I’m excited to share what I learned recently as I prepared a workshop for parents getting ready for back to school at home. I put the training to video and created a page on my website for you to watch them all in one place. In case you are in a hurry, here’s the gist of what I’ve learned…

Are you in a mild panic at the thought of having your kids home for the foreseeable future? Are you wondering where to even start as you think about how to keep them busy and on track with their academics? With the recent school closures because of the COVID-19 outbreak, I wanted to share some ideas and resources for parents who are facing home education for the first time, even if only temporarily. I

In which I share 5 intentions for our first year of high school and my book lists for the year.

In which I share the process I use to plan our homeschool year.

This unit study uses The Big History Project and combines it with biology lessons from other textbooks.  It was a fun way to go deep, while following our intuition.

Explore the seven biological stages of cognitive development.

Our curriculum plan for 6th and 7th grade.

I recently learned that there are natural stages of growth for home educators.  I feel like we are just starting to enter the stage of trusting ourselves.

One of my favorite things we did this year in school was visit the Seeing Nature exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum.  

This was our first year homeschooling full-time, where we had autonomy over our schedule and the curriculum.  We used the curriculum reviewed here for 4th and 5th grade.

In the summer of 2014 we made the decision to pull our kids from the private school they were attending.  It was obvious that the little rigorous school on a farm was no longer the right fit for our family. 

This was our first year homeschooling. Curriculum reveiws for 3rd and 4th grade.