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21 must-follow homeschool blogs
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This resource is focused on the best blogs to follow for homeschoolers. There is such a friendly, encouraging online community of homeschooling families and, especially when you’re starting out with educating at home, it’s so good to find your tribe, see how other people are doing things, and get inspiration and support.
It’s very hard to pick just a small list of blogs to recommend, as I know and love many blogging friends. But I also think it’s so important to keep things simple and not to feel overwhelmed by just how many resources are available out there. So with this list I’ve tried to give a really good starting point for you if you are new homeschooling parent.
Many, though not all, of these blogs are written by homeschoolers, and they give a really useful, first-place-to-head-to resource of ideas, practical tips, inspiration and community. I’ve listed the blog links, and their Facebook pages and Instagram accounts too. If you follow everyone here, you’ll find you’re set with a great reading list as you begin your homeschool journey.
Great homeschool resources
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Homeschool blogs for resources and community
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This Reading Mama – a go-to resource for reading, writing and spelling activities, with lots of free printables.
No Time For Flash Cards – a huge archive of literacy and math activities, with a great index so you can find what you’re looking for.
Playing By The Book – my go-to site whenever I want a book to link to a subject.
I Can Teach My Child – lots of hands-on, play based activities
The Artful Parent – beautiful art inspiration and seasonal projects
Art Bar – gorgeous art ideas
Meri Cherry – messy play and art a-go-go
Babble Dabble Do – super science site, lots of videos and ideas for hands-on experiements
Tinker Lab – the place to head if you have a child who likes to make and tinker
Kid World Citizen – my first stop whenever we are planning to learn about festivals around the world, different cultures or geography
An Every Day Story – head here especially if you are interested in exploring a child-led, Reggio Emilia approach
Living Montessori Now – the go-to site for Montessori inspiration
The Parenting Passageway – a calming blog, with a focus on Waldorf Steiner education
Penelope Trunk – tells it to you straight! Head here if you ever need to be reminded of the benefits of homeschool
Simple Homeschool – a broad range of homeschool reading, with a great weekend links posts which always has something interesting to read
Se7en – a lovely homeschooling family blog, celebrating the joys of family life, with practical tips on how to homeschool with a busy family and lots of project inspiration
Enchanted Pixie – an expereienced UK home educating family and host of the This Homeschooling Life link-up
Happiness Is Here – lots of thoughtful articles on learning, education and respectful parenting
Teacher Tom – observations from a Preschool, which will get you thinking about how children learn and how to support them
Project Based Homeschooling – a go-to site for using a project-based approach to homeschool
Who did I miss? Have you got a super useful or wonderfully encouraging blog you would recommend? Join the conversation in the comments and share with us.
This is such a useful post, thank you. We’ve decided to home educate our two boys, so these will come in useful.
Thank you so much for the mention. I tell you I took a week off the internet and I was merrily reading through a weeks worth of missed blog posts and found this gem… and a mention. Lovely surprise. Can’t thank you enough!!!
A pleasure se7en. I always enjoy reading your blog. Hope you enjoyed your week off!
Oh, thank you so much Cathy 🙂
What a great resource, Cathy! Thanks so much for including Living Montessori Now! I pinned your post to my Homeschool Resources Pinterest Board. 🙂
Great list, I have already gone and looked at some of them. Thank you!
Thank you for posting this blog!! I am mother of two and i recently started homeschooling my children. The post you have made will definitely help me in finding the resources to homeschool my children. Keep posting such wonderful blogs.
Brave Writer is a great blog to follow too; focusing on language arts but with a relaxed lifestyle, Charlotte Mason-ish approach that’s always very reassuring. I’ve enjoyed her recent podcasts series too.
Hi Cathy, I’ve used this list lots to find blogs to follow over the last couple of years. And now I’ve started my own! I don’t know if you update this page but if you are happy to add my blog to your list it’s: https://www.joyandmarvel.com
We’re a secular family but heavily influenced by Charlotte Mason, Waldorf and Reggio Emilia. Currently focused on preschool.
xx
Thanks for sharing your site!
Hi I love these blogs thank you for adding them. I am a new home educator and find these really useful. I have started sharing my home education journey on my blog https://freddiesmummyuk.com/category/home-schooling/ I homeschool my 8 year old son and have shared our experiences and the resources we use.
Welcome to the community Clare.