Yes, this website is primarily about homeschooling high school, but we do have helpful K-8 information also, and we’re adding more all the time. Browse these great articles about all sorts of topics — you might find exactly what you need!
Simple Back-to-School Routine for Homeschoolers to Have a Great Year
Ready to start a new year of homeschooling? Here's a back-to-school routine to help get everyone back in the swing ...
10 Fun & Easy Cooking Recipes for Kids During Summer
Get creative in the kitchen with your kids this summer! Here are ten fun and easy cooking recipes for kids ...
Unleash the Power of Learning Centers & Supercharge Your Homeschool Adventure:
Calling all homeschool heroes! Are you ready to transform your home into an epic learning wonderland? It's easier than you ...
10 Easy Summer Paper Crafts for a Fun-Filled Summer
Looking for something fun to do with the kids while you try to beat the heat? Try these easy summer ...
Knock your Socks off with these 30 Engaging Summer Activities
Summer is here! As a homeschool mom, I am ready for the break, and yes, we take the summer off ...
How to Create a Reliable Homeschool Schedule (Samples Included!)
Struggling to get into a good homeschool routine? Read through this article on how to create a reliable homeschool schedule ...
25+ Amazing and Fun STEM Activities for Kindergarten
Looking to add a little more STEM fun to your day? Check out these fun STEM activities for Kindergarten STEM ...
3 Types of Assessments & the Best Way to Use Them In Your Homeschool
Find out the best way to use assessments in your homeschooling. Learn about the three types of assessments that can ...
The Best Homeschool Science Kits for K-8: Make Science Fun!
Overview: Contributor Candice McDaniels has found the best homeschool science kits for elementary and middle school students. Let's face it, ...
How to Handle When Your Homeschooled Kid Gets “Stuck”
Contributing writer Lynna Sutherland of Your Large Family Homeschool brings great insight to the problem of when your homeschooled kid ...
Is Homeschooling Harder Than Public Schooling?
Guest writer Amy Saunders of Orison Orchards answers the age-old question of whether homeschooling is harder than public schooling. She ...
25+ Fun and Educational Science YouTube Channels for Kids K-5+
Guest contributor Candice McDaniel from A Touch of Homeschooling has gone looking for some fun and educational ways to help ...
150+ Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas for K-8
Overview: Guest writer Candice McDaniel from A Touch of Homeschooling has 150+ great homeschool unit study ideas to make your ...
How to Find the Perfect Homeschool Music Curriculum
Overview: Guest contributor Gena Mayo shares what to look for in a homeschool music curriculum so that your kid learns ...
How to Make Homeschool Lesson Plans from Any Curriculum
Overview: Guest contributor Sara Dennis shares how to take any curriculum and create your homeschool lesson plans from it, so ...
Episode 21: High School Credit before High School?
Is your eighth-grader ready to earn high school credit for their transcript? Many moms want to take advantage of their ...
Homeschool Paperwork: How to Keep Up — and what to do when you haven’t!
Overview: Homeschool paperwork, especially grading, can easily become overwhelming. Read tips for keeping it under control and recovering when you're ...
Dear Homeschool Mom who Feels Like a Failure — maybe you’re looking at it wrong.
I asked a question in my It's Not that Hard to Homeschool K-8 Facebook group recently: "Do you feel like ...
When You Are Struggling with Classical Conversations Challenge A
Overview: Classical Conversations Challenge A can be scary and overwhelming. These tips will make it much more doable! Let me ...
How to Teach the Most Valuable Skill Your Child Will Ever Need
Overview: This article tells how to teach independent learning to your kids of almost any age and gives ideas and ...
This is what happens when you use Independent Learning in your homeschool
Are you getting frazzled trying to teach all of your children every homeschool day? I've been there. Early on in ...
Dear Homeschool Mom Who Worries About Her Child Being Behind
Dear homeschool mom, are you afraid your homeschooled child is academically behind his/her peers? Or maybe you already "know" he ...
How to Encourage Your Child to Love Reading
Overview: We all want our kids to love reading. Teaching them to read is not enough; we must provide an ...
The Number One Reason Your Kid HATES Math (no matter which age or grade)
Overview: You don't want your kid to hate math for the rest of their life. Here's what to do about ...
Homeschool Latin Practice for the Classical Conversations Challenge Years
Overview: Homeschool Latin instruction moves fast during the Challenge years. Some supplemental practice can sure help! Note: This post was ...
The Best Elementary Homeschool Science Curriculum — you might be surprised!
Note: I received a free copy of Air is Not Oxygen: Essential Science You Should Have Learned -- But Probably ...
How to Memorize the Periodic Table and Learn Memorization Techniques
Overview: Your child can learn helpful memorization techniques as they memorize the periodic table! Note: I was given free access ...
Advice for The Young Mom Starting Homeschool: What I Should Have Listened To
We've been at this homeschooling thing for quite awhile now. If you count the pre-school years, when I started teaching ...
How I Organize My Classical Conversations Homeschool Notebook
In the world of Classical Conversations homeschool, organizing the student notebook for Challenge A is a hot topic. It's the ...
Favorite Homeschool Mom? NOT!
Who is your favorite homeschool mom? Is there one that you wish you could be like? Maybe she is extremely ...
The Five-Paragraph Essay: What, Why, and How for Homeschoolers
Overview: The five-paragraph essay is a helpful tool -- here are ideas for teaching it! Note: Contains referral links. In ...
5 Benefits of Science Reports Beyond Just Science
Overview: Science reports teach many skills beyond just science. Find out here why there are worth the effort! Note:This post ...
Warning: Avoid These Disappointing Homeschooling Regrets
Overview: It's impossible to have NO homeschooling regrets, but maybe you can lessen the list by avoiding the ones this ...
What are Your Expectations for Homeschooling?
Overview: Our homeschooling expectations can make or break our joy and our success. Get a reality check from a veteran ...
Our Fall 2015 Core Curriculum: Classical Conversations for grades 7 & 11
Overview: Our core curriculum for 2015 was chosen by the Classical Conversations people. Here's what my 7th- and 11th-graders will ...
Free Printable Weekly Calendar Planner
I am SO excited about the free printable weekly calendar planner I have to offer you today! I don't know ...
Our Main Reason for Homeschooling: Character Development
I'm going to start out by saying something that may come as a shock. It's not the sort of thing ...
My Likes and Dislikes about the Homeschool Lifestyle
Note: This article was originally published in 2015. Can we be real, here, people? As much as I love homeschooling, ...
The Many Lives of a Homeschool Schedule
There is a dream on the horizon that many homeschoolers share. It's like a mirage, and once you think you've ...
Why NOT to use Math Manipulatives
Math manipulatives are a BIG DEAL these days. Many math curriculums are built entirely around the idea that in order ...
Homeschool Encouragement: When the Reward Seems Distant
Feeling like the road is long? Here is some homeschool encouragement to help you regain perspective. These days we live ...
Teach Reading the Easy Way
Overview: It doesn't have to be difficult to teach reading to your child. This article tells about our favorite resource ...
Staying on Track With Your Homeschool Schedule
Here we are, in the middle of the homeschool year. It's after the holidays, and there's a long way to ...
Our Homeschool Journey: True Confessions of an Ordinary Family
NOTE: This article was originally published in 2015. We have been a homeschooling family for over 15 years, since our ...
Give the Gift of Reading: Good Books for Boys (Later Elementary – Junior High)
The countdown to Christmas is getting shorter! Just a limited time left to find that perfect something for that special ...
Give the Gift of Reading: Good Books for Girls (Later Elementary – Junior High)
Well, it's getting close to Christmas! I'm going to have to hustle if I'm going to get this series finished ...
Give the Gift of Reading: Good Books for Toddlers – Early Elementary
Today is the second part in a series about book recommendations to give as gifts for Chritmas – or any ...
Give the Gift of Reading: A Series about Children’s Books
My name is Ann, and I am a reader. I LOVE to read. If given a choice between a chocolate ...
Fall 2014 Homeschool Reviews — 6th Grade
This is the third part in a series of our homeschool reviews on our curriculum choices for this year. Part ...