11

Aug

This is My Home, This is My School

In the coming weeks, many eager, excited, and nervous kids will trade firefly nights and swimsuits for squeaky school hallways and backpacks. Back-to-School season is here, but for some, the new school year will start without ever leaving their home. A glimpse of life as part of a homeschool family is illuminated in a heartwarming, autobiographically […]

9

Jun

Homeschool Planning and Daily Rhythms

The question I get asked most often about homeschooling since we started is, “What curriculum do you use?” Well, the long and short of it is we don’t use a set curriculum. At least not yet. In the beginning it was a lot of trial and error to find a rhythm and schedule that worked […]

8

Jun

We Homeschool… There I Said It

It was the day before school started back up after winter break and every twenty minutes I was asking myself: “Am I really going to do this?” And then we did it. This past January, we decided to homeschool my 5-year old for the remainder of the kindergarten school year. It was both challenging and […]