New to Homeschooling

How to Know When It’s Time to Switch Homeschool Curriculum

The 19th-century British fairy tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” is a good place to start when considering homeschool curricula. The porridge Goldilocks sampled in the three bears’ home was, first, too hot, then, too cold and, finally, just right. The bears’ chairs and beds followed a similar pattern. The […]

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Episode 24: Modern Miss Mason with Leah Boden

This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting the Homeschool Compass by shopping through our page! Leah Boden is wife to Dave, mother to four children, and a long-time student of Charlotte Mason. Leah writes, speaks, podcasts and offers homeschool coaching to share the beauty of a Charlotte Mason approach to childhood, motherhood, and […]

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Unit Studies and Science!

This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting the Homeschool Compass by shopping through our page! At a recent homeschool convention, I encountered a young man who was the assistant director of an enormous bird sanctuary. He spent his days researching birds, rehabilitating birds, breeding birds, and teaching others about birds. He’d fallen in […]

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