MHLA Blog

Many homeschoolers spend lots of time looking for curricula, lesson plans and innovative family and group projects. We asked board member, Lauren Freed , founder of  Cape Cod Home Learners Cooperative  to talk about one of her passion projects. Below you will find her review of Mapping the World by Heart , a great example of a unit study, and samples of how she implemented this project with her group.

With so many parents joining the homeschooling community (at least temporarily) MHLA is looking to help provide education and context for homeschooling terms to help educate and ground families in the community and give them a sense of security. We asked Amanda Deane, our newest board member and the mastermind behind Flying Starlings and Westport and Surrounding Area Homeschoolers to talk about co-ops. What are they and how might they work for your family?

In this article,  In a Time of Crisis, What Can We Learn About Learning Time? - Educational Leadership , the author explores the useful lessons and impact of crisis schooling on the future of American school structures. From 100 years of following approximately the same learning system, based on being  at  school and learning in allotted amounts of time, we've gone into a model previously only charted in crises and by the sliver of American students who are homeschooled. With brick-and-mortar schools shuttered, everyone has been forced into some form of home and remote learning. Parents and educators have struggled to do their best. It's been difficult—but we can, and should, learn about and from this experience. This reminds me of a video that inspired me at the beginning of my homeschooling journey (see below). Our public school system was designed to prepare people to work in factories in the industrial age. In the current age of innovation, there may be better ways to...