This Week in Homeschooling — September 8, 2026
Week of August 30, 2026
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 models: a daily log sheet where the student marks which tasks need a parent and does the rest on his own clock, a weekly meeting that breaks long assignments into steps, and the word kept for dual-enrollment classes only. Nobody reports an all-nighter.
Also this week: a parent who pulled a fourth grader from public school and found out they had never learned multiplication, six conditions that let a child with dyslexia or ADHD work without you, and 150 geography book recommendations sorted by continent.
The Headline Pick
Homework for homeschoolers
WTM Forums: High School & Self-Education Board
The opening post asks whether a homeschool has homework at all, and states one family's rule: no school or job work after 6 p.m. or on weekends. Sixteen replies describe the working models, including office hours with a daily log sheet, do-together versus independent work, and a weekly meeting that breaks long assignments into steps.
Practical Corner
Fall STEM Activities for Kids
Theeducatorsspinonit
An index of 46 fall activities on the site, grouped by leaves, acorns, apples, pumpkins, and turkeys, each linking to its own instructions: leaf chromatography, an acorn catapult, apple bitmap coding, pumpkin paper circuits, a turkey drawbot. Mostly kitchen and backyard materials. Skim it for the two or three that fit the ages at your table.
How to Help Kids With Dyslexia and ADHD Become More Independent Learners
Homeschooling with Dyslexia
Starts with five reasons a child needs you for everything, from work that is not accessible without a reader to a parent who has become the child's executive function system. Then six conditions for independent work: a starting cue, materials ready, checklist directions, audiobooks or text-to-speech, a reasonable amount, and a clear ending.
Perspectives
Multiplication
r/homeschool
A ten-year-old who asked to leave public school mid fourth grade, and whom his teachers had marked for honors math, turns out never to have learned skip counting or multiplication facts. The post is about the gap and the embarrassment that makes remediation hard. The replies gave the parent a plan, and the update says so.
Quick Links
- 150 Wonderful World Geography Living Literature Books for Kids (Ourjourneywestward) — More than 150 titles sorted by continent, about 35 each for Asia, Europe, and Central and South America, from picture books to chapter books, all listed on the page. Framed for a Charlotte Mason geography year but usable as a read-aloud list for any world geography or culture study.
- *Becoming You for Girls and Boys by Darby Strickland (Redeemedreader) — A starred review of Darby Strickland's puberty guides for Christian families, one edition each for girls and boys, recommended for ages 8 to 12. They cover physical and emotional changes, boundaries, and red flags in relationships, and the reviewer notes that the boys' edition includes a section on menstruation.
- 18 Children’s Books on Media Literacy and Fake News (Pragmaticmom) — Eighteen books, from picture books for age four up through middle grade, each annotated with an age range and a discussion question: Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots, The Nantucket Sea Monster, Gimme Shelter. A ready-made reading list for a media literacy unit.