Homeschooling guides
Homeschooling guides: start here
Check the law, choose a gentle starting point, and give yourselves a few weeks to find a rhythm. New to all of this? Start with the getting-started guides, then dig into any topic below.
Getting started
The first guides in this section are being written and checked. In the meantime, start with your state’s homeschool law.
Guides by topic
Every article, newest first →- Homeschool laws by state →What your state asks of you: notice, testing, records, immunization and required subjects.
- Curriculum →Curriculum by type and subject: free, secular, online programs, math, reading, writing and kindergarten.
- Program reviews →Program reviews that say plainly whether our family used the program or only researched it.
- Schedules & printables →Sample schedules and free printable planners. No email, no sign-up.
- Working parents →Homeschooling around a full-time job: schedules, trade-offs and what other families do.