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Our mascot, Homeschool Bunny, reminds us that we don’t fit into a one-size-fits-all educational approach. We all go at our own pace.

Let your student explore new skills and resources related to their interested career paths.

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We share multiple non-religious, secular resources to assist parents and guardians with their homeschooling efforts. We give particular attention to students with learning disabilities and disorders.

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The Careers in Demand page highlights occupations expected to have the most openings in the future. The list includes occupations that are expected to have a greater need for workers than there are qualified people to fill those jobs. This list can be used to help make career and training decisions.

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Starting Your Homeschooling Journey

Homeschooling is a rewarding and flexible approach to education, but it requires careful planning and organization. Whether you're new to homeschooling or preparing for high school, these steps will guide you through the process and help ensure a successful educational experience for your child. 1. Know Your State’s Requirements Each state has different laws and regulations regarding homeschooling. Some require...
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Homeschooling with Intent

Homeschooling with intent means approaching education with a clear purpose, focus, and tailored goals. It’s about intentionally shaping the homeschool experience around each child's unique needs, strengths, and interests rather than simply following a standard curriculum or going through the motions of schooling. Here’s what it generally involves: Setting Clear Goals: Establish specific learning objectives aligning...
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Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Approach Lesson Planning

A social-emotional learning (SEL) approach focuses on developing self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. This approach aims to help students build the emotional and interpersonal skills they need to succeed academically, socially, and in life. Social-emotional learning assists students with tremendous psychological, physiological, and cognitive...
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Ecological Approach to Lesson Planning

An ecological approach to lesson planning takes into account the interconnectedness of the learner's environment, abilities, and needs. It focuses on the context of learning, ensuring that the individual learner and their surrounding environment are considered. Place-based curriculum design (PB) and ecological mindedness are two primary elements of ecological lesson planning. Place-based curriculum (PB) design...
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Aesthetic Approach to Lesson Planning

An aesthetic approach to lessons can be especially beneficial for children with sensory, cognitive, or emotional needs, like those you homeschool. It focuses on sensory experiences to guide engagement with content. This method creates a visually and emotionally enriching learning environment that engages the senses and supports individual learning styles. Being fully engaged in experiences and then reflecting on...
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Constructivist Approach for Lesson Planning

The constructivist approach to lesson planning focuses on how students build their understanding through experiences and reflection. This model emphasizes active learning and promotes individualized meaning-making, where students construct knowledge based on their experiences, prior knowledge, and interactions with the world. Here's a guide to incorporating a constructivist approach into lesson planning. It...
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Behavioral Approach to Lesson Planning

A behavioral approach to lesson planning involves structuring lessons to focus on observable and measurable behaviors or skills, reinforcing desired actions, and providing clear feedback to encourage learning. This method draws from behaviorist theories, such as those by B.F. Skinner emphasizes the importance of reinforcement and the environment in shaping behavior. This lesson efficiently teaches skills and...
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Language Disorders

Language disorders can affect a person’s ability to understand, express, or process language. Here are the main types of language disorders: Receptive Language Disorder Description: Difficulty understanding or processing language. Symptoms: Trouble following directions, difficulty understanding questions or spoken instructions, and challenges grasping the meaning of words or sentences. Common in: Mixed...
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Special Education Accommodations and Modifications

When homeschooling or working with students who require special education, accommodations and modifications are key strategies to support their learning. Here’s a breakdown of both and examples of how to apply them in a homeschool setting: Accommodations Accommodations change how students learn the material but do not alter the actual learning expectations. The goal is to provide access to the same curriculum while...
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Speech Milestones for Children

Speech milestones provide a guide to typical language development in children. Here's a general breakdown of these milestones: Birth to 3 Months: Makes cooing and gurgling sounds. Reacts to loud noises (startles or quiets). Smiles when spoken to or in response to other sounds. 4 to 6 Months: Begins to babble (e.g., "ba-ba," "da-da"). Laughs and makes sounds to express excitement or displeasure. Starts to recognize...
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“…teenagers with clear plans can typically expect to go on to better employment outcomes than classmates who are uncertain.”   — OECD (2024), “Teenage career uncertainty: Why it matters and how to reduce it?”, OECD Education Spotlights, No. 16, OECD Publishing, Paris

Explore Different Career Opportunities

Career aspirations are a good predictor of the jobs that students go on to occupy as adults. Students will likely realize their dream occupation when they have an expanded knowledge about the world of work and personal background to support those dreams.

Connecting Students with Employers

We strive to bridge the skill gap between employers and young people. We provide career insight information through career and subject talks, mentoring, workplace visits, job shadowing and short work placement opportunities whereever possible.

Homeschool Academics Learning Center

Join our local Homeschool Academics program to participate in our courses, activities, and events. Our courses are available virtually and in person if local. They are generally 8 to 16 weeks long.

If local, extra fees in addition to the membership fee may include the cost of the facility, field trip, special event, class materials, textbooks, reading books, art supplies, etc.

All payments are due at enrollment unless otherwise noted or by the specified due date.

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"To be able to provide our autistic son with a resource for the skills he wanted to learn (but struggles to obtain in a traditional way) is immeasurable. Thank you!"

Donald C.