Learning at home
Five kids, five paces. Some days that’s a tidy lesson plan. Most days it’s a question we chase until we find the answer.
Hi, I’m Leeann
Most mornings here start about the same way. Someone can’t find a shoe. Someone else has urgent questions about volcanoes. The kitchen table disappears under library books by about nine.
I’m a homeschooling mom to five kids in Phoenix, and this is the work I’ve chosen — the long, ordinary, genuinely wonderful work of raising and teaching my own children at home. Five kids means five different paces, five sets of questions, and a lot of learning that happens nowhere near a desk.
We don’t do any of it alone. Some of the best parts of our week happen with other families — park days, co-op mornings, field trips where somebody’s toddler always ends up in the fountain.
Better together
Co-ops, park days, and the families who’ve become our people. Homeschooling is a group project.
Desert roots
Trail mornings before it gets hot, monsoon storms watched from the porch, and a backyard that doubles as a science lab.
Homeschooling in Phoenix
If you’re new to homeschooling here, or still working out whether it could fit your family — it’s a bigger, warmer community than it looks from the outside. There is room in it for you.
Say hello
Questions about homeschooling, co-ops, or just getting started? I’m always glad to hear from other families.
hello@leeanndearing.com