I have made it through these last years of homeschooling by listening and learning from online parent communities.  There is always someone else experiencing your situation or somewhat close enough to relate to you.  One online parent community I have found very helpful is the Time4Learning one.  There are so many subjects to pick and [...]

Did you know you were going to home school before you even had children? Not me, I fought the idea of home schooling tooth and nail, and until I couldn’t fight it any longer. I’m an accidental home schooler. Part of being an accidental homeschooler meant that I was not home schooling as part of [...]

The decision to homeschool is hard enough, but then new homeschooling parents have to decide which curriculum, resources, and activities to use.  There are so many choices; it’s completely overwhelming!  For me, the big must-have was a clear, concise sense of organization and having everything I need in one spot.  We use Time4Learning because it [...]

Are you ready to get back to school? Many homeschoolers tend to do some school all year long, others enjoy the summer off and start back to school at the same time as the public schools. At my house we school all year long, though we take extended breaks during the year, consisting of a [...]

What kind of homeschooler are you? Why do you home school? There are probably as many answers to those two questions as there are homeschoolers. The vision many people have of home schoolers is of devoutly religious families with many children gathered around the kitchen table, learning from text books, in a very traditional schooling [...]