Homeschool Life Coach — Helping Moms Homeschool with Confidence & Calm
Child-inspired learning shifts the focus from rigid, teacher-directed curricula to fostering a learning environment driven by a child’s natural curiosity and interests. It recognizes that deep, lasting understanding arises from exploration and engagement initiated by the child, rather than solely from prescribed lessons.
What is an education in summer? I have learned to let go of academics in the summer. After thirteen years of homeschooling, I need a break. So should I homeschool in summer? This is the season to dabble in project-based learning. Learning opportunities will abound. So should I homeschool in the summer? Are these learning…
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Why is it that I’m in the thick of a sizzling summer, lakes surrounding our community, beaches minutes away, and waterparks in abundance, but I still want to do homeschool readalouds? When, instead, we could spend our days leisurely playing at a watering hole. Should I homeschool throughout summer? Should I homeschool throughout the summer,…
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Homeschool science engages a non-science-interested kid when you think about science as play. Homeschool science usually includes buying unusual items. Like this day: when we used volt meters, covered copper wiring, wire cutters, and steel wool. Oh, and pennies. Here’s where we learned how to Make a Penny Battery. Here’s how we homeschool science in…
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How do you incorporate geography in your homeschool? Loosely. With intention to playing. Fun is the operative. No serious allowed. So how do you incorporate geography in your homeschool in a child-directed way? Any time you come across a new country or location in a readaloud or a current affairs discussion find it on a…
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How do you incorporate fine arts in a child-directed way? Loosely. With the intention of playing. Fun is the operative. No serious allowed. Also, fill a basket of things you and your kiddos like to do and pull them out when you’re doing a readaloud. (And take turns reading, so you can play in your…
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capturing the charmed homeschool: creating clarity, confidence and vision in your homeschool
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