This fall, my top writing project is finally finishing The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens for my new publisher, Apologia Christian Ministries. I'm drawing upon the experiences of many others, so if you have homeschooled during the high school years, I'd love to hear from you. What worked? What didn't? What advantages did you find? What weaknesses did you have to off-set?
My own kids would say homeschooling during high school was hard, but that was good. It cultivated independent learning skills in them and taught them the rewards of effort. Of course, they didn't really know this until they got out in the world and started mixing it up with their peers -- here they found that their work ethic put them at an advantage they didn't know they'd have.
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That's great!
Now that I'm taking classes at my county college, I'm realizing that the independence homeschooling cultivates is indeed invaluable.
As a homeschooled highschool student, I've found that socialization is extremely important, much more than in elementary school. Homeschooling can be lonely during highschool, and I think this causes many homeschoolers to switch to public or private schools. Thankfully, God has blessed me with a wonderful homeschool community, and the fellowship, frienship, and encouragement are absolutely invaluable. A little extra work to network with other homeschoolers certainly pays off by making the homeschool experience easier and a whole lot more fun.
Dear Debra,
I am so excited for you! As the homeschool mother of two 9th graders, I too, look forward to what God has planned for me- post home education. I have loved the whole process from Preschool to High School and know that, like you, my future lies somewhere in education. Go girl!!!
Our educational shortcoming has been math. We began with Math-U-See and switched to Video Text in 9th grade. Both are very easy to understand and are student/teacher friendly. I highly recomend them.
One of the best beginner classes that I took was one on how to teach reading and math Montessori style. It was common sense introductory information. I would like to see more of this applied to homeschoolers. Most curriculum assumes that the child already knows their numbers and letter sounds.
Thanks for being my first Blog!
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