A guide to choosing the best phonics curriculum for your family. Plus, a comparison of ten top learn-to-read programs for homeschoolers.
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Homeschool Reading Curriculum: All About Reading Review
If you’re searching for a homeschool reading curriculum, All About Reading should be on your list. Our review & recommendations for families.
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Language Arts Curriculum Kindergarten with Logic of English Foundations
Logic of English Foundations, a complete language arts curriculum for kindergarten-fluent reading. Our experience +is LOE right for you?
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Pre K Homeschooling: Teaching the Littlest Learners
Many parents think about pre-k homeschooling when they see the price of traditional preschools in their area. “I could just do that at home! Preschool isn’t that hard.” And then they think a little more about it and start to panic. Fear not, brave parents. Many, many families have been homeschooling preschool kids for longer…
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All in One Homeschool Curriculum: Using Moving Beyond the Page
Our experience and recommendations for using Moving Beyond the Page, a rich and thorough all-in-one homeschool curriculum.
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Teach Writing: 14 Ways to Help a Reluctant Writer!
Are you struggling to teach writing to a reluctant writer? “My kid hates writing! What can I do to help?” “I can’t stand writing! Do I have to do it?” Back when I was a teacher, I heard both of these comments frequently. In my class of at-risk teenagers, most hated school. Reading was frustrating…
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Phonics Books for Kids Learning to Read from age 5-14!!
Engaging, decodable phonics books for kids designed to help struggling readers gain confidence and build reading skills at any age!
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WriteShop Review: A Thorough and ENGAGING Writing Curriculum
Our year-end WriteShop review! Not only is this a thorough and easy to use program, but it got my son to ENJOY writing – a first for us!
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Free Homeschool Resources for Every Age And Every Subject
100& FREE Homeschool Resources online and near you!
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Homeschool Burnout: 18 things to try before quitting homeschool!
Homeschool burnout is treatable. Here are some strategies to try when you feel miserable and are dreaming about quitting homeschool.
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Top Ten Natural Remedies to Help Your Child’s Anxiety
Many people claim to have found the perfect natural remedies for anxiety in children. You can find tons of articles claiming CBD, herbal supplements, or essential oils are all magic cures. These claims run the BS spectrum from “huh, actually might work” to “downright snake oil.” Let’s get one thing straight first: I’m not a…
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Accommodations for Autism: 21 Best Recommendations for Learning
There are a lot, I mean a lot of accommodations for autism, ADHD, anxiety, and more out there. I should know. I used dozens during my time as an alternative education teacher. But not every accommodation will help every child. Kids with muscular dystrophy don’t need the same accommodations as an autistic, blind, or dyslexic…
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6 Helpful Resources for a Child with Anxiety
If you have a child who worries, it’s easy for YOU to worry, too. Will they make friends? Will it hurt them academically? What could all this worrying do to them physically? If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent long hours searching for resources for child anxiety. That’s just what good parents do! We try…
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How to Create a Homeschool IEP- 5 Easy Steps
It’s easy to worry when deciding whether or not to homeschool their child with special needs. If the child has previously been in public school, that worry is usually focused around the child’s individualized education plan, or IEP. “Do I need a homeschool IEP?” you might wonder. IEPs in the public school are a legal…
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Current Events for Kids: The Juice News for 5th Grade & Up
The Juice is a news source that puts media literacy and critical thinking front and center with engaging, balanced current events for kids.
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85+ Fine Motor Activities for Toddlers- Guaranteed to Keep Them Busy!
As the mom of a 2-year-old, I’m constantly on the lookout for new fine motor activities for toddlers. (Bonus points if they can keep my daughter entertained for more than ten minutes.) I’ve been amassing a list on my notepad for months now, and figured it was high time I shared my wisdom with everyone…
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Your Guide to Homeschooling a Special Needs Child
Homeschooling a special needs child is 100% possible. I want to start by getting that out of the way. Your kid with special needs needs all the loving attention, support, and encouragement they can get. Why not get it at home? Today, I’m going to share all the reasons why homeschooling can be sanity-saving for…
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The Basic Types of Special Needs: A Guide to Special Education
I remember the first time we covered different types of special needs in my teacher certification courses. There were so many! Why did they all overlap?! How could I keep them all straight? Maybe you’re similarly overwhelmed. You might be concerned about your child, and wondering whether or not they have a special need. Maybe…
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Learn from Apps- The Best of EdTech
Can kids really learn from apps? Our list of the BEST educational apps for each subject area!
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Working with special needs children
If you wanted to regularly be working with special needs children, you could be a pediatrician, therapist, or even a specialized lawyer. But in our societies, it’s teachers who spend the most time helping these special kiddos. In schools, special education teachers are often the most patient, warm, creative, and predictable people in the building.…
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