AusomeHomeGrownLearners

My children are 10 and 8 at the time of writing this. Both are autistic. Both were nonverbal until ages 3 and 6. And for a long time…Tablets and TV were a constant in our home. I worked full-time. My husband was in the military. We survived in seasons. We […]

I’m 41 (almost 42). I hold a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, a master’s in elementary education, and a PhD in curriculum and instruction. On paper, I am deeply trained in how children learn. And yet, homeschooling my own children has humbled me in ways no degree ever could. I’ve been […]

My newest mantra over the past few days has been this: Progress, not perfection. In September, our family moved to Belgium in search of a slower lifestyle — one that would allow me to homeschool our two autistic children full-time and step away from the relentless pace we had been […]

If you homeschool long enough, you start to notice something unsettling. Every time you open your phone, scroll social media, or read a homeschool blog post, someone is telling you the right way to do something. The right curriculum.The right order to teach skills.The right method.The right timeline. And if […]

I can still remember the day someone finally told me that homeschooling my kids was actually doable. That moment—the moment I believed it—didn’t happen when I pulled my daughter out of public school. It happened months earlier, near the end of the school year, when I started questioning whether the […]

Why Learning Doesn’t Happen Without Regulation (and What “Regulation First” Really Looks Like) When people aren’t regulated, focusing on anything is hard. Adults know this well—try concentrating on work when you’re overwhelmed, overstimulated, or emotionally dysregulated. Children are no different. When kids aren’t regulated, everyday things like schoolwork, chores, and […]

Homeschooling looks different for every family. For some, it’s a choice rooted in faith. For others, it’s about flexibility, personalized learning, or having more control over what their children are taught. Every family’s homeschool journey is deeply personal—often planned, researched, and intentional. Ours wasn’t. Homeschooling was never part of our […]