It’s the start of a new homeschooling year and, for many of us, that brings a ton of excitement about our new books, our new curriculum, and the kids’ new grade levels. But we’ve been at this homeschooling thing for nearly ten years now and I’m here to tell you that the excitement… is goingKeep Reading…
How We Structure Our Three Day Homeschool Week
We’ve always been rather creative in the ways we homeschool. While the idea of schooling at home might conjure up images of hitting the books from 8 to 2 Monday through Friday, we’ve never done it that way. Frankly, that doesn’t work for most homeschoolers. Instead, we structure our lessons to get done in aKeep Reading…
Should You Homeschool Year Round or Not?
If you’ve been around the homeschooling world for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve heard of families who homeschool year round. In fact, we’re one of those families, so if you haven’t met someone before, you have now! Choosing whether to homeschool year round can be a tough decision to make. Which is whyKeep Reading…
25 Fun Ways to Celebrate the First Day of Homeschool
Back-to-school is an exciting time of year, especially when you homeschool! With new ideas and a fresh start, there is a lot to celebrate. Homeschool parents usually ooze excitement and you want your kids to get excited about the beginning of the homeschool year also. Here are 25 fun first day of homeschool ideas toKeep Reading…
25 Helpful Homeschool Planning Tips for the New School Year
I just love homeschool planning season. Many homeschoolers start planning for the new school year during late spring and early summer. In our family, though, homeschool planning season is practically a year-round event. Even after almost ten years of homeschooling, I’m always looking for new homeschool planning tips that will help us along our journey. AfterKeep Reading…
How to Use a Homeschool Binder to Organize Your School Year
Have you ever seen those homeschool moms who just seem to have it together? I mean, they have their lessons for the year arranged in advance, their kids’ extra-curricular activities are all planned out, and they keep monthly attendance religiously. Yeah, I’m not one of those moms. But, after many false starts, I’ve finally started toKeep Reading…
What to Do When You Have Too Much Homeschool Curriculum
The question of what to do when you have too much homeschool curriculum might seem like a strange one to ask. The more curriculum, the better, right? Well… Remember when you first started homeschooling? Did you look at your bookshelves and imagine them filled one day with gorgeous picture books, beautifully-illustrated encyclopedias, and resources yourKeep Reading…
10 New School Year Resolutions for Homeschoolers
It’s common to start a new homeschool year in August or September, which is the same time of year when public schoolers go back to class. But I still like to reset my homeschool every January. By that point, I’m almost halfway through the school year and I can take a look at which resourcesKeep Reading…
Our Minimalist Homeschool Schedule
We’ve been homeschooling for nine years now. And, since I’m a planning junkie, I have tried literally scores of different homeschool schedules. In a way that’s been a good thing. Since we’re teaching kids with ADHD at home, being flexible has been one of the keys to our homeschool success. But all kids, and kidsKeep Reading…
Our K12 Daily Schedule for Two Grades
Our two oldest children are trying a brand new method of home education this year: K12. And adjusting to it has been…an interesting experience. After years of relaxed homeschooling, shifting into a full school day based around live classes, offline assignments, and readings was a complete course change. We’ve have seriously bumpy days, days thatKeep Reading…
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