Permission to Fail (But Not to Give Up)
Homeschooling is hard. Give yourself permission to fail without giving up. Learn how to shift your mindset, show grace, and keep moving forward.
First-Day Traditions Your Homeschool Family Will Love
The first day of homeschool doesn’t have to look like “back-to-school.” Discover simple, meaningful traditions—like kid interviews, About Me pages, photos, and family outings—that build excitement and lasting memories for your homeschool year.
How to Find a Homeschool Community: From Word of Mouth to Online Connections
One of our absolute favorite parts about homeschooling is our amazing community. From the support and inspiration of homeschoolers around the country to the 18 families in the co-op we created, we have a beautiful community in which to raise our children. We want to help you find (or create) the perfect homeschool community for you.
Back to Homeschool? Here’s What You Actually Need
Feeling overwhelmed as you head into a new homeschool year? Here’s what you actually need to start strong—with confidence, clarity, and connection.
How Do We Celebrate Easter With Our Co-Op?
Easter is a wonderful time to gather with your homeschool co-op or a group of friends to celebrate faith, fun, and fellowship. Over the years, our co-op has enjoyed everything from traditional Easter egg hunts to creative activities like a fox hunt game and resurrection egg storytelling.
American History Unit Study
History is one of the most important subjects we can teach our children. Finding a single curriculum that tells a well-rounded version is tough. We took a unit study approach to compiling some of our favorite resources into a robust, year (or two) long U.S. History Unit Study Plan and resource guide suitable for 4th-8th grade.
Eleventh Hour Party: A Curious No Murder Mystery Dinner
My daughter wanted a party unlike all others and based on The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery. I got creative and made my own! Now I want to share it here for any others who adore this book and may want to have their very own Eleventh Hour Party.
Let’s Play Music: Our Favorite Music Program
Let’s Play Music is a music education program for children whose mission is to build, teach, inspire, and enrich.
Ecologies: A Nature Inspired Card Game
One of our favorite science-based games is Ecologies by Montrose Biology. It is a card game designed by a biology teacher where the goal is to “create balanced ecologies while trying to unbalance opponents.”
California Out of the Box Curriculum
California Out-of-the-Box is an interdisciplinary history curriculum designed to meet 4th Grade California History standards and inspire learning. It is a literature-based unit study that truly immersed us in California history and will go down as a favorite for our whole family!
Operation Ouch
We love Operation Ouch, a YouTube Channel hosting by twins, Doctors Chris and Xand full of fun lessons on the human body. They answer common questions about the human body creatively through lab experiments, consulting experts, and polling people on the street.
You Are Enough
You are enough. You are exactly who your children need right now. You know your child better than anyone and are equipped to guide them on their educational journey.
How to Help Children with Friendships
Friendship is a huge component of helping our children live a joyful life! Navigating friendships can be both beautiful and challenging. It is important that we, as parents, equip ourselves to guide our children and help foster healthy friendships.
Benefits of Board Games
Board games have many developmental benefits, some of which you may not have thought of. Learn more and get recommendations for our favorite games to play as a family.
Benefits of Seeing Live Performances
Living in the digital age, taking in live performances is becoming a lost art. There are many benefits to children in seeing live performances.
Idol of School
Have we let school become an idol? So much conversation centers around kids’ schooling, including: achievements, success, challenges, and interventions. We all seem so concerned about measuring our kids, that I have to ask: is our focus on school healthy?
How Working Moms Homeschool
Having to work shouldn’t be a barrier for parents to homeschool their children, sometimes it just takes creative problem solving.
Raising Critical Thinkers - Book Review
Julie Bogart, author of The Brave Learner and creator of The Brave Writer, came out with a new book this year, Raising Critical Thinkers. We read it and review it for you.
Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten?
This topic is one that stresses out many parents, but it is important to recognizing kindergarten readiness and when to push. Let’s define kindergarten and then look at what is developmentally feasible.
Music Education in the Home
Music education is a non-negotiable subject in our homes. Music is a core subject, not an extra. Young children have so much to benefit from music education, it’s time to add it to your homeschool.