Category: Home Education

Our Home Education Experience
This is where I post all of the things related to our home education journey.  We believe that the point of homeschooling is to find the best possible way to educate our specific children.  I love the Charlotte Mason philosophy but probably too eccentric to call myself a CM purist.

There are so many wonderful opportunities for homeschoolers and ways to homeschool now, and I believe we can all learn from each other and create a supportive, fantastic homeschool community.

Despite the growing popularity of homeschooling as a means of education, however, there are still countless myths floating around.  From the good old question of socialization to the idea that homeschoolers cannot get into college–I’m here to debunk those myths and spread some enlightenment.  Let’s just call it the 21st century Home Education Renaissance.  No?  Too much of a mouthful?  We’ll think of something else… ;)

Homeschool Beginnings

August 30, 2022 Home Education 4 Comments
Ah, September… when thoughts turn to education and new beginnings.  We’re entering our sixth official year of homeschool this year.  I use the word ‘official’ just to clarify that we’re talking about the arbitrary length of time in a year, during which most people agree that children ought to be…
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4 Online Tools I Use to Organize our Homeschool

April 8, 2019 Home Education No Comments
As we’re heading into the last full month of our second homeschool year, I am amazed and slightly overwhelmed at the amount of material we generate. There is so. much. paper. The most overwhelming thought is the ever present: What will this look like in TEN years? When all four…
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First Term ~ Homeschool Year 1

October 4, 2017 Home Education 2 Comments
First Term Our first term of the school year ended last week. We plan to school year round, with a 8 week term. Most terms throughout the traditional school year won’t have much break between them, because ultimately we want to be able to take our breaks when it suits…
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Family Schedule Product Bundle Review and Giveaway!

August 10, 2017 Giveaway Home Education 2 Comments
**UPDATE: This giveaway has ended! Please check your email inbox if you entered! Thanks for participating 🙂 Today I’m reviewing a family schedule and chore chart from Love My Schedule. I think you’re going to love this magnetic family schedule as much as I do! Spoiler alert: They’re magnetic, wet-erase,…

5 Books That Influence My Homeschool

June 7, 2017 Home Education Reading Life No Comments
Homeschool Books to Develop your Homeschool Vision If you are considering homeschooling, or wondering how it can possibly work, these are some of the homeschool books I have found most helpful. I’m not a veteran homeschooler by any means. (Unless you count being homeschooled myself from k-12 as something…)  But…