Practical help · Encouragement · Community
You don’t have to homeschool alone.
Curriculum built on the Fourfold Method, record-keeping tools for every year, a podcast and blog full of honest answers, and a full online academy when your teen wants a teacher. It’s really not that hard.
Fourfold study journals and courses, credits, transcripts and True North Academy.
Curriculum developed in partnership with Lisa Nehring, founder of True North Academy and Gina Steffy.
More than a podcast and a blog.
Four kinds of help, from a free episode on your commute to a teacher for your teen. Start wherever you are.
01 · FREE
Listen and read
The podcast and blog: honest answers to the questions that keep you up at night.
02 · PLAN
Plan and keep records
Year planners, the Credit and Transcript Tracker, portfolio and ESA logs. Records you’ll be glad you kept.
03 · TEACH
Teach with our curriculum
Fourfold study journals and courses for high school, plus Recipe to Write and Recipe to Read. Open it on Monday.
04 · GO FURTHER
Add a teacher
True North Academy’s self-paced and live online classes, for the subjects you’d rather hand off.
The Fourfold Method
One method under everything we make.
Four moves that turn study into something your teen keeps, in every subject, at every age.
GATHER
Find out what the source says, and where it came from.
TEST
Check it against evidence. Being wrong here is allowed.
CONNECT
Tie it to another subject, your family, or something happening now.
COMMIT
Say it in your own words, without looking.
Curriculum you can open on Monday.
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The Economics of Christmas: A Fourfold Study for High School$15.00 -
Homesteading: A Fourfold Study for High School$19.00 -
The Homeschool High School Credit & Transcript Tracker$12.00 -
Recipe to Read: High School$19.00 -
Recipe to Write: High School$19.00 -
History: A Fourfold Study Journal for High School$15.00
Where are you right now?
Pick the one that sounds like this week.
Getting started
Just beginning, or starting over. Start here.
- The First 30 Days of Homeschooling
- The Undated Homeschool Year Planner
- The Fourfold Method guide (free)
Pressing through
The middle of the year, when the plan stops working.
- The Homeschool Schedule Reset
- The December Homeschool
- The Large Family Command Book
Finishing the course
Credits, transcripts, and the road after graduation.
- The Credit and Transcript Tracker
- The 10-Minute Transcript
- The Skilled Trades Path Planner
Quick answers
The questions we hear every week, answered on the blog and the podcast.
What should my teen take in high school?
A typical college-prep plan includes four years of English, three to four years each of math, science and social studies, a foreign language, and electives. Requirements vary by state and by your teen’s goals, so start with a plan and adjust.
How do I give credits and grades at home?
One credit usually means about 120 to 180 hours of work, or one full-year textbook. You grade the tests, papers and projects the same way any teacher does, and you keep the evidence.
How do I make a homeschool transcript?
It’s one page: each course, its credits and final grade, year by year, plus the GPA, your homeschool’s name and your signature. Start in ninth grade and update it every semester.
Can my homeschooler get into college?
Yes. Colleges admit homeschoolers every year. They look for a clear transcript, course descriptions, test scores and activities that show who your teen is.
What should you teach in middle school and high school?
Stop wondering. Get Lisa Nehring’s free Typical Course of Study for both Middle School and High School, so you always know what “on track” looks like.
Meet Lisa
Lisa Nehring
Lisa homeschooled her five kids for 30 years. She is the founder and director of True North Academy, and the teacher behind the 5 Common Topics you’ll find in every Fourfold book.
“Look, as moms, we already have enough guilt in life.”
Lisa, on the It’s Not That Hard to Homeschool podcast, Episode 96
That’s why we’re here. We believe every mom can confidently, competently, and contentedly provide the homeschool education her kids need.
Cherith Nehring runs our Facebook groups and social media, and grew up homeschooled herself. Come say hello in the group.
Gina Glenn Steffy is the author of the Fourfold Method, and homeschooled her four children from kindergarten through graduation.
