Lately, I’ve been looking at how we will continue to homeschool once my daughter reaches high school. I know how we will homeschool middle school, because our homeschool curriculum goes through eighth grade. I think that once my daughter begins high school we will be doing most courses “a la carte” which means each course, [...]

My child is 11 (and a half, she would remind me!) years old. I am fortunate that she is a great reader. She is not afraid to pick up books that are older than her age/maturity and read them with a fair amount of understanding. I would love to take credit for this, but I [...]

What are you doing with social studies this semester? My daughter is in sixth grade, but for some reason we got things all turned around. We were supposed to cover the Revolutionary War in fourth grade. Of course, we got side-tracked and we did other things. Besides, I don’t think my 4th grader was ready [...]

Many families begin homeschooling their children after Christmas break. For whatever reason, January is almost as popular for starting to homeschool as September. This is probably because parents have decided that whatever the trials and tribulations of their child’s existence in public school, they just can’t take the drama of public schooling anymore. So they [...]

My daughter has no problems at all with reading. She reads above her level, has great reading comprehension, and truly seems to enjoy reading. And for all of that I am extremely grateful! One of her best friends, who is also homeschooled, is on the opposite end of that spectrum. He struggles with dyslexia, and [...]