How to Plan an Epic Star Wars Day
It’s Star Wars Day on May 4th, and we share our favorite ways to celebrate. There are books, games, educational activities and so much more to make your Star Wars Day come to life.
Morning Time Book for Homeschool Planning
We review a trending book for anyone looking for an easier way to connect with their kids through literature. Morning Time: A Liturgy of Love by Cindy Rollins is my most favorite thing that I currently use in my morning time to connect with depth with my tween and teens. This book saves time by putting important literature, historical documents, and more in your hands and all in one place. It truly helps you plan your homeschool year.
When Happy Hour Fills Your Cup
Grab your Kombucha, your kid, and their favorite drink - and have your own Happy Hour. It’s easy to get caught up in homeschooling that we forget to have fun one-on-one time with our kids and teens. The Happy Hour fills that need.
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.
Reading Aloud to Teens
You can have the best time reading aloud to your teens. Not only can it be memory-making, but it’s also so useful for teaching mature ideas, exploring various philosophies and viewpoints, and organically teaching what they need to know for life.
Pinch Me: 5 Homeschool Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with fun and educational homeschool activities! From treasure hunts to Irish-themed crafts, make this holiday memorable with hands-on learning and creative adventures.
A Delightful Dose of the Dailies for Teens
Show your teen that it is indeed a good morning by starting your day with them with the Dailies. It’s short, simple, and packed with sentiment.
The Weekly Checklist
Quit nagging your kids by using the homeschool checklist! This checklist will help your kids learn how to manage their independent learning activities and feel the satisfaction and rewards with a job well done...every week. We include a checklist template and some resources for helping you plan the ultimate homeschool life with your kids.
Hesitant to Homeschool: 5 Tips to Inspire Confidence
If you are hesitant to homeschool, look no further. This guide answers the top 20 questions about homeschooling with short, simple, researched-based answers that will inspire and inform you. Check out a glimpse of this book with these 5 Homeschool Tips to help take you from hesitant to confident.
How to Find a Homeschool Community
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.
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.
The Best Ones
We’ve aired 100 podcast episodes to help get new homeschoolers started and inspire seasoned homeschoolers. These are our personal favorites.
Kid Faves: Books
We have lots of favorite books - and our kids do too! We get to hear what they are, from kids ages 5 to 12 years old.
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.”
Q & A a Day for Kids: 3 Year Journal
This activity book is literally my kids’ favorite thing we do as we gather around together for our homeschool day - for the past 6 years. It’s a time capsule in a book!
Fun Fables Podcast
Probably the most entertaining podcast for our kids is the Fun Fables podcast! We tell you why it’s our favorite and how we use it in our home for a truly fulfilling experience as a family.
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!
The Coop Group: How We Created a Casual Co-op
Community is essential for homeschoolers! That is why we created our very own casual co-op, our Coop Group. We share how it came about and all the ways we continue to invest in our homeschool friends.