Category Archives: how to homeschool in Tennessee

Mar 3 2025

Simplifying Homeschooling: 12+ Years of Tips

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Last month I started a YouTube channel about homeschooling. I have been blogging about and documenting my experience on this journey called homeschooling since we started officially, 2013. Right here, on this blog, you can go back all the way to August 2013 and find our every phase.

Simplifying Homeschooling

Simplifying Homeschooling has never been easier – please subscribe to my YouTube channel and to this blog for tried and true tips.

However, as of late, people have alerted me to the power of video training. YouTube provides a perfect opportunity for me to share my experience with the world, for free, in different time zones, just like this blog, but… through video. It took me a bit to accept that many people prefer to learn from a video, not from reading a blog. Then it took me another bit to get over myself, my fears, my lack of video editing skills etc. Continue reading »

Jun 10 2020

Registering for the New School Year

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In Tennessee, one must register to homeschool either with an umbrella school or with the local public school system. Umbrella schools typically cost around $50-$110, while the Superintendent’s Office is free. Some umbrella schools will ask you to test with them once a year. The public school will only make you test in 5th, 7th, and 9th grades.

Painting Clocks

The kids painted seven wooden clocks for newly remodeled rooms at Zoder’s Inn and Suites.

Our umbrella school is Berean Christian School in Knoxville. We can register by mail because we have been with them for at least three years and do not have a rising Kindergarten student. Continue reading »