There are practical life lessons to teach homeschooled high school students. These are the ones I wish someone had taught me and that I often see lacking in older teenagers. It’s somewhat surprising that I am now teaching a high school student or two and have been focusing on their skills to succeed. Until now,…

Life, since my cancer diagnosis, has been a bit of a blur, and I have been learning about how to homeschool during cancer treatments. You can learn more about my diagnosis and how I’m handling it here. Breast Cancer Stories Health Single Mom Out West – A cancer diagnosis usually comes as a shock. I’ve…

Eclectic homeschool options that work. When I first started homeschooling, I was new and relatively desperate. I was desperate to save my son’s self-esteem and education. The homeschooling curriculum was chosen hastily and without thorough understanding. Homeschooling hadn’t been Plan One as a single mom, and I wasn’t even sure I could manage. I wrote…

The following are simple pointers for homeschooling as a single mom: Please consider reading the previous blog post for additional information: Helpful Hints for Homeschooling as a Single Mom – (singlemomoutwest.com) As you consider homeschooling as a single mom, there are a few things to remember. These are things that took me a while to…

One of the things I worried about most when my kids were struggling was “how to homeschool as a single mom?” It kept me up at night! And here is what I figured out! Homeschooling as a single mom requires you to think creatively. But it can be done! When I became a single mom,…