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Can You Really Outsource High School? One Mom’s Story
Homeschooling high school feels like a big shift. Suddenly, you’re looking at advanced subjects, keeping transcripts, and preparing your teen for what comes next. In this episode, I sit down with Meg Angelino, our operations manager and curriculum editor, to talk about what happens when you start outsourcing classes while still juggling motherhood. We discuss…
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Loop Scheduling vs. Block Scheduling: Which is right for your homeschool?
Can I answer this question with a question? (No, not that question — another one.) What do you want to accomplish with your homeschool schedule? Which scheduling method you use depends on what you are trying to accomplish in your homeschool. Both block scheduling and loop scheduling lend themselves well to accomplishing very different goals….
It’s time for the checklist homeschool moms to stop apologizing
My kids piled out of the mini-van and chatted happily, heading in the door of the donut shop. It was hot — almost 100 degrees on this mid-July day. But it was the first day of school and that means donuts. This was not some spontaneous decision made in the moment, but instead, a planned…
How three lists can save your homeschool… and your sanity
I got an email this morning that almost made me break out into hives. It was from a popular homeschool planning company that was touting their ready-made homeschool plans. Now having done this homeschool mentor thing for a number of years I know that people really want plans that are already made — after all…
How to Make your Homeschool Plan Not Feel Like a Big Guess
Laura wanted to do this homeschool thing just right. She had struggled in the past, but this year was going to be different. Her homeschool planning was going to be perfect. So she started by buying a fresh, new homeschool planner. You know the kind. It had months of lesson plan grids that started in…
Five Steps to a Fabulous Summer Plan
Ah summer. Swimming pools, ice cream, and hours free to get bored do what you want. I loved summer because our days are more relaxed. I love a break from the structured school time and the feeling of needing to get a litany of school work accomplished each day. But if I am not careful…
Can You Successfully Homeschool Preschool? A New Approach
Can You Successfully Homeschool Preschool? The answer is a resounding, ‘Yes!” This is everything you need to get started. I am encouraged by the way our routine is falling into place around here. Without too much prompting from me our days tend to follow a particular pattern that just works for us. I notice that…
Five Things Every New Homeschool Mom MUST Know
I see it time and time again. Desperate pleas for help from new homeschool moms come across the feed of our local homeschool group. “I am pulling my son out of second grade tomorrow, and I don’t know where to start.” “We are thinking about homeschooling our kids in the fall, and I need to…
Three Ways I’m Bringing My Basket This School Year
You know that awkward moment when your best friend asks you what you thought of her book? And you liked it, you really liked it, but the English teacher in you wants to ask, “Are you sure somebody didn’t help you with this?” Because it’s just that good. You talk to someone every single day…
The most important person in your homeschool plan is not your kid
In this world, there are two kinds of people. People who buy any old planner and just use it, and people who buy multiple planning products and never really use any of them. There’s quite possibly a need for a twelve-step program for that last group. 🙂 The people in the last group aren’t wishy-washy….
Homeschool Planning Success: A Step By Step Guide (2022)
Three years ago my husband was deployed with the Alabama National Guard. Since we are a Guard family, we know that it can always happen, but this one took us a little by surprise. He was tagged to go with a unit that was not his own and therefore two years earlier than what we had…
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