Category Archives: Unschooling

Unpreschooling Experiences

13 July 2020

It’s back to school time. If you are not taking your child to preschool, what are you doing? There are probably some people asking you that and wondering how your child will ever be ready for school in the future! A successful home unpreschool doesn’t need to look like the local drop-off preschool. It can […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Preschool, Uncategorized | Tagged |

Homeschooling Through a Crisis

16 February 2017

The unexpected in your life can be messy, terrifying, tragic, distracting, time-consuming, or joyous. It doesn’t matter the reason, it throws you off your plan. If your child is in school, life is expected to go on without even an acknowledgement of the stress your family is enduring (and remember, even good news can be […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Encouragement, New homeschoolers, Worries and Obstacles |

A lightbulb moment from a homeschooler

3 March 2014

I love witnessing “lightbulb” moments in homeschooling parents.  It happened again recently to a mom who returned her child to school after trying homeschooling a few years ago.  She has started homeschooling again, and wrote the following note to me. I’m sharing it with her permission, and with her child’s name removed.  Her struggles with […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Encouragement, New homeschoolers |

Working on Physical Skills Helps with Reading, Writing, and Learning!

6 January 2014

Updated 9/30/2022 Helping your child develop their fine and gross motor skills is critical, yet often overlooked. It’s not on the end-of-the-year public school standardized test, so there may not be time in school unless a child is labeled as having special needs. Learning to hop, balance, catch, skip, and cut are just a few […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in Learning Ideas, New homeschoolers, Preschool, Worries and Obstacles |

How to Begin Homeschooling When You Don’t Know What to Do!

18 August 2013

Updated 9/30/2022. Just do it. You think you want to homeschool, but you’re not ready. You may never be. And if you’re a perfectionist, it’s even worse, because your plans will never be perfect enough. So just do it. Jump in and declare that you are homeschooling and then worry about the rest after you’ve […]

By Karen Taylor | Also posted in New homeschoolers |