Free Homeschooling Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners
I receive many emails asking me for advice about homeschooling. How do I start homeschooling? What's the best curriculum to use with a child who struggles with reading? Can you tell me how to homeschool eight children at the same time? While I've homeschooled my children for many years, I still don't feel qualified to [...]
Planning our curriculum and daily homeschool schedule for the entire school year is a daunting task. I don't claim to have mastered it by any stretch, but there are some basic steps I take that help me tremendously in the planning process. What I end up with at the end of this process is an [...]
When we first started homeschooling in 2005, I had the mindset that, aside from raising my children with a strong biblical foundation, my main goal for homeschooling was to prepare my children for college. In my mind, college would be that holy grail that would validate all my efforts at homeschooling. But I don't [...]
You know the Joneses. They're the perfect homeschooling family that lives down the street from you. Ten kids, all well-dressed and perfectly well-behaved. The mom wakes at dawn every morning, bright-eyed and cheery, to fix a nutritionally-balanced hot breakfast for her family. When she teaches her children, they listen attentively and she never has to raise [...]
The decision to homeschool is rarely made lightly. Often parents will do hours and hours of research about homeschooling, discuss it at length with each other, and earnestly pray for guidance before making the final decision to homeschool. But there's another step that is just as essential to ensuring success —and preventing burnout. Finding support. [...]
Why Name Your Homeschool? Many homeschoolers may not think about creating a unique name for their homeschool, but there are many reasons why having a name is not only a good idea, but sometimes even necessary. Some homeschool accountability groups/umbrella programs may require your homeschool to be identified by a name. An official name is [...]
I recently read several articles arguing that public school students are better prepared for college than homeschooled students. While the authors of the articles seemed quite ignorant about how homeschooling really works, they did bring up a few valid points. In response to the articles I read, here are four tips to help you prepare your [...]
Over the 15 years I was a piano teacher, I heard this question from parents on a regular basis. Unfortunately there's not a one-size-fits-all answer. What's right for one family may not be for another. But let me share my thoughts on the issue. "How would you feel if someone forced you to do something you [...]
Finding good books for your kids to read can be challenging. Over the years I've often referred to a number of book lists to help me find new reading material. Here are two of my favorites. 1000 Good Books List, by Classical Christian Education. This list is separated by general reading level. Ambleside Online Booklists. [...]
Earlier this week a friend of mine who is considering homeschooling asked me something I hear quite often: "Where do I even begin?" I offered her a few suggestions, and I'll repeat those here in case you have the same question as well. 1. Get familiar with the lingo. Charlotte Mason? Classical education? Eclectic? Traditional? [...]
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Joy is the wife of Jeff and mom to three more J's — Jaden, Jerah, and Joely.
She and her husband have been homeschooling their children since 2005, when their children were 3, 6, and 8. Joy works from home as a web & graphic designer and spends what little free time she has with her nose buried in a good book.
Joy's motto for parenting, homeschooling, and even business is “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” And that's what FiveJs.com is all about — teaching our children to "fish."
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