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Make It Simple

Start homeschooling
with a clear,
step-by-step plan.

First, find out where your child is reading.

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Free
15 minutes
No teaching experience needed

A short starter series, then one helpful email a week. Unsubscribe anytime.

What You'll Learn

What the assessments tell you

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Reading

Where your child is reading right now — their stage and approximate grade level, from early phonics through advanced reading for older kids.

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Math

Where your child is in math right now — what they've got down and the next thing to work on, with an approximate grade level.

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No prior teaching experience needed. No formal test. Just a simple way to see what your child can actually do right now — in the two subjects that matter most — so you can start where they are instead of guessing.

Is This You?

Who this is for

  • Pulling your child out of school mid-year and need a plan
  • Planning ahead for a toddler or kindergartener
  • Been Googling for weeks and still don’t feel ready
  • Want a structured start without the pressure
Val, founder of Homeschool Teacher Guide
About Val

Built by a researcher, written for moms starting from scratch.

Hey, I’m Val. Background is chemistry. I was on the PhD track, then went into tech sales. Now I’m home full-time with my twins.

I’d been curious about homeschooling for years before I had anyone to teach. The homeschooled adults I’d met were noticeably more thoughtful and prepared than most people I knew, I wanted to understand why and how.

When I started looking for a clear starting plan for my own family, I couldn’t find one. That’s why I made the Homeschool Starter System.

I’m not a veteran homeschooler. I’m a mom who was curious early and wrote down what I learned so the next mom doesn’t have to start from scratch.

From Other Moms

What other moms are saying

“Without this guide, I’d have had to watch anecdotal YouTube videos about each curriculum and do extensive research. This is the single best resource for me.”
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Anji Z. Boston
“I pulled Tashi out in the middle of COVID. I wanted so badly to make it work but I had no idea what I was doing. Most days I felt like I was failing him. I wish something like this had existed then. This is exactly what I was desperate for and couldn’t find.”
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Marina R. Toronto
In her own words
“It isn’t prescriptive. These are the options, for you to make the most informed decision on what’s best for your family. The charts and recommendations made it easy to choose.”
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Jenna T. Chatham
The System

The Homeschool Starter System

Beginner’s Complete Guide
200+ pages
Companion Workbook
Worksheets & plans

A 200+ page Beginner’s Complete Guide and a companion Workbook. Buy together or separate.

Built for moms at the start of their homeschooling journey: before you pull your child out of school, or for your young kids who have never been to school before.

A clear, step-by-step plan, written so you don’t have to spend months researching the way I did.

See the Starter System

Not sure where to start?
Start with where your child is.

Send me the Free Reading Assessment

Or see the full Starter System.

Free. About 15 minutes. A 5-email starter series, then one helpful email a week. Unsubscribe anytime.

Curriculum Finder

Not sure which curriculum fits?

Answer 4 quick questions and see a short list of programs that fit your family, plus the guide that compares them. You make the final call.

Find your curriculum

Free. About a minute. No email required.

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