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It's back to school time, and you have decided to homeschool. It may be because of COVID, the school district's curriculum or philosophy, or other family dynamics. But now you are thinking, "Did I make the right decision?" Before I give you my answer, let me say that I used to be right where you are now. In fact, I delayed homeschooling my oldest son for three years because I was afraid it would be too difficult. But then -- I just started. Our homeschool journey began on June 17, 2013. Deciding to homeschool my 16-year-old oldest son Matt happened...

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: College Success Tips for Homeschool Graduates, Interview with John Linshaw. College Success Tips for Homeschool Graduates Vicki is joined this week by John … He is a professor at John Brown University. He also teaches youth group in church and leads missions trips. John had a chance to be involved in the homeschooling world through his own college studies. He had a course in his Masters program on Christian education and learned about homeschooling in that light. This got him excited about homeschooling. Then his sister decided to homeschool her two children and he...

It is August and I finally feel like myself again after surviving one of the strangest years and my most difficult year of homeschooling yet. I'm so glad that we had a LONG break from early May until early August that we filled with two out-of-state camping trips, our usual cottage camping at a state park, and lots of trips to the pool, playgrounds, and state parks nearby.But we did have to return to "official" homeschooling eventually and I would rather start in early August, take many days off, and finish early than be slogging away at our 180 days...

  This is our shelf of books waiting to be put in Will's Little Free Library... although I'm about to go steal that Bullfinch's Mythology for myself! I read SO MANY BOOKS during our last full month of summer vacation! We homeschool year-round, but even so, July is our least rigorous month by far. We did some Girl Scout-related unit studies, Will continued her slog through Pre-Calculus (finishing it up just in time to start Calculus at the local community college on Wednesday!), and Syd did some sewing, but for much of that you could find me kicked back nearby,...

What does yoga class look like in my public school? Before Class The children walk in two straight lines giggling and smiling, trying to keep in their excitement. We stop right in front of the “yoga room” and I ask them, “What do we do when we walk into the yoga room?” 1. We walk in quietly. 2. We follow the paw prints and take off our shoes. 3. We find our mat. 4. We start in a quiet Mouse pose (Child’s pose). The yoga room has become the special place for so many Kindergarten through 2nd graders at my school. As each...