Category: Homeschooling

You may have varied reasons for needing {wanting} an overhaul. Is your basic routine no longer working? Has there been a major change in employment, family dynamics, or outside influences? Or do you simply feel something is missing or “off” in your curriculum? While some of these scenarios may present more challenges than others, ultimately moving forward with updating your homeschool plans mid-year will look very similar regardless of your initial motivation. 

I share our own homeschool favorites not because I feel we have found the “best” options, but instead to spark ideas for fellow secular homeschoolers and to offer suggestions for kindred book lovers. With so many choices it can be difficult to narrow down selections, especially when starting out.

This post will share ideas you can use when evaluating the homeschool year for your own students. Along the way I will offer specific examples of what we like and dislike about our own homeschool progress over the past few months.

This post will focus on teaching elementary language arts in your homeschool, with an emphasis on getting younger students excited about reading and writing. I will share ideas that worked for us, as well as resources {books and workbooks} we have used from pre-K up to and including sixth grade.

Do you study mythology in your homeschool? How about Greek mythology specifically? While we enjoy and appreciate tales from various cultures, we find ourselves coming back to these Greek mythology resources, as they quickly became our favorite myths to study. 

The truth is, we all have gaps in our education, and our children will as well. However, some specific proficiencies will prove useful as children grow into adult members of society. You might consider these “non-academic” skills, although some do relate to academics and may even be taught in a classroom setting.

We spend at least part of each school calendar reading books focused specifically on evolution, including the big bang, early earth, Charles Darwin, and animal/human evolution. This post will share several evolution resources for secular homeschooling we have used.

While we’ve tried several “simple” science experiments over the years that resulted in epic fails, the following actually worked. For each one I’ve included supplies, directions, what {should} happen, and the basic explanation of the scientific principle it illustrates.

Children believe some religious stories to be true and others to be false because we convince them of such when they are young and trust us implicitly. What a different world we would live in if instead we exposed future generations to myriad mythologies and encouraged young people to draw their own conclusions about their similarities, incompatibilities, and logic.

This post will cover the basics of what you need to do to start homeschooling with confidence. These initial steps will get you on your way to homeschooling successfully {and legally}.