Colorado Homeschool Testing Requirements and Alternative Options End-of-year testing and evaluation is often a huge source of stress for many homeschool parents as the end of the school year [...]

Many homeschool parents find planning their student’s high school education to be quite intimidating. Public schools only have so many electives to choose from, but when you’re homeschooling [...]

Nothing is quite so stressful to a homeschool family as when the time for end-of-year testing and evaluations rolls around. You’ve worked hard all year, and now it’s time for your progress to be [...]

Have you ever said “Can I homeschool my child?” Blog written by guest author, Kristy Crandall  YES! The answer is a resounding YES! We’re all familiar with that voice in our heads [...]

Rising energy costs and insane inflation rates have many families struggling and stressing about so many things right now. What is foremost in many people’s minds right now is the upcoming [...]

Whether you’re a seasoned homeschooler or brand new to homeschooling you’ve probably heard the term unschooling at least a few times. It’s become a bit of a buzzword in homeschool circles in [...]

Homeschooling isn’t a decision that comes easily for every family, and that decision doesn’t always come for the same reasons or at the same time. Some families decide to homeschool before their [...]

Everyone needs a break from their lessons once in a while. Even if you school year-round, you likely take a couple of weeks off here and there. Traditionally these extended breaks have been [...]

Holidays can be a difficult and stressful time in our homeschool. The excitement of the season makes your little learners antsy and less attentive, and you’re stressed with holiday preparations. [...]

There is one burning question that plagues even the most experienced and confident homeschooling parents – is my child learning enough? We all want our children to have the best education [...]

Watching your child struggle with something beyond your control hurts a parent’s heart. When your child is suffering from depression, anxiety, or stress it can leave you feeling helpless as a [...]

Teens and young adults have always faced stress – conflicts with peers, troubles with bullies, academic stressors, changing relationships, and pretty soon they’ll be leaving the house and [...]

Making the decision to homeschool is different for every family. For our family, it was a no-brainer and it was something we all entered into with excitement. However, I started homeschooling [...]

Restarting your homeschool routine after a summer break can be hard – for both you and the kids! Many homeschoolers may do a year-round schedule, taking small breaks throughout the year to [...]

Even if you’re brand-new to homeschooling, the odds are pretty high that you’ve heard this question before. It conjures up images of lonely children with no idea how to interact with others, [...]

One of the benefits of homeschooling our children is to raise them and shape them into the best versions of themselves. We need to help them find their strengths, teach them to show compassion [...]

If you’re a veteran homeschooler, you know that socialization isn’t an issue. In fact, weird unsocialized homeschoolers are what TV shows are made of, not real life. However, if you’re a new [...]

Everyone needs a break from “learning”, even homeschoolers. By “learning”, I mean written curriculum, online work – whatever your yearly learning looks like. However, homeschool families know [...]

5 Ways to Overcome the Challenges of Virtual Learning Written by David Irving from collegereadymath.com Here’s a fun fact: online learning has a retention rate of up to 60%, while [...]

Connecting with your Kids 2020 is over and we are faced with the unknown of 2021. No one knows what it will bring, and most people are leery of what we will experience. In the midst of ambiguity, [...]

How to Teach Writing Sentences in your Homeschool Teaching Writing is one of the most intimidating obstacles for many homeschoolers! One of the hardest parts of this daunting task is figuring out [...]

Life Lessons Mentor Mom, Barbara West invited some veteran homeschoolers to do a video for her facebook group, Homeschooling Colorado titled “Dear Younger Homeschool Me...” I’m [...]

Learning During the COVID Crisis Widespread COVID-related school closures this spring, coupled with uncertainty about what school will look like in the fall, have many parents considering [...]

Take it One Day at a Time  When you are going through a crisis, everything is overwhelming. It can be hard just to get through a morning and make it to lunchtime. Forget about planning dinner.. [...]

Constant Pressure The reality of living in a world where we feel constant pressure to be beautiful, is that it is all too easy to obsess about what we have goin’ on outwardly, rather than focus [...]

Working While Homeschooling Would you like to get paid while you homeschool? Read on to find out how you can make money as a homeschooler, with My Homeschool Hub. In Crisis I was recently on a [...]

So you have decided to home educate your kids. Now what?! This is how to start homeschooling. This is when you start to figure out how you are going to home educate. How do you want to do it? [...]

Vision for Your Children’s Sibling Relationships  What do you want your children’s relationship to be like when they are adults? How do you envision them interacting with one another once they [...]

Learning vs. School Learning can be so exciting…  but “school” can be a serious bore. As home educators, we desire to not just doll out assignments for them to complete. We want them to love [...]

Meet David My son David has autism. When he was little, his autism was described as “worst-case-scenario” by developmental pediatricians. Over the span of a decade, David has had consistent and [...]

Winter Blues February is a bit of an oxymoron. It is the shortest month, yet most homeschoolers feel like it is the longest month of the year. We are often in a slump after coming out of the [...]

Selling used homeschool curriculum… these four words make even the toughest veteran homeschool moms cringe. It is an irritating laborious process at best, and downright dreadful at its worst.  [...]

Homeschool Thankfulness Challenge Week Two: Thankfulness for Life’s Difficulties  Have you ever said to someone, “My life has turned out exactly as I expected it to?” I haven’t either.  Mama [...]

Thankfulness Challenge Week One Thanksgiving Day is approaching, but I barely notice. I enter into November and retailers are steamrolling me towards their Holiday profit margins. I catch myself [...]

Teaching Kids How to Deal with Disappointment while Homeschooling There will be days.. Have you ever envisioned something working out a certain way, only to have it not work out the way you [...]

5 Tips for Teaching Kids How to Keep Their Room Clean The Struggle is Real  Let’s face it. Keeping kids’ bedrooms clean can be a real struggle while homeschooling. We are in our homes a lot so [...]

Battling Depression While Homeschooling  I feel like everything is crumbling around me. It isn’t, but it feels that way. I wake up in the morning and feel totally debilitated before I even get [...]

Working While You Homeschool – 4 Helpful Tips  Many people equate homeschooling with the idea that the parent mainly involved in learning must devote the entirety of their time to this [...]

Time Management for Homeschoolers Many of us struggle with time management. Bad time management can make us late for appointments, meetings, gatherings, or work. We might miss important [...]

When making the switch to homeschool from school, take time to deschool. Deschooling is a very important part of transitioning from a traditional school setting to your homeschool.

Whether you are a veteran homeschooler or just starting out, you may feel overwhelmed in some ways. There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get it all done! This is where the art [...]

Thank You, Miss Mason If you’ve spent much time in the homeschooling realm, you’ve no doubt come across the name Charlotte Mason. Charlotte Mason was a British educator from the late 1800’s, and [...]

As we get closer to the beginning of a new homeschool year, it can be tempting to feel like we need to start with perfection. Or, for those of you that are on a year-round schedule, you may be [...]

If you’re anything like me, you know that planning is important but you tend to put it off as long as possible. With it being the middle of July, I’d say that the time has come to start making a [...]

July is here, and we all know what that means: The Back-to-school signs are starting to pop up everywhere we turn! For those of us that homeschool, it’s time to start thinking seriously about [...]

One of the major rewards of homeschooling involves an absolute sense of freedom when it comes to our children and their educations. Of course, we have to follow the guidelines set forth by our [...]

Now that summer is here, you may be getting mentally prepared for the next school year and setting your routine and/or schedule. If you don’t already have a tried and true routine, your days can [...]

You Decided To Do It! Congrats! If your child was in a brick and mortar and you decided to homeschool them this next year, be ready for some stress and growing pains. It’s not you, it happens [...]