The Home School Mom

The Home School Mom

Jeanne Faulconer, M.A.

Posts by Jeanne Faulconer, M.A.

Parental Deschooling Part 3: Homeschool Networking

Parental Deschooling Part 2: Your Reading Homework

Teaching Critical Thinking with The Fallacy Detective

LibriVox Free Audiobooks for Homeschooling

Homeschooling at Night: How Nightschooling Can Work for You

Homeschooling and ADHD

Parental Deschooling: Finding Your Non-School Normal

How to Plan a Library Scavenger Hunt

14 Tips for Deschooling

From School to Homeschool: What is Deschooling?

9 Benefits of Hosting an International Exchange Student

Tips to Help Kids Enjoy Homeschool Field Trips

Instead of Curriculum: Bring Me Bad Writing

The Homeschool Parent-Teacher Conference

What to Remember When Curriculum Doesn't Work

The Alphabet Walk: Learning ABCs with Rocks and Trees

Do Homeschoolers Get Snow Days?

What Have You Done for Homeschooling Lately?

Learning Multiplication by Hand: Manipulating Math

Instead of Curriculum: Math Games (Fun Multiplication Practice!)

More PhoneSchooling: News Apps for Critical Thinking

Instead of Curriculum: Handwriting Practice

Teaching Teens About Worldview and Confirmation Bias

Contextual Learning: Homeschooling Through Fashion

Delayed Academics: It's All About Learning

Instead of Curriculum: The Great Courses

Delaying Academics: When Homeschoolers Defer Formal Lessons

A Vital Unit Study Topic: Emergency Preparedness

Instead of Curriculum

Instead of Curriculum: D'Aulaires' Mythology Books

Dealing with Conflict in Homeschooling

Reading, Writing, and Rhythm

Homeschool Evaluation Instead of Testing

Instead of Curriculum: Storyteller Jim Weiss

Benefits of Inquiry-Based Learning

Eight Ways for Later and Less-Fluent Readers to Build Knowledge

Homeschool Testing: Evaluating Learning by Asking Questions

Building Content During a Skills Lag

Trying Homeschooling Over the Summer

Homeschool Conferences: Why Attend?

Talking About Books By Talking About Movies

Get Ready for Spring with Field Guides