Photo by Edsel Little
For over a decade here at Simple Homeschool we’ve been celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of homeschooling through our Homeschool Day in the Life series.
Simple Homeschool writers have shared a look at an average day inside their homes — whether they have one child or many; whether they love a certain curriculum or method or prefer to come up with their own way of doing things. If you’re looking for inspiration, you’re in the right place!
Read on and gather plenty of practical ideas you can apply in your own home:
2024 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (14th year)
- Jamie’s Then and Now: Lessons from a Veteran Homeschool Mom
- Debbie’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 13- and 14-year-old)
- Jessica’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with an 11-year-old only child)
- Lusi’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 12- and 14- year old)
- Then and Now: Jamie’s Homeschool Day (with a 5-, 6-, & 7-year-old) UPDATED!
- Amber’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 8-, 10-, 12- and 14-year-old)
- Colleen’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with an 11-, 14-, 16-, & 21-year-old)
- Kari’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 3-, 5-, 15-, & 17-year-old)
- Then and Now: Jamie’s Homeschool Day (with a 6-, 7-, & 8-year-old) UPDATED!
- Jamie’s Homeschool Day (with a 7-, 8-, & 9-year-old) UPDATED!
2023 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (13th year)
- Jamie’s Homeschool Day in the Life Podcast, Episode #103 (Reflections with my 18-year-old son)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 2-, 4-, 13-, & 16-year-old)
- Erin’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10- and 15-year-old)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 9-, 12-, 15-, & 16-year-old)
- Jessica’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10-year-old)
- Lusi’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with an 11- & 13-year-old)
- Amber’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 7, 9, 11, & 13-year-old)
- Colleen’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 10-, 13-, 15-, & 20-year-old)
- Come share YOUR homeschool day in the life!
2022 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (12th year)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with an 8-, 11- 14-, & 15-year-old)
- Jessica’s homeschool day in the life (with a 9-year-old only child)
- Lusi’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10-, 12-, 17-, 18-, and 19-year old)
- Cait’s quarantine day in the life (with a 10-, 12-, and 13-year-old)
- Colleen’s homeschool day in the life (with a 9-, 12-, 14-, and 19-year-old)
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 16-, 17-, & 18-year-old)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 1-, 3-, 13-, and 15-year-old)
- Erin’s homeschool day in the life (with a 9- and 14-year-old)
- Share your homeschool day in the life!
2021 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (11th year)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a newborn, 2-, 11- and 14-year-old)
- Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with a 15- and 18-year-old)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 7-, 10-, 13-, 14-, 17-, and 20-year-old)
- Purva’s day (with an 8-, 11-, and 12-year-old)
- Cait’s gameschool day (with a 9-, 11-, and 12-year-old)
- Colleen’s homeschool day (with an 8-, 11-, 13-, and 18-year-old)
- Jamie’s homeschool day (with a 15-, 16-, and 17-year-old)
- Your turn to share your own homeschool day
2020 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (10th year of this series!!!)
- Kara’s homeschool day in the life (with a 12-year-old and 15-year-old)
- Purva’s homeschool day in the life (with a 7-, 10-, and 11-year old)
- Cait’s gameschool day in the life (with an 8-, 10-, and 11-year-old)
- Colleen’s homeschool day in the life (with a 7-, 10-, 12-, and 17- year-old )
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 14-, 15-, and 16-year-old)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 1-, 10-, and 13-year-old)
- Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with a 14-and 17-year-old)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 16-, 13-, 12-, 9-, and 6-year-old)
- Share your own homeschool day in the life
2019 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (9th year of this series)
- Kara’s homeschool day (with a 12- and 15-year-old)
- Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with a 17-, 19- and 23-year-old )
- Purva’s homeschool day in the life (with a 6-, 9-, & 10-year-old)
- Cait’s homeschool day in the life (with an 8-, 10-, and 11-year-old)
- Jamie “introverted mom” homeschool day in the life (with a 13-, 14-, & 15-year-old)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5-month, 9- and 12-year old)
- Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with a 13- and 16-year-old)
- Melissa’s unschool day in the life (with a 5-, 8-, 11-, 12- and 15-year old)
- Kara’s “essentials only” day in the life (with a 7-, 10-, 12-, and 17-year-old)
- Share your homeschool day in the life
2018 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (8th year of this series)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-, 7-, 10-, 11-, 14-, and 17-year-old)
- Kara’s homeschool day in the life with a 10- and 13-year-old
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 12-, 13-, & 14-year-old)
- Purva’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 5-, 8-, and 9-year-old)
- Cait’s homeschool day in the life (with a 6-, 8-, and 9-year-old)
- Colleen’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5-, 8-, 10-, and 15- year-old)
- Kara’s day in the life (with a 6-, 9-, 11-, and 16-year old)
- Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with a 16-, 18- and 22-year-old)
- Pam’s homeschool day in the life (with an 8-, 10- and 12-year-old)
- Kari’s day in the life (with a 9- and 11-year-old)
- Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with a 12- and 15-year-old)
- Your turn to share a homeschool day in the life!
2017 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (7th year of this series)
- Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with 15-, 17- & 21-year-old)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 7- & 10-year-old)
- Mystie’s homeschool day in the life (with 4-, 7-, 9, 11- & 13-year-old)
- Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with a 11- & 14-year-old)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 3-, 6-, 9-, 10-, 13 & 16-year-old)
- Purva’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-, 7- & 8-year-old)
- Alicia’s homeschool day in the life (with a 3-, 8-, 11- & 14-year-old)
- Kara A’s homeschool day in the life (with an 10- & 13-year-old)
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 11-, 12-, & 13-year-old)
- Cait’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5-, 7- & 8-year-old)
- Heather’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-, 6- and 8-year-old)
- Kara F’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5-, 8-, 10- & 15-year-old)
- Come share YOUR homeschool day in the life!
Photo by Gillian King
2016 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (6th year of this series)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 2-, 5-, 8-, 9-, 12 & 15-year-old)
- Kara A’s homeschool day in the life (with an 8- & 11-year-old)
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10-, 11-, & 12-year-old)
- Sarah’s homeschool day in the life (with twin 2-year-olds, a 3-, 10-, 12- & 14-year-old )
- Cait’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-, 6- & 7-year-old)
- Kara F’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-, 7-, 9- & 14-year-old)
- Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with 14-, 16- & 20-year-old)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 6- & 9-year-old)
- Lora’s homeschool day in the life (with a 3-, 6-, 7-, 9-, 10-, & twin 11-year-olds)
- Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10- & 13-year-old)
- Readers link up with your own homeschool day in the life!
Photo by Rick Harris
2015 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (5th year of this series)
- Sarah’s homeschool day in the life (with twin 1-year-olds, and a 2, 9, 11, & 13-year-old)
- Dave’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4- & 6-year-old)
- Kara’s homeschool day in the life (with a 7- & 10-year-old)
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 9, 10, & 11-year-old)
- Amida’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4, 8, 13, & 16-year-old)
- Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with a 13, 15, & 19-year-old)
- Shawna’s homeschool day in the life (with an 8- & 11-year-old)
- Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 1-, 4-, 7-, 8-, 11- & 14-year-old)
- Angie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10, 13, & 15-year-old)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5 & 8-year-old)
- Tsh’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4, 7, & 9-year-old)
- Anne’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4, 7, 9 & 11-year-old)
- Diana’s homeschool day in the life (with a 5-year-old)
- Readers link up with your own homeschool day in the life!
Photo by Yann Gar
2014 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (4th year of this series)
- Anne’s homeschool day in the life (with a 3, 6, 8, & 10-year-old)
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with an 8, 9, & 10-year-old)
- Cheryl’s homeschool day in the life (with an 18-month-old & 5, 16, 17, & 18-year-olds)
- Kara’s homeschool day in the life (with a 6 & 9-year-old)
- Donna’s homeschool day in the life (with 11-year-old twins)
- Diana’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-year-old)
- Amida’s homeschool day in the life (with a 3, 7, 12, & 15-year-old)
- Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with a 12, 14, & 18-year-old)
- Kari’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4 and 7-year-old)
- Readers link up to share their homeschool days
Photo by St0rmz
2013 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (3rd year of this series)
- Amida’s homeschool day in the life (with a 2-, 6-, 11-, and 14-year-old)
- Kris’s homeschool day in the life (with an 11-, 13-, & 17-year-old)
- Jamie’s homeschool day in the life (with a 7-, 8-, & 9-year-old)
- Hillary’s homeschool day in the life (with a 2-, 5-, & 8-year-old)
- Lora’s homeschool day in the life (with a 10 months, 2-, 4-, 5-, 7-, 8-. & 8- year old)
- Sarah’s homeschool day in the life (with a 12- and 15-year-old)
- Jessica’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-, 12-, and 15-year old)
- Kara’s day in the life (with an 18 month, 4, 6, and 11 year old)
- Rachel’s homeschool day in the life (with a 6- & 10-year-old)
Photo by Phani Kumar
2012 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (2nd year of this series)
- Amida’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 1, 5, 10, and 13-year-old)
- Kris’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 16-, 12-, and 10-year-old)
- Jamie’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 6, 7, & 8-year-old)
- Renee’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 9, 10 & 12-year-old)
- Hillary’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 7, 4 and 1-year-old)
- Sarah’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with an 11-year-old and 14-year-old)
- Rachel’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 6, 8, 12, & 15-year-old)
Photo by Luca Diggelmann
2011 Homeschool Day in the Life Series – (1st year of this series)
- Heather’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 13-year-old)
- Sarah’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 10-,13-year-old, & a Graduate)
- Jamie’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 5-, 6-, & 7-year-old)
- Donna’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with 8-year-old twins)
- Amida’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a newborn, 4-, 9-, & 12-year-old)
- Heidi’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 4-, 6-, 9-year-old, & baby, too!)
- Renee’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 8-, 9-, & 11-year-old)
- Lora Lynn’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a 2-, 3-, 5-, & two 6-year-olds)
