Homeschooling

By Julie Mason

Julie Mason, veteran teacher and Head of Content and Curriculum for FamilyEducation's sister site TeacherVision, shares her experience homeschooling her own children during COVID-19 school closures. Spoiler alert: It was HARD. Here are 5 tips for parents that she discovered during the process.

By Elisa Cinelli

Diving into something new and unfamiliar is bound to cause some level of anxiety, but there are a few things parents can do to make crisis homeschooling less straining on everyone in the family.

By Elisa Cinelli

One mom explains why she prefers homeschooling her daughter and will continue to do so even after the pandemic.

By Jacqueline Weiss

It's hard enough to balance parenting, homeschooling, and in some cases working from home, but it is even harder if your kids will not cooperate. If your kids are refusing to take you seriously as a homeschool teacher and only see you as their parent, we have tips and tricks from two education experts.

Homeschooling during COVID-19 school closures isn't easy for teachers, parents, or kids. Veteran teacher Heather shares 7 tips for parents on how to make it a meaningful, lower-stress scenario for everyone involved.

Looking for fun, educational, and - most importantly - time-consuming activities to do with homeschooled students, but don't have (or can't get out to get) supplies and materials? Veteran teacher Heather has you covered with these 6 activities that require only simple household items.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

FamilyEducation has partnered with its sister site TeacherVision.com to bring you a daily newsletter filled with everything you need to adapt and adjust to parenting and teaching at home.

With so many options out there, more and more people have decided to try homeschooling, but is it right for you? Find out!

Even if you can't homeschool your child, you can foster your child's love of learning outside the classroom, according to Clark Aldrich, author of the book "Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education." Learn about Aldrich's "7 Cs of education " to expand your child's mind out of school.

This article explores the benefits and advantages of homeschooling children.

This article discusses the importance of understanding your state's education regulations regarding homeschooling.

Learn the basic steps to establishing and equipping your homeschool classroom.

Learn the steps in planning a great field trip for your homeschoolers.

Field trips are a great addition to the homeschool experience. This article offers some great tips for interesting field trips.

With the homeschool calendar in hand, you can begin planning what you will be doing on each of those days. With help from this article, you will be making great lesson plans in no time!

Anticipate people's concerns and questions regarding your decision to homeschool your child, and learn how you can respond.

This article looks at homeschooling from an historical perspective.

There are many aspects of a curriculum that you can use to homeschool your child more effectively.