Episode 2: Your Quickstart Guide to Homeschooling
This year, as COVID-19 continues and school districts nationwide are scrambling to come up with plans for educating kids online, in modified in-person scenarios, or using a hybrid approach, many parents are asking, “What would homeschooling look like for my family?” and “How do I even get started?” In this week’s episode of The Relatable Homeschoolers, we’re answering the 14 most common questions that keep popping up to give you a quickstart guide to homeschooling.
In this episode, we’re talking about:
- How do I pull my kids out of school, and what are the requirements for me to homeschool?
- What if I decide to switch to homeschooling after the school year starts?
- I worry that I’m not qualified to homeschool my kids. Wouldn’t a certified teacher do a better job?
- How do I ensure my kids are prepared to re-enter public school?
- How do I fill an eight-hour school day?
- Do I have to teach every subject every day?
- How do you choose curriculum?
- Where do you buy curriculum?
- How can I homeschool without breaking the bank?
- What do I do with my toddlers and babies when I’m trying to homeschool?
- What do I do if the day is not going well?
- How do you manage household chores, meal planning and cooking, and homeschooling?
- We have always utilized the school breakfast and lunch programs, so what do I do for breakfast and lunch?
- I don’t feel like I’ll fit in with the homeschooling community. How do I find support?
Links from this episode:
- Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
- Homeschooling Gifted Kids by Cindy West
- Plan Your Year by Pam Barnhill
- 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy
- Homeschool Classifieds
- Learning Well with Alicia Hutchinson
- Weelicious
- Weelicious Lunches
- A Simple Plan Homeschool Planner
- Donna Young
- Pam Barnhill
- Our Journey Westward
- Sonlight
- Bookshark
- Read-Aloud Revival
- Wild + Free
- Simple Homeschool with Jamie C. Martin
- The Pioneer Woman Homeschooling
- Brave Writer
- Honey! I’m Homeschooling the Kids podcast
- All About Reading
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