You don’t need to nail down your homeschool style in order to homeschool effectively, but knowing which style you gravitate toward can be helpful for several reasons. You’ll get a leg up on narrowing down which resources or curriculum might be a good fit for your family. It will give […]

Classical home educators are united by their desire to cultivate a life of virtue in themselves and their children. They are devoted to teaching their children from the best of what Western Civilization has to offer. Many classical home educators follow the neoclassical approach outlined by Dorothy Sayers in her […]

With the Unit Study method, families organize their learning around a central theme. There are so many different ways to use this strategy. A theme could be topical (like space, insects, or the Civil War) or seasonal (such as learning about maple syrup in early spring or snow during winter). […]

Many homeschoolers follow a Traditional approach, especially if they’re just starting out. Traditional style homeschooling (also known as a school-at-home approach) closely mimics the education your child receives in a mainstream public or private school. Are You Drawn to the Traditional Approach? Here are a few signs that you might […]

Unschooling is a child-led approach to education where children have a high degree of autonomy over what and how they learn. Unschoolers seek to honor their children’s natural learning processes without imposing arbitrary timetables or grades on education. Those who identify as unschoolers exist on a spectrum. On one end […]

Perhaps George Whitman, founder of the renowned Parisian bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, said it best: “All the world is my school, and all humanity is my teacher.” Many people think of learning as something that happens only in an educational setting or purposeful situation, but we have experiential learning opportunities […]