The Unlikely Homeschool
A faith-based blog providing encouragement, delight-directed learning tips, and a peek into the real days of homeschooling.
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12th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2026-2027
My fourth-born is quite a Renaissance man. An autodidactic if there ever was one. He's never been bored a day in his life. He likes to draw, likes to fish, likes to debate. He's a master of impersonations, makes some of the best buffalo chicken wings I've ever eaten, and always…
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9th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2026-2027
My youngest son is a full-throttle, all-in energy drink. He always has a ball in his hands, music in his earbuds, and the next bowl of cereal on his mind. Making friends is his superpower. So if you ever need him, just look for the giant clump of boys. He’ll be right in the…
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Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2026-2027
I've launched three kids from my homeschool. And I'm in the final home stretch with the remaining two. How is that even possible? When I began homeschooling back in 2009, I had no idea that the years would fly by so fast. In the last few weeks as I've been making final…
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Favorite Read Alouds & Read Alones in 2025
I've kept a reading record since 2013—a list of all the books I've read for the past thirteen years. It's nothing fancy, just a handwritten inventory in a journal I found haphazardly tossed into a clearance bin years ago. But whatever it lacks in form, it most certainly makes up…
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4 Ways I'll be Increasing in 2026
I'm not a farmer. Truth be told, I'm not much of a gardener, either. I've kept very few plants alive in my life. But though I've never cultivated a crop, I do know this one simple truth about gathering a good harvest: very few things will ever grow on a mountaintop. The soil is…
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Tips & Tools for a Budding Young Artist
When my son was little, he never played. Not with one single toy. He only wanted to make and do and create. Of course, at his age, all of that making and doing and creating looked more like a mess than a masterpiece. Once, when he was almost three, he found a black Sharpie…
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12th Grade Homeschool Curriculum 2025-2026
He may be the middle child, but he’s anything but middle. He’s a servant leader with a sharp wit. Loves antique car shows, watching FI racing, and tinkering under the hood of whatever you’re driving. Big fan of reading Shakespeare and studying ancient history. But don’t come at…
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11th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2025-2026
My fourth born is my Renaissance man. Artist. Junk hunter. Baseball Pitcher. Cook. Downhill ski jumper. Bird watcher. Coin collector. Fisherman. He’s got more hobbies than he has time most days. Strong sense of justice and fairness. He loves talking on the phone the…
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8th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2025-2026
Bounce a ball. Throw a ball. Bat a ball. Catch a ball. Kick a ball. Spike a ball. Repeat. This is the rhythm of my youngest son's days. He’s an extrovert’s extrovert who never gets tired of a big crowd. He’s a champion of others and a loyal team player. Loves music, watching…
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Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2025-2026
Five more years — that's all the time I have left as a homeschool mom. How is that even possible? With my oldest two launched and pursuing their own career paths, and my middle two taking several dual-enrollment classes from a Christian University, most of my efforts will be…
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Join the Overwhelmed Mom Launch Team!
Calling all bibliophiles, overwhelmed moms, fans of smooth days, folks who can hype, and anyone craving more quiet in their lives! Perhaps you've heard that I've written a new book. It's called Overwhelmed Mom: Quiet the Chaos, Mind What Matters, and Enjoy Your Life Again . It…
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5 Hearty Recipes for Soup Season
"You can make soup out of anything!" This is my wintertime mantra. Since my family doesn't love eating leftovers, soup is my Go-To Nextover--my simple way to put a new shine on the scraps from a previous meal. When I'm pressed for time, I can toss some leftovers, a quart or so…
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Favorite Read Alouds & Read Alones in 2024
In an essay for Collected Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom , Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop wrote that books should be like mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. Certain books should reflect the reader's life, others should give him a peek into someone…
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4 Ways I'll be Increasing in 2025
This past year was marked by much increase, in both big and small ways. Some of the growth has left the scars of stretch marks on my life, but mostly, it has just widened my world in immeasurable ways. My oldest entered her junior year at a Christian university on the other side…
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The 2024 TUH Gift Guide for Book Lovers
Recently, I searched online for Ferrari-themed novelties for my middle son. I didn't expect to find many. Boy, was I unprepared for the number of ideas that began to pop up? Turns out, he's not the only one preoccupied with a certain Italian racing car company. I snagged a hat,…
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Brown Paper Package Back-to-Homeschool Party, Moms Only
Homeschool moms are the unsung heroes of education. Unlike classroom teachers, we don't get a salary for our efforts. We get no holiday pay, sick days, or a fat 401K at the journey's end. But what we do get is each other. We're a tight-knit group--a sisterhood of moms who…
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11th Grade Homeschool Curriculum 2024-2025
My middle son is a reader, writer, and indoor enthusiast. He's our resident introvert who needs plenty of downtime in the day. But don’t let his quiet fool you. He often brings the jazz hands in big groups. He loves classic cars, classical music, and classic literature. If you…
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10th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2024-2025
My fourth born had an extraordinary 9th-grade year! In the past nine months, he was hand-picked by a baseball coach to pitch for the local high school baseball team, won the National Congregational Art Competition for our district, flew to Washington, D.C., to see his colored…
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7th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2024-2025
As the last born of the family, my youngest has the advantage of a relaxed homeschool mom. I've experienced more than my share of both hits and misses over the years and realize that a great education doesn't require me to find the "perfect" curriculum, the "perfect" schedule,…
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Homeschool Curriculum Choices 2024-2025
I'm down to the final three kids at home. It's my seventeenth year of homeschooling, and with two kids in high school and one in middle school, I feel nearly obsolete. They may all be fairly self-sufficient, but they still need me—just in less acute ways. And isn't that the…