Homeschool Help

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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? [...]

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 [...]

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.