HGTV Star Erin Napier Reveals Her Homeschooling Routine With Daughters: ‘Best Season of Our Life’
- Erin and Ben Napier have taken on the responsibility of homeschooling their two daughters, Helen and Mae, with a structured routine that includes a mix of subjects and activities.
Erin Napierand husband Ben Napierhave taken it upon themselves to teach their children.
On Sunday, April 19, the HGTV star, 40, posted a video on Instagram featuring photos and clips, along with a lengthy caption detailing her homeschooling routine with Ben, 42, and their two daughters, Helen, 8, and Mae, 4.
“Some people think homeschooling is weird. I did too when I was young,” the Home Town star wrote on the video. “Around the time Helen was born, we met some homeschoolers who were so remarkable, so mature, so communicative, and interested in learning, it made us realize we wanted whatever that was.”
In her caption, the mom of two explained they do school four times a week.
“Our team generously carves out 2 or more hours from our filming day to teach the girls 3 of those days, sometimes 4,” she penned. “If there’s a day that construction needs us the whole day, our friend who is a retired teacher subs those 2 hours for us.”
As for who teaches what, Erin said that since Ben holds a history degree and a minor in English and used to be a youth pastor, “he does a daily deep dive on teaching history, Bible and math.”
“While he does his subjects, I work with Mae on phonics and simple arithmetic. Then we switch, and I teach Helen language arts (grammar, spelling, poetry, cursive), etiquette (I’m learning some things alongside her best of all!), art and science,” she continued. “We do classic literature read alouds (we only have time for 1 chapter a day), with narration afterward where Helen tells us everything that happened first, then next, then last. We ask her a lot of questions that require logic to answer.”
Each Sunday, Erin takes the time to plan for the week, filling out a chart based on their filming schedule.
As for their day off, the Mississippi native shared that her kids do a variety of activities, including French lessons, piano class, horseback riding, checking out museums, accompanying her and Ben to work, shadowing the veterinarian, and more.
When it comes to the girls’ social lives, Erin explained, “they have group extracurriculars or sports: gymnastics, tennis, ballet, art class, track team,” and shared that there are also special field trips and fairs for homeschooled children.
“We hope to do this for as long as it serves the girls, and someday send them to high school,” she concluded her post. “It has been the best season of our life as a family that I thank God for every night.”
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