Your essential homeschool roadmap to success!

Welcome to your comprehensive resources for back-to-homeschool!

It’s time to gear up for an enriching learning experience tailored to your child’s needs. Whether you’re a seasoned homeschooler or embarking on this journey for the first time, this collection of carefully curated articles has you covered.

In this post, you’ll find a wealth of valuable resources, insights, and practical tips to ensure your homeschooling adventure is successful and enjoyable for you and your child(ren).

Discover strategies for creating engaging lesson plans, fostering a supportive learning environment, and addressing the unique needs of neurodivergent and disabled learners.

“The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes.”

~ Harold B. Lee

Wooden stackable counting set for back-to-homeschool

Considering Homeschooling

• The Benefits of Home Educating a Disabled Child – Discover autonomy, flexibility, and tailored pacing for unique needs.
• What Classrooms Miss: The Benefits of Home Educating for Neurodivergent and Chronically Ill/Disabled Learners – Insights into customized, meaningful learning experiences.
• When a Parent Just Knows: Making the Decision to Educate at Home – Trusting your intuition in choosing the right path.
• Additional Perspectives
  • Lean Into Home Education: Making the Decision to Homeschool
  • Can We Really Do This? Thoughts on Home Educating a Disabled Child
  • Core Beliefs About Education
  • Dismantling Authoritarian and Ableist Education Through Home Education
  • The Necessity of Deschooling
  • Unschooling: A Guide for Parents Ready to Break Free from Conventional Education

Planning for Homeschooling

• Planning the Home Education Year – Set realistic goals, adapt to your child’s pace, and establish routines.
• Back-to-School Planners – Printable tools to organize schedules, themes, and reflections.
• 31 Days of Morning Circle Activities – Fresh ideas for engaging daily routines and creativity.
• 31 Days of Pinterest Hacks – Fresh ideas for engaging daily routines and creativity.
• Gameschooling Neurodivergent and Disabled Learners – Play-based strategies for deeper learning.
• Adapting Board Games for Neurodivergent and Disabled Kids – Play-based strategies for deeper learning.
• Simple Systems for Organizing Homeschool Materials, Paperwork, and Student Work – Easy-to-implement organization methods.
• Planning with focus
  • Plan With the End In Mind
  • Ditching the Teacher’s Manual
  • Pinterest is Not the Curriculum

Strategies for Neurodivergent and Disabled Learners

• The Fine Line Between Remediation and Fostering a Child’s Differences
• Honing Passions: Using the Child’s “Fixation” as a Motivator for Learning
• Is Remediation in Your Home Education a Reflection of Your Child, or Internalized Ableism?
• Making Transitions Easy: Tips for Home Educating a Disabled Child
• Teaching to Traits, Not a Diagnosis

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Motivation in Homeschooling

• The Message in the Resistance in Learning – Understanding what resistance may reveal.
• Drive Teaching by Addressing the “Why” –  Deepening motivation through purpose-centered instruction.

Philosophy of Homeschooling

• Reflections
  • Why Do You Care About Homeschooling?
  • Home Education as Personal Rebellion
  • The Necessity of Deschooling
• Building a homeschool culture
  • Fostering Non-Judgement and Nourishing Compassion While Cultivating Freedom of Choice in Your Home
  • Don’t Fall Prey to a System Within the Freedom of Homeschooling
  • Does Balance Exist in Home Education?
  • Lies Society Accepts About Education
  • Society’s View of the Parental Role in Education
  • Bypassing Systemic Barriers in Education

Tracking Progress in Homeschooling

• How to Know If a Child Is Progressing
• Meeting A Learner Where They’re At: Progress versus Performance
• Tools for Meeting A Learner Where They’re At: Using Educational Continua Instead of Standards

Ready to transform your homeschool year? Dive into the resources above to build a personalized learning experience that speaks to your child’s strengths and needs.

Next step: Download your favorite tool, explore a fresh strategy, and adapt it as you go.