Free homeschool guide
You Don’t Have to Teach It All
Homeschooling your kids doesn’t mean you have to personally teach every subject. This free guide helps you see where you’re the teacher, where you can coach, and where it’s okay to bring in help.
- The three roles you can play: Teacher, Coach and Manager
- Brainstorm pages to lighten your teaching load
- My favorite resources, classes and curricula, with links and QR codes
- A worksheet to see where each child needs more support
What’s inside
10 pages to help you figure out what each child needs from you, subject by subject.
Teacher
For the subjects you want to teach yourself: tools that make it easier, like audiobooks, videos, games and review.
Coach
For when a curriculum does most of the teaching and you keep your child on track: self-paced courses and independent workbooks.
Manager
For when someone else is better equipped to teach it: live classes, tutors, co-ops and dual enrollment.
Brainstorm pages
One page for each role to spark ideas for your own family.
My favorite resources
The resources, classes and curricula I love for each role, with links and QR codes.
“Where could I lighten the load?”
A worksheet to think through each subject for each child, plus one thing to change this week.
A note from Katie
If you’ve ever looked around in the middle of a homeschool day and wondered how one person is supposed to teach every subject, answer every question, check every assignment and still have something left at the end of the day, you are not alone.
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned after homeschooling six kids for more than a decade: homeschooling your children does not mean you have to personally teach every single part of their education. Sometimes you’re the teacher, sometimes the coach, and sometimes the manager. All three are homeschooling.
My hope is that this guide helps you stop asking “What curriculum should I buy?” and start asking “What does my child need from me here?”
Lighten your teaching load
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