It’s 2021 and all of us are in need of some nurturing and inspiration. I know I am. That’s why I can’t wait for you to meet our guest speaker for February. The first time I heard her captivate an audience was at a homeschool conference where we were both featured speakers. From the moment […]

Curriculum too predictable?Kids want something different?In search of hands-on learning for an active, artistic, or engineering kid?Need something tangible to show progress? Here’s the secret sauce: Project Time! Project Time helps parents find productive space between their own agenda for homeschooling and following a child’s interests. Dedicated project time (and space!) creates opportunities for our […]

How can I get my kids to be more creative? Raise your hand if you’ve ever asked that question. ✋ (Yep, us too.) Rather than the kids, what if creativity starts with us, the grown-ups? It’s not something we get our kids to do; it becomes something “in the air” of our home and family. […]

You’ve asked us for a webinar to help you homeschool your neurodiverse kids. You want fewer tears and more peace. You want strategies that help unlock learning for these precious souls. We’re bringing experts in to help you! I invited my good friend, Josh MacNeill, and his colleague, Alexandra Murtaugh of InMind Services to help parents learn […]

The Brave Learner Conference Register Today! Reminder: our Early Bird Discount goes away on March 31. I introduced the 12 Superpowers of Learning in The Brave Learner. This July we’re diving headfirst into those Superpowers, and trust me—we’re gonna make a SPLASH! Implementing the 12 Superpowers is a paradigm shift: you literally shift how you […]

Ah the big bugaboo: Video Games! Should we regulate them? Allow them? Play them with our kids? Do they have any educational bang for their buck at all? How can I know if the research I read about them is reliable? In other words: Help! We get these questions every single day—video games rank as […]

Who’s begun a Great Wall of Questions this year? I talk about how to do it on pages 73-74 in The Brave Learner. “One way to ignite interest in a subject, then, is to interrogate it— to resist the temptation to know the answers. If seventh grade science is nothing more than paperwork in your […]

If you’re like most parents, it’s easy to read the word homeschool like this: homeSCHOOL Rather than: HOMEschool How do you put the home back into your homeschool so everyone is happy yet learning too? Is there a trick to setting up your home to be more manageable (CHORES!) and convenient for home […]

Get ready for an entertaining journey into homeschooling on this episode of our podcast! We delve into an inspiring approach to education that proves learning can be: This episode features an exciting discussion with our special guest, Lise McGuinness, a veteran preschool teacher and homeschooler (and Brave Learner Home member!) with an infectious enthusiasm for […]

It’s here: a brand new way of doing homeschool! Instead of slogging through a dusty teacher’s manual alone, imagine being accompanied by a band of fellow travelers on the homeschool path. Imagine trusted guides leading you through the most difficult passes to reach your destination. Brave Learner Home is your new reliable online community and […]

It’s the Launch of the Brave Learner Book Club! My book, THE BRAVE LEARNER, is about to publish on February 5. One of the reasons I am so looking forward to sharing it with you is that I can’t wait to TALK with you about it! To that end, I have decided to offer a […]

Principle Five A pretty good homeschool is good enough. “No matter which philosophy you adopt (as structured as classical education or as unstructured as unschooling), you’re human. Your ability to put that philosophy into action is limited. You’ll have great stretches of imagination and flow, and others where you wonder if anyone is learning anything. […]

The second Brave Writer precept is: We are a family of learners—parents and children—making progress each at our own pace. Our kids each learn at their own pace, in their own ways. Home accommodates their unique needs so easily, when we lean into it. What many parents discover is what I call the “secret agenda” […]

Every summer I get a few emails essentially asking the same thing… How do you plan your school year? Do you require your kids to accomplish and certain amount of work daily or weekly? I’ve been at this home education thing for seventeen years. I don’t like to set up a schedule that focuses on […]

Today’s the day: The Brave Learner book birthday! The book I wrote for you,The Brave Learner, is dropping in mailboxes and book stores all over the world (quite literally!). The excitement is palpable. I love seeing all the “your book has shipped” notices many of you are sharing on social media. When I wrote this book, it […]

Do you want to raise critical thinkers? We do!! My new book Raising Critical Thinkers arrives February 1—and it’s aimed squarely at helping you develop critical thinking in your family. Preorder and get TWO bonuses: My annotated notes for the bibliography of all the resources I used to write the book. It’s 15 pages of nerdy goodness […]

Ever been delighted to stumble across a book that provides startling new insight on something familiar? That’s what happened to me with the book Cultivating Genius. [This post contains Amazon affiliate links. When you click on those links to make purchases, Brave Writer receives compensation at no extra cost to you. Thank you!] When I […]

Working Memory and Copywork:A Conversation with Rita Cevasco I’m excited to share Rita with you! You will love her. She’s worked for over 25 years with kids who have learning challenges, she homeschooled her own kiddos, and she is a good friend of mine (and Brave Writer’s!). In this conversation we talk about the power […]

Walk down memory lane with me and see how we practiced the Brave Writer Lifestyle in my home! My best memories are from all the times I went off-script in home education. I followed the rabbit trails, I followed my children’s leads, and I stayed alert to great ideas from unconventional sources. I used Family […]

Everyone says schooling is about Reading, ‘Riting and ‘Rithmetic. This year, let’s talk about the fourth ‘R’ in education: Relationship! Without a loving connection, learning leads to frustration and tears. In January 2021, the Brave Learner Home is hosting an expert who will talk to us about how to enhance your connection to your scattered […]

With Brave Writer's Poetry Teatime, your children can learn to love poetry from a young age. No special guides or analyzing poems required.