LIFE UPDATE: Our family has been living with my parents in my childhood home in Pennsylvania since we returned to the States in 2016. We applied this summer to Habitat for Humanity and have been accepted into their program. In 2019 we’ll have a new home in Gloucester County, New Jersey. They don’t give you a home, but since the labor is all volunteer, it’s a reduced-cost house. Over the next year we’ll be helping to build it. We have a son that uses a wheelchair and walker, so our new home is going to be all one level and have wheelchair ramps and everything. Right now we live on three floors, so that alone will be a big deal for our family.
My husband went back to school this summer. He’s working on his master’s in teaching English as a second language. He is going to school debt free which means a lot of budgeting is going on here, but the school raised the prices after just the first semester and left our budget busted. In praying over how to earn more money, I was inspired with the idea I’m going to share with you now. It’s a win, win, win kind of thing.
I have never put ads on the site because I never wanted to dangle something in front of you that said, “Your child would have a better education if only you could afford this.”
Most of you know one of EP’s core values is IT IS ENOUGH. I never want you to feel like you should be doing more than what you’ve decided is right for your family right now.
I was inspired with an idea for a way to use ads to not only help out my family but to help many other EP families as well.
I’ve created a page for ads on the site. There will be no ads in your face. You have to click on SUPPORT EP FAMILIES at the top of the menu to get there and see them. It’s a place for EP families to advertise their businesses, books, blogs, etc. For now, my only limitation is that I won’t place ads for other homeschool materials. (If people are trying to advertise things that are against my personal values, I might end up putting limitations on those as well.)
I don’t know if you realize how high traffic EP is. I could actually be asking $1000 a month for one ad on the main page of EP. If you place an ad, I hope this will help your family business. I’m thinking there are a lot of you with Etsy shops, blogs, etc. that could use some help gaining a bigger audience to earn more for their families.
Not only does it help EP family businesses, but when you place an ad, the money will cover our free EP books. This will help even more EP families because now people will be able to request any of our books, not just the readers. I don’t know if you realize that I spend thousands a year buying readers for people, so this will be a big help. It will also really help these families who may not even have a computer or internet at home and so need to use the books. Please only request books if you really can’t use the already free curriculum and have no other way to buy the books. It’s still money that could be going to help pay for my husband’s tuition! (The request link is at the bottom of the ad page. Click on SUPPORT EP FAMILIES at the top of the menu and scroll down to find the link. Take a look at what’s helping you get these books!)
I hope you can see the heart behind this new page on the site. I’m hoping that it will be something that will be a blessing to many. The first ads will go up on October 1st. After then I hope you will visit often and support your fellow EP families!
What a wonderful idea!! I look forward to seeing all that the families have to offer.
As a work-at-home business owner who also raises and homeschools her grandchildren using Easy Peasey, I completely understand and respect what you’re doing with the ads. When you get your ad rates established, please let me know. Who knows? I may very well be your first customer. God Bless!
Great idea! I look foward to seeing what sorts of wonderful businesses other EP families have.
Very nice! You are an amazing person. God Bless you ❤️
Thank you for your hard work and sacrifice!!!!
Jacqueline
The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
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I love that verse!
This is a wonderful idea!!! I believe you and many others will be blessed by this. Praying for success, believing it already is!
Creative, inspired idea! Love you, love this site, love the community around it. Most of all, love what Easy Peasy is doing for my peace of mind and the happy spirit of my kids about “doing school.” I’m a fan for life!
this is such a great idea, why hasn’t anyone thought of it before. I’d definitely check this out. Good for you and congrats to your husband
Congratulations to your husband! You are greatly appreciated by so many, Lee! I truly hope that people don’t take advantage of your generosity with the books. They are so inexpensive to begin with. I’m amazed by your creativity and wise ideas! May your family have a wonderful autumn!
Thank you, Lee! We do our best to be good stewards of what God has blessed us with. With this avenue, we’ll be able to help others more. God bless you and your family and congratulations to your husband!
I recently found you guys and withdrew my oldest who is autistic from public school. I think the ads is a great idea and I’m praying for you. You are such a blessing!
You are an amazing woman who has blessed many with this website! God in turn wants to bless you! You have His favor. Great ideas!
Thank you for blessing our family by sharing the curriculum you developed! May the Lord richly bless you and your family!
I just purchased space! This is SUCH a great idea, and business owners…if you can afford it I personally feel like this is a no brainer! 🙂
I hope to be able to advertise here soon. You have blessed us so much. I was so panicked about starting my son with homeschool, but you really and truly made it Easy Peasy!! I can’t thank you enough. I’m in tears as I write this, because I’m just so grateful that you would sacrifice as much as you have to provide this curriculum for us. It’s made a huge difference in our lives. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you for all of your hard work and support. Your work has blessed my family. I am a mother of four and am blessed enough to have the opportunity to homeschool. The advertising page is a great idea. Truly a win, win, win!
Thank you for all of the effort you put into this sight. It’s so easy for children to look up their lessons, and it doesn’t take nearly as long as a public school! Lord bless you!
I totally agree as a student! It really helps. It’s easy, too! I can do it independently. 🙂 😀 :))
I cannot tell you how much of a blessing your site has been to me and my family. I tell others about it often. Prayers for your new adventures.
I am a struggling single mom of seven children (my 7 Dwarfs). My oldest daughter used Easy Peasy last year and loved it! This year ALL seven of my children are using it. I have two 1st-graders, one 2nd/3rd-grader, one 4th/5thgrader, and three 9th graders. I would really like if someone could please guide this stressed out Mom. I am also praying to find a job (preferably at home). If someone who is a “Pro” at this could please guide us we would greatly appreciate it. God bless you all! Thank you, in advanced.
Best of wishes to you!
Thank you and GOD Bless you and your family, you have made it possible for me to home school my son ….He was bored with other curriculums….Its easy to follow and understand…again thank you!
Words cannot express how much I love this resource. I only regret not finding it sooner when my budget was the dollar store, but God provided. I recommend it all the time now! God bless you.
I want to say thank you for your website. I can’t tell you how much it has helped us in our homeschooling venture.
Congratulations on your Habitat for Humanity Home, I have been a Habitat Homeowner on Long Island for 16 years now. It is an amazing program and their outreach goes way beyond just affordable housing. Sending you all the best wishes on your new home.
Thank you for this program. You have no idea what a Godsend your information is to me. I am so thankful for the friend that referred me to this. This is quite a miracle for us.
My word! How can I ever say thank you for this program? I was feeling very overwhelmed wondering how I was going to get started, afford and find everything I needed to homeschool, and then I found you! Thank you so much to everyone who made this possible. This is such a blessing. One day I hope I am able to give back in the way you have given to me and my humble little but growing family!
thank you for helping children have a better education👡🎓🤼✍💾📓📚📰
Hi all, just wondering what tablet is recommended to use with EP? I will have 3 kids using it and I’d like each to have their own and I’d like it to also have reader abilities. Maybe they all have that? I’m not yet knowledgeable on this subject. Thanks!
I just saw this post. Thank you so much for all of your work! I used to live in Gloucester County in Williamstown and Franklinville. I hope the house building process is going smoothly.
hi i am one of your students in fifth grade and this is my first year i will be going back to a physical school for 6 grade i just wanted to say that this year you told us to make a blog on word press so i did so now i go on everyday and make a new post about bugs and i think it is so much fun that i will continue to do it next year when i am at a middle school