Getting Started
How to Start Homeschooling: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Parents
Feeling overwhelmed? Here are the exact first steps to homeschool with confidence — without the burnout.
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A loving life, one ordinary day at a time.
Hi, I'm Becky! I share simple homeschooling tips, easy family recipes, and gentle encouragement to help you build a warm, wholesome home — no perfection required.
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Three things we love around here
Homeschool
Homeschooling, simplified
Getting-started guides, gentle routines, and curriculum help for real families — including brand-new homeschool moms.
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Cooking
Easy family cooking
Budget-friendly, picky-eater-approved meals and meal-planning ideas that make "what's for dinner?" a whole lot easier.
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Family Life
A wholesome home
Homemaking rhythms, stay-at-home-mom hacks, and encouragement for the beautiful, messy everyday of raising a family.
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Fresh reads to get you started
Encouragement
How Homeschool Moms Find Support: Co-ops, Community & Encouragement
You were never meant to do this alone. Here's how to build your encouragement circle.
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Recipes
Easy Budget-Friendly Family Dinners (That Everyone Will Eat)
Simple, filling, wallet-friendly dinners — including a dump-and-go recipe my whole family loves.
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New · Digital cookbook
The Russells Loving Life Cookbook
All 88 of Becky's family-tested recipes — comforting dinners, easy weeknight fixes, and holiday treats — in one beautifully laid-out, printable PDF. Transcribed straight from Becky's handwritten notebook.
$5.99 · instant download
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Helpful little tools, on the house
Quiz
What's your homeschool style?
Answer 6 quick questions to find your best-fit homeschool method — with curriculum ideas to match.
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Calculator
Homeschool cost calculator
Estimate your yearly homeschool budget per child — then see how to bring the number down.
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AI · Planner
Weekly meal planner
Let AI build a week of dinners from Becky's real recipes — with a ready-to-shop grocery list.
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Stuck on today's lesson? Get instant, low-prep homeschool activities by age and subject.
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