Topic
Co Op
2 issues
Browse full archive →- Weekly DispatchSep 7, 2026
Registration closes, the calendar doesn't ask permission: fitting a co-op day into a week that already has a curriculum swap in it
The first round of fall co-op and outside-class registrations closes across September, which means a family has to commit to a weekly time slot before it knows whether that slot actually fits the routine built in August. This issue covers how to recalculate a weekly rhythm once an outside commitment lands on top of an existing schedule, and what to do specifically when that outside slot and a still-settling mid-year curriculum swap start competing for the same afternoon hours. Plus the policy dispatch, on where the federal tax credit's proposed regulations and North Carolina's scholarship-organization list stand two weeks further into the same wait.
Issue 19 covered the mechanics of a mid-year curriculum swap once a mismatch is confirmed. Issue 20 turns to a different September pressure point that lands on top of it: the first round of fall co-op and outside-class registrations closing across the month, which forces a family to commit to a fix…
Co Op·Scheduling·Homeschool Rhythm·Extracurriculars·Loop Scheduling·Block Scheduling - Weekly DispatchJul 20, 2026
Beyond the curriculum: which of the library, the co-op, the outside class, and the online supplement add to a K-3 homeschool, and which only add to the schedule
The curriculum is chosen, the day is assembled, and the family can read whether it is working, which finishes the core of the early-grades year and opens the question of what to add around it. Four resources present themselves to every new family, the public library, the co-op, the outside class, and the online supplement, and each is sold as enrichment while each also carries a cost in time, money, and attention that the core program has first claim on. This issue takes the four in turn, names what each one genuinely adds to a K-3 home and what it mostly adds to the calendar, and gives the test a family can apply before saying yes: does the resource serve the curriculum and the child, or does it serve the family's worry that it is not doing enough. Plus the policy dispatch as the first Texas purchasing cycle closes.
The prior three issues assembled the core of the early-grades year, the curriculum chosen, the day built, and the progress read through observation rather than a school's testing machinery, and this issue turns to the resources a family adds around that core. Four of them arrive at every new homesc…
Enrichment·Library·Co Op·Extracurriculars·Online Learning·Educational Apps