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A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler: JoAnna

Ages of children: kindergarten, 2nd grade, 6th grade Number of Years Homeschooling: 4 years Curriculum: For each of my kiddos, we use Heart of Dakota curriculum, which is an all-in-one curriculum that includes history, science, Bible, language, math…basically everything. It is Charlotte Mason and I have used it for 3 years now and still LOVE it. Each of […]

A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler: Candi

Ages of children: 2 boys, ages 5 and 3 Number of Years Homeschooling: 2 years Curriculum: Just this year I’ve started implementing more of a Charlotte Mason style of learning, but I tweak to what fits us, so there’s a little eclectic in there as well. I use Handwriting Without Tears for writing and phonics, […]

A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler: Jennifer

Ages of children: 5 kids, ranging in age from 3 to 12 Number of years homeschooling:  5 years  I like to tell newbies to hang in there and not give up, because our first year was really difficult. Sure, we feel like old timers now, but it wasn’t always so easy. Curricula: Our main curriculum is Time4Learning.com, […]

A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler: Marla

Ages of children: One 11 year old girl Number of years homeschooling: 2 Curricula: We have an eclectic curriculum style but I love Charlotte Mason’s teachings and we incorporate picture study, nature study, composer study, dictation/copy work, and written/oral narration from really great literature, new and old. We love Story of the World for a […]

A Day in the Life of a Homeschooler: Randa Clay

This is a new category of content here at Homeschool Roundup. I don’t know about you, but I’m always curious what other people’s average homeschool day looks like, how long they spend on school, ages of kids, curricula used, etc. Knowing what others do can provide us with ideas, inspiration and even comfort that we’re […]