by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 17, 2014 | Curriculum, Homeschool Startup
As the implications of Common Core are felt more and more by students/parents/families, I am asked more often than ever, “How do I start homeschooling?” One of the single most common questions I have encountered is, “What is the best curriculum for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 5, 2013 | Homeschool Startup
Let's just get this out of the way right up top. The vast majority of people can homeschool. They just don't want to. And the vast majority of homeschoolers don't care. Debating a 6-Year-Old I was a 30-year-old college graduate and mother of three (6,3,1) with a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 2, 2013 | Homeschool Startup
No matter how damaging or harmful — or boring — public school is for their children, many people feel they cannot transition to homeschooling. It's unknown. It's unfamiliar. It's scary. (Not to mention weird.) They think they need to plan and prepare and research and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 31, 2013 | Homeschool Startup, Public School
The Big Getting-Ready-to-Homeschool Question Well over a decade ago, when we lived in Florida, a friend (whose kids were in public school) called in desperation. Two of them were tanking in school and, given the environment, feeling worse and worse with each passing...
