Category Archives: Planning, Organizing, and Scheduling

Dec. 11, 2024

33 Ways Sonlight Makes Homeschool Organization Easy!

By Sheila DelCharco

When you picture a homeschool day, what does it look like in your imagination? Are you frantically searching for the "good” pencils, trying to remember which lesson you’re on, and not sure which book to read first? Or are you … Continue reading →

Leave a comment
May. 17, 2024

Can You Get Paid to Homeschool? A Guide to Grants for Homeschooling

By Shawna Wingert

Is it possible to get paid to homeschool your children? If you are a homeschool parent, or considering homeschooling, the cost of teaching your kids at home can feel intimidating. So... can you get paid to homeschool?

Tagged , | 4 Comments
Feb. 29, 2024

7 Reasons to Buy Your Curriculum in Early Spring

By Sonlight

Although your new school year may be months away, now is the best time to order next year's homeschool curriculum. Here are seven reasons why earlier is better when it comes to getting your new homeschool curriculum purchases squared away.
Continue reading →

Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment
Oct. 24, 2023

5 Benefits to Using a Timeline in Your Homeschool

By Sonlight

Timelines are an essential part of teaching history. This valuable—yet simple— tool helps students understand the chronology of historical events and make connections between individual events and people. In addition to providing big-picture context to your history studies, here are … Continue reading →

Tagged , , | Leave a comment
Sep. 22, 2023

15 Easy Ways to Take Your Homeschool Organization to the Next Level

By Shawna Wingert

"The homeschool police do not come if you skip something in the IG. Use it as you need it!” Here are15 practical organizational tips to create a more orderly approach to learning in your home. Continue reading →

Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment
Sep. 15, 2023

Homeschooling Multiple Children: Top Tips For Success

By Shawna Wingert

Homeschooling is a choice that can make a big difference in the overall education of your child. But what happens when you need to consider the needs of multiple children? The fact is most homeschooling families are doing so with … Continue reading →

Tagged | Leave a comment
Feb. 1, 2023

How and Why We Document Our Homeschool Year

By MJ Sherwood

If there is anything my kids love to collect it is paper. When I have them clean out their school drawers, they make piles of art papers, church papers, story papers, and scribble papers. The piles of paper make me … Continue reading →

Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment