Homegrown: Guidance and Inspiration for Navigating Your Homeschooling Journey

Warm and wise, grounded and liberating, Homegrown offers clarity and encouragement to homeschooling parents, asking what it means to build a life where learning and love grow side by side.

Homeschooling is the fastest-growing form of education in America, and it’s here to stay. If you’re a homeschool veteran, finishing up your first year, or are just homeschool curious, Homegrown is destined to become a go-to resource.

This collection of 30 original, thought-provoking pieces from a diverse group of contributors covers common questions such as

- What fuels families to educate children at home?
- How do relationships, culture, and vision affect the decision to homeschool?
- What roles do spouses, friends, extended family, and communities play in our ability to homeschool?
- How do culture, heritage, history, and legacy seamlessly intertwine with reading, writing, and arithmetic?
- Why is raising our kids this way so important, and how do we prioritize it?

Whether your aim is to nurture your child’s passions, support their individual learning style, or connect with a community of like-minded families, this book will be your trusted companion every step of the way. Spanning age, race, ethnicity, political beliefs, geography, religion, family size, educational philosophy, and more, the essays in Homegrown provide parents with guidance and inspiration to kickstart or refine their homeschooling practice with creativity, connection, and confidence.

Features essays from Ainsley Arment, Sally Clarkson, Greta Eskridge, Julie Bogart, Ginny Yurich, Leslie Martino, Yvette Henry, Sonya Shafer, Leah Boden, Rea Berg, Alberta Stevens, Trisha Vuong, Susan Seay, Delina Pryce McPhaull, Erin Loechner, Richard M. Smith, Jennifer Pepito, Rachel Devenish Ford, Mandy Davis, Jason B. Esters, Elsie Iudicello, Alisha Roth, Torrie Oglesby, Erika Alicea, Brytni McNeil, Nicole Cottrell, Brenaea Fairchild, Julie Ross, Min Hwang, and editor Amber O’Neal Johnston.

Amber O’Neal Johnston is an established authority on infusing culture and a love for others into an intentional home environment. She shares her observations on education, living books, and worldschooling at HeritageMom.com and through her books A Place to Belong and Soul School. She is a regular contributor to the Wild + Free homeschooling community, a frequent podcast guest on popular shows, and a coveted speaker at homeschooling, education, and parenting conferences.