Getting started9 min read
Homeschooling for Beginners: A 7-Step Plan for Your First Term
Most families who stop homeschooling in the first year do so for the same three reasons. Here is a start plan that avoids all of them, step by step.
Amara Reid
Fayferz blog
Homeschooling guides that answer the actual question
Written by the team that builds the courses. Year plans you can finish, subject guides with the mistakes named, and the legal detail nobody explains clearly.
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Curriculum10 min read
Is the Oxford Curriculum Good for Homeschooling? An Honest Guide
Oxford-aligned materials are the most requested curriculum at Fayferz. Here is what 'Oxford curriculum' actually means, where it is genuinely excellent, and where it is the wrong choice.
Daniel Osei
Year plans11 min read
Homeschool Kindergarten: A Full Year Plan You Can Actually Finish
A week-by-week kindergarten plan covering phonics, maths, science and fine motor skills in about two hours a day — with the parts you are allowed to skip marked clearly.
Amara Reid
Subject guides8 min read
Grade 1 Maths at Home: The Five Skills That Actually Matter
Grade 1 maths curricula list dozens of objectives. Five of them predict how the next four years will go. Here is how to teach each one, and how to tell when it has stuck.
Priya Nandakumar
Getting started7 min read
How Many Hours a Day Should You Homeschool?
Far fewer than a school day. Here are realistic instructional hours by grade level, why one-to-one teaching is so much faster, and what to do with the time you get back.
Daniel Osei
Legal & records12 min read
Homeschooling Laws by Country: US, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa and More
A plain-language summary of what each major homeschooling country requires — notification, registration, assessment and record-keeping — with links to the official bodies.
Lena Whitfield
Tools9 min read
Best Homeschooling Apps in 2026: The Eight Features That Actually Matter
There are hundreds of homeschooling apps and most differ only in presentation. These are the eight features that change how your year goes, and the three that are marketing.
Daniel Osei
Curriculum6 min read
FYP vs KG: Which Level Should You Start Your Child On?
Age is the worst predictor of readiness. Here are the six specific things to check before choosing between the Foundation Year Programme and Kindergarten.
Amara Reid
Getting started8 min read
Building a Homeschool Routine That Survives Real Life
Illness, work deadlines, new babies and bad weeks are not interruptions to homeschooling — they are the conditions. Here is how to design a routine that expects them.
Lena Whitfield
Subject guides10 min read
Teaching Reading at Home: A Synthetic Phonics Walkthrough
The evidence on how children learn to read is unusually settled. Here is the method, the order to teach sounds in, and the four mistakes that cause most stalls.
Amara Reid
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- homeschooling
- beginners
- planning
- routine
- Oxford
- curriculum
- comparison
- maths
- phonics
- kindergarten
- KG
- year plan
- early years
- grade 1
- mathematics
- teaching tips
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