Homeschooling has been on an upswing as the pandemic unearthed issues with schools that have previously gone unnoticed because people never questioned sending their children away from home every day to be taught by other people. Many parents also realized …
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Can I start homeschooling in the middle of the year?
The short answer is “yes”. If for some reason, school is not working for your family anymore, you have the right to make a change. There is no deadline by which you have to have decided to homeschool. Think about it …
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Op-Eds
While all of the articles on this page reflect my opinion, the articles linked below are specific responses to homeschooling issues raised in the media. COVID-schooling is not Homeschooling Response to “The Risks of Homeschooling” Response to NPR 1A-How should we …
COVID-schooling is not Homeschooling
Everyone from my high school classmates to celebrities is complaining about being sudden homeschoolers during the pandemic. While, yes, their children are doing all of their school work at home, that does not make them homeschoolers. The physical location of …
Co-ops, Umbrellas, Tutorials – Oh My!
When starting to research homeschooling, the lingo often gets confusing. Seasoned homeschoolers are so used to the terms that they don’t stop to define them unless asked. So here is the break-down of the terminology used for different groups that …
Preschool Checklist
When my son was in preschool, there was a parent conference in the middle and at the end of the year. At both of those conferences, the teachers showed parents how the kid was doing on a preschool curriculum checklist. …
What is a school year in a homeschool?
It’s time for fall reviews and this time, the big controversy this time is that some reviewers in some districts are insisting that education only counts between September and June. Anything done in the summer cannot be possibly be used …
Legislation to Increase Homeschool Oversight
In January 2018, David and Louise Turpin were discovered to have hidden horrific abuse of their children behind the guise of homeschooling. They utilized California’s law that allows parents to establish their home as a private school, which exempted them …
Looking back on 3 years of homeschooling
We are in the final stretch of our third year of homeschooling. I still have five more years to go with my son and my daughter isn’t even school age yet. So, we are still cruising along, but, I …
Portfolio Review Craziness
It’s that time of year again! The first homeschool portfolio reviews of the year and my Facebook homeschool groups are flooding with questions about what to bring. First-timers are afraid of flunking the review. I understand the fear. My first review …
