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Homeschooling 10th Grade with These Curriculum Picks
This year we’re homeschooling 10th grade. I’m going to be honest with you. Homeschooling high school still makes me nervous. Maybe it’s because of the pressure of knowing that these are the last years before my son launches into adulthood. This post contains affiliate advertisement and compensated links to products or services. I read other bloggers and experts on the subject, and have many homeschool blogging friends who assure me that it’s not as difficult as I may be trying to make it. And, I get it. But this is just me, sitting here realizing that I’m the only one responsible for the education of my son. If you are…
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Using a Self-Guided History Curriculum for High School Homeschool
By the time a student is in high school they most likely are working at an independent level. This is true for my son. It’s been true for several years now. In fact, he’s become his own teacher so to speak, while I’ve become more of a facilitator ensuring he is completing assigned work, reviewing any needed content and tracking his work. This new system is made all the easier with the use of a self-guided history curriculum. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites. Notgrass History has been such a blessing to our homeschooling lives. It started a couple of years ago when I was busy…
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We’re Homeschooling High School and Our 9th Grade Curriculum Picks
Ninth Grade y’all, seriously! I don’t think I’m ready for this and when I sit down and think about homeschooling high school I have panic attacks. It reminds me so much of those first few years when I started homeschooling, and then discovering what giftedness looks like. I know this feeling is both an emotional response to him growing older and that overall lack of confidence that happens when we allow the worldly view of education to invade our thinking. Still, it’s where I am at the moment. I know I’ll get over it just as I’ve done before and as we settle into the new school year I know…
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High School Supply List for Back to Homeschool
Isn’t it interesting how homeschooling through the years changes. When we start out in Kindergarten we’re gathering finger paints, fat pencils, and picture books. Through elementary paper types change, and glue sticks abound. This year in our homeschool we officially reach high school. While paper and pencils are still on my back to homeschool supply list, the way those items are utilized becomes more focused.
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10 Steps to Planning Homeschool High School into College
With planning to homeschool high school in the forefront of my mind, I’m thrilled to bring you this sponsored post by Carson-Dellosa and to be able to share information about their College Savings Giveaway. I’d be excited to bring you this information even if I weren’t being compensated for my time, (but just so you know, I am being compensated for my time in writing this sponsored post). It’s an awesome giveaway that will be a blessing to a few families. Oh, and homeschoolers you are eligible to enter this giveaway. As I’m wrapping up my son’s 7th grade year I realize he’s finishing up geometry. That is a high school leveled…
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How to Prepare for Homeschooling High School
I’m preparing for 8th grade. How did that happen? But as I prepare for 8th grade it occurs to me that we need to begin the process of preparing for homeschooling high school. We need to begin researching so that we can lay te groundwork for a successful high schoolThat means, we need to look ahead to determine the probable outcome for our child. This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sales pages which may result in paid compensation for this blogger. We plan to lead him toward college but aren’t opposed to a trade school or a school of ministry for our child. Either way, preparing as if he…
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10 High School Homeschool Bloggers You Should Follow
I can’t believe how quickly my Young Man is growing up. It won’t be much longer before he is in high school homeschool! This post contains affiliate links to products or services at 3rd party sites. Purchases made at these sites might result in paid compensation for this blog author. A couple of weeks ago I attended a homeschool mom’s retreat and during one of the sessions the speaker spoke of preparing ahead for your child’s high school years by contacting possible colleges when your child is in the 8th grade in order to determine what required classes and other requirements they may have for allowing your homeschool student to…
