Homeschooling and Lifelong Learning
Homeschooling is one of the most intense learning experiences I’ve had. We homeschooled our boys from preschool into early college (everyone survived), and during those homeschooling years, I read endlessly, went to conferences, and tried many things. Gradually, I found sound advice, books that worked well, and habits that made learning happen, even on days when we didn’t do formal teaching. Here are some of the posts on learning, homeschooling, Charlotte Mason (one of those sources of good counsel), classical education, learning styles, and more.
There are many more learning related posts on the site, but those that are reading or writing specific are linked from those index pages. I’ll continue to add posts here as I pull them from the archives and update them. If there is a homeschool or learning topic you have questions about, please feel free to leave a comment or email me. I may already have a post that just needs to be dusted off and linked.
NOTE: Some of these posts are very old and haven’t yet been updated or organized. I’m working as quickly as possible restoring graphics, relinking things that have shifted, and so forth. Thank you for your patience while they are under construction!
Learn Like Leonardo Da Vinci with Study Notes and Learning Journals
Homeschool 101: Charlotte Mason Style
Seven Things I Wish I’d Known About Homeschooling
How to Create a Learning Lifestyle
Homeschool Conventions Made Easy
Telephone Rules for Homeschools
The Stages of Learning Language Arts
Three Questions to Ask Graduated Homeschool Moms
Houseplants and Homeschools and Normal Homeschool Moms
Homeschooling in Challenging Times
Why You (Probably) Need a Summer Break
Keeping it Simple in the New School Year
Charlotte Mason on Teaching With Literature
Storming? Time to Enjoy Books, Games, Music and Crafts
Give Your Child the Benefit of the Doubt
Dinner-Time Conversations: What’s Your Topic?
Limiting Negative Input Creates a Healthy Learning Atmosphere
Screen Free Week: Fast, Cheap, & Easy Life Enhancement!
Overstuffed School Schedules vs. The Learning Lifestyle
Learning: Mind-Numbing or Mind-Nourishing?
High School Scheduling- Some Non-Traditional Options
College Choices – Homeschoolers Have Options!
Homeschooling Homesteaders: Teaching Self-Reliance Skills
How Do You Socialize a Homeschooled Child?
What Should You Buy at the Homeschool Convention?
Three Things to Consider When Making Curriculum Decisions
Hackschooling with Logan LaPlante at TEDx
Just Say No to Desktop Notifications & Other Dings and Beeps
Gatto’s 7 Lessons of Compulsory Schooling
A Science Mystery Solved: Color and Light
Enthusiasm — It Makes Learning Stick!
What Does Education Look Like? Part I: What is a Chicken?
What Does Education Look Like? Part II: Socialization
What Does Education Look Like? Part III: Immune to Elephants
How to Manage Withdrawal from Excessive Media Exposure
Charlotte Mason and Classical Education
Homeschool 101: Charlotte Mason Style
How to Teach Your Child: Charlotte Mason’s Education Manifesto
Charlotte Mason was Right! Education is an Atmosphere
Charlotte Mason on the Folly of Teachers Who Talk Too Much
Historical Fiction for Young Readers
Aunt Edie’s Commonplace Book, 1917-1947
Take your children outside! Here’s why.
Three (or so) Books for the Homeschool Journey
“Easter Wings:” A Poem for Spring
The Education of the Founding Fathers
How King James Can Boost Your Student’s Reading Skills
What is Cultural Literacy? And How Can it Help You Homeschool?
Homeschoolers: What’s the Least You Need to Teach?
The Core Curriculum Teaches Connections
Should You Teach Literature and History in Chronological Order?
How to Fit Art and Music into Your Homeschool
Without Focus, You’ll Get Nowhere
Bayeux Tapestry: An Animated Look at History
High School, College, and College Alternatives
High School: A Four-Year Plan for Homeschoolers
Homeschooling High School: Is Outsourcing an Option?
High School Requirements: The Wrong Question?
Of Daffodils and Diesels, Revisited
College Alternatives, Part 1: Skilled Trades
College Alternatives, Part 2: Entrepreneurship, Apprenticeships, and Guilds
College Admissions: Knowledge Is Power!
What Kinds of Financial Aid Are Available?
Financial Aid: You Won’t Get it Unless You Apply
5 Reasons Entrepreneurship Should Be Part of Every Education
High School Transcripts- Frequently Asked Questions
How to Calculate +/- on a High School Transcript
Apprenticeships and Skilled Trades Offer an Alternative to College
College Choices – Homeschoolers Have Options!
Why Freshmen Fail by Professor Carol: A Review
Learning Styles and Personality Tests
Know Thyself: Are Personality Tests Useful?
Learning Styles: Should You Care?
How to Be a Good Homeschool Quitter: Part 1
How to Be a Good Homeschool Quitter: Part 2
Momma, Want to See a Snake? How to Homeschool a Boy, Part 1
Hey Mom, Want to See My Jungle Gym? How to Homeschool a Boy, Part 2
Hey Mom, Listen to this Great Performance: How to Homeschool a Boy, Part 3
Book, Curriculum, and Resource Reviews
Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner: A Review
Take Heart: 26 Steps to a Healthy Home School – A Review
Review: The Struggling Reader Assessments and Teaching Materials
Dynamic Literacy’s WordBuild: A Review
Homeschooling at the Speed of Life- A Review
Review: Pick Two Deluxe- Is It the Perfect Game?
Homeschooling and Caregiving
Can Learning Go On While Caregiving? Crisis Schooling for Homeschoolers
Caregiving for Homeschool Families: Don’t Go Into It Lightly
Advice for Friends of Caregivers
Other education topics
Gatto’s 7 Lessons of Compulsory Schooling
Homework Insanity- This Emperor has No Clothes
What Does the Common Core Mean for Homeschoolers?
Literature, Language Arts, and the Common Core Standards
