Today we have five New Year resolutions for homeschoolers. People have a love-hate relationship with resolutions, but I like them because it's an opportunity to evaluate what I've been doing and make course corrections. Many times resolutions are hard to implement in the long-term because they're too strict or limiting. What if your resolutions were [...]
Are you wondering how to get started homeschooling your child in January? Winter break is a great time to get ready. So today we're highlighting our best blog posts of 2024 along with some episodes of The Happy Homeschooler Podcast to help you prepare for your homeschooling journey. Homeschooling doesn't have to break your [...]
The holiday season is upon us and so is holiday stress! The best thing about the holidays can also be the worst thing about the holidays. In today's blog post, we've got five ways to reduce holiday stress and get more enjoyment out of “the most wonderful time of the year!” Double up on [...]
The benefits of going to homeschool conferences are many and I'm here to urge you to make time to go to one. I understand that making time to go to a homeschool conference is hard. I understand that finding the money to go is hard. I understand that finding someone to watch the kids [...]
When should you pull your kid from public school after you've decided you're going to homeschool? Should you wait until the end of the semester? The end of the school year? Until Friday? This was the topic of discussion recently in one of my local homeschool Facebook groups. Overwhelmingly the advice was to pull [...]
Alternative ways of homeschooling may seem an odd thing to write about since homeschooling is already thought of as alternative by many people, but the best known types of homeschooling (textbook, classical, unit study, and unschooling) often don't fit people with unusual circumstances or schedules. Homeschooling has changed a lot over the years. These [...]