How to recognize that your homeschool is struggling, determine what needs to change, and decide whether the issue is the curriculum, the schedule, the approach, or homeschooling itself.
A guide to understanding your state's homeschool assessment requirements, including standardized testing, portfolio reviews, evaluations, and how to prepare without turning your homeschool into test prep.
How to homeschool through high school, including creating transcripts, assigning credits, meeting college admissions requirements and navigating standardized testing.
A step-by-step approach to teaching writing at home for elementary-age children, from first sentences through basic paragraphs, with curriculum options and common mistakes to avoid.
How to homeschool a child who is ahead in some subjects and on track in others, including curriculum choices, pacing, social considerations and when to seek evaluation.
What homeschool co-ops are, how they work, what they cost, and how to decide whether joining one is right for your family.
Practical strategies for homeschooling children of different ages at the same time, including combined subjects, independent work, toddler management and realistic schedules.
A comparison of three common approaches to teaching history and social studies at home, with fit cards, prep estimates and notes on secular and religious content.
A practical guide to homeschool planning that accounts for real life: short days, sick kids, changing interests and the gap between the plan on paper and the plan that works.
A practical guide to teaching science at home for elementary-age homeschoolers, comparing curriculum options, experiment kits and free resources with a fit card for each approach.