HOME Blog Archives
Tips, Strategies and Encouragement for Successful Homeschooling
Finding the kind of support you need, when you need it, isn't always easy! In the following blogs, you may find just the answers you are looking for to encourage you today!
HOME Blogs by Topic
This list includes suggested HOME Unit Studies where applicable!
HOME's Ministry
Maine Homeschool Law
- 5 Steps to Begin Homeschooling in Maine - Beginner's Bundle (includes five unit studies)
- Letters of Intent: Complying with State Law
- Compulsory Attendance and Enrollment Questions
- Maine: 175 Days and Counting!
- Revisiting Homeschooling in Hard Times
- Essential Resources for Homeschooling in Times of Uncertainty
- Outside Learning: At HOME in Maine - Maine Coast Unit Study Bundle
- Letters of Intent: Complying with State Law!
- The Day I Went to the State House to Oppose LD 151 - Government & Public Service Unit Study Bundle
- Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten at Home: You Can Do it and Still Comply with the Law! - Five Unit Studies for Your Early Learner
- 5 Ways to Lose Your Homeschool Freedoms!
- Charter Schools
- What About Standardized Tests?
- National School Choice Week: An Interview with Andrew Campanella
- The Heartbreak of Abuse
- Educational Liberty Versus School Choice
- Covering the Required Subjects in High School - Five Essential Unit Studies
- Your Stake in a Maine Legislative Session - Junior Legislator Unit Study
- Different Strokes for Different Folks
- A Threat to Homeschool Freedom
The Nuts & Bolts of Homeschooling in Maine
- What Is Education? - Full-Year Unit Study Curriculum Package
- 6 Popular Homeschooling Methods
- Learning Styles Simplified for the Homeschool Mom
- From Good to Great: 7 Elements of a Great Day
- It's Okay to Just Have Fun!
- Homeschooling: A Day in the Life
- To Grade or Not to Grade?
- The Importance of Story Time - Library Skills Unit Study
- Schedule vs. Routines
- P.E: How Much is Enough? - Health and P.E. Unit Study
- What is a Unit Study - HOME's Full Unit Study Collection
- A Homeschool Profile: What is it? Why Should I Create One?
- Spring Fever Survival Tips - HOME Grown Gardens Unit Study
- 8 Tips for Fighting Spring Fever -
- You CAN Work and Homeschool Too!
- Wait...Does that Count?
- Creating a Homeschool Schedule vs. Routine
- How to Start Homeschool Mid-Year
Homeschooling Tips and Resources You Can Use Today
- Tips and Tricks to Help Document Learning as You Go
- 9 Tips for Finishing Well
- Audiobooks - A Homeschooling Parent's Secret Weapon
- The Power of Podcasts
- 10 Best Free and Affordable Platforms for Online Courses - HOME's Full Unit Study Collection
- Stop Overextending Yourself: 9 Effective Tips
- 13 Tips and Tricks for Occupying Littles
- Teaching Reading: 4 Benefits of Waiting - Teaching Reading Resource Guide
- 6 Ways to Incorportate Unit Studies in Your Homeschool
- 6 Homeschool Essentials for Your First Official Year
- 11 Tips for Homeschooling Through Life's Challenges
- Why We School Year-Round and Why You Might Want to
- How to Find Free or Low-cost Homeschool Resources in Maine
Keeping a Homeschool Portfolio
Wise Words from Homeschool Visionaries
- Welcoming the New Homeschoolers in Our Community - Community Helpers Unit Study
- A Homeschooling Mom with a Big Vision
- An Unexpected Homeschool Lesson - Learning About God's Provision
- Homeschooling? What About Socialization?
- You Know Your Child Best
- A Quick Homeschool Lesson on Truly Authentic Learning
Family + Homeschooling
- Make Volunteering a Part of Your Homeschool - The Character of Giving
- Keeping the "Home" in Homeschooling
- The Importance of Family Communication
- The Foundation of Relationships
- Preparedness for the Homeschool Family - Survival Skills Unit Study
- Self-Sufficiency Resources for the Homeschool Family - Survival Skills Unit Study
- Self-Sufficiency for the Homeschool Family - Survival Skills Unit Study
- Family First Aid and Medical Care - Health and P.E. Unit Study
- Inspiring Your Child by Reading Aloud - Library Skills Unit Study
- Convention Meals on a Budget
- 14 Ways to End Whining
- Attention, Love, and Behavior
- Tough Love
- Parents as Inspirers
- Developing a Family Culture Through Story - Library Skills Unit Study
- Can I Teach Multiple Ages?
- Tackling the Busy Season with Teens
- 6 Ways to Motivate Your Teen
- Nudging Them Forward: Facilitating Independence - Career Exploration Unit Study
- Turn Your Homeschool Experience into a Business
- unCONVENTIONal Credits
- The Power of a Book - Library Skills Unit Study
- 10 Homeschool Blessings - Family and Freedom Unit Study
- Summer and Regret Both Fade
- Thriving in Your Homeschool and Your Marriage
Beyond High School: College, Careers, and Community
- 10 Reasons to Homeschool Through High School
- College Planning
- The Military Offers Free Tools for Homeschoolers
- Liam Sigaud: From Homeschooler to Scholar
- What to Expect from the Math Sections of the New SAT
- Ten Tips for Homeschoolers Seeking Scholarships
- Getting Ready for College
- Will My Child Get Into College?
- Creating High School Course Descriptions
- How to Discover if College is the Best Fit for My Future - Career Exploration Unit Study
Homeschool Support When You Need It Most
- How Did I Get Here?
- Am I Qualified to Homeschool - Full-Year Unit Study Curriculum Package
- The Grace of Homeschooling
- The Climb
- Optimal Illusions
- Did We Do Enough?
- Ups and Downs
- Getting it All Done!
- But I Don't Want My Child to Fall Behind!
- 5 Honest Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Consider Homeschooling
- I Wish My Homeschool Were a Real School
- 5 Things I Wish I Had Known as a Homeschooler
- I Am Not Prepared
- Please Don't Ask About My Child
- Finish the Year Strong!
- Tomorrow is Always Fresh
- Dealing with Pressure? The Benefits of Slowing Down!
- Do I Have a Plan?
- Starting Back to School When You Feel Like a Homeschool Failure
- Handling Interruptions in Your Homeschool Day
- Eliminating Burnout
- Outside Boxes: A Homeschooling Memoir
- Burnout - and Recovery
- I Totally Want to Quit.(But I Won't)
- How to Cope When You Find Yourself Suddenly Homeschooling
- Homeschooling When It's Harder Than You Bargained For
- Just Being (Not) Me
- Comparison: The Enemy of Every Successful Homeschool
- Persevering Through Hard Times
- How to Make Homeschool Friends in Maine
How to Teach Almost Anything
- Covering Maine Studies Using HOME's Unit Studies - Exploring Maine with Unit Studies
- Libraries and Homeschools: The Perfect Partnership - Library Skills Unit Study
- Top Five Latin Myths
- Lego®, Pinterest, and Language Arts; An Unlikely Trio
- Parts of Speech and Somersaults
- Muses, Music and Memorization - Fine Arts Unit Study
- Learning Science by Doing Science - HOME's Full Unit Study Collection
- Great Big Preschool Toolbox!
- Encouraging Your Kids to Write (Even if They "Hate" Writing)
- Unleashing World History
- Five Minute Lessons
- Can I Teach Everything
- Equivalent Instruction and Common Core in Maine
- Using Your Local Library - Library Skills Unit Study
- Poetry With Kids Might Not be as Hard to do as You Think it is - Fine Arts Unit Study
- Making One Lesson Count
- 3 Reasons to Read to Kids who know how to Read
- Book Report Alternatives for Kids who Hate to Write - HOME's Full Unit Study Collection
- Contagious Homeschooling
- When to Stop Reading to Your Child - Library Skills Unit Study
- 10 Ways to Incorporate Situational Awareness in Your Homeschool
- Math Relevance in Real-Life: How Wonder Math Tops Other Elementary Programs
Exceptional Children, Exceptional Homeschooling
- What Homeschoolers Need to Know About the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
- Autism Warning: Timers Don't Always Work
- Power-ups For a Struggling Learner
- Disgraphia
- Gifted Children at Home: The Good, the Great, and the Nitty-Gritty
- Please Don't Ask About My Child
- Life Skills Camp
- UnCONVENTIONal Credits, Part 2
- Teaching the Fidgety Child Without Losing Your Mind or Using Duct Tape
- Anyone Can Learn
Staying Organized
Homeschool Breaks and Holidays
- 6 Ways Families Can Serve Others on our Day of Thanks - Character of Giving Unit Study
- Summer Days...Summer Schedule
- Incorporating Holidays Into School Days
- School Breaks
- 8 Ways to Incorporate Advent into Your Homeschool - HOME for the Holidays Unit Study
- Wait...Does That Count? - HOME for the Holidays Unit Study
- Blessings Others this Valentines Day!
- The Christmas Shoes
- Storytime Favorites at Christmas
- Be the Light!
Homeschooling Can Be Fun!
Homeschooling and Faith
- Just Being (Not) Me
- 12 Ways to Create Community and Love Our Neighbors - Government & Public Service Unit Study Collection
- Ministry Opportunities in Homeschooling - Character of Giving Unit Study
- 52 Godly Men: The Gift of a Lifetime
- At Our House the Table is Always Set
- Becoming a Titus 2 Older Woman
- The Spoken Word
- 6 Simples Ways to Become a Powerful Praying Family in Today's World