6 Reasons You Should Start a Homeschool Blog

Ever considered starting your own homeschool blog? Whether as a side income while you’re homeschooling or just for fun, starting a homeschool blog could be a great outlet for you.

Since you’re reading here, you already know the purpose behind homeschool blogs.  They can entertain, inform, encourage, and inspire.

But why should you personally start your own homeschool blog? You might feel that the blogosphere is already a very big place and you have nothing to contribute. It’s true there are many blogs out there, but it’s not true that you don’t have your own personal contribution to make. Each blogger brings their own unique perspective to the topic of homeschooling.

6 Reasons You Should Start a Homeschool Blog

1. It’s free!  You have nothing to lose by starting a blog on Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, or other free blogging platform. The design doesn’t have to be fancy.  You can get started immediately, too. Of course, you can always upgrade to paid services and themes if you’re looking to eventually earn money from your blogging as well, but it’s not necessary when you first start.
2. Accountability and record keeping. For those who live in regulated states, a homeschool blog can help keep track of those projects you might forget when filling out your paperwork. It can provide a timeline of learning and help you assemble a portfolio for review. If you’re like me and get easily distracted by the urgent to-do lists, it also keeps you accountable to actually finish some projects that get put aside from time to time.
3. It can become a family keepsake, like a homeschool yearbook. Having a homeschool blog can help you remember to take more pictures, get them uploaded, and put them together in an online/digital yearbook format for your kids. The archive is automatically kept for you through the years and can be really fun to look back through. There are also options to actually print your blog in book format if you choose.
4. Blogging provides a way to actively participate in the online homeschool community, especially for those who don’t have local options available to them. There are groups on Facebook, blog hops, curriculum review groups, and more to provide interaction with fellow homeschoolers. We can all learn from each other!
5. Validation. Ever feel alone in your homeschool journey? Overwhelmed by all the pressures and expectations as wife, mom, teacher, housekeeper, cook, and so on? Blogging about it and reading about it on other blogs can help put things in perspective and make you feel less alone.When someone leaves a blog comment to let you know you struck a chord with them or they like your ideas and are going to try them in their homeschool, it’s often like a virtual hug or high-five. That’s not something homeschool moms get on a regular basis for doing what we do.
6. Extra income. So many homeschool families are trying to make it on one income. Blogging can actually provide a boost to your income through advertising, product creation, and affiliate programs. It’s a great way for homeschool moms to bring in some money while still staying home with the kids.

Do any of these reasons to start a homeschool blog resonate with you?

Friend, the fact that you’re here, reading this post tells me that you want to start a blog. But, knowing what to blog about, where to focus, which social media channels to start, how often to post…

All these questions can be overwhelming and daunting!

Just start. You don’t have to get it all right in the beginning in order to create a successful blog.

As a homeschool mom, you are so very smart and capable, and…everything is figureoutable. I know you can do this!

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Sara Jordan is a mom of three creative girls. With a degree in Social Work specializing in early childhood development, Sara has always enjoyed working with children. She believes that learning should be a lifelong adventure that also builds character. She has been blogging since 2008.

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