Your 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...
Homeschooling
Back-to-School Planners
Another academic year is underway. There's something about September and back-to-school that helps us reset! I have a bunch of FREE specialized and academic planners on my site to help you get started. I like doing an initial brain dump and quick organization of...
How to Know If a Child Is Progressing
There is often a lot of talk in new-to-homeschooling groups about being afraid their child won't progress as they had been in school. I often get questions about how parents can measure progress without the exams they are so accustomed to as a gauge for success.⠀ ⠀...
Yearly Goal-Setting: 3 Main Things (+ Freebie Planner)
Plan the year with three overarching goals for a group or for an individual child. Whether you’re a home educator, teacher, therapist, or support staff, you might find that starting with three main goals for the year will give you additional clarity. Even...
Educational Series
More Essays, Activities, and Case Studies
Core Beliefs About Education
You already have a belief about education. Is it merely about an imparting of pedagogical information from one person to another, or is it more? Is the adult the sole decision-maker? Is education the drilling of skills? Or, Do you aim to understand...
Plan With the End In Mind
As parents and educators, we can get a little off-kilter about educational goals. We are tempted by sparkling new curricula and we wonder if we are doing enough. We want to do better. We'll be more organized. We'll do all the things, and all the strategies, and all...
Standardized Tests Are Ableist
Standardized tests are inherently ableist. This one-size-fits-all method of evaluation is highly problematic and often debated in conventional schooling (only skimming on the fact that it’s discriminatory). In the homeschool setting, they’re an abomination....
Freebie: Your 3-Month Academic and Therapeutic Planning Guide
Planning the year is best done in chunks. I like to break up the year into quarters or three-month blocks. To help you with this task, I have created a free handy academic and therapeutic planning guide. The booklet's purpose is to help you reflect on the learning...
Core Beliefs About Education
You already have a belief about education. Is it merely about an imparting of pedagogical information from one person to another, or is it more? Is the adult the sole decision-maker? Is education the drilling of skills? Or, Do you aim to understand...
Plan With the End In Mind
As parents and educators, we can get a little off-kilter about educational goals. We are tempted by sparkling new curricula and we wonder if we are doing enough. We want to do better. We'll be more organized. We'll do all the things, and all the strategies, and all...
Standardized Tests Are Ableist
Standardized tests are inherently ableist. This one-size-fits-all method of evaluation is highly problematic and often debated in conventional schooling (only skimming on the fact that it’s discriminatory). In the homeschool setting, they’re an abomination....
Freebie: Your 3-Month Academic and Therapeutic Planning Guide
Planning the year is best done in chunks. I like to break up the year into quarters or three-month blocks. To help you with this task, I have created a free handy academic and therapeutic planning guide. The booklet's purpose is to help you reflect on the learning...