07/29/2025
âHow do you do it and what curriculum do you use?â
These have always been the most asked questions I receive when I say that our family homeschools. Most people donât realize the amount of resources that are available to homeschool families now. Especially post-COVID!
When we first started, I was so worried about âstaying on trackâ and tried to public school at home. I learned quite quickly that that DIDNâT work for us. We also have always given our kids a choice as to whether they wanted to public school or home school. So weâve done both more than once. And I still have two HS age public schoolers.
The second time we started homeschooling again is when things changed. I found these two books and still live by them. They invoked a couple beliefs in me that have been so freeing and have made for a much smoother home education day. Much less tears (from both me and the kids), no more set schedules, no more guilt and way more learning. Hereâs a few things Iâve learned from these booksâŚ
- kids donât need a set âcurriculumâ in order to learn. They donât even need textbooks or classes if they donât want.
- I donât care if theyâre not on âgrade levelâ because Iâm not trying to recreate public school. Iâm trying to teach them different things that will make them responsible contributors and leaders in society. My kids will never take a placement test because they donât need to.
- Iâm teaching them HOW to learn and not WHAT to learn. When they WANT to learn something, they will do the things necessary to learn it because they know HOW.
- We can have a learning environment that envelopes people of all ages, not just their own age, which prepares them better for the workforce and/or to start their own business.
- They can start their own business at any age because they have the knowledge and the time to do so.
- We can educate our kids with âschoolâ things like math, art, reading, etc. in everything we do, whether itâs baking cookies, sorting and folding laundry, paying a bill, mowing the lawn, taking care of baby chicks, changing a diaperâŚthe list is endless!
- We are ALWAYS learning, even as adults and parents. Just because âschoolâ has ended, doesnât mean our education has to.
Along with these things Iâve learned, Iâve also learned that there are a number of programs in place to help families out with funding who choose to home educate. Theyâve blessed our family in huge ways and make it possible for us to learn the way we want to learn and how we want to learn it.
If home educating is something youâve thought of doing but not sure where to go for info, what resources to look at or just have questions in generalâŚmy inbox is ALWAYS open and Iâm happy to share my own experience â¤ď¸â¤ď¸