Let’s talk about burnout. It’s real and it happens to most homeschoolers at one point or another. It’s the feeling of exhaustion, being overwhelmed or unmotivated, irritability, depression, anger, or like you’re constantly playing catch-up. It can happen to anyone. One of the biggest causes is the lack of breaks for homeschooling parents. How do…
How We Do Allowances
When we started homeschooling, we had a few goals for our kids. We want them to have a customized education that helps them become happy, healthy adults. So life skills are one of the subjects that we teach and focus on in our homeschooling. Learning financial skills is one of the life skills we work…
Reading List for Homeschool Parents
We give our kids books to read because books are one of the best ways to learn. They inspire, educate and challenge our thinking. Which is why we, as homeschool parents, should be reading too. This past year or so, I’ve been making a real effort to read more in general. I’ve actually read more…
First Day Of Homeschool Traditions
Every September, we have a day that we celebrate as the first day of our homeschooling year. For us, we usually celebrate on the same day that school starts in our area because Stephane is a high school teacher. It’s a natural start for us since it’s his first day of school too. But exactly…
What Subjects Do You Teach?
What do you teach your kids when you are homeschooling? It can be a little overwhelming because there are really so many possibilities! First, you’ll want to make sure that check with your state or provincial requirements. Some places have certain subjects that must be taught at home. So make sure you check that! But…
Our Top 10 Tips for New Homeschoolers
We’ve had several requests for tips lately. Most come from new parents who are homeschooling for the first time and are a little nervous. So we decided to put together a list of our top 10 tips for new homeschoolers. 1. Deschool Deschooling is the first thing your should do if you are leaving the…
Homeschool Approaches 101
Picking a homeschool style or approach is an important first step when you start homeschooling. But it’s also super overwhelming. There are so many options (9 actually) and each is so different. But, don’t worry! We’re going to help you understand the different homeschooling styles out there. School-at-home Approach One of the first approaches many…
How to Pick the Right Homeschool Approach
Picking a homeschooling approach can be overwhelming. And since it’s one of the first things you do when you start homeschooling, it’s a lot to start with. And with 9 different styles to choose from, how to you even choose? Before you choose you need to know 3 things. There is no “perfect” homeschool style…
How to Build a Unit Study in 6 Easy Steps
Unit studies are growing as a popular homeschooling style. And rightfully so! They are highly engaging. You can easily pick from thousands of topics your kids are interested in. And you can study one topic as a family with each child getting something out the unit. You can buy unit studies and even find many…
Deschooling 101
One thing that most people forget when they start homeschooling is the very first step: Deschooling. Deschooling is the process of letting go of the “school mentality”. When families leave the public or private school system, there are a lot of things they need to leave behind in order to be successful at homeschooling. What…