100+ Tips for Successful Homeschooling

Undertaking homeschooling for the first time, whether a calculated, long thought out decision or if being thrown into it thanks to a global pandemic, can feel overwhelming at best.

As a homeschooler of almost 7 years who has covered preK through middle school (all at the same time, even!) who has made a lot of mistakes along the way with 4 kids who are completely different humans and learners, I am finally starting to feel like I know how to homeschool successfully.

These are 100+ of my best homeschooling tips, links, curriculum, processes, products, and more:

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10 Tips for Successful Homeschooling
from the Start

• Homeschool is not traditional school at home
• The only thing you really need to homeschool is Flexibility
• You don’t have to do it all
• There is no right or wrong way to homeschool
• Get very comfortable and familiar with the rules
• Keep track from the start
• The two most important questions to answer before picking curriculum
• All-in-one is not always best
• Homeschooling doesn’t have to be expensive
• Get social
  

  11 of Our Favorite Secular Elementary
  Curriculum Resources

• MCP Mathematics
• Explode the Code
• Sequential Spelling
• Voyages in English
• Comprehension Plus
• Language Arts Handbook
• Winning with Writing
• Big Ideas through History
• Science by the Grade
• Core Skills: Science
• Spectrum Common Core
  

  5 Simple Ways to Save Money
  on Homeschooling

• Go to the library
• Buy used books
• Visit the dollar store
• Keep an eye out for Bundle Sales
• Watch for other sales and special promotions
  

  6 Simple Items for Homeschool Success

• A Plan
• Dry erase boards and markers
• Teaching board (easel, table-top, or poster)
• Display board
• Organization
• Blocks
  

  4 Steps for Meeting the
  Common Core Standards

• Get the standards
• Match each benchmark to daily work
• Track progress and standards met
• Assess mastery of each standard

4 Different Methods for Keeping and
Managing Homeschool Records

• Stickers
• Check sheets
• Teacher Planner
• Portfolio and Recording keeping sheets
• Homeschooling Weekly Scheduler

10 Fun Ways to Teach History