What is a Homeschool Co-op? As you get settled in with homeschooling your kids and finding other homeschooling families one topic you may hear a lot about, is the much talked about homeschool co-op. I know I had heard about them but didn’t know anyone who was a part of a co-op or honestly, what…
Homeschool Organization Ideas for Small Spaces Need some homeschool organization ideas for small spaces? You came to the right place, I get it! With a new year (or new school year) usually comes the urge to organize or reorganize and try to make spaces in your home work better for you and your family. If…
Homeschool Middle School Curriculum The middle school years of child rearing bring a whole new set of emotional and academic challenges to any family. Add in the pressure of looking for the best homeschool middle school curriculum for your family and it can be a very overwhelming time! Through my own trial and error and…
Homeschool Elementary Curriculum Whether you are new to homeschooling of have already conquered homeschooling kindergarten you’re likely to have a few questions when it comes to selecting homeschool elementary curriculum. I have always enjoyed researching different homeschool curriculum options and have put many to the test! Here are my tips to getting started with homeschooling…
Looking into homeschooling your preschool aged child, and knowing that important first leap into a “formal” schooling – kindergarten – is right around the corner, can be very overwhelming! There are so many options to homeschool kindergarten that it can be hard to know where to start! Below I have put together some helpful tips…
Bring up the word homeschool to almost anyone who is not familiar with the topic and I can pretty much guarantee that at least one of these homeschool myths will be mentioned. I will be completely honest and tell you that I myself thought a few of these “myths” as I now call them, were…
Deciding what is a homeschool “essential” is a very personal decision. However after almost 10 years of homeschooling I have come up with a list of my top picks. My list of essentials in the beginning of our homeschooling days, and my list of essentials now are similar yet different, is that vague enough ha?!…
Whether you have a child on the verge of reading, or a full blown reader who just benefits from extra read aloud practice, this post will have all the essentials you need to get started. First, I will say the heading, Best Homeschool Reading Curriculum is a pretty confident, maybe too confident, title. We all…
Homeschool fun – 2 words that may not seem to go together. At least not if you are new to homeschooling. When thinking of the start of a new school year or a whole new adventure in just starting out with homeschooling, fun is probably not the first word that comes to mind. But it…
How long should homeschool take each day? It seems like more and more families are giving the homeschool life a try these days. There are so many questions when trying to figure out how to get started homeschooling. How long should homeschool take each day is probably one of the biggest questions with first time…