Welcome!

Regardless of where you are in the journey of educating children, whether they’re attending a local school, engaging in a hybrid experience of learning at home and being guided by a formal program elsewhere, or if you’ve taken on the challenge of providing or creating an entirely home-based educational adventure, you understand that the job of training children is a huge one made up of all sorts of moments… Rewarding moments, tedious moments, hilarious moments, frustrating moments, and head-scratching “Uh-oh, didn’t see this one coming! Yikes, what now?!” moments… just like the rest of life. But as a parent or educator, you understand the responsibility of leading through these moments and progressing forward.

I won’t pretend to be any sort of expert or that I have all the answers. What I do have is experience and passion. I started by teaching children and adults to read music, play instruments, and fly airplanes. I continued my teaching journey at home, educating my own children, and in our homeschool co-op, where I teach the sciences, math, and social studies.

I am surprised that I love teaching, compiling and creating curriculum, and fine-tuning the “administrative” process of homeschooling. But I do, and I’m happy to pass whatever I’ve discovered on to others joining me on this educational journey. Click on the “Navigation” icon (three white lines on a black background) next to the search button at the top of the page for all site content, or scroll down here for a quick tour through some resources to help get you started:

If you’re looking for some great books to read with your kids or have on hand to give an overview of a subject and spark further exploration and discussion, check out my top picks! These are not workbooks, textbooks, or dry curriculum; they are colorful doors into academic subjects. Definitely investigate these!

For information on our Character Core Curriculum, check out The What, The Why, The How, The When, The Where, and The “What to Have On Hand.” Here’s the link to Day 1 of the curriculum itself. From there you can use the arrows to work your way through the 144 days, or you can head up to that navigation icon at the top to skip around.

If you’re looking for content from any of my Co-op classes, then check out Geography or search for a class in the navigation menu above.

The Resource Room contains a number of useful links and printable resources arranged by subject. These include fillable country fact sheets, flag coloring pages, geometric pattern pages, spelling word list charts, and blank lab worksheet pages, among others.

Finally, I am working on adding planning, scheduling, record keeping, and assessment tools. Those will be available via the top navigation menu, under “Homeschool Survival Tools.”

Happy browsing!