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Homeschool for Beginners

The life of homeschooling can get overwhelming...

You may doubt or question yourself with all the choices and research that goes into making sure you do all the right things and don’t miss any crucial standards for your child’s educational career. That’s the cool thing about this site. I’ve already spent the hours and hours of research to make sure that you are able to start off your homeschool journey on the right foot! So let’s get started!

*Disclaimer: All education plans and curriculums follow the national educational standards. During the formation of the curriculum outlines, in addition to using the national standards, we also used some of the countries top state standards to build a curriculum that exceeds all traditional state educational standards. In addition, we have educational plans and intent to homeschool forms for the states of Nevada and Ohio. Please contact me with your state of residence and I can compile information for your specific state’s homeschool guidelines at: itscoolmom@gmail.com

Step 1

The most important thing that you need to know when starting out your homeschool journey are all of the need to knows to get you started on your homeschool journey 🙂

There is a lot that goes into getting your homeschool ready like:

Pre-planning
Things to consider during the pre-planning
Organizational tools you will need
Tasks you should be considering during the school year

And this is just the beginning of the many decisions you will have to make. The good thing is, I’ve already compiled this list of the Top Need to Knows for homeschool just for you!! Download it for FREE below!

Step 2

Now that you have your checklist to get you thinking about all things homeschool, it’s time to start putting a framework to it.

Here is a list of tips to consider and to get you started while you build your homeschool and child’s education the way you want to!

Step 3

It’s really important that you understand the laws set forth for you in your state when it comes to homeschooling.

Knowing the standards, your rights, and the requirements is just the beginning. This is a great article to give you the foundation of information that you need to get started and headed in the right direction.

Step 4

After you read up on the national and state standards, the next thing you should do is find yourself a curriculum that fits your families educational goals.

Sometimes it’s hard to pick a curriculum that you feel is right for you because it’s possible they may not hit all of the standards. On top of that, trying to figure out what those standards are can be difficult and even hard to understand at times.

Luckily, all that research, sorting, and understanding has already been done for you! By combining the national standards and the standards of some of the top schools in the nation we created the It’s cool MOM curriculum outline.

With this outline, not only will you be meeting the state and national standards but you will be exceeding most expectations!

**Disclaimer** We are currently in the process of updating our first round of curriculum outlines. As we learn more and evolve so too will our It’s cool MOM homeschool curriculum, it can only get better!

Step 5

Get organized! Now that you have gathered all of the important information it’s time to get ready to start organizing your system.

It’s important to make sure that you have all of the necessary administrative work on hand.

Some of the most important items that you will need include:

a grade card to add to their portfolio for each year
a weekly schedule
a weekly and daily lesson planner

This packet has all of that for you plus a few bonus sheets! Now it’s time to let the fun begin!

If you are from...

Ohio

Check out this article. It has a complete step by step approach to getting you started on your homeschool adventure in the state of Ohio!

Homeschool OHIO

Nevada

Check out this. It has all of the paperwork you need to get started on your homeschool adventure in the state of Nevada!

Homeschool NEVADA