Zara Fagen

The story of a sample minimalist homeschooling schedule that combines Charlotte Mason with Classical Conversations…

There are a lot of ways to homeschool minimally.  If you have read the book, Minimalist Homeschooling, you know that it is not about the curriculum or resources you choose.  Rather, homeschooling minimally is about changing your mindset about education, and increasing the value in everything that you do.  This sample minimalist homeschooling schedule just happens to be one example that uses resources from Charlotte Mason and Classical Conversations.Read More »Sample Minimalist Homeschooling Schedule – Combining Charlotte Mason and Classical Conversations

How to Simplify Homeschooling…
when you are worried about what your child SHOULD be doing, what EVERYBODY ELSE is doing, and what you MIGHT need.

We all want to simplify homeschooling, but many times we get overwhelmed by everything with think we “should” be doing. We look at what we think “everybody else” is doing, and wonder if our children “might” need this or that.

The third mindset hack in the book Minimalist Homeschooling is: Erase “should” from your vocabulary. And, “everybody else,” and “might” while you’re at it.

EVERY homeschooler has dealt with the insecurity of what they “should” be doing, or what their child “might” need, or what “everybody else” is doing. These three types of statements hold homeschoolers back from having a simplified and focused homeschool every. single. day. Thoughts of comparison, fear, and doubt come from what the world says, and what the world does, and lead to a feeling of uncertainty.

When we are uncertain, unnecessary items creep into our days disguised as solutions to our fears.  Before we know it, our homeschools are overwhelming and complicated as we try to remedy our fears by doing it all.

You don’t have to do it all in order to feel confident homeschooling. Here are some tips for getting you through your next bout of doubt:Read More »How to Simplify Homeschooling Amid the Pressure of Everything You Should be Doing

Are you looking to get started minimalist homeschooling?  Why?  Let’s start at the beginning…

invest – v.  1. To commit in order to gain profit or interest. 2. To spend or utilize for future advantage or benefit.

Parenting is the only investing I can think of in which the investor relinquishes all gains to the parties in whom they have invested.  These investors expect nothing in return for themselves. In  addition, they believe so fully in the potential excellence of that in which they are investing, that they don’t hesitate to commit.

Minimalist homeschooling asks two questions:

First, what exactly are you investing in?

Second, what are the wisest investments to make toward that goal? Read More »Get Started Minimalist Homeschooling: The Investment Homeschoolers Make