It’s not too late to score some FREE curriculum! Sonlight is a well-known literature-based curriculum — because learning through literature is more positive and engaging than learning from textbooks or boring videos. The foundation of the Sonlight experience is their history/Bible/literature programs, to which you can add math, science, and language arts. Each year-long program […]
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Overview: There is help for math struggles in high school. Listen to a veteran homeschool mom and former math teacher share advice and ease your mind! Math struggles are no fun at any age, but in high school they can seem quite dire. It can be scary to think about how not getting the
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Overview: Use these simple ideas to make homeschool fun during the high school years. Your teen will be more motivated to learn! Includes a video. Note: Video sponsored by Teaching Toys, but all opinions are my own. My own kids often felt like high school was drudgery. Each day was a repetitive cycle of picking
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Overview: Is college the best option for your teen? Evaluate these indicators in order to make a fully-informed decision. We outright told our fourth kid he was definitely NOT going to college after high school graduation. He basically didn’t have a choice in the matter; he would be staying home, at least for a while.
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Overview: Afraid it’s not possible to find a Charlotte Mason curriculum for high school, or even to use Charlotte Mason methods? I’m here to help with all of that! (Note: This post is sponsored by Dreaming Spires Home Learning, but all opinions are my own.) “Do I have to? This is SO BORING! When am
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Overview: My Ideal College is a college and career counseling service that will help any teen narrow down a major and choose colleges to pursue. We went from no clue to a confident choice in just a few weeks! It’s a solid investment in your teen’s future.Note: This article was sponsored by My Ideal College
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Overview: Finding a homeschool high school English curriculum is not as hard as it sounds. Pick what you want your teen to focus on, and do the rest another time. Everything is so much easier to do in the elementary years, isn’t it? Math? Addition and subtraction. Multiplication facts. Fractions. Nothing too difficult. History? Let’s
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Overview: Beautiful Feet’s modern history curriculum is a great choice for high school. Read my detailed review to learn the benefits of this literature-based study. (Note: I received compensation for this review but all opinions are my own. This post does contain affiliate links.) Modern history is a subject that is woefully lacking in resources
Overview: Homeschool socialization doesn’t have to be any more of a thing in high school than it is at any other age. Here are 100 ways to make it happen! Someone corrected me about my wording recently. She defined “socialization” as “the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society.”
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Overview: CTCMath is a solid online high school math curriculum, and its very reasonable price makes it a great fit for homeschool families. Note: I was compensated by CTCMath to write this review, but every word is my own honest opinion. As a former math teacher, I’ve always been a huge fan of textbooks for
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