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 Welcome back to Broke is Boring, and today we're gonna talk about how AI is the new homeschool mom and she doesn't need coffee or a break. I use AI so often and I think it's really interesting to utilize it in a way that makes us better parents and better homeschool mamas. The truth is it's not going away.

It is not. It's only gonna get stronger, faster, better. So we just have to adapt with the times. And I found this really cool little chat g PT hack I wanna share because it has changed our bedtime routine. So you can go into chat, GBT and I say. Help me come up with a, you can pick the time, five minute bedtime story for my 5-year-old son, Luca.

And then I ask him who he wants included in the story, and he'll go up and name these ridiculous things because he thinks that's hilarious and I ask it to end. And in a positive light. So he's ready for bed and it sends him on these wild adventures and then always wraps it up as and sends him off to bed.

And it's just a FA fun way because I'm not that creative, especially at eight o'clock at night after a long day of momming. And so Chacha, bt just kind of takes that over for me, and it even has sound effects because I have it read it aloud. I miss that. I miss saying that. You can have it read aloud and it even like enunciates different words and so it just reads the story to us and we lay in bed and close our eyes.

Okay, so I have definitely used the prompt to make my own, make the bedtime story customize for my kiddos. I have never had it read out loud. That is amazing. I think he may have just changed my life. Yeah, you can use it for anything. And so we're going on these world cruises and so I can say write a, you know, story about, because he's five, right?

So he's gonna do different types of work than your kids. But, you know, write a story about wherever we're going, pick a destination, include, historical fiction, make it historical fiction. Include my child in it and include different animals that they have there and highlights of those places that we're gonna see.

And put it at a, you know, at their age reading level so they can even read it on their own or do the read aloud like we do. And you can even just take the, that text and go put it on. A blank piece of paper and maybe they'll make a storybook out of it. You can have them draw the illustrations for it.

There's so much you can do with AI and it's all free for you. Yeah. Using it and embracing it is really the way to like up your game when it comes to living life now. There's this app that we found during the world cruise called Suno, SUNO, and it customizes songs. So you can say, make a certain artist or like a bluegrass song about my kids being on a world cruise.

And you just give it a very small prompt. And this within seconds, this custom song comes out and it included my kiddos names and our location and. It was so fun. I think you can do like 12 free songs a day. We downloaded 'em to our girls' iPads. They were coming up with these cussing songs about stories from our life or our adventures, and it was just so fun for us to share.

That's us using ai. Y'all. We we're almost in this disservice with it because there's some dumb song that Luca loves right now called Chicken Macaroni. Chicken Wing. Chicken Wing. Chicken wing. Hot maloni. Yeah. Whatever it is. Yeah. And he said, now I wanna song about chicken and pizza. And I'm like, that doesn't exist.

He is like, yeah, but I want you to make that song now because he's so used to AI being customized. And I'm like, that's not a real song buddy. But now I guess I could use the pseudo app and make a chicken and pizza song. Okay. After this we're definitely doing that because as we speak, the boys are bringing us pizza, right?

So we are at home alone, podcasting. I just texted the husbands and said, Hey, how are you guys doing at the trampoline park? And also, when are you coming home? Because I'm hungry. To which Jane said, Hey, no. She said, what's for lunch? Oh, the two women who are by ourselves hanging out asked the husbands, they were out with all of the gaggle of children.

Hey, what's for lunch? So they're picking up pizza on their way home because I'm not cooking Baker's my last name, but that's as long as far as that goes. So I asked, so I use Gemini more than chat, GBT, but potato, potato, it doesn't actually matter. Both have the same price. $0. Okay. So when I asked Gemini for some homeschooling prompts for this episode, here's like an example.

We are currently in country city region. My daughters are seven, eight, and 10 years old. They're interested in. You know, local animals, right? Generate a one week unit study focusing on this interest, integrating history, geography, science, and a hands-on art or craft project. Please provide resources suitable for their age group.

You guys like, this is insane what it can come up with. Now I'm gonna use my brain and look at the output and then choose the things that are right for us. But I didn't have to go and Google and, and grab all of this information and collect it together to put it into something that I can use. Within seconds, the output is going to create something that I can immediately customize to my family.

And if you're in a more strict state than Indiana, you can also put in their learning outcomes like the state standards that are required for your kids to follow right into that prompt. And then it will help you ensure that you're checking all those boxes as well. Another prompt says, I'm looking for creative writing prompts for my.

10-year-old that are inspired by blank. Generate five prompts that encourage them to write about a memorable experience, a fictional story set in a place that we have visited a letter to a friend about their adventures, A poem about a. Favorite site or a descriptive paragraph about a new food that they tried.

So you're just like encouraging this imagination, this reflective writing, helping the kiddos to like process and articulate their experiences in new places. And this is all happening within seconds. It's so cool for. This output to be able to produce something where I'm saying I'm a much more confident homeschool mama because I have this resource at my fingertips.

And I love that you can do it with any H too, because you can make something for your 7-year-old and then just have an update, you know, to a more complex language for your 10-year-old as well. Another fun thing we did on our world cruise or when we're traveling is I can say I have paper clips and glue and water and bowls and apples.

Come up with three options for science experiments I can do with this and it, we'll do it like you can list, say, you can just say, Hey, I am sitting at home on a Tuesday and I want to come up with five unique science experiments for my seven, eight, and 10-year-old to do this afternoon. What are some options I can do using normal household items And just see what it produces.

It is. Amazing. It is just so cool that you can just dumb it down to say, I have these five items. What can I do with them? Another thing we do is we gamify travel. So I will say, Hey, we're going to Egypt. What are some things that I can do to gamify, gamify our travel with my seven, eight, and 10-year-old?

And so give me 10 options. So an example of that is it will say go on a scavenger hunt for the following things. Taste, test this thing and rank them from one to 10. And. It gives me these ideas of a way to integrate our travels and make them more memorable and apply what we're experiencing to some sort of learning or memorable experience for the kiddos.

For our family. I love that. So don't be afraid of using AI to help you as a homeschool mom. It is a tool that you can use and it doesn't have to replace you, it just supports you and your curriculum. Okay. So I also use it to be a better parent. Can I give you some parenting prompts? Yeah. Okay. So here's an example.

My child is 10 years old and is currently having frequent meltdowns, right? Let's just say that. Or withdrawn. After having a new sibling struggling with homework, motivat, motivation, whatever it is, fill in the blank. My child is this age, they're currently experiencing this specific. Behavior or emotional state, what are three to five potential underlying reasons for this behavior and what are actionable positive parenting strategies that I can try right now to address each possibility?

So you're just leaning into, it's, it's, it's gathering information from the whole internet, from so many resources, putting it together to find a solution for your specific problem. It's like a free therapist. Oh my gosh. It's so good. Right. The other thing I like using AI for is I actually can talk to it like it's one of my best friends, so I'm not just like trying to, it doesn't have to be these very rigorous prompts that I'm inputting.

I can just like do the voice to text and say, okay, here's what I'm, here's what I'm experiencing right now. What are some suggestions? What questions do you have about my current situation that might help, might help you to help me find a solution to this problem? So you can just talk to it and it's gonna, it's gonna.

Create an output for you and one pro tip, be signed in because if you're signed in, then it will remember you and build off of things you've already talked about and have that history between you guys. Here's another super fun one. I want to teach my 10-year-old about. Like some topic like so managing money, internet safety, how their body works in an age appropriate way.

How can I initiate this conversation? What key points should I cover? And what is a simple, engaging activity that we can do to reinforce the learning? We'll put these prompts in the show notes. That way you can come pull 'em up and use them with your own kids too. One last one. What's one small, realistic change that I can make in my own daily routine or mindset this week that will have a positive ripple effect on my parenting and overall family wellbeing?

You know what? I'm just gonna input that one. Let's just see what it produces real quick. 10. Nine, eight, oh, it's done. Seriously. Okay, the 10 minute connection reset, the ripple effect. So it's talking about putting away all distractions, getting on a child's level, making on eye contact with them, truly listening, engaging in something that they choose, whether it's reading a book, doing a quick card game drawing, you know, just cuddling on the couch.

So it's an activity of their choice and being fully present in that. And it goes on and talks about the ripple effect of that, of reducing stress and increased improved behavior, all that type of stuff. This happened in seconds as a result of me asking that question. Now I can drill down to that and say, you know, I come up with a, a ga a card game that I can play with my kiddos tonight before before bed, you know, a five minute card game that I can play with just a deck of cards go.

It can do anything. So utilize this resource. I am so excited to see how far this AI goes. And like we said earlier, it's a part of our life now, so I want to be able to teach my kiddos about it. I wanna teach them how to use it and how to be able to take the outputs and. Utilize them in a human way, not just specifically rely on the output, but be able to customize it to yourself.

I love that. Alright, so we'll put some of these in the show notes and if you have any other ideas for prompts, then tag us on Instagram. Tell us about it. I gotta go order the pizzas for the, for the gaggle. Oh, you're making lunch. Thanks girl. Making lunch. Alright, see you. Bye.

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