Home School Support Network

Teach your kindergardener to read at a 3rd grade level before they enter 1st grade. It is not only possible it is achievable. In this episode you will get some tips on how Sherry homeschooled our kin…

Teaching your child to read can seem like a monumental task. The authors of Spell to Write and Read (SWR) akin this task to getting a jumbo jet off the ground. Once the jet is off the ground it will …

In this podcast episode we interview Elizabeth (Liz) FitzGerald, M.S. the author of Cursive First. Liz lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wonderful husband David and three ch…

Our nine year-old son Riley gives an audio review of The Ark, the Reed, and the Fire Cloud (The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz, Book One) (aff) by Jenny L. Cote. In this episode Riley answers the follo…

Podcast Episode 16 show notes.

This week we had a few homeschooling families over for dinner and the topic of school planning came up.  As I shared how my method has changed over the years, my husba…

At the Teach Them Diligently Homeschool Convention I attended a session led by Jeannie Fulbright. This episode of our podcast will feature some of the things I learned from this session.

Conference Teach Them Diligently 

Reasons to attend a homeschool conference:

• It “refuels” mom and gives much needed encouragement!
• Refreshing time away.
• Personal growth in the Lord.
• Hands on opport…

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One of the most difficult decisions I face in homeschooling is choosing a curriculum among the abundance of choices available. Ironically, it’s also one of the major “benefits” I see that Homeschooli…

Podcast Episode 11 – Context – Educating at home when life gets tough due to illness of a child, spouse, grandparent. Maybe your context is caused by a job change, moving, or you have a new baby in t…

Why temperaments? Understanding temperaments helps you better understand how God has wired you up. You can also better understand your child.  When it comes time to choose a curriculum you can save m…

Our “Goal” for this episode of HSSN podcast is to provide some clarity of the Homeschool Laws in SC. It is very easy to home school in SC and we want to talk through what the law requires in layman’s…

Podcast Episode 8 show notes:

We want to use this Christmas time to introduce the concept of Lapbooks as a “curriculum” or as a supplement teaching method to what you may already be using.

Simply pu…

These are show notes for the Home School Support Network podcast episode number 7. In this episode Sherry shares some great ideas to help you teach your children the real reason for the season. Below…

This is our first review of curriculum on the Home School Support Network podcast. In the episode we provided a review of the popular homeschool math curriculum Teaching Textbooks. We provide an audi…

These are show notes for the Home School Support Network podcast episode number 5.

Structure and Routine

Does every minute have to be scheduled?
How to recognize which one is best for you. “free spi…

These are show notes for the Home School Support Network podcast episode number 4.

How To Homeschool Basics “Basic Training”

• Need to create a foundation before (successful) homeschooling can begin.
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We are going to touch on two areas.

• The Myths about Home School
• Reasons commonly given for NOT homeschooling

Myths about Homeschooling?

1. Socialization – The more traditional meaning is that kids ne…

What is Home School? – A method of educating your children at home as a replacement for public or private school.

U.S. Department of Education Survey on Homeschooling

Why We Home School?

1. Preschool t…

The Home School Support podcast is your online homeschooling support group.  Are you struggling to find the best curriculum or methods to teach your child? The Home School Support Network is here to…