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Homeschooling High School

Homeschooling High School

If you are planning on Homeschooling High School, then you’ve come to the right place!

Find information on:

  • planning high school homeschool
  • creating electives
  • preparing for college
  • writing essays
  • teaching science
  • navigating college selection
  • and lots more!

Read on, click through,

and learn How to be a Rockstar at Homeschooling High School.

Homeschooling High School by Design

Homeschooling High School by Design is a 16 module eCourse on how to plan for the high school years. Learn with a community of others how to:

  • plan the high school years with your teen
  • choose curriculum to match the high school experience you and your teen want
  • design project based courses for your high schooler
  • schedule high school hours to earn credit in the midst of other activities so that it’s sustainable
  • learn about how to accommodate special learning needs of all kinds in the high school years
  • keep records for your teen’s future

In addition the lesson modules, you will have planning forms to help build your high school framework.

Homeschooling High School English

How to Focus on Pre-Writing for High School
  • Using Writing Conferences to Coach Writing– Bring your writers from where they are to proficient written communicators with writing conferences
  • How to Focus on Pre-Writing for High School– a look at how to help teens with concretes ideas before they write.
  • Writing the Personal Essay– Tips on how to write personal essays for college entrance and any other opportunity which comes along.
  • A Homeschooler’s Guide to the Persuasive Essay– Resources and ideas on teaching the persuasive essay which is another college essay must know.
  • High School Skills: Analyzing Text– This is a skill necessary for college success. Can your student synthesize ideas from what he reads?
  • Tips for a Well Written Expository Essay– Great guidelines for explaining type essays
Blog, She Wrote: Other Worlds- Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction
  • Creating Other Worlds: Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction– Do you have a student who loves fantasy and other world reading and writing? This is a great resource for keeping those teens with plenty of resources!
  • The Ultimate Guide to Coaching Writing in Your Homeschool– This is a page where I’ve put together the resources, posts, and ideas on teaching writing in your homeschool.
  • 100 Books You Should Read by the Time You Turn 20– This is a list for teens by teens in response to an NPR list which they really did not like.
  • How to Engage Your Teens with Books– Keeping your teens in the reading game and having great discussions.
  • Six Week Free Writer’s Workshop– Join our free writer’s workshop with 18 activities to encourage writing in community.
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Homeschooling High School History & Geography

  • History Quests– Come and explore history with using our short lessons of inquiry.
  • Geography Quests– Adventures in geography for all ages. There’s a lot of potential for high school explorations in each quest.
  • Learning Geography with Atlases– A post with ideas and collections of atlases and how to use them in your homeschool

Homeschooling High School Math

Learning High School Math with Life of Fred
  • Life of Fred– We use Life of Fred for upper level math. Read this post to see how we use Fred and how it’s been beneficial to our family.
  • The Making of a Wizard & the Crafty Side of Math– Do you have a creative student who dislikes math? This post is all about how I work with my creative girl to give her confidence while still tackling the tough math.
  • Teaching & Mentoring High School Math– Everything from algebra to calculus and preparing for college entrance exams.
  • Learning High School Math with Life of Fred– Reasons why we use it as our whole curriculum in high school and what instructional time looks like overall

Homeschooling High School Science

  • 100 STEM Projects for Kids & Teens of All Ages– a round up post of 100 of the STEM lessons here at Blog, She Wrote
  • Homeschooling Middle & High School Science– How we teach science here with two scientists as parents and lots of resources.
  • The Snake Project– This is one of the ways we approach science in high school. This was a year of biology learned through the lens of my daughter’s snake project.
  • Teaching Earth Science with Geography– A look at our science for 2014-2015 and how we are combining earth science with NorthStar Geography
  • Gardening as a Tool for Teaching Science– for teens and middle schoolers on down, how to use your garden for teaching biology and chemistry.
  • Measuring Lung Capacity– Learn about the respiratory system and measure lung capacity.
  • Illustrating the Human Body– High school biology for creatives, including biological illustration resources
  • Tips for Botanical Illustrating– the finer points on sketching for high school and middle school science
  • Calculating Density– Lab for taking in data on found objects and calculating density after measuring mass.

Homeschooling High School Fine Arts

Scheduling Time for Creative Pursuits
  • Homeschooling Middle & High School Fine Arts– Lists of resources and our approach to fine arts in high school
  • The Art of Fall- Mixed Media Workshop & More Plans for High School Art– A look at a mixed media class we took (and continue to take by season this year) and high school art plans for Rebecca, our 9th grader
  • Summer Art Fun with Mixed Media– How to use summer to meet fine art credits
  • Scheduling Time for Creative Pursuits– How we schedule in time for creativity among regular high school course work for our creative girl

Homeschooling High School Technology

  • Managing the Internet in Your Home– This is a huge issue for parents of teens. How do we handle computer/tech time as our kids grow?
  • How to Homeschool with a Kindle– Find out all the ways you can use this economical tool in your homeschool. There are things which people haven’t heard of or thought about- like access to all your Kindle highlights at once.
  • How to Use Google Earth– Using this free electronic atlas. Includes websites with lessons.
  • How to Make a YouTube Playlist– This is useful for making lists for courses your high schooler is taking and choosing content to enhance their studies.
  • Best Educational YouTube Channels for High Schoolers– Lots of great channels here for mostly secondary school students.

How to Plan for Homeschooling High School

Homeschooling High School with a Four Year Plan
  • How to Make a Four Year Homeschool High School Plan– The nuts and bolts on putting a plan together with your student for their high school years.
  • Finishing Strong– I cohost a weekly link up on homeschooling the upper grades. Check weekly and link up or just see what other homeschool high schoolers are doing.
  • Working with a Very Bright & Occasionally Very Motivated High Schooler: Tips & Strategies– If you have a great kid who doesn’t like to work hard when the task requires it, this is the post for you! Not every homeschooler is the quintessential student.
  • Creating Homeschool Independence with Online Schedulers– How to give your students ownership of their work by helping them to keep track of their own work.
Earning Credits with a Project Based High School
  • Creating Opportunities for Your Homeschooled Teen– How do you keep your students engaged and help them to find their niche in high school?
  • Strategies for Scheduling High School– How to sit with your teen and hammer out a workable schedule for high school courses and extracurriculars.
  • Must Have Supplies for High School– What we and other homeschooling families think are the best helps for high school.
  • How to Homeschool High School through the Holidays– Planning the month of December with teens to be purposeful without leaving all the fun behind.
100 Awesome Educational Videos for Homeschooling High School
  • 100 Awesome Educational Videos for Homeschooling High School– a robust list of educational videos for teens
  • Choosing High School Curriculum– How to know what will work for your high schooler and a list of our favorites
  • Should My Homeschooled Teen Get a Part Time Job– some families wonder if a part time job is the right decision for their teen. It seemed like most teens had jobs in the 80s and 90s, but not so much anymore.

Homeschooling High School to Prepare for College

How to Navigate the College Application Process as a Homeschooler– The ins and outs of looking for schools, narrowing down, and keeping track of it all.

Preparing for College Made Easy: A Guide to the Common Application– This can be a confusing website with many instructions for the homeschooling parent. Learn how to use this terrific tool.

Homeschooling High School for College by Design

Homeschooling for College by Design is a 12 module course which helps you to package your custom high school experience for competitive college admission.

Take the course and learn how to:

  • create a high school transcript
  • use the transcript builder to make your custom transcript- included with the course!
  • decide which college test or tests is right for your teen
  • prepare your teen for writing college essays of all kinds
  • discern what type of outsourcing you need for your student
  • choose colleges
  • navigate the Common Application
  • figure out Financial Aid and scholarships

This course will help you with your student’s next steps beyond high school.

The transcript builder is a tool you can use with all of your high schoolers.

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Have we talked about my slate board lately? This Have we talked about my slate board lately? 

This is a little behind the scenes of our out of the box homeschool high
school post. πŸ€“

When I was a classroom science teacher, I adored my slate board. I taught in an older section of the school building and had a long slate board that was amazing. When the building was torn down, I wanted to see if I could save the slate, but it was gone already. 😟

Fast forward a few months, and we were able to save this one from the
landfill. πŸ’•

It's not always Instagram beautiful, being freshly washed and white trimmed with fancy lettering and quippy quotes. 😬

But, it's always been a friendly work horse. πŸ’™

Before this slate was put up, we used a white board by the kitchen table.
You knew you were in for a treat if Dad asked for the marker to explain
something. πŸ‘

Now, our teens will ask for the chalkboard explanation. They're always the best! 

It brings back fond memories and they know they'll get more than they need
to fill up their knowledge bucket. 😎

We're gearing up to give this room a makeover and this centerpiece isn't
going anywhere! πŸ’™

I'm pretty sure it's going in my will. β™₯️ #savetheslate

Image: midpoint in a triangle problem and solution on an original slate
board. Smooth like butter.
Happiness is a new @raspberrypi 400 just in time t Happiness is a new @raspberrypi 400 just in time to take the edge off March. πŸ–₯️⌨️ 

Tell me about how you insert new energy into your homeschool high school in late winter/ early spring. πŸ’™πŸ‘‡
Pro tip: this includes the high school years! 🀩 Pro tip: this includes the high school years! 🀩

Just think of all the wonder coming your way:

πŸ’™ amazing, revealing conversations
πŸ’™ driver's ed
πŸ’™ first time voting
πŸ’™ trigonometry!
πŸ’™ explored passions
πŸ’™ maturing attitudes
πŸ’™ independence
πŸ’™ good company

This might be a well kept secret, but the teen years are some of the best years of homeschooling! πŸ₯³

Click through to get a steady dose of homeschooling high school encouragement. πŸ‘‰

Drop a comment below and tell me your favorite thing about teaching high school! πŸ‘‡
If you haven't signed up for the free webinar toni If you haven't signed up for the free webinar tonight on Unstructured High School Work, there's still time! πŸŽ‰

Just click the through the link in my sign on. πŸ‘‡

If you are a subscriber, you've already been sent the link to the call tonight and you'll get one more reminder. 🀩

We'll be talking about how to change your mindset on what you think are learning obstacles in high school! ✌️

I hope to see you there! 😍
Let's Talk about that Unstructured Time in High Sc Let's Talk about that Unstructured Time in High School!. Instagram post 17895096697868119
What do you do about all the hours of unstructured What do you do about all the hours of unstructured project time your teen craves?

As a parent of out of the box, differently wired, gifted teens, you've probably asked yourself this question often. πŸ€”

Maybe you even ask it daily as your teen escapes to their work space to get lost in the work yet again. 😬

πŸ‘‰Does your teen avoid conventional school work?

πŸ‘‰Does your teen naturally lean toward big, engaging projects?

πŸ‘‰Do you have a hard time steering them toward the other work that *should*  be getting done?

Let's talk about it!

We’re doing a deep dive into:

 βœ…What to do with that time your teen needs

 βœ…Why your teen craves unstructured work time

 βœ…How much unstructured time is ok

 βœ…How to count that project time for high school credit

 βœ…The benefits of unstructured time

Join me by signing up for the webinar through the link in my profile. πŸ‘‡

I'll see you on Wednesday the 17th at 8pm ET.
The snow crystals . . . come to us not only to rev The snow crystals . . . come to us not only to reveal the wondrous beauty of the minute in Nature, but to teach us that all earthly beauty is transient and must soon fade way. But though the beauty of the snow is evanescent, like the beauties of the autumn, as of the evening sky, it fades but to come again.  – Wilson Bentley ❄️

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I can’t help myself. πŸ•΅οΈ

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When it snows, I check the crystal shapes and if there’s a shot of getting good pictures, I brave the cold and set up my equipment. πŸ”¬πŸ–ŒοΈ

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These images were taken with @Homesciencetools Home 1000x LED Microscope on low power with a digital microscope camera which gives me a smaller field of view than the whole snowflake, but I love looking at snowflake centers! ❄️❄️

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Did you know the hexagonal shape in the center can vary? I have lots of photographic proof! πŸ“·

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Right now microscopes are on sale for 10% off. Check out my link to learn how to capture snowflakes with your kids and teens! πŸ”¬β„οΈ
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself a new one till you have read an old one in between. - C.S. Lewis

My 15yo read all of Frank Baum's Oz books when he was very young. They are lovely and enchanting. 🧚

We thought it would be fun to revisit the first book this winter with this year's Boomerang title from @juliebravewriter. No regrets! πŸ₯³

What are you reading right now? πŸ“š
One of the key ingredients in the high school year One of the key ingredients in the high school years in our homeschool is authentic engagement with something they love. πŸ’™

We encourage our teens to look for ways to incorporate community connection into their goal seeking experiences. 🀩

It works. πŸ‘

Not only do our teens meet their personal expectations with a goal, but they add to it a connection component that is so important.

Our daughter spent high school immersed in the world of fashion design. She arrived there at a young age and hit her stride in her teen years, designing for local runway shows and being chosen for a curated exhibit at our local library with industry professionals and local design students. πŸ‘—πŸ§΅ 

While pursuing design, she had this other thread running with #4H, being a student member of our Plant & Environmental Science programming committee. She served there five years helping to plan, teaching at workshops, and as a 4-Her, participating in horticulture contests at the local, state, and national levels and bringing home ribbons! πŸŒΏπŸ…πŸŽ–

Rebecca adores wild plants and ecology! When she arrived at university, she knew she still wanted to study plants along with her fashion design. 😍

She's taken classes in forensic botany and natural plant dyes, worked to cultivate and harvest the department's dye garden, and she was chosen as the designer for a team working on a grant to reforest hemlock trees devastated by an invasive insect species. 🦟🌲

That grant work came full circle since she helped to plan a 4-H workshop on that insect species and the damage it's doing to the Eastern Hemlock. 🀩

Rebecca designed, patterned, and constructed a vest to fit on dogs to release seeds onto hillsides that are deforested of their hemlocks. Did you know hemlocks thrive on steep terrain? Her task was to create a pattern that dog owners could replicate and place on their dogs to let them romp and drop seeds where humans cannot go. πŸΉπŸŒΏπŸ’™

Recently, I was talking with her about her work in high school and how it prepared her for the work she's doing now. 

Her response? Unique opportunities in high school lead to unique opportunities in college. πŸ’™

I could not agree more! πŸ‘‡
Happy Saturday and welcome to all of you who are n Happy Saturday and welcome to all of you who are new this week! 😍

My name is Heather and I’m a mom to four kids ages 22 to 15. I’ve been blogging for just about 15 years at BlogSheWrote.org.  Before becoming a mom, I was a professional science educator teaching middle and high school biology. πŸ”¬I have an undergraduate degree in biological sciences and a master's in curriculum and instruction, secondary education. πŸ’™

Our two oldest are off to university with big scholarships, honors college designations, and an Ivy League admission. Their big dreams didn’t stop us from homeschooling differently. πŸ’™

This year we’re homeschooling a senior and a sophomore. I just finished the last time through Algebra II. Sniff. They grow up so fast! πŸ˜‚

Just like my kids, my blog has grown up and now I offer encouragement to families homeschooling high school. Woot! 🀩

My specialty is helping you to homeschool out of the box teens with a different approach so you can watch them soar toward their dreams, no matter what that looks like post high school. ✌️

We use an authentic, goal oriented, community connected, knowledge and experience seeking strategy to meet our teens where they are and get them to where they want to be! πŸ‘Š

All four of our kids have chronic challenges from varying levels of neurodiversity and neurological infectious diseases that changed our approach to high school and their launch into the world beyond our homeschool. I love to help moms who have sick teens!πŸ₯³ 

In this space, I share our story and homeschool snapshots,

encouragement as you homeschool high school,

and information about the resources I have for you including three self-paced courses all about planning, implementing, and packaging a personalized homeschool high school that your teen envisions,

along with a membership where I offer mentoring through the courses and our live calls and online community. πŸ™Œ

When you click through my profile, you’ll find all these resources plus the 14 years of homeschooling goodness I want to share with you! πŸ’™

Come for free guides, STEM materials, nature courses, and a free writer’s workshop. 

I hope to see you in the comments! 😍

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