Most introductions to homeschooling start at elementary level, preschool or kindergarten. But what if your child started at a traditional school and you’re starting your homeschool journey only after 5th grade? A favorite resource of mine, Mary Pride’s Complete Guide to Getting Started in Homeschooling, is extremely helpful in setting goals and prioritizing. She writes from a […]
Homeschool High School Basics
Most families feel relatively confident they will be able to homeschool in the elementary years, but as your student gets older, your confidence wanes. What if you didn’t do well in high school? What if you didn’t go to school in this country? These are reasonable concerns, but not reasons to walk away from homeschooling […]
Homeschooling High School, Imperfectly
Sometimes I wonder if I share too much of our failure on the blog, and if that means you might discredit my thoughts on improving. Sometimes I wonder if our imperfect homeschool is worthy enough to have a blog. But then I remember that this is real life and you likely don’t want to only […]
Planning the Homeschool High School Schedule
We are now on Day 3 of our 5 Days of Homeschool High School Planning. The schedule is the one step that doesn’t necessarily need to be in order, but you should have a decent idea of how your weekly routine will play out before you start making lesson plans (Day 5 covers this, in […]
Q&A: What is a co-op, and why have one?
What is a homeschool co-op, and how does it fit into a home school? Well, there’s a few answers to that. First, by definition, a co-op is a group of people that work together for a common purpose. In this case, it is for the purpose of supplementing the homeschool environment. Now, there are a […]
