About
My
Story
My name is Katherine Vincent-Crowson
I’ve been married for nearly 10 years and I’m raising four kids—one bonus daughter and three boys I grew from scratch—ages 3 to 14.
We have homeschooled my daughter for most of her life. We took a brief detour through public school, survived the COVID chaos, she spent a year in private school… and then begged to come back home. The boys? They’ve never set foot in a classroom.
We run an eclectic, enrichment-heavy homeschool built on real learning. We pull from classical ideas, hands-on projects, art, history, science, and practical life skills. We do depth. We do wonder. We do kids who actually want to learn.
Homeschooling for us doesn’t stop at books. We’re also homesteaders who intentionally sidestep the food industrial complex. We raise much of our own meat and believe kids should know where their food comes from, how it’s grown, and why that matters.
I love helping other moms simplify meal planning—because feeding a family well shouldn’t feel like a full-time job or a moral failure.
I’ve also been sewing for over three decades, learning at the knees of my mom and both of my grandmothers. Quilts, costumes, clothes, curtains, home décor—if it’s fabric, I’ve probably made it. Sewing is part art, part math, part survival skill, and part heritage, and I believe it deserves a place right alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic.
I'm passing my sewing skills down to my daughter (she can already make simple quilt-tops), and have a dream to help other women learn too! Sewing is an incredibly rewarding hobby. And will become invaluable if society ever shuts down. Ha.
My non-negotiables
I serve, not sell.
No pressure. No hype. Just honest help and resources that actually work in real homes.
Education includes real life.
Food, skills, creativity, history, and work all belong in a child’s education.
Moms deserve support, not pressure.
No manipulation. No fear-based marketing. No hustle guilt. I serve first and let value speak for itself.
Kids are not meant to be standardized.
I don’t outsource curiosity, values, or critical thinking to systems built for compliance.
Skills equal freedom.
Feeding my family well, making things with my hands, planning, creating—these are essentials, not extras.
I trust myself—and I teach others to do the same.
We don’t need institutional permission to raise capable humans, and I won’t pretend otherwise.
Real learning beats
busywork—every time.
If it doesn’t build understanding, skill, or wonder, it’s not worth our time.
This work must actually work in real homes.
If it’s not practical, usable, and sustainable for real families, it doesn’t make the cut.
Food matters. Period.
I sidestep the food industrial complex on purpose. Raising meat, knowing my sources, and feeding my family well is a core value, not a trend.
