Little did I know that one seemingly simple idea by a writing expert would turn my thinking upside-down (or perhaps right-side up). As a member of HECOA and a fan of webinars on homeschooling, I was looking forward to hearing the different speakers. I came across the Home Education Council of America‘s Not Back to School Summit. I began to research how to solve my problem. So, I did what any determined homeschool mom would do. I realized I had lost my joy in the idea of homeschooling and I feared my children had, too. We had fun, field trips, learning, and togetherness, but they weren’t often, and they weren’t always at the same time. We managed to get through the year, but some days were touch-and-go. I jumped back on the horse and came up with a NEW beautiful, detailed, typed-out plan. So, I threw out half the curriculum and started over. I wasn’t going to let a little failure derail my happy homeschool vision. Click To Tweet When at First You Don’t Succeed… I realized that more than our language arts program had changed - our entire homeschool had changed. I had a plan – a beautiful, detailed, typed-out plan. I had each day laid out with breaks smattered throughout.

I spent hours that summer putting all the lesson plans into a software program I had used during my teaching years. I had researched all the homeschooling methods, read dozens of curriculum reviews, and bookmarked page after page of homeschooler bloggers. I had envisioned this happy homeschool full of fun, field trips, learning, and togetherness. At the beginning of our homeschool journey, I realized that things were not going the way I wanted.

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