Homeschooling is hacking education

We're homeschoolers and we're proud of it. We think it offers the best of both worlds to our kids, as they learn at their own rate, they get a lot of individual attention, and homeschooling (unschooling, in our case) allows them to learn about the things they most enjoy, in ways that many … Continue reading →

The Cult of Unschooling

We homeschool our kids, but we actually prefer to call it unschooling. "Unschoolers believe that the natural curiosity of a healthy child, given access to a rich environment, will lead the child to learn what he or she needs to know. When learning comes about as a result of the child's desires, … Continue reading →

Tips for A Successful Latin Homeschool Experience

Over the years, I've worked with many different students to as they were learning (or trying to survive learning!) Latin. Before you set out on a homeschool Latin program, or even if you have one underway, consider these two most important elements for successful learning: Be clear about your … Continue reading →

Raising Readers

[This is a guest post from Alison Kerr.] Reading. It's the thing that almost everyone recognizes as critical for educational success, but it's also part mystery. When it comes to raising a kid who is a good reader, or raising reading scores in a school system, we're left wondering whether anyone … Continue reading →

Teach What You Know

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Homeschool is always in. When we first started homeschooling our oldest daughter, we thought that we needed to have a full curriculum and study guides and other 'teaching' materials before we could really teach her at home. We borrowed a homeschool curriculum from a friend and started … Continue reading →