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New Hair Growth
A story about a girl who cannot be trusted with scissors and a woman who forgives her
Aug 17
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Emily Rayburn
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After Six Years, I Called It Quits
My homeschool math curriculum drama and what you can learn from my mistakes
Aug 13
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Emily Rayburn
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Get the Week Out of Your Head
How I turned a brain dump into a schedule I can actually see, and how you can build your own with AI
Aug 10
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Emily Rayburn
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What Our Homeschool Actually Looks Like This Year, For Now
Usually I show up here with an encouraging, and hopefully entertaining, tale from my actual life.
Aug 6
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Emily Rayburn
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Is There Something in the Water?
The past couple weeks, something’s been a little off at my house.
Aug 4
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Emily Rayburn
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July 2026
Learning By Doing and Other Confessions
What is my homeschool style? Part 2
Jul 30
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Emily Rayburn
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It's My Writing and I'll Use AI If I Want To
Do I want to use AI to write this Substack?
Jul 28
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Emily Rayburn
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Learning By Doing and Other Confessions
What's my homeschool style? Great question, let’s see if I can find an answer.
Jul 23
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Emily Rayburn
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But You ARE doing it
Matrescence. What I forgot, and what I remembered
Jul 20
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Emily Rayburn
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Types of Homeschooling Days
What a Realistic Homeschool Schedule Actually Looks Like
Jul 16
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Emily Rayburn
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Sometimes You Just Have to Say Something
The Stay-Home vs. The Working-Mom Battle
Jul 11
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Emily Rayburn
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In Defense of the Worksheet
What Type of Homeschool Mom Am I Anyways?
Jul 9
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Emily Rayburn
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