We didn’t start homeschooling because we had it all figured out. We started to homeschool because we believed that the education of our children — not just their academics, but their character, their faith, and their understanding of the world — was something we were called to steward. And then we had to figure out the rest as we went.
If that sounds familiar, this page is for you.
This is the home base for every homeschool resource on Plain Living Home — free printables, curriculum helps, Bible study tools, organization systems, and the practical wisdom we’ve picked up along the way as a large homeschooling family living and learning together. We’re not perfect homeschoolers. We are committed ones. Therefore, we want to be the encouragement for your family. Because no one was for ours when we started.
Everything here is filtered through a Christian worldview, rooted in scripture, and designed for real families with real kids and full schedules.
Where to Start — Building Your Homeschool Foundation
Before you can teach anything, you need a framework for how your days will run. That means a curriculum that fits your family’s philosophy, an organization system that keeps the chaos manageable, and a clear sense of what you’re actually trying to accomplish — not just academically, but spiritually and personally.
We homeschool with the conviction that our children are being prepared not just for college or a career, but for a life of faith, service, and capability. That shapes everything we teach and everything on this page.
Bible & Faith Resources for Your Homeschool
The most important subject in any Christian homeschool is the one that holds everything else together. Here are the faith-based resources we’ve developed to help you teach scripture, prayer, and discipleship intentionally alongside your academics.
Teaching Kids to Pray — Bible Study & Free Printable
One of the most important disciplines you can pass on to your children is a meaningful, scripturally grounded prayer life. This study uses the ACTS framework — Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication — to teach children how the Bible instructs us to approach God in prayer. It works for ages five and up, adapts beautifully for family devotional time or a co-op class, and comes with a free printable KJV scripture memory card set.
How to Teach Kids to Pray — Homeschool Bible Study With Free Scripture Printables
What’s included in the free printable:
- KJV scripture memory verse cards on prayer — print at home or use digitally on a phone or iPad
- A guided prayer study with scripture references and simple explanations for each section of the ACTS framework
Scripture Memory for Kids
I designed our scripture memory cards for prayer to make memorization feel natural rather than like a chore. Beautiful enough to display, practical enough to carry, and available in both print and digital format — they work during morning Bible time, in the car, or as part of an evening family devotional.
The Hope Chest Hub — Preparing Your Daughter for Home and Life
The Hope Chest Hub is probably the most unique and distinct resource in our homeschool section. It is a growing collection of practical life skills, homemaking tutorials, and character-building resources designed specifically to help you raise capable, confident daughters who are prepared for whatever God calls them to.
The Hope Chest Hub covers everything from basic sewing and cooking skills to hospitality, home management, and faith. It is discipleship in the most practical sense — teaching the next generation to work with their hands, run a home with intention, and serve others with grace.
Skills covered in the Hope Chest Hub:
- Beginner sewing projects — napkins, aprons, hot pads, and more
- From-scratch cooking and baking
- Hospitality and homemaking
- Biblical womanhood and character studies
- Practical life skills for capable kids
Sewing as a Homeschool Subject — Practical Life Skills That Last
Sewing belongs in your homeschool. It teaches fine motor skills, following instructions, measuring and math, patience, problem-solving, and the deep satisfaction of finishing something made with your own hands. I designed these beginner friendly tutorials to be teachable. So you don’t need to know how to sew to walk your child through them.
🧵 How to Sew Cloth Napkins — Step-by-Step Beginner Tutorial The perfect first sewing project. Straight lines only, no zippers, finishes in an afternoon.
🧵 How to Sew a Simple Hot Pad A confidence-building project that produces something immediately useful for the kitchen.
🧵 How to Sew a Book Sleeve A padded sleeve for protecting books — beloved by readers, students, and homeschool families.
🧵 How to Thread a Sewing Machine — Beginner’s Tutorial The absolute starting point for anyone new to the machine.
👉 Browse All Beginner Sewing Tutorials
From-Scratch Cooking as a Homeschool Subject
Cooking from scratch is one of the most practical and life-giving skills you can teach your children. When kids learn to cook real food — to understand why you knead dough, how fermentation works, what makes a sauce thicken — they are learning chemistry, math, nutrition, and stewardship all at once.
These from-scratch cooking resources are written to be beginner-friendly and teachable alongside children of any age.
Homemade Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate — A Kitchen Project for the Whole Family Squeeze lemons, blend strawberries, can the concentrate — a full afternoon of hands-on kitchen learning.
Sourdough Biscuits From Scratch Teach your children to work with sourdough starter, cut butter into flour, and bake something beautiful from scratch.
Sourdough Pop Tarts — A Fun From-Scratch Kitchen Project The most enthusiastically received kitchen project in our house. Kids can help with every step.
Explore All From-Scratch Recipes
Intentional Family Life — The Philosophy Behind Our Homeschool
Our homeschool doesn’t happen in a classroom. It happens at the kitchen table, in the garden, at the sewing machine, over a bowl of sourdough dough, and on long walks where we talk about what we’re reading and what we believe. We have chosen a slower, more intentional approach to family life — not because it is easier, but because we believe it produces something that a faster, more convenient life cannot.
If you are drawn to this kind of intentional, faith-centered family rhythm, these posts will encourage and equip you.
Slow Living and Intentional Family Rhythms
Free Homeschool Resources — Our Printable Library
Every resource listed below is completely free. No purchase required — just your email address to access the library.
Currently available:
- ✅ KJV Prayer Scripture Memory Cards (print + digital)
- ✅ Guided Prayer Study — ACTS Framework for Kids
- ✅ Sew Like a Pro eBook — Top 10 Beginner Sewing Tips
- ✅ Cloth Napkin Hem Guide Printable
- ✅ Homeschool Organization Templates (coming soon)
- ✅ Bible Character Study Guides (coming soon)
Access the Free Resource Library
What We’re Working On
This hub is growing. Here is what is coming to the Plain Living Home homeschool resource collection over the next season:
- How to get started homeschooling — a complete beginner’s guide
- ACE PACE curriculum honest review — what we love and what we’d change
- Charlotte Mason methods for the practical homeschool family
- Free nature study printables
- Bible timeline for kids — printable and digital versions
- Homeschool morning basket ideas rooted in scripture
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You are doing something that matters. Teaching your children at home — with intention, with faith, and with love — is one of the most significant things you will do with your life. We are cheering for you. Come back often, grab every free resource that helps, and leave a comment whenever you want to share what’s working in your homeschool. This community is better when you’re in it.
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Learn More About Homeschooling
An untraditional take on how to educate your children
There are many “traditional” or “classical” methods to educate your children. You can research to your heart’s delight and come up with multiple answers as to which is the best system. Then you have to decided on curriculum. And then a scheduled and a routine, etc. But I don’t use a certain system or method- just life lessons and learning practical skills. We alter our schedule as needed, adjust curricula to fit our needs, and spend a lot of our days on practical skills. We hope you’ll join us on this little homeschooling adventure and share your thoughts and ideas along the way!
