wonderfarm — notes from a homeschooling mama who loves to write

writer

My essays on parenting and homeschooling have appeared in Mothering, Natural Life Magazine and elsewhere. My book Workshops Work! A Parent's Guide to Facilitating Writer's Workshops for Kids is available here. Because I believe in DIY learning for myself as well as my kids, I’m a self-taught writer; you could say that I’ve been homeschooling my MFA in Creative Writing for the past twenty-plus years. One year I studied a master essayist each month, learning and chronicling it here.

homeschooling parent

I’ve homeschooled alongside my three kids for the past sixteen years, since my oldest became a preschool dropout. (He’s now a college senior.) Once upon a time I was an elementary school teacher, but my kids slowly beat the schoolteacher out of me, showing me that an adult-driven education isn’t the best way for kids to learn. Instead, I’ve come to value child-led, passion-driven, project-based learning, gently encouraged by enthusiastic adults.