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Home | Homeschool 101

Homeschool 101

If you’re just getting started, or still considering homeschooling, this is a great place to start. I’m going back to basics on this page: how to plan and set up your homeschool, from preschool to graduation. If you haven’t already, check out my book, Anyone Can Homeschool.

Getting Started

  • Beginning Your Homeschool Journey: De-school and Research
  • Choosing Curriculum
  • The Most Important Thing in Homeschooling
  • My Must-Have School Supplies for Homeschooling
  • A Gentle Start to Homeschooling
  • Teaching Multiple Ages (Without Losing Your Mind)
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Basics

  • Homeschool 101: Year Round School
  • Homeschool 101: Preschool
  • Homeschool 101: Early Elementary
  • Homeschool 101: Planning High School
  • Homeschool High School: Transcripts and Graduation
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School Subjects

  • Teaching Kids to Read
  • Free Phonics Resources
  • Why You Should Teach Your Children to Write Well
  • Why I Don’t Use a Spelling Curriculum
  • Teaching Literature
  • Copywork and Language Arts
  • Delaying Formal Math Might be a Good Thing
  • 10 Ways to Teach Geography Naturally
  • Instilling a Biblical Worldview in Your Children
  • Making History Fun
  • Why and How to Teach Cursive Writing
  • Christian High School Science Curriculum
  • Free Homeschool Typing Programs
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But What About…?

  • What About Socialization?
  • Single Parent Homescholing Tips from Someone Who Has Been There
  • Working and Homeschooling
  • Understanding School Choice
  • Homeschooling With Migraines or Other Chronic Illness
  • Homeschooling Special Needs Children
  • Homeschooling on a Tight Budget
  • Understanding School Choice Legislation
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From My Heart…

  • Does This Count as School?
  • Am I Teaching Enough?
  • Christian Education
  • High School is Actually the Best Part of Homeschooling
  • The Importance of Personal Relationship in Homeschooling
  • “At Least They’re Reading” is Not Good Enough
  • There is No Such Thing as “Behind” in Homeschooling
  • In Defense of Christian Homeschooling
  • The Hidden Dangers of Modern Homeschooling

Curriculum

  • Our Curriculum Picks
  • 101 Series: Science Curriculum Review
  • IEW Fix It! Grammar Curriculum Review
  • Why We Love Mystery of History
  • Using Unit Studies in your Homeschool
  • My Book Lists
  • Free Knowledge Keepers study guides for American history

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Our culture has become saturated in all forms of rebellion against God, not the least of which is the LGBT movement. No matter how you raise your children, they will be exposed. Children’s toys, cookies, candy, cereal, clothing lines, and cartoons have all become mouthpieces for sexual perversion. You would literally have to live in a bubble to keep your children from it, especially in June. We settle in for a comfortable 1  1/2 to 2 hours of reading to begin our school day. (See my previous post.) Sometimes it’s at 9:00, sometimes it’s as late as 11:00. Snacks are allowed (see the iced coffees?) because food makes kids happy. And I let them do a variety of quiet activities while I read. On this day, they chose mazes and intricate coloring. Oklahoma! Summer learning. https://www.instagram.com/p/CsbPJAwLQNd/ I spend all day with my kids. But I’m not a super mom or gifted with infinite patience. I don’t have it all together. I usually don’t even have some of it together. Here’s our morning routine right now: When our society moved children away from the home and into the schools, they had to recreate much of home life in an artificial fashion. April 1, 1853:

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