Carrie Willard

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November 28, 2019 by Carrie

Cheap Homeschooling (with Several Kids)

Considering homeschooling your kids? If you worry that you’re going to spend a lot of money on educating your children properly, read on. This post shares my tips for cheap homeschooling, even with several kids. A bit of backstory if you’re new. As of late 2019, my family has two grads (21 and 18), two […]

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September 4, 2019 by Carrie

Homeschool 2020

For many years on this blog I shared what homeschool curricula choices I’d made for the year. Then, in April 2017 I started a new business. My blog took a big backseat after that. Recently I decided to begin writing here again, mostly because I still have an audience. About once a week someone emails […]

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March 10, 2017 by Carrie

How To Homeschool and Work From Home

How To Homeschool and Work From Home

One of the questions people ask me most often is about how to homeschool and work from home. People email me or ask in person, “how do you do it all?” These issues have been on my mind a lot lately and I thought my response would be helpful to others. How To Homeschool and […]

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January 15, 2017 by Carrie

The truth about homeschooling a large family

homeschooling a large family

Homeschooling a large family looks a bit different than people expect… This week I had an enjoyable luncheon with a group of blogging moms. When my turn came for an introduction, I said that I write about, among other things, homeschooling a large family with 7 kids. (There’s usually a tiny, collective gasp right about […]

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October 17, 2016 by Carrie

Different Homeschool Philosophies: Take What You Want, Leave the Rest

How does one choose among the different homeschool philosophies? I have often encouraged moms to develop a philosophy of education to guide them, but that doesn’t mean following any one philosophy slavishly. Take what you want, leave the rest; this is certainly good advice when talking about different homeschool philosophies. When I was a La […]

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September 2, 2016 by Carrie

First Day Back to Home School

How we do homeschool history

First Day Back to Home School This year I staggered the re-entry into homeschool.  A couple of weeks ago, the 4 and 6 year olds started. Yesterday, the 13 and 15 year olds began, and today the 11 year old will. Instead of having just one “first day back to home school”, I thought that staggering […]

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July 22, 2016 by Carrie

Homeschool plan: 2016/17

Here’s the Homeschool plan for 2016/17. We start our school year on September 1. I know it’s July, but as soon as summer begins, I feel the itch to nail down a plan for the next year. I can’t relax and enjoy my summer until I get some things down on paper. Anyone else like this? [Side […]

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May 28, 2016 by Carrie

Use it or lose it: homeschool math and summer learning

Our neighborhood pool opened today, meaning that summer has officially begun in our home school. Our plan in recent years has been to do a very relaxed, modified schedule during summer. In particular, math is a subject that I insist continues throughout summer, for two reasons. 1: math is a part of life, adults do […]

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February 23, 2016 by Carrie

A day in the homeschool life: 7 kids and crud

[This is a Day in the Homeschool Life post I am linking up to Simple Homeschool’s meme. Previous posts like it: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011] 8:19 – I’m at the computer, sipping coffee and checking my Bullet Journal. Baby has been changed and nursed and is content with Julien, 14. Breakfast is ready. Scrambled eggs, […]

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September 1, 2015 by Carrie

First day back to (home)school

I felt a bit like the proverbial giddy school girl early yesterday and this morning, unable to sleep and eager for the day to begin. I woke up before my alarm went off, unusual for me as of late. Everything went off yesterday and today without a hitch, and the girls were all done with […]

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