School to Homeschool

I never planned to homeschool. I'm a former middle school teacher, and the only homeschool family I knew growing up joined a polygamist group. Yet in 2020 I pulled my kids out of public school, and on our very first day everyone ended up in tears. In this episode I walk you through how our homeschool has changed over six years. We went from rigid curriculum to deschooling, then to child-led learning and concurrent enrollment, and finally to the vintage curriculum we use today: McGuffey Readers, Ray's Arithmetic and Harvey's Grammar. I also share the five principles I now consider non-negotiable for a successful homeschool. I call them the Old School Advantage. Whether you're new to homeschooling, wondering about unschooling, or homeschooling teens, this one's for you.

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

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Do you want to teach out of a vintage textbook, but can't figure out how? Today's episode is for you!

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

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In this episode, I explain how to use two vintage textbooks to teach writing. Yes, I ramble a bit. Would you expect anything less?

📚 Vintage curriculum (free downloads + McGuffey Reader links): CLICK HERE ✏️ Free copy of With Pencil and Pen (1906): https://schooltohomeschool.com/with-pencil-and-pen

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

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Is your child a "good reader" who can't actually tell you what they just read? A distressed mama asked me in the comments how we handle struggling readers, so in Episode 165 I'm walking through the 3 things we do in our homeschool for reading comprehension:

1. Read-alouds — chosen by me, read purely for the joy of the story (no worksheets!) 2. Quiet Reading Time (QRT) — 30 minutes a day, at the level where your child can actually succeed, even if that means dropping back to Frog and Toad 3. The McGuffey Readers — the 190-year-old readers we use for oral reading, spelling, vocabulary, narration and comprehension questions in 10–15 minutes

I also share how my "best reader in the class" son broke down in tears over a chapter book, and what I learned about meeting kids where they are.

📚 Vintage curriculum (free downloads + McGuffey Reader links): CLICK HERE ✏️ Free copy of With Pencil and Pen (1906): https://schooltohomeschool.com/with-pencil-and-pen

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

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What happens when an instructional-science PhD decides grades and tests may be getting in the way of real learning?

Dr. Pablo Riboldi joins me to explain why he built a homeschool program without traditional grades or tests, why he returned to classical texts like Euclid's Elements, and why students should become responsible for their own education.

We talk about vintage textbooks, the flipped classroom, intellectual honesty, teaching children to think, and a radically different definition of what it means to be educated.

And if you've ever worried that you're not qualified to homeschool your children, stay until the end. His message to parents is one you need to hear.

https://loveoflearninginstitute.com/

Buy Euclid's Elements HERE: https://link.amazon/B04guqQKI

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

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Money, Greed, God: https://link.amazon/B0icCa9EY

Beautiful Girlhood:https:https://link.amazon/B0icCa9EY

Teen Guide to Homemaking by Jeanne Hayden Brinkley: Valerie M. Chamberlain & Frances:

https://archive.org/details/teenguidetohomem00barc

Passion and Purity: https://link.amazon/B0bfbYzwJ

Let Me Be a Woman: https://link.amazon/B061xMb4q

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

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Tina Bassett joins me to talk about teaching multiple ages together, choosing curriculum with purpose, and making homeschooling work for your whole family.

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

*Please note that some of the links included in this article are Amazon affiliate links.

In this episode, I talk with pediatric occupational therapist and homeschool consultant Sarah Collins about the clues parents often see before they know what those clues mean.

We discuss sensory processing, handwriting and reading struggles, movement, interoception, proprioception, outdoor and risky play, occupational therapy, and how to tell when a child may need more than a different curriculum. Sarah also shares practical ways homeschool parents can observe their children, work with their strengths, build a support team, and recognize when the parent may need support too.

Risky Play Impacts Growth Podcast Episode

Article on Evidence Based Therapy for Nature

National Institute of Health Article on Nature Based Play

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Linked In- https://www.linkedin.com/in/homeschoolot/

Tiktok- https://www.tiktok.com/@homeschool_ot?lang=en

Website- http://homeschoolot.com

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ot-is-in-with-sarah-collins-the-homeschool-ot/id1732343369

YouTube- www.youtube.com/@homeschoolot

A Chameleon Tale- A Colorful Sensory Story on amazon (though can be purchased at any book vendor)- https://amzn.to/4jQNkbj

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

*Please note that some of the links included in this article are Amazon affiliate links.

What did 19th-century one-room schoolhouses understand about education that we have forgotten? Some of their teaching methods produced capable readers, careful writers, and confident speakers. Discover five old-school educational practices that modern schools and homeschool families should reconsider.

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

*Please note that some of the links included in this article are Amazon affiliate links.

Join us for a replay of the June YouTube Live in June with Sherry Hayes of the Mom Delights YouTube Channel and Podcast where we discuss family, homeschooling, vintage curriculum and everything in between!

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SCHOOL TO HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES:

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If you're a faith-driven mom exploring homeschooling, unschooling, or personalized learning, this show is for you. Don't forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps more families find freedom in education!

*Please note that some of the links included in this article are Amazon affiliate links.