Fun-damental Homeschooling: For Parents Who Didn't Sign Up for This

By Class With Sass and Morgan Ellis

You didn't sign up for this. Let's do it anyway.

Here's how most homeschooling books begin: "Homeschooling is one of the most rewarding journeys a family can take together " Here's how this one begins: you're terrified, you have 97 browser tabs open, and three of them are curriculum sites while the rest are variations on what if I ruin my kid.

Good news - the panic is not a bad sign.

It means you understand the weight of what you're taking on. Morgan Ellis spent fifteen years teaching English as a Second Language to students aged three to 57 - often four at a time, each at a wildly different level, none of them sharing a language with the others. Which is, more or less, exactly what you're doing before you've finished your coffee.

This book from A CLASS WITH SASS is the homeschooling guide that treats you like an adult making a real decision with real stakes. Inside:

- The self-audit - what you're actually working with, which is more than you think
- How to talk to your child about it, by age, including when they push back
- The legal landscape, decoded, plus what to do when someone knocks on your door
- Choosing a philosophy without joining a cult
- Scheduling like a human being (the eight-to-three school day is a myth)
- The subjects nobody wants to deal with - including the one you've been avoiding
- Engagement as pedagogy: fun isn't the reward, it's the method
- What to do when it all falls apart, because it will
- Burnout, deschooling, and the honest signs it's time to stop
- Field trips, project-based learning, co-ops, tutors, and getting from shoebox to portfolio

It also tells you the parts other books bury in the back: what this costs, what your child may miss, and how to know when it isn't working. No laminating required. No color-coded binders. No pretending anyone does this perfectly.

Be afraid. Be imperfect. Go anyway.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HG7KP6FR
• ISBN13: 9798194374205
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"