Welcome to Inquiring Minds Homeschool!

Lisa Greenhut current photo 2018

Hi, I'm Lisa and this is my son Jesse! We have been on this homeschool adventure for two years full time.

We are a secular, academically oriented family and borrow eclectically from many different styles and philosophies of homeschooling.

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Free History Planner Template
Free workbook to start 2019 off right
How I plan units + free template
Homeschool Preschool
Homeschool Kindergarten
Homeschool Preschool Series
Homeschool Kindergarten Series

My most recent articles

Spring nature study & gardening – picked up some fun new books at our library today with more to come! . Our main gatden is going to revolve around studying pollinators – hoping to attract plenty even living in a high rise apartment with a small terrace. . Our main challenge is that our porch is shaded – so we have to choose our plants with that in mind. But we are so excited with the oncoming of spring and getting started with our garden! . What are your spring plans? . #homeschooling #secularhomeschool #happyspring #springbooks #homeschoolbooks #naturestudy #homeschoolscience

March 20, 2019
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Week in review – it’s time to switch things up! . We’re almost at the end of our kindergarten year – though the actual grade levels of our materials are all over the place. It just feels different now. My son feels older, both to himself and to us. And so what we are focusing on will be changing to reflect that. . My initial goal with the chart (which you can read about on the blog – link is in my bio @inquiringmindshomeschool ) was to keep track of what we were getting to each week and trying to establish a consistent routine. As you can see, some areas are a lot more consistent than others. Which is fine! But I also think we’ll have more success getting to those areas through projects, and so I’ll be adding some projects to the chart. . What I love about homeschooling is how flexible and responsive it can be. We can change with the seasons and emphasize the methods and practices that are working. So next weeks review will reflect that! . #homeschool #homeschooling #secularhomeschooling #secularhomeschool #thisishomeschool #homeschoolplanning

March 18, 2019
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Homeschool planning – although I bought a planner, and it’s very nice, I’m finding that bullet journaling is much better for me. . Bullet journals are flexible and customizable. I can switch things up as our homeschool shifts. . It might seem like people who bullet journal are super artistic and adorn their notebooks with fancy lettering and picture perfect layouts. Not me! Mine is very much practical. . I highly recommend the actual Bullet Journal book by Ryder Carroll. I got mine at my local library. It talks about goal setting, prioritizing what matters, overcoming obstacles, etc. If you’d like to see more check out my IG stories! . #homeschoolplanning #bulletjournal #bujo #bulletjournalbook

March 17, 2019
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Books for our spring poetry teatime! In future weeks we’ll probably narrow the focus, but for now we are celebrating the change in weather and the coming of longer days. . Books: ?Puddle Wonderful: Poems to Welcome Spring ?Spring: A Haiku Story ?How to Cross A Pond: Poems About Water ?Busy in the Garden ?In Our Backyard Garden ?Hidden City: Poems of Urban Wildlife (in honor of the hawk that visited us yesterday) ?The Sun in Me : Poems About the Planet ?Nature’s Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse ?Oddhopper Opera: A Bug’s Garden of Verses . #poetryteatime #poetrybooks #kidbooks #springpoetry #homeschool #homeschooling #secularhomeschool #secularhomeschooling #secularhomeschoolers #bravewriterlifestyle

March 16, 2019
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Homeschool Philosophy
Our family's beliefs about homeschooling and learning
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