I love to read my daughter picture books. She loves the series of books about Charlie the Ranch Dog written by the Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond. I knew Drummond was a homeschooler, but the cover of Charlie Goes to School looked like it would be about a traditional school. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was about homeschooling! Charlie… Read more →
Non-traditional students have become more common in recent years. According to its most recent figures, the National Center for Education Statistics reports that 2.9 percent of students in the U.S. are homeschooled — that’s defined as “school-age children (ages 5–17) in a grade equivalent to at least kindergarten and not higher than 12th grade who receive instruction at home instead… Read more →
November is the traditional time of year for giving thanks to God for all of our blessings during the course of the year, but any day is a great day for giving thanks for homeschooling. After eight years of homeschooling, I have many reasons to be thankful. 1) The Chance to Share our Catholic Faith on a Daily Basis with… Read more →
Some parents turn to homeschooling because that was always their plan. Perhaps they were homeschooled themselves, or know a friend or neighbor that teaches their own children. Others (myself included) come to homeschooling only after first starting out upon the more common path of sending our children to school. We realize only belatedly that we must take charge of our… Read more →
Mental and physical exhaustion can happen to any homeschool parent. Whether it results from trying to juggle too many family obligations, adjusting to life with a new baby or adopted child, caring for a sick child or coping with one’s own illness, helping aging parents or grandparents, trying to balance work and homeschooling, dealing with unemployment, buying and moving into… Read more →
Here I am, after mommying and homeschooling for sixteen years, in my house alone…… which happens once every never, but looks to be a regular thing these days. Thinking I should be tapping out some profundity, thinking after “graduating” two kids from homeschool to brick and mortar school, immersing in alphabetical order to algebra, Peloponnesian War to piano lessons,… Read more →
Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is an online learning destination and MOOC provider, offering high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners everywhere. Before I had my children try an edX class, I tried two of them myself. I loved the idea that I could take classes from universities I would never have… Read more →
Bonnie Landry, a Canadian homeschooling mother of seven, has written a series of books which aim to simplify homeschooling. These books are short, but packed with useful information. Each one can be read in an hour or two which is perfect for busy moms. Homeschooling, Simplified: Chocolate Chip Math shows you how to teach math in just a few minutes… Read more →
I have written about our “typical” homeschool schedule before but never a “day in the life” post before. I decided it would be fun to document a whole day and share it with Simple Homeschool’s Day in the Life link up! The interesting thing with homeschooling is although our children do really good with structure, no two days look exactly… Read more →
The questions pop up frequently in Facebook groups and real-life discussions with other homeschoolers. “I’m looking for a co-op. Do you know of one? What’s it like?” The answer is: it depends on what kind of co-op you are asking about. Here’s a brief rundown on some of the basic types of co-ops out there. Hybrid or Part-Time Homeschool Model… Read more →
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