Minimalist Homeschooling Resources

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Ready to purge your schedule and to-do's, and put an end to the exhaustion and overwhelm?

Ready to find the right schedule for your family so that your homeschool can run on autopilot?

Ready to streamline your homeschool space, homeschool budget, and homeschool schedule?

Ready for a step-by-step guide to design your homeschool, plus tools, support, and answers?

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MAKE PLANNING EVEN SIMPLER

NEW!!! Printable K-3 Lesson Plans & Planner

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+ Vault of On-Target Mini-Courses ($297)

+ Weekly Space Decluttering Challenges and Keep-It-Simple Journal Prompts ($7/month)

+ Unlimited Printable Planner Pages & More ($57)

+ Minimalist Homeschooling Audiobook ($27)

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Facebook Community

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Weekly Declutter Challenges and Simple Journal Prompts

Unlimited Printable Planner Pages & More

Minimalist Homeschooling Audiobook

NEW!!! Printable K-3

Lesson Plans & Planner

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Hi! I'm Zara.

One day, I realized that as a homeschooler, I was living in a state of overwhelm, exhaustion, doubt... and general stress. I was busy all the time, but never quite sure what we had accomplished. I wasn't ever really satisfied that I was doing "enough," or doing it "right." My insecurity meant that I was constantly looking for new, bright and shiny "solutions." And, what's worse, no matter how many new things I tried, I ended up overwhelmed, exhausted, and doubtful all over again.

Oftentimes, even more so than I had been in the beginning.

I knew that this way of homeschooling was not sustainable, much less the enjoyable experience I had envisioned. Something had to change.

What if I could be really clear and confident in our homeschool? What if I could make homeschooling simple and straight-forward? What if we could have free time, and enjoy simple pleasures? What if it wasn't about the stuff, but instead, it was about the system, the process, and the mindset?

And so Minimalist Homeschooling was born. The book "Minimalist Homeschooling" was published in 2017, and since then, thousands of homeschoolers have learned the way to simplify while adding focus and value to their homeschools via the one-of-a-kind Simple is the New Smart Membership, the book, and my speaking engagements throughout the United States.

I'd love to connect, and I can't wait to see you inside the Simple is the New Smart Membership!

Zara

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What People Are Saying...

Hi Zara! Thank you!! This class has helped me more than anything I have ever tried. 💕

-Simple is the New Smart Member

Regarding our homeschool schedule, even with a new weekly appointment thrown in. I’m so glad we had space to add what we needed and still not be overwhelmed. -Simple is the New Smart Member

Ya'll I am digging up some STUFF already in this course and I'm only on Module Two. I'm not gonna lie - I am becoming a total fangirl and she is becoming one of my new favourite voices in homeschooling. If she's not on your radar, she should be. -Simple is the New Smart Member

I've been homeschooling my six children (ages 16, 12, 10, 7, 5, 1) their whole lives... Yet all these years, and some more than others, I've felt like I'm missing something somehow... Well, this [Simple is the New Smart] was, very simply put, JUST what I've needed all those years! Working very intentionally... as the course prescribes, has been a total game-changer for us. My children are happier in their homeschool than they've ever been, and I feel so much more relaxed and confident... Thank you, Zara for truly helping take us to another level, and improving our daily life for the better! -Simple is the New Smart Member

I finished the book "Minimalist Homeschooling" by our girl Zara last night, it didn't disappoint. It felt incredibly great to throw away those scrap papers guilt free! -Facebook Community Member

What is included inside the

Simple is the New Smart

Monthly Membership?

Simple is the New Smart has customizable membership levels based on what you need to create the high-impact homeschool you imagine.

Minimalist Homeschooling Master Class ($97)

This is a personal homeschool creation Master Class. Based on the Minimalist Homeschooling process, and building on the audiobook, this course walks you through creating an individualized, and values-based homeschool. The Master Class includes 13 exclusive video tutorials, thought-provoking worksheets, scheduling printables, and more! It is everything you need to design your homeschool from top to bottom - subjects, resources, scheduling, space - once and for all. It's like homeschooling boot-camp!

Module 1: 5-Step Process for Effective Changes

Module 2: How Minimalism Looks in Homeschooling

Module 3: Finding Your Why; Creating Your Compass

Module 4: Choosing Subjects, and How to Make the Most of Them

Module 5: Getting Serious About Scheduling

Module 6: Creating a Schedule that Works & Lesson Planning

Module 7: Choosing Resources

Module 8: Setting Up Your Space & Storage

Module 9: What's Next

Available to all members.

Exclusive Monthly Podcasts ($10/month)

Go in-depth with Zara as she discusses the finer points of keeping things simple, focused, and valuable. Special interviews, and on-target topics to educate, encourage and empower your homeschool journey. If you like what you hear on the Simple is the New Smart podcast, you'll love this!

Available to all members.

NEW!!! K-3 Printable Lesson Plans & Planner ($81)

Instant Homeschooling! We've done the work to choose the curriculum, plan the daily schedule, and even suggest all the activities and extras... with flexibility and focus, of course. If that combination of value, simplicity and adaptability sounds impossible, then these downloads are for you!

Designed for the earliest year of homeschooling, get to know the simplicity and value of Minimalist Homeschooling with these done-for-you lesson plans and planners. It's instant homeschooling, just add your favorites!

Available in the Smart or Expert plans.

LIMITED TIME BONUS: Homeschooling with Intention ($27)

One of our most popular tutorials! 4 days of videos, and workbooks will have you dreaming, brainstorming, problem-solving, strategizing, planning... and creating the homeschool you imagine! Learn how to create the homeschool that feels the way you want it to feel, and how to stay intentional the simple way.

Day 1 - Your Homeschool Mission Statement

Day 2 -The Source of Your Troubles... and Joys.

Day 3 - Coming Up with The Best Plan

Day 4 - Strategies for Consistency

New content is released daily Feb 1-4, 2021.

Self-paced. Unlimited access to the challenge as long as you are a member.

Commenting section for community interaction.

Hurry! Doors close February 1, 2021.

Available in the Smart or Expert plans.

Vault of Mini-Courses ($297)

Get unlimited access to over a dozen exclusive mini-courses designed to keep your homeschool (and home!) simple, and sane. If you like it when someone lays it all out - what works and what doesn't - then you will love this vault.

We cover topics in a clear, content-rich way - pairing video tutorials with on-target and take-action worksheets - so that you can continue to give your family, and yourself the best possible homeschool. You'll find things like: Consistency & Routines, Quick & Dirty Planning, Self-Care... and more are constantly being added to this honest, helpful treasure trove.

Available in the Smart or Expert plans.

Weekly Declutter Challenges & Keep It Simple Prompts ($7/month)

Each week, you will be challenged to declutter just one small area of your home. This way, you can keep your environment simple without a major overhaul - or, get closer to the decluttered home you long for, one step at a time! Small steps really do have a big impact!

Each week, you will ALSO receive a "Keep It Simple" tip and journal prompt. These quick emails encourage you to consider one aspect of Minimalist Homeschooling more closely, audit yourself, and aim for simple. You will be amazed by how far a little encouragement to stay on-track can take you.

Available in the Smart and Expert plans.

Unlimited Printables ($57)

Inside the membership, you will find unlimited access to Minimalist Homeschooling Mindset Hacks, Attendance Record Sheets, Special Planner Pages, 100-Day Goal Setting, and Inspirational Graphics, all available for you to download and use in your own homeschool.

Available in Smart and Expert plans.

Minimalist Homeschooling Audiobook ($27)

The whole Minimalist Homeschooling book in audio, with worksheets, is available to you as long as you are a member. 7 Modules in the Minimalist Homeschooling Master Class contain chapters of the audiobook alongside video tutorials and additional worksheets, but here you'll find the original book in one place.

Available in Smart and Expert plans.

Personalized Q&A Sessions ($300/month)

This is a NEW! level of support that we are especially excited to offer our Expert members.

Get exclusive support from Zara throughout your journey with personalized Q&A Sessions. Expert members may simply email your questions, and once each week, Zara will record special in-depth answers just for you.

We know that every homeschooling parent is busy, and can't always show up, un-distracted, at a predetermined time!

So, as an added bonus, all Q&A recordings are archived within the membership portal, so you can get Zara's answers to all of your most pressing questions on your own schedule. Plus, this means that you can browse the answers to other members' questions - past and present - at any time. You might find the answers to questions you didn't even know you have!

Available to Expert members only.

Special Welcome Goody Box Delivered to Your Door ($50)

I'd love to send you some motivation, education, and love in a box! When you join the Expert-level membership, we will automatically send you a box of goodies to get you started on the right foot: A paperback copy of Minimalist Homeschooling, a printed and bound workbook for the Minimalist Homeschooling Master Class, a few teacher supplies, and an inspirational mug are headed your way just by registering as an Expert member!

(May not apply to international members. Please email first to confirm shipping outside the United States.)

Available to Expert members only.

Facebook Group just for Members ($17/month)

Join our exclusive Simple is the new Smart Facebook community to ask questions, share your progress, and find encouragement with fellow Minimalist Homeschoolers. Here, our members create the value! Because everyone is at some point of the Minimalist Homeschooling Master Class path, you're sure to find specific, and like-minded support.

Available to all members.

NOW is Always the Best Time to Get Started!

Simplification + Focus + Value =

Minimalist Homeschooling

Minimalist Homeschooling is a specific step-by-step process to design an intentional education for students at every age, regardless of how long you have been homeschooling.

Here are just some of the components that make Minimalist Homeschooling so life-changing:

Discover the Value of Values-Based

Minimalist Homeschooling is unique in its starting point. It's important to not only know your values, but also to know how to use them as both your compass and your filter while homeschooling.
Plan to Be Individualized & Unique

One-size-fits-all homeschool resources often leave us overwhelmed and/or dissatisfied. Why? Because they are based on other people's values, biases, needs, and wants. You know what your children need and love, let's make it happen.
Find Time

Clutter comes not only in the stuff that we store, but also the stuff that fills our minutes, hours, and days. Minimalist Homeschooling helps homeschoolers find time in their days.

Be Confident About Educational Excellence

Stop diluting your valuable education with all. the. things. Learn how to know exactly what is most important, and what is "extra." Then learn what place they each have in your homeschool.
Get Intentional

Everything we accomplish with Minimalist Homeschooling comes from knowing what it most important to your family, rather than external advice. Transform your mindset, and transform your homeschool.
Save Money

You know all those things that you bought for your homeschool and then never really used, or liked? That ends now.

Clarity and Confidence? Yes, please!

Answers to FAQ's

WHAT IF I'M BRAND-NEW TO HOMESCHOOLING?

Starting our homeschool journey with a clear and confident road-map is the best gift we can give our children. You will find not only a step-by-step guide for designing your homeschool from scratch to completion, but also tons of resources for all the questions you are sure to have along the way!
WHAT IF I HAVE BEEN HOMESCHOOLING FOR A WHILE ALREADY?

No matter where you are in your homeschool journey, if you're looking to simplify and streamline; feel successful and confident; do less and gain more; or end the self-doubt or exhaustion, then you're in the right place. Many of our members are veteran homeschoolers who have tried all sorts of tips and tricks, but were still tired of feeling so busy, yet uncertain. An intentional homeschool refresh and mindset shift can transform any homeschool - new or old.
WHAT IF I HAVE ALREADY READ THE BOOK? IS THERE ANYTHING NEW HERE?

Yes! There are many new things here! While the Minimalist Homeschooling Master Class is based on the book, the class takes the process further with additional insights, video tutorials, and reworked and new worksheets. Plus, all of the other tools and resources inside the membership portal like podcasts, printables, mini-courses, Q&A sessions... are exclusive to this membership only. You won't find those in the book.
WHAT IF I'M TRYING TO WORK AND HOMESCHOOL?

Welcome! Together with my husband, we own 3 separate businesses. You can absolutely have a full life, a full heart, and homeschool! In fact, simplifying and streamlining via the Minimalist Homeschooling process was born out of my necessity to both homeschool, and meet additional obligations. You always have time for the most important things, and I'd love to show you exactly how.
WHAT IF I'M NOT ON FACEBOOK?

The Simple is the New Smart Facebook Community is NOT a requirement to get the benefits of the Membership. While many people benefit from sharing their success and struggles with a community of like-minded peers, you will NOT miss any of Zara's content if you do not join the facebook group. There are comment sections built-in to the Minimalist Homeschooling Master Class and Mini-Courses within your membership portal, so you can always see other members' thoughts, and share your own there - without Facebook.
WHAT IF I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOMESCHOOL YEAR?

What if your children wanted to improve a certain skill set, or learn something new? What if it would add value to their days, or just make life so much easier for them? Would you tell your children to wait until the next school year? If not, then the same applies to you: Whenever you are ready to improve your homeschool, make life easier, or learn more about how to homeschool effectively and efficiently, then it is the perfect time to join us and get started! Learning isn't bound by a calendar for us homeschool teachers ;).
WHAT IF I AM HOMESCHOOLING FOR HIGH SCHOOL?

Well, the membership has a special mini-course just for you! If you're wondering how to make a transcript, determine your child's courseload, or count credits, then be sure to join us at the Smart or Expert Level to gain access to the the "Homeschooling High School" Mini-Course. A step-by-step planning and recording process, plus printable templates will take all of the guess-work out of homeschooling during the high school years.
WHICH HOMESCHOOLING PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND/OR CURRICULUM WILL THIS PROGRAM ADVOCATE?

Minimalist Homeschooling is not a prescription for a particular homeschooling philosophy, curriculum, or set of values. Rather, in the Simple is the New Smart Membership, you will learn how to use your own values as your compass, choose the best curriculum for your homeschool, and streamline any homeschooling philosophy. Not even sure what homeschooling philosophies are? Don't worry! Join us at the Smart or Expert Levels to get a mini-course on Homeschooling Phislosophies: what they are, and how to keep each of them simple :).

The NEW!!! Lesson plans for K-3 recommend curricula that are either secular or Christian - your choice. Most foundational subjects like phonics and math will always be secular, however, whenever a Christian option is suggested, a secular option is also provided. All literature suggestions are conservative and focused on classics.
HOW WILL I GET ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE RESOURCES, AND FOR HOW LONG?

All of the resources are contained within one Simple is the New Smart Membership portal online. Once you join, you will receive your login and password via email. You can logon at any time of day or night to work on whatever you and your homeschool need most. You will have unlimited 24/7 access to your resources as long as you are a member. Different portions of the portal will be available to you based on your membership level, while some upper levels may appear "locked" if you are not an Expert Member.
HOW LONG IS THE MEMBERSHIP CONTRACT?

There are no long-term contracts for the Simple is the New Smart Membership. We're here to grow with you, offer new content each month for your homeschool journey, and archive that content in a place where you can access it whenever you need it most. But, if the membership isn't helping your homeschool more than your monthly java habit, cancel anytime.
WHAT IF I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE MEMBERSHIP WORKS?

If you're not clear on the Membership, or convinced that this is the right place for you, shoot us an email at hello@zaraphd.com. A friendly homeschooler will be happy to answer any other questions about the Simple is the New Smart Membership.