The end of the school year is coming to a close and I feel so blue. So yeah, I’m bummed when the school year begins; I’m bummed when it’s over; I’m a complicated person. For me, I think these feelings come from a few different […]

This is our sixth year of homeschooling and it has been quite the journey. Some days I can’t believe I get to do this; some days I can’t believe I have to do this. And somewhere in the dichotomy of our reality, I feel the […]

This year I spent my Labor Day the same as the previous five, filled with anxiety and an unshakeable sense of dread. I tried to busy myself with a trip to the grocery store, but for me that means Walmart, where the disheveled bins of […]

If you’re anything like me, prepping for a new homeschool year feels a bit like your reward for homeschooling in the first place! It’s a time for gathering new ideas, organizing, buying fresh school supplies and daydreaming about all the ways in which this year […]

The short answer — NO. In 2013 when we were considering homeschooling our oldest, a then kindergartener, I researched the idea for MONTHS. I spoke to veterans, attended our state’s annual homeschooling convention, read several books on the subject and even window-shopped curriculum, but my […]

We’re a few days away from the official First Day of Summer, but it seems that the season is unofficially in full swing for most. For our public-schooled counterparts, summer typically involves a final slamming of the books and a 180-degree turn of families’ thinking […]

Last summer, a friend of mine, Johanna, embarked on a year-long adventure of “roadschooling” her two previously public-schooled boys, ages 9 and 11. For those not familiar with roadschooling, it’s the idea of consciously taking your homeschooling on the road, incorporating lots of travel and […]

When you think of weird homeschoolers, you probably think of denim dresses, conversion vans and lots of lots of children. While most of these stereotypes don’t ring true across the board, it’s true that many of the homeschooling families I know would be considered “large […]

Last week, I posted my first Facebook Live video! (Super desperate for an ‘atta girl, here…) In the video I detailed how a simple dining room storage piece from Ikea has worked great for our family for the last four years to keep all of […]

I’m gearing up to attend my state’s big homeschool convention in a few weeks, which always gets me excited to plan for next year. As I consider curriculum tweaks, mods and complete about-faces, this has gotten me thinking about the various curriculums we’ve used over […]