The Barefoot Way
Dear Parents,
Your children are unique beings. Your family is unlike any other. Why settle for standardization when you are trying to build a customized life with your family?
Home education is about more than academics. It’s about stepping away from the Standard American Lifestyle that is excessively busy, emotionally taxing with barely enough time to talk to each other. It’s about protecting children’s curiosity and play and expanding success to include a life that feels steady, intentional, and purposeful. It’s for thoughtful families who want to create something personal and enduring.
The Barefoot Way is my signature approach to life without school: calm, clear, and deeply grounded in child development, human behavior, and tapping into your own inner wisdom. I’ll ask you questions most people never think to ask, offer the kind of insight that goes deeper than “just do this and it’ll be fine,” and help you match your choices to where your child actually is developmentally—not where a scope and sequence says they “should” be.
If you’re ready to shift and build a life‑long, relationship‑rooted, delight-driven education for your kids, I’d be honored to work with you.
~Missy
Who is this for?
You care deeply about your kids and their learning, but some mix of school conditioning, fear, or doubt still tugs at you.
You want to make steady, grounded choices about education and family life, even when it feels uncomfortable or unclear.
You’re creating a life outside the usual script and can feel both the beauty and the weight of that responsibility.
You’re done with quick fixes, cute quotes, and advice that ignores real child development, real challenges, and your actual limits.
You want to offer your kids intentional, conscious guidance — knowing when to step back, when to step in, and how to shift from worrying so much to embracing the messy, imperfect seasons with curiosity and wonder.
Choose Your Coaching Adventure
Homeschooling with Delight is a series of calls to support your homeschooling journey. Our calls are part reflection, part problem-solving, part mentoring.
This series is for those committed to slowing down, tuning out the noise, and reclaiming a more peaceful, joyful rhythm in your day to day lives. Together, we’ll explore how to foster curiosity, when to step in (and when to step back), and how to create an environment that is developmentally aligned to support your child’s growth and your own calm.
You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions, work through challenges unique to your family, and discuss concerns with someone who has been there—as a teacher, literacy tutor, and K-college homeschool parent.
Homeschooling with Delight includes four private, one-hour sessions that can be scheduled as needed throughout the year. We’ll work together to figure out the best timing.
Navigating Self-Directed Education Through the Years
You already believe in self-directed, interest-based learning, but worry your child may be missing important foundational skills. You can feel the value of this path, yet it’s hard to see how today’s messy, real-life learning adds up to “college and career readiness.” During our call, we’ll zoom out from the daily noise and look closely at your real life. We’ll get underneath the doubt and fears so you can see your child, your story, and your options with fresh eyes.
Drawing on decades of work at the intersection of child development, literacy and academic skill-building, and real-life, delight-driven learning, I bring a deep understanding of how kids grow, how skills actually emerge over time, and how to connect interests to foundations so you can support your unique child without betraying your values or recreating school at home.
What makes the Barefoot Way stand out?
I’ll send you a pre‑call questionnaire to get a feel for where you and your child(ren) are so we can jump right in the minute we connect.
I ask the questions most people never think to ask which allows us to get to the heart of your story.
Our work together is grounded in research on child development and how humans actually learn, not opinions or fads. I bring an evidence‑informed lens and years of practice to help you make choices that truly fit your child.
Kind and honest insight. No sugar‑coating, no shame, no “just do this curriculum and you’ll be fine”.
You’ll leave with concrete, doable steps you can start now.
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Life Unschooled- a downloadable guide
If you are new to unschooling or are unschooling curious, this is the guide for you!
Written by two master’s level teachers turned unschooling moms, Life Unschooled provides insight, guidance, and assurance that living and learning without school is not only possible, but in many cases, preferrable.
Common questions are answered, stumbling blocks are addressed, academics and socialization are discussed, and journal pages are provided.
Whether you are a working or stay-at-home parent supporting your child’s educational journey has never been easier. It’s not necessary to follow the standardized schooling model for your child to be successful and happy.
And it’s not necessary for them to wait until graduation to customize their lives.
Children are naturally curious and love to learn so it’s only natural that they can live a wonderful life outside of school!
Download your copy today!