Weekly Homeschool Roundup

This Week in Homeschooling — October 12, 2026

Published October 12, 2026 · 7 items

Parents discuss curricula versus checklists on Reddit based on a post about a daughter with ADHD and possible dyslexia who shuts down at ten math problems on a worksheet and will do fifty as a game...

This Week in Homeschooling — October 6, 2026

Published October 6, 2026 · 7 items

A parent on Reddit asked how anyone gets outside when housework and a full curriculum keep them indoors. Taking the books on a blanket has never worked. The replies all recommend stop trying to mak...

This Week in Homeschooling — September 29, 2026

Published September 29, 2026 · 7 items

Gameschooling doesn't have to mean daily board games with a parent at the table. The author of Humility and Doxology is not into board games, and she considers actual game time once a week, or even...

This Week in Homeschooling — September 23, 2026

Published September 23, 2026 · 7 items

Leaves are starting to turn. Our Journey Westward's chromatography lesson shows how the pigments behind the change can be pulled apart at the kitchen table with rubbing alcohol, a coffee filter, an...

This Week in Homeschooling — September 14, 2026

Published September 15, 2026 · 7 items

This week's headline pick is a comparison of All About Reading and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons written by someone who owns both and taught her own son with one of them. The main po...

This Week in Homeschooling — September 8, 2026

Published September 8, 2026 · 7 items

Does a homeschool have homework? A discussion on Well-Trained Mind highlights different approaches. One rule is no schoolwork or job work after 6 p.m. or on weekends. The replies describe other mod...

This Week in Homeschooling — August 30, 2026

Published August 31, 2026 · 7 items

A literature lesson can take a book apart faster than a student can get into it. Writing to teachers who are fine-tuning their fall syllabi, Redeemed Reader borrows C.S. Lewis's distinction between...

This Week in Homeschooling — August 24, 2026

Published August 24, 2026 · 6 items

Kids who get real independence tend to be less anxious, and some researchers now frame independence itself as a treatment for childhood anxiety. This week's headline pick takes that idea out of the...

This Week in Homeschooling — August 17, 2026

Published August 17, 2026 · 7 items

Jen Mackinnon at Practical by Default had to reconstruct her son's high school transcript years after the fact. The Trello system she describes is her answer to that problem: seven lists covering a...

This Week in Homeschooling — August 10, 2026

Published August 10, 2026 · 7 items

Creative writing is often the first subject to fall off the homeschool schedule, and good materials are part of the problem. This week's headline helps: a curriculum author posted 75 free imaginati...

This Week in Homeschooling — August 8, 2026

Published August 8, 2026 · 7 items

This week we have a reminder to keep an eye out for busywork. How Do I Homeschool lists five signs a task is filler, from repetition long after mastery (if the concept clicks by problem five, the n...

This Week in Homeschooling — July 26, 2026

Published July 26, 2026 · 7 items

After more than a decade, the curriculum that survives is the one that earns its keep every year. Proverbial Homemaker opens with the twelve programs one veteran has kept across thirteen years and ...

This Week in Homeschooling — July 26, 2026

Published July 26, 2026 · 7 items

It is easy to spend back-to-school planning on schedules and supplies and lose sight of the longer goal: a kid who can eventually steer their own learning. Homeschooling with dyslexia makes that co...

This Week in Homeschooling — July 12, 2026

Published July 12, 2026 · 7 items

Our lead this week takes on parent burnout, specifically the kind that builds up when you are homeschooling neurodivergent kids. Raising Lifelong Learners separates ordinary tiredness from the holl...

This Week in Homeschooling — July 4, 2026

Published July 4, 2026 · 9 items

Our lead this week is a piece from Not That Hard to Homeschool on why academically capable kids so often stall out in math. The argument is that quick learners get used to understanding things righ...

This Week in Homeschooling — June 29, 2026

Published June 30, 2026 · 7 items

Summer's the season for following kids' interests wherever they lead, and this week's picks lean into that, from turning a gamer into a reader to building a high schooler's plan around the hobbies ...

This Week in Homeschooling — June 19, 2026

Published June 19, 2026 · 5 items

In trying to impart learning and values, it can be easy to forget how important asking instead of telling is in building communication, so the post about questions is a good reminder. There are als...

This Week in Homeschooling — June 16, 2026

Published June 17, 2026 · 6 items

Summer is coming, so it's time to prepare ourselves and our calendars. Also, there are interesting new curricula coming out, including one from Crunch Labs and one on blockchain.

This Week in Homeschooling — May 9, 2026

Published May 9, 2026 · 5 items

Homeschooling requires flexibility because life events, challenges, and other commitments happen on their own schedule, not yours. Today's headline pick covers strategies for dealing with difficult...

This Week in Homeschooling — April 19, 2026

Published April 19, 2026 · 5 items

We all feel behind sometimes, especially when juggling home and work life. Check out the headline pick this week for great advice on dealing with that situation. There are also great tips on games,...

This Week in Homeschooling — April 12, 2026

Published April 12, 2026 · 5 items

This Week in Homeschooling — April 6, 2026

Published April 6, 2026 · 5 items

One of the coolest aspects of homeschooling is its creativity. Homeschoolers put so much effort into developing unique lessons and making sure they address kids' natural curiosity. This week, we fo...

This Week in Homeschooling — March 29, 2026

Published March 29, 2026 · 8 items

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