The subjects you would rather not teach, taught during your school day
Math and the sciences are what most homeschooling parents hand over first, and there is nothing wrong with that. I teach them one to one, online, in daytime hours — in whatever curriculum you have already chosen.
Book a free 30-minute callWhere most families reach the edge
Homeschooling usually goes well right up until it does not, and it is nearly always the same handful of places.
Math past the point you remember
Teaching fractions is one thing. Functions, quadratics and trigonometry are another. Math is also the least forgiving subject to have a gap in, because everything after it assumes the step you missed.
The sciences
Chemistry and physics are the two subjects parents most often tell me they are not equipped to teach. Balancing equations, stoichiometry, kinematics — specific, technical, and hard to bluff.
Writing that will be marked by strangers
Essays are fine at home until they are being assessed by a university admissions officer. The structure and evidence conventions are learnable, but they have to be taught explicitly.
A teenager who will not take correction from you
Extremely common, and it says nothing about your teaching. The same feedback often lands without argument when it comes from someone who is not their parent.
More children than hours
The constraint is usually time, not ability. Handing off one subject for one child can give a morning back to everyone else.
Something external is coming
A standardised test, an entrance exam like the SSAT or HSPT, university applications, or a return to school. External requirements are not negotiable, and they have a deadline.
Four ways I work with homeschool families
Take one or combine them. Most families start with the first and add as they go.
Subject tutoring
You keep running the programme; I take the one or two subjects you would rather not carry. Usually upper-grade math, chemistry, physics, or writing.
Full course delivery
I teach the whole course, set the work and mark it. You step out of that subject and get the results back. Useful when a course has moved past what you want to take on.
Assessment and progress reports
A diagnostic to find where a student genuinely is, then written reports at intervals you choose. An outside read on progress, which is hard to get when you are both the teacher and the parent.
Small group and co-op classes
Two to four students from different families in one session. Good for a subject several families need at the same level, and it brings the cost per family down.
Free homeschool worksheets
Printable worksheets for Grades 1 to 12 with full answer keys, so you can mark at home without buying another programme. Free, no email required.
Math, Grades 1–12
Number sense, operations, algebra, measurement and geometry, data and probability. Each sheet has a worked example at the top and an answer key.
English, Grades 1–12
Grammar, comprehension, vocabulary and writing, arranged by level rather than by grade so you can pitch them where your child actually is.
Readiness assessments
If you are not sure whether a level is the right starting point, these will tell you before you commit a term to it.
Whatever curriculum you are already using
I do not sell a programme and I will not ask you to switch to one.
If you follow the Ontario curriculum, I know it well and can teach directly to it. If you use something else — a boxed programme, a classical or Charlotte Mason approach, a literature-based plan, unit studies, or something you have assembled yourself — I work inside what you have chosen. You give me the scope and sequence; I teach to it.
The one thing I will raise is a genuine gap that will cause trouble later, particularly in math, where the sequence is unforgiving. You are free to disagree with me.
Homeschooling in Ontario — the short version
The rules are lighter than most parents expect. These are the questions I get asked most.
Is homeschooling legal in Ontario?
Do I have to notify the school board?
Do I have to follow the Ontario curriculum?
Does my child have to write EQAO or other tests?
What about high school credits and a diploma?
Can you help if we are only part-time homeschooling?
How it works
- A free 30-minute call. You tell me what you are using, which subjects are in question, and what you want from me. I tell you honestly whether I am the right fit — and if I am not, I will say so.
- A diagnostic where it is useful. For math especially, I would rather find the real starting point than trust the grade level printed on the box.
- We agree the shape. Which subjects, how often, whether I am supporting you or running the course outright, and what you want reported back.
- Sessions run online, one to one, in daytime hours. Same tutor every time. You get a short note after each session covering what we did and what is worth practising.
Pricing
Small group and co-op rates depend on numbers, so ask me.
Tell me what your week actually looks like
Book a free 30-minute call. Bring the curriculum you are using, the subjects you are weighing up, and the times that would genuinely work for your family.
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