Does that post title surprise you? If you’re a homeschool mom you have probably felt this way as your school year comes to a close. I always feel like I’m nesting toward the end of the year and ready to clean everything out!

In today’s post, I will share my helpful list that is straight out of my iPhone notes of everything I tackle to prep for a new homeschool year. In no particular order, I work my way through this list every summer break.

I always try to do something simple but special for our last day of our homeschool year to help celebrate all of our hard work, all we’ve learned, diligence, perseverance, and send us into our summer break. Each year that passes brings such strong emotions, especially as my oldest children reach graduation years. However, I also don’t want to squander away these precious moments at home with my kids. So in this post, I share all I do from preparations and the night before to the morning of our last day of school. I hope this encourages you to make some end of school year traditions with your family. You won’t regret it. 

Science has been one of my most favorite subjects to teach, and Health is near and dear to me as a former fitness and nutrition trainer. The curriculum I have used during the majority of my homeschool has been from one company. However, as we have moved into high school, I have switched to using different homeschool curriculums for the subject of Science. In today’s post, I share the curriculums. As with the other curriculum post, I share how long I used it, for what grade levels, what I loved about it, and if we ended up switching from it and why.

When I first started homeschooling, the curriculum I used included History as part of its core. However, over the years and as I have moved into homeschooling high school, I have tried and used a few different homeschool curriculums for the subject of History. In today’s post, I share the curriculums. As with the other curriculum post, I share how long I used it, for what grade levels, what I loved about it, and if we ended up switching from it and why.