The OpenEd Podcast

How to Start Homeschooling If You Don't Feel Qualified

September 18, 2026·58 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Before homeschooling, Blanca Montelongo worked in a public school as a registrar, sorting incoming kids by income, background and last name. Eight years in, she talks with Ela Bass about the fear she hears most from moms: "I don't think I can do it."IN THIS EPISODE- What she says to a mom who tells her, "I don't have the patience"- The one thing every family needs before they start, or they go back- Why finding a homeschool community is "kind of like dating"- The year her entire curriculum was one subject- What she does before she reaches her limit, not after- The one test her son ever took, and what she decided afterwardFIND BLANCAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blancalight.m/

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