such thing as a set-in-stone schedule in the Cortes family. But within the swirl of noise, chaos, laundry, and huge grocery bills, this 38-year-old mom is obviously doing something very right.

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.

This article offers a smattering of simple ideas to help keep homeschooling materials organized.

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

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.

Sherry writes her blog and shares her experiences as a mom of 15 homeschooled children.

Carrie shares life with her 14 blessings, offering a glimpse into the daily life of their family.

Gigi is a 30-something large family homeschooling mom to seven kids. Being a large family homeschooler has its challenges and joys, which Gigi shares here.

Follow Amber and her children as they enjoy large family learning.

This blog shares tips, ideas and some of the ups and downs of managing a home with lots of kids and raising children for the glory of God.

This site offers articles, resources, free homeschool printable, and curriculum information.

Tristan is mom to eight children whom they homeschool.

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

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

Do you come from a large family? Are you planning one? Share the challenges and joys a big family can bring.

This group offers a discussion of Kim Brenneman's book Large Family Logistics.

This Facebook page is a big support group of large family supporters who talk on a regular basis.

Are you pregnant? Do you have a large family? Do people look at you like you're crazy? This is a list for all of you out there who are pregnant again for the third or more time. This is a supportive list wehre people believe that large families are wonderful.

This group is for large families using the K-12 curriculum created by Dr. William Bennett. Both homeschooling families and Virtual School families are welcome. It is particularly intended for families with more than 3 children in K-12 as well as additional teens, toddlers and babies. Discussions include both the curriculum and the challenges of implementing it in a large family.

Raising a large, Catholic, homeschooling family is a great work (Magnum Opus) and a great deal of work! Hopefully this email discussion group will be a place for parents of four or more to help each other with the nitty-gritty details of raising and educating a large, Catholic family.

An email group for homeschooling moms using Charlotte Mason's methods. Focuses on homeschooling larger families.

This forum is for families with four or more kids.

The purpose of Large Family Logistics is to help Christian homeschooling mothers with the daily tasks of home management.

This mailing list is set up for parents of large families. Large for this list is defined as having five or more kids. They welcome everybody who has at least that many of any religion, or even no religion.