This Week in Homeschooling — September 29, 2026
Week of September 20, 2026
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 once a month, enough. More than educational games, she sticks more to cooperative and single-player games. Her Go Fish variant, where you ask for the card that makes ten, is a good example of an easy way to build in more practice.
Also this week: why a child with dyslexia can read a word and still misspell it, an edible plant cell for a science afternoon, and how an outside scholarship can shrink a college's aid offer.
The Headline Pick
Gameschooling for the Mom who Doesn’t Like Games
Humility and Doxology
A homeschool mother who does not enjoy board games on three assumptions she dropped: that games have to be daily, tied to a school subject, and played with a parent. Includes a Go Fish variant that practices sums to ten, her family's favorites, and cooperative and single-player picks. First written in 2021 and republished.
Practical Corner
Edible Plant Cell Model Veggie Pizza
Teach Beside Me
An edible plant cell on a crescent-dough pizza, with a table matching each topping to an organelle (spinach for the central vacuole, cucumber for chloroplasts, a halved olive for the nucleolus), the spread recipe, what each part does, and how plant and animal cells differ. The labeling printable is a paid item; the activity works without it.
Spelling and Dyslexia: Why Can My Child Read a Word but Not Spell It?
Homeschooling with Dyslexia
Why a child with dyslexia can read a word and still misspell it: reading lets the brain recognize letters already on the page, while spelling asks it to retrieve and produce them, and English spelling often follows meaning rather than sound (sign, signal, signature). Also covers what structured spelling instruction includes and when to stay with a program.
The Truth Behind Private Scholarships
Collegetransitions
For families with college-bound teens: where grant aid actually comes from (colleges 49%, private scholarships and employers 10%), a worked example of how an outside scholarship can shrink a college's aid offer, and the question to ask each financial aid office. Not written for homeschoolers, but the aid math is the same.
Perspectives
When They Take the Reins: The Bittersweet Shift Into Homeschooling High School
Little Learner and Mom
A mother on her son's move into high school at home: finishing his math credits early, starting dual enrollment for college math, planning to graduate with an associate degree, and taking up music production on his own. Closes with what she is keeping as her role shifts from teacher to guide.
Quick Links
- Bible Songs for Kids: The Promised Land Canaan (Maestramom) — Ten Bible songs on the Israelites reaching Canaan (the twelve spies, crossing the Jordan, Achan, Balaam), each set to a familiar tune with the full lyrics on the page. For families reading through Numbers and Joshua.
- Cipher Generator (Homeschool of 1) — A free in-browser tool that encodes and decodes messages in seven ciphers, from A1Z26 and Atbash for beginners to Vigenère, and prints each as a puzzle with instructions and the key where one is needed. No signup required.