UpwardHouse Learning…

His Way

Private tutoring, homeschool assistance, workshops, and life coaching with a focus on developing the whole person.

Check out our Services page, to see what we offer and to meet our great tutors and coaches.

What do we offer?

Elementary and Middle School

Our Tutors will work with you and your student to design a curriculum that works with their skills, desires, and needs. We will set you on a path toward independent learning driven by the child's own desire to grow. Yes, it's possible! Contact us!
This is for those who are in school or have a homeschool curriculum and just need a little help on a specific subject. Contact us for a free consultation.
If you’ve just started homeschooling or just need some support because you are feeling overwhelmed. Our team works with you to examine your homeschool needs and to brainstorm structure or changes to help things run smoothly and positively. This includes the legal aspects, choosing a curriculum, and helping parents and children be on the same team.
Our Founder is a Texas Certified teacher with certifications in EC-8 Generalist, Special Education EC-12, English as a Second Language (ESL/ESOL), and Gifted & Talented (GT/GATE). If your child has a specific need, or maybe your child is struggling and you don't know why...We can help! Call or click on the button to contact us.

High School and College

Our team includes local college students who excel in their studies and also have both the skills and desire to teach and lead your student. We have availability for all subjects, with specialties all levels of math. Need high school or college writing tutoring, or assistance with proofreading, study skills, or organization? We have you covered there, too. Contact us.
We are currently offering tutoring from a university professor in the sub disciplines, biology, chemistry, and math (algebra through calculus). Need help catching up, staying ahead, or passing a test? Contact us!
We are currently offering tutoring in the sub disciplines of biology, chemistry, and math with a university professor. This includes undergraduate, graduate, and professional (P.A., P.T., nursing school). Contact us!

Ageless Learning

With our various network, we are able to facilitate connections with many professionals with a variety of amazing skills. Let us connect you with a coach in your area of interest.
Examples include:
Graphic design
Video graphics and editing
Writing novels
Self publishing
Construction
Home improvement
Drawing and art
Social media
Dance
Disc Golf
Travel Planning
And More…
Often we notice that things in our lives just seem to be jumble or going in the wrong direction. Sometimes this can be because of a lack of boundaries, negative thinking, or simply not successfully setting and working toward goals. Present behaviors are rooted in the beliefs we have about ourselves and the world around us. Let us help you set new goals for your life, and work on the underlying beliefs and boundaries to help you change your life from the inside-out.
UpwardHouse Learning periodically hosts and produces workshops that are focused on teaching various life skills. These include hobbies, trade skills, and even basic homemaking skills. The sky’s the limit on these. Whatever people need/want to learn.
If you have a skill that you would like to teach, head to the contact page and let us know.

Our Methods

Free Consultation

We meet with the parent and student to get to know you and your child’s past experiences with education, as well as to learn your child’s gifts, talents, and passions. We then design an individual learning plan, specific to your child.
Independent Growth Plan

After the consultation, we develop a plan for independent growth for each student, based on their gifts, talents, and passions. We navigate through hurdles and make realistic goals short- and long-term goals.
Motivation-Focused Learning

We learn what motivates your child, and work with them to realize their own potential to pursue learning, and that they do not need to fit into the same mold as everyone else.
Curriculum Advice and Design

Based on your student’s individual needs, we will advise you on resources and create a curriculum specific to your child that will meet, and exceed, state requirements. Through UpwardHouse Learning, you will have access to multiple costly educational resources, to which we subscribe.
Parent Resources and Support

Do you or your child have an educational struggle? Is there an issue that you are having difficulty navigating on your own? Let’s work together to find a solution.
Inter-Family Networking

Have access to the UpwardHouse Learning family network. Meet other parents who are also navigating their way through their child’s individualized learning plan. Education shouldn’t look the same for every child. AND you shouldn’t have to do it alone. We were created for community. Find it here.

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Recent Blogs

Blog

Sinking the Boat

Picture with me a speed boat zooming through the water. Behind it is a large triangular wake. Once students know their greatest talents and passions, they can zoom ahead like a speed boat on a path to learn all they can about that topic. Everything else they need in order to excel in that specialty area they will seek out and learn in the wake of their own speed boat. If they are expected to learn everything about everyone else's specialty areas, it's as if you have tied lead weights to the back of that speed boat and it holds the boat back like anchors from all directions behind the boat. If it continues to try to speed ahead, the boat will actually begin to take on water and, if the lead weights aren't cut off, or the boat doesn't slow down, the boat will sink.

From What State?

“Are you enjoying homeschooling?” I sat in stunned silence as I contemplated my dear friend’s question. She may as well have been speaking a foreign language. Enjoying? Homeschooling should be enjoyable? My institutional mindset could not compute. As the cogs in my brain kicked into high gear, contemplating this new idea, my friend (and homeschool mother of ten) sat, radiating peace. That single question completely changed my trajectory, and I am forever grateful.

Kathy's Korner

Changing the Starting Point

What if we are starting at the wrong place with our children's education. Join Kathy as she discusses motivation and process. How to we make learning something that our kids will actually strive for, and not just obey because "we said so".

Emotional Health in Learning

Bethany Jensen, a long time client, joins Kathy to discuss her and her families journey and experiences with the effect emotional health has on learning.

Visualize - Intro to Vision Boarding

Unlocking Logical Potential

Trauma can affect our ability to think logically at any age. This can make subjects like math seem almost impossible. Watch this episode of Kathy’s Korner to learn about this issue and how we can begin to address it.

The Opportunity to Create Independent Learners

Our maiden voyage on the Vlog journey. Join Kathy as she shares her heart on the current education environment and her vision of teaching children to love learning and how they learn best.