Tumbleweed Homeschool

I have heard many times that people have heard (the myth!) that it is too expensive to homeschool their child(ren.) In my previous blog post , I went over LadyBug's current curriculum, Fun Schooling by Thinking Tree , and how it works for us. In this post I will cover a few ways homeschooling is cheaper than public school and how it helps in the long run! Lets get to it! 1.) Curriculum Some boxed curriculum's can get pricey if bought together, but did you know there are an abundance of FREE homeschooling websites for your children that will meet all your homeschooling needs? How awesome is that!? So you technically only have to spend money on the tools you really want. A few of my favorite free homeschooling resources are : Easy Peasy All In One Homescool HomeSchool.Com TeacherPayTeachers.Com (Free printables) And Your Local Library! 2.) Supplies Most people are aware of the never ending "School supply list" you receive each year before school s...

When beginning homeschooling, there is what can be the daunting task of choosing your curriculum. Weather you are religious, secular, an unschooler or undetermined on your learning path, there are what seems like an overwhelming multitude of choices for you. From boxed curriculum's, to bundle packs, and even pick your own homeschooling pieces, homeschooling caters to everyone's lifestyle and learning path, that is the glory of homeschooling. Here at Tumbleweed Homeschool , we currently use Fun Schooling Books by Thinking Tree , along with supplemental helpers to keep things fresh for LadyBug. (What kid doesn't like new books and games?!)  Fun Schooling Books are unique and fun in the way they deliver their content to homeschoolers. Each journal is geared towards an age group, and caters to their learning style and/or needs. It will cover science, math, writing, copy work and what I like most of all, a few Dyslexia Games , and logic puzzles. All you need to ...

Why homeschooling? So many people ask me this question when I tell them LadyBug is reading, or doing math at 4. Why not private school or charter schools? What about socialization, friends and other “life skills?” This face right here is why we homeschool LadyBug. The pure joy of learning about one of her many loves, lizards, in our own backyard anytime she wants. We’ve caught and released many types of lizards, geckos, even built them homes and fed them! Nothing like live science class at 8am! The choice to homeschool was easy for me. Growing up my mom specialized in early childhood education and ran an in home daycare, so she could be home with us before sending my siblings and I to public school. Our childhood was filled with arts and crafts, and lots of Waldorf curricula. In school I excelled in English, and art, but science and math were always hard for me, especially with numbers. During middle school, we learned I had dyscalculia, which is a learning disabil...

My daughter is a gymnast. She spends quite a few hours in the gym trying to achieve the almost unobtainable perfection in the sport. Homeschooling is such a release from that perfection for both her and myself. I am a former gymnast and a coach, but even before that I was just a kid in public school “not quite getting it” in some areas, like math. I was made to believe that there was one way of thinking and learning, which I later found out, is totally not the case! There are  infinite  ways of thinking, and learning, and all of them are amazing and lead to lifelong learning paths; like Homeschooling!      LadyBug is a passionate animal lover, artist, and story teller as well as a gymnast. Homeschooling for our family gives her the opportunity to learn at the pace she wants, with all of her “mistakes” in the process. Mistakes mean you’re trying, and the only time you fail, is if you stop trying. There are no limits, or boundaries to her life; on learning, or ...