Homeschooling your child can be both rewarding and challenging. For some, the choice between staying home with your kids and earning a full-time income can be difficult. But, moms who homeschool don’t always have to choose one or the other! There are so many things you learn as a homeschool mom that can help you earn some cash. Depending on how much time and energy you have, you can even scale these into a full-time income. Even better news… all of these options have the potential to eventually earn passive income.
Many people think passive income is something that earns you money without any work at all. This is simply not true. All legit passive income opportunities require at least some work to get going. Then, it takes just minimal work to keep it up. The good thing, though, about passive income is you can stop trading your hours for dollars and start spending your time where it matters most.
I have come up with 5 ways moms who homeschool can make some extra cash while doing what they’re already doing anyway – homeschooling their kids! All the ideas you’ll find here do require a little effort and outside-the-box thinking. With a little thought and some dedication, you can start making extra cash in no time. And who knows, you may even find a new passion!
Create a Blog for Dads & Moms Who Homeschool
Many people may think blogging is dead or oversaturated. I am here to tell you – THINK AGAIN! The great thing about blogs is that it is YOU who makes it special. Just because there are other homeschool mom blogs out there doesn’t mean you don’t have something great to offer the world. To stand out from the crowd, try to find something you really excel at as a homeschool mom. Do you incorporate cooking into your lessons? Is your homeschool classroom outside & focused on nature? Do you have multiple kids in different age groups that you have mastered the art of homeschooling all at once?
Blogs with a niche audience are the most successful blogs. Instead of thinking of just starting “a homeschool blog” think of something unique and special that other parents could benefit from. Brainstorm ideas or think of things you have tried searching for for your own homeschool classroom but can’t seem to find.
Blogs come with an endless amount of opportunities to make money. Once you find your niche and begin blogging, you can get into things like affiliate marketing (working with companies to promote their products & get paid if someone buys through your link) or you can use your blot to promote your own business that relates to homeschooling (such as one of the next 4 ideas on the list).
Design Digital Planners & Lesson Planners
Do you love digital planners? Have you ever thought of creating your own geared towards moms who homeschool or homeschooled students? There are so many ways you can create your own digital planner. This option does take a little research and time to learn how to get started. However, after a few days of practice you will be able to sell quality digital planners like you see on Etsy.
Stand out from the rest by making something special about your digital planner. Add some extra pages that would be helpful to a niche group or come up with a unique aesthetic that similar to trending styles.
If you are artistic, you could also design your own notebook covers and stickers and sell them with your planners or as a separate purchase. Digital planners are a fun way to show off your creativity and it doesn’t look like they are going away any time soon. Make sure to do research about trending styles and SEO when creating and naming your planner. This will help you get to the top of the search results!
Make & Sell Crafts
Do you make things with your kids as part of your homeschool curriculum or even as a personal hobby? Imagine getting paid to sell something you love creating anyway! Talk about EASY INCOME! There are so many things that you can create and sell online, you just have to spend a little extra time on researching trends and SEO to be sure that the listings appear in search results. There are tons of places online that teach you how to do this if it is something unfamiliar to you.
You could turn almost any craft into a homeschool lesson also so this option is a win-win. You could try soap-making with your child and turn it into a math & science lesson, maybe you could read the history of needlework and try cross-stitching or teach young children how to read a ruler and find fractions on a number line while measuring wood for a wood-working project. The possibilities here are endless. You could even make crafts targeted to moms who homeschool and create funny and relatable coffee mugs & T-shirts.
Start a YouTube Channel or Create a Digital Course Geared Towards Dads & Moms Who Homeschool
Starting a Youtube channel can be a fun hobby. If you are hoping that it will make you rich overnight, however, you will be sadly mistaken. It takes lots of followers and other income stream options to make big bucks on Youtube. However, it doesn’t mean it’s a waste of time. You can gain a nice audience on Youtube to promote one of the other ideas in this post or you can use it to education other homeschool parents on something unique you do in your homeschool classroom. If you are really passionate about homeschooling and have something special to share with the world you can post to Youtube to help others like you.
This is a great segway into starting a digital course later on. If you have a special talent, you could teach kids on Youtube and market your videos to homeschool parents as an enrichment video they can use in their homeschool classroom. Or, if you have a special way of conducting your homeschool day that you think others’ would benefit from learning you could teach homeschool parents the art of homeschool classroom management, daily schedules, set up, how to conduct homeschool on a budget or how to relate lessons to kids’ passions such as cooking, building, STEM, nature & more!
Building a digital course is not for the faint at heart, however, if executed correctly it is probably the top income earning opportunity on this list!
Make and Sell Homeschool Resources Online
Have you ever spent hours trying to find the perfect resource for your lesson only to come up empty-handed or with a long list of over-priced items? Maybe you decided to create your own worksheet or activity or reading passage that was perfect for your child. Don’t let other people re-invent the wheel… share your creations for cash with the rest of the world! You could do this using programs such as Powerpoint and sell them online on different websites. If you create a blog, you could even use your blog to sell your unique creations there.
As long as you put some extra thought into these resources and spend a few extra minutes making sure they are sellable by using nice fonts and graphics, this is a very simple way to make money doing something you are already doing. Moms who homeschool are not the only people who may benefit from these resources either! As long as your resources align to a teaching standard, your potential buyers could be teachers too!
Download my Guide to Selling Homeschool Resources Online to see how you can get started!
So there you have it, 5 ways moms who homeschool can make easy cash with minimal effort! Each of these ideas does take some work and research, however, you can easily tie them into the activities you are already doing for your homeschool classroom. With a little dedication and perseverance, you could easily be making some passive income while doing what you love.
