NextGen Homeschool looks at today’s homeschooling experience through the eyes of four homeschooled sisters — from two different families — who have chosen to pass along the gift of homeschooling to our next generation. Though we share the common experience of having been homeschooled ourselves, we each have our own reasons for choosing to homeschool our children. We also have different approaches to implementing homeschooling in our families.
Our mission is to encourage and support today’s homeschooling families — as well as those who are simply homeschooling curious — by sharing our experiences as NextGen Homeschoolers. Because we are formerly homeschooled moms now homeschooling our children, we have a unique point of view. We also have different answers to the questions we’re often asked about our homeschooling choices.
Here’s our “Homeschooling 101” — our unique perspective on the most common questions about homeschooling.
Why We Homeschool
Ask a NextGen Homeschooler…
- What about socialization?
- How do you make curriculum choices?
- Do you homeschool during the summer?
- How do you schedule your day?
- Can you work while homeschooling?
- What role does dad play?
- How do you save money on school expenses?
- How do you cope with burnout?
- What about “co-op” schooling?
- How do you handle housekeeping while homeschooling?
The Quest for the Ideal Curriculum
- How we make homeschool curriculum choices
- Oops, I did it again: Changing curriculum again… and again!
- Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: What curriculum do you use?
- How to Create a Unit Study on the Fly
- Reading Curriculum: The Title Hooked Me
- A New Relationship with Learning
Co-Ops, Support Groups, Extra Activities
- Five Reasons to Consider a Homeschool Co-Op
- Five Steps to Start a Homeschool Co-Op
- Book Clubs: A Simple Homeschool Co-Op
- Starting a Homeschool Co-Op, Day One
- Starting a Homeschool Co-Op, Getting in the Groove
- Ask a NextGen Homeschooler: What about “co-op” schooling?
- The Role of Homeschool Support Groups
- Homeschool Enrichment Activities: My, how times have changed!
Scheduling, Day in the Life
- How do you schedule your day?
- Unexpected gifts on an atypical homeschooling day
- Lessons from the meeting my schedule forgot
- Gearing up for the official start of school
- How do you cope with burnout?
- Schedules, routines and time management
- A day in the life: Gotcher family
- (Sort of) getting into the groove
- When you don’t have a Proverbs 31 day…
Housekeeping, Budgeting — the Practical Stuff
- How do you handle housekeeping while homeschooling?
- How do you save money on school expenses?
- How to find bargain curriculum & tools
- Gearing up for back-to-school: Gotchers
- Gearing up for back-to-school: Wards
Holidays & Traditions
- Seeing holidays through my son’s eyes
- Rethinking our holiday session: Wards
- My tango with traditions: Gotchers
- A Gotcher homeschooling Christmas: Week one
- Ward Family Christmas traditions: Week one
- A Gotcher homeschooling Christmas: Week two
- A Gotcher homeschooling Christmas: Final week