photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
Blogging is a great way to “think your way into a subject and make it your own” and to have fun at the same time. Whether you write about your life, your friends, schoolwork, serious stuff, fun stuff, or flights of fancy, the very act of putting your thoughts into words will help you learn to think more deeply.
On this page, I’ve organized my best posts into categories, so you can go through them step by step and learn all about blogging at your own pace. Feel free to skip around, reading whatever sounds interesting to you.
The extra spots in each list are for future posts — there’s always more to learn, right? So please, if there’s any topic you’d like me to write about, let me know, either by posting a comment or by using the email form on my About TeacherMom page.
[Note: If you work your way through 12 or more of these posts and use the tips to improve your own blog, feel free to Grab a Sidebar Badge for yourself. You will have earned it!]
What is a Blog?
- Blogging? What’s That?
- FREE Homeschool Blogging Correspondence Course
- What is a Student Blog?
- Why WordPress.com?
- How To Make (and Remember!) a Strong Password
- What is RSS?
Blogging 101 Lessons
- Blogging 101: Introduction
- Blogging 101: Getting Started
- Blogging 101: First Steps
- Blogging 101: Let’s Write!
- Blogging 2 Learn “Grading” Rubric
- Blogging 101: Want More Blog Traffic? Be Useful!
- Co-op Class Schedule: Follow the lessons from my 2010 homeschool co-op class. Minor details (such as the exact location of WordPress.com blog settings) will have changed, but the basic guidelines and tips still apply.
Brainstorming: What to Write About
- What Can I Write About?
- What Keeps You From Writing?
- Free Mind Mapping Software
- What is Your Message?
- How Can You Improve Your Blog Today?
- Conquer Writer’s Block
- “Going Viral” Has Nothing to Do with Swine Flu
Copyright and Plagiarism
Writing Tips and Tricks
- Proofreading: More to Love
- How to Avoid Accidents
- Improve Your Blog with These Writing Tips
- How to Teach Writing: Best Ideas from the Comments
- Favorite Fumblerules of Grammar
- 15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look Silly
- Why You Can’t Trust Your Spell-Checker
Make It Easy for Your Reader!
- Reader-Friendly Editing and Format
- More Reader-Friendly Editing
- The Sidebar is for Your Readers
- Sidebar Widgets
- Finding New Readers
Giving and Getting Comments
- Introduction to HTML
- Comments, Comments, and More Comments
- Watch Out for Spam Comments
- More Comment Spam
Photos and Other Extras
- Adding Photos & Giving Credit
- How to Navigate the New Flickr
- Signs of Spring (How To Make a Slide Show)
- Photos, Videos, & Giving Credit Where It’s Due
- How To Add a Poll
- How to Add a Custom Header
- Photography Tips from a Student Blogger
- Photo Blogging Tips from a Student Blogger
Let’s Have Some Fun!
- Homeschool Kids Carnival — with Sidebar Buttons!
(and check out the more recent carnivals, too) - Spilling Ink: Cool Bookmarks
- Challenge Yourself to Blog
- Dragon Writing Prompts
- More Fun with Wordle
- Let it Snow!
- More SPAM
- Paragraphy Puzzle
- Grab a Sidebar Badge
- Plinky Writing Prompts
- Celebrate A Blogiversary
- My New Toy: Flag Counter
- Blogging with a Cat
Tips for Advanced Bloggers
- Introduction to HTML
- Organization (Categories and Tags)
- How to Save Time with Quick Edit
- Organize Your Blogroll with Link Categories
- Show Off Your Best Stuff
- Use a Custom Menu to Highlight Your Favorite Things
- Add a New User to Your Blog
- Changing the Front Page of My Blog
Self-Publishing
- New Fantasy Fiction Book by 13yo Homeschooler
- Banished: First Published Review
- “Let’s Play Math!” Beta Edition Published
- Homeschool Self-Publisher: Pictures on Kindle
Blogging 2 Learn 
April 28th, 2010 at 11:34 am
Scary Pic!!!!!!!!!!!
June 21st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
[…] already posted most of my best tips at Blogging 2 Learn, the blog for my homeschool co-op class. I’m sure you can find something of interest, from […]
July 11th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Hi — I am giving a talk about homeschool blogs at the HSC Conference in August (hscconference.com), and when I asked for input, someone mentioned your blog. How topical this page is! I’ll definitely let the people who attend my talk know about these great blog tips. Thanks! Suki
July 12th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Thank you, Suki! I’m always glad to hear that people find my work helpful.
April 27th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
I’ve been blogging for years now and I can see there are still things for me to learn from your lessons. Thanks!
November 17th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
[…] I’ve tagged this for my son Daniel to work through: Blogging Lessons […]
February 14th, 2013 at 3:01 pm
[…] Work at yard maintenance, then independent work: Blogging, Math, Drawing, […]
July 15th, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Hey! So excited to find your blog! I am teaching “Early Writers’ Quest” class starting this fall in a homeschool co-op. I am planning to incorporate blogging in the spring semester. I am wondering if you suggest to your students to study keyboarding first? I am hunting for some research to suggest one way or another and if so which program might work best for kids grades 1-3. I currently have a blog for parents to support reading and writing with emerging writers. I would love it if you could check out my blog!
Laura
July 22nd, 2014 at 3:10 pm
Hi, Laura. Thanks for stopping by!
I don’t recommend keyboarding as a prerequisite, though I’m sure it’s useful. My kids have always just picked keyboarding up on their own, through writing,online chat, and game play.
September 20th, 2014 at 3:04 am
hello can u plz help me how to add posts to a specific page . when I publish a new post it only comes on my home page not on others . I would be glad If u tell me how to do this on blogger as well as on wordpress .
Thanks in advance 😀
October 6th, 2014 at 2:00 pm
I don’t understand what you are trying to do. I don’t know blogger very well, but in WordPress, the default setting makes your home page a running collection of all your posts, with the latest at the top. You can change this, if you prefer to have a static page come up first, as I do on this blog. Then you put whatever you want on that page, manually, as if you were writing a regular blog post.
See Changing the Front Page of My Blog.