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Hopefully, this post will help you find some of the pages, posts and homeschool resources that might be the most useful for you. Lately, we’ve had a huge surge in visits to the blog. I wanted to say welcome! I’m Liesl and I’ve been homeschooling my three kids right from the start; they are now in middle school and high school. I’ve always been in education (I taught history on the high school and college level)… and just *love* curriculum development. (Thus, all the packets and units I’ve made and shared over the years!) I hope you find a lot...

Hi guys! Hey Mama, you can do this (or dad…)! If you’re new here, hi! If you’re used to my ramble, welcome back. I heard that some people are curious about starting with homeschool, therefore, I finally decided to put together a rough post about it. If you’re interested in more details, let me know and I’ll try to cover what I can. We have been homeschooling since 2011 and I was teaching in a Classical Christian Education cottage school and tutoring reading before that. I’m a mama of five, under eleven-years-old and we are a big book-loving family. My...

Preschool has become an important part of early childhood. We want our children to have the best start. Preschool offers a fun way to introduce the concept of school while teaching foundational skills. How do you know if you are doing enough though? What should a preschooler know, anyway? Also, how can you measure progress in preschool? All of these are great questions, and the answer is a Preschool Assessment! Why Do a Preschool Assessment? Before you start planning for timed tests and sharpening pencils, let’s chat about what a preschool assessment is! First of all, an assessment is not...

Right now schools have no idea how to teach online and kids will go to school irregularly this fall. It will take 20 years for school districts to dig themselves out of the Covid crisis and start thinking about what is actually important to teach. Meanwhile, the US history curriculum is already so outdated that it’s offensive. I was a US history major in college. I also taught the high-gloss curricula of Advanced Placement US history to my son. What I’ve learned is that even the best research and most popular textbooks are mired in White supremacy culture. And, to...

This post contains affiliate links - using affiliate links from Homeschool Coffee Break helps fuel this blog.Welcome to Twenty Six Lists! I hope you'll join me in using some fun List prompts for writing. Every other week I'll share a writing prompt and invite you to link up your list, and wherever the prompt takes you. You may want to simply make a list of five or ten items that answer the prompt, or you may elaborate on the items in your list, or even write an entire article. Be creative, and have fun!So . . . the stuff I...