How to Begin Homeschooling
A Free Live Online Course from HEAV
You don’t have to figure out homeschooling alone.
Join HEAV online for live answers to your homeschooling questions—whether you’re still deciding, planning your year, or racing the August 15 deadline.
August 3-5, at 7 p.m.
Everything You Need to Begin Homeschooling— Before August 15.
Starting homeschooling shouldn’t feel like a leap in the dark.
Maybe you’re not sure homeschooling can really work for your family
Or maybe you’ve decided to homeschool, and now you’re wondering…
- Where do I start?
- Can I really do this?
- Which curriculum should I choose?
- What does a homeschool day actually look like?
- What does Virginia law require?
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HEAV has walked this road with Virginia families
for more than forty years.
This is the same how-to-begin homeschooling content trusted at HEAV’s convention—the sessions parents come back to year after year to steady themselves before they start. We’ve helped families file their first Notice of Intent, choose their first curriculum, and get through their first hard week. We know where the real questions are, because families have been bringing them to us for decades.
We’re not here to tell you what to do. We’re here to help you do it well.
Here’s how it works.
- Choose your session.
Pick one, two, or all three. Each one is built for a different point in the journey - Show up live—FREE.
Sessions run in the evening, from home, with time built in for live Q&A. - Leave with an answer.
A plan, a filed Notice of Intent, or the reassurance you came for ‚ whichever you needed.
Choose the sessions that are right for you.
All three sessions are free of charge when you attend live. Come to the one you need, or all three—you decide.
Session 1: Intro to Homeschooling
Help a spouse, grandparent, or other family member see that it’s a real, workable option.
Session 2: Homeschooling Day by Day
Get real help with schedules, routines, curriculum, and a plan that fits daily life.
Session 3: Homeschool Law in Virginia
Understand Virginia requirements, including Notice of Intent and evidence of progress—before the August 15 deadline.
August 3-5, 7 p.m.
Want to keep the sessions to watch anytime?
Preorder recordings of all three sessions now for $19 when you register. After the series ends, recordings are $39.
The deadline is real.
Virginia law requires a Notice of Intent by August 15. Missing it doesn’t have to be a crisis—but you shouldn’t have to wonder, this close to the date, whether you’ve done it right. Session 3 walks you through exactly what to file and how.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with.
- If you’re still deciding: the confidence that homeschooling is a real, workable option, not a leap of faith.
- If you’ve decided on a curriculum direction and a weekly rhythm that actually fit your family.
- If you’re racing the deadline: your Notice of Intent, filed correctly, before August 15.
- If you’re supporting someone else’s decision: a chance to see for yourself that this works.
Choose your sessions and register FREE
Or add recordings of all three sessions for just $19.
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About the Presenter
Sheri Payne, a 23-year veteran homeschooler, is a former support group leader, history and government teacher, writer, and speaker. She is the director of leadership and military support for Home Educators Association of Virginia.
She and her husband, Jim, have been married for 32 years. Jim is a retired Navy veteran working for Naval Special Operations Group Two. Their three children were always homeschooled. Caty, 30, is a college graduate and federal police officer. Mitchell, 28, is a former missionary to Mexico who is currently working to become an electrician. Marisa, 25, is a recent honors graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University.
