Getting Started
How to Start Homeschooling: A Gentle, Step-by-Step Guide for Families
Thinking about homeschooling? Here's a calm, 10-step plan to go from "maybe" to a happy first week, without recreating school at your kitchen table.
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Gentle, book-based homeschool ideas for curious families with kids ages 3 to 8.
START WITH THE BIG ONES
Five big guides
Lesson Planning
Homeschool lesson planning: a simple, joyful guide for real families
A calm, step-by-step guide to homeschool lesson planning: plan the year loosely, the week clearly, and leave room for wonder.
Books & Read-Alouds
Literature-based homeschool: a joyful guide to learning through great books
How to build a joyful literature-based homeschool: choosing great books, a simple 5-day rhythm, and easy ways to stretch one story for every age.
Unit Studies
Homeschool unit studies: the complete guide to joyful, whole-family learning
What homeschool unit studies are, why families love them, and a step-by-step way to plan one theme that the whole family can learn together.
Multiple Ages
Homeschooling multiple ages: a calm, joyful guide for teaching the whole troupe
Teaching a kindergartner and a seventh grader at the same table? Here is how to share lessons, layer by age, and keep everyone learning without burning out.
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The Popcorn Planner
Pop any picture book into a bite-sized week of learning.
Thinking About Homeschooling
Wondering if homeschooling is right for your family? Start here: honest answers, first steps and the big questions.
Getting Started
How to Start Homeschooling: A Gentle, Step-by-Step Guide for Families
Thinking about homeschooling? Here's a calm, 10-step plan to go from "maybe" to a happy first week, without recreating school at your kitchen table.
Getting Started
Is Homeschooling Right for My Family? 10 Honest Questions to Ask
Torn about homeschooling? These 10 honest questions help you weigh time, money, patience and your kids' needs, with no pressure either way.
Getting Started
Homeschool Socialization: What It Really Looks Like (and How to Help Kids Thrive)
The socialization question comes up for every homeschool family. Here's what friendships really look like at home, plus 12 simple ways to help kids connect.
Homeschool Lesson Planning
Simple plans, gentle schedules and rhythms that give you your Sunday nights back.
Lesson Planning
Homeschool lesson planning: a simple, joyful guide for real families
A calm, step-by-step guide to homeschool lesson planning: plan the year loosely, the week clearly, and leave room for wonder.
Lesson Planning
Homeschool schedule: sample daily and weekly plans for every age
Sample daily and weekly homeschool schedules for Littles, Middles and Bigs, plus a simple way to build a routine that bends with real life.
Lesson Planning
Homeschool morning basket: how to start your day with wonder
What a homeschool morning basket is, what to put in it, and a simple weekly rotation that brings all your kids together each morning.
Literature-Based Learning
Teach through great books. Picture book lesson plans, read-aloud lists and story-first learning.
Books & Read-Alouds
Literature-based homeschool: a joyful guide to learning through great books
How to build a joyful literature-based homeschool: choosing great books, a simple 5-day rhythm, and easy ways to stretch one story for every age.
Books & Read-Alouds
Picture book lesson plans: how to turn any picture book into a week of learning
A simple 5-day method for turning any picture book into a week of learning, with a full sample week built on Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney.
Books & Read-Alouds
15 winter picture books for kids (with one easy activity for each)
15 cozy winter picture books for kids, from The Snowy Day to Snowflake Bentley, each with one simple activity that brings the story to life.
Unit Studies & Seasonal Learning
One theme, every subject. Seasonal unit studies, hands-on science and puzzles that teach.
Unit Studies
Homeschool unit studies: the complete guide to joyful, whole-family learning
What homeschool unit studies are, why families love them, and a step-by-step way to plan one theme that the whole family can learn together.
Unit Studies
Winter unit study: snow, ice and snowflake science for K-8
A five-day winter unit study for K-8: how snowflakes form, why ice floats, Snowflake Bentley, cozy picture books and hands-on snow science.
Unit Studies
Educational puzzles for kids: what each puzzle teaches (K-8)
Word searches, crosswords, mazes, secret codes and logic puzzles: what each one teaches, which fit each age, and how to use them in your homeschool.
Homeschooling Multiple Ages
Littles, Middles and Bigs at one table. Teach together, keep little ones happy and grow independent learners.
Multiple Ages
Homeschooling multiple ages: a calm, joyful guide for teaching the whole troupe
Teaching a kindergartner and a seventh grader at the same table? Here is how to share lessons, layer by age, and keep everyone learning without burning out.
Multiple Ages
How to keep younger kids busy while homeschooling older siblings
Toddler climbing on the table during math? Here are busy bins, quiet activities, and timing tricks that keep little ones happy while you teach the big kids.
Multiple Ages
Homeschool independent work: ideas by age and how to make it stick
How do you get one child working on their own while you teach another? Independent work ideas for Littles, Middles and Bigs, plus checklists that actually stick.