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Homeschool Question: Can My Child Take Art Classes at Community College?

My renewed call for homeschooling questions resulted in a very good inquiry about homeschool high-school students taking summer classes at the local community college. The question is paraphrased below: DeeDee asks: My oldest daughter is 15 years old and will be finishing 9th grade in the next month or so. She is a very talented artist self taught artist with than 2 dozen sketchbooks full of good drawings, and now she has begun to paint as well. A homeschooled young lady in our neighborhood who told my daughter that she had taken some summer classes at the local Community College … Continue reading →

Home schooled Highschooler on your own?

I just encountered a question from a homeshooled high schooler who wanted to go to college. He feared that his mom had not taught him everything he might need to know to go to college, and felt that he was on his own in completing his education. He wanted to know what his next step should be. If you are a high school homeschooler and find yourself feeling uncertain about your chances of getting into college, I have a few suggestions for you. Contact the colleges you are hoping to attend. Find out exactly what they require of applicants. Look … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Then and Now

This post is for new and prospective homeschoolers trying to get a handle on how to start homeschooling. When I began homeschooling, I read at least 30 books on how to homeschool, how homeschooling went, and how homeschooling should go. All of these books were good and valuable, but after homeschooling for 4 years now, I look back and shake my head. Following all of the advice in those older and often outdated books is akin to feeding my child milk from a bottle because my mother fed me that way. Here are some differences between homeschooling then, and now. … Continue reading →

Is a GED necessary?

Does a homeschool graduate need a GED (General Equivalency Diploma) in order to be a “real” graduate? Is a homeschool diploma considered a legitimate diploma? There was a time, back in the dark ages of homeschooling (when only a few courageous pioneers were bravely bucking the system) that most of what was done by homeschoolers was deemed illegitimate, including bestowing on them a “homemade diploma.” I remember being in that camp myself, laughing at what I thought were the backward, uninformed few who wanted to keep their children behind closed doors. (I was a teenager at the time, who knew … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review January 22- January 28, 2007

It has been a busy house here are the homeschool blog at families.com. Here is what we have been up to: Monday January 22, 2007 We started the week talking about homeschooling for others and hiring homeschoolers with I Want to Homeschool Your Child, I Want You to Homeschool My Child, and Homeschool Tutors must Manage Expectations, by yours truly (Andrea Hermitt). Karen Edmisten wrote Read-alouds: The best and biggest benefit, which speaks to the benefits of reading aloud to children. This article was part of a series on read-alouds started the previous week. Learning with Food Network by Karen … Continue reading →

College Courses and the Homeschooler: Dual Enrollment

This is the last of my 3 part series on college courses and the homeschooler. Previously I discussed auditing college classes and taking AP courses. The third option I will discuss for students preparing for college is dual enrollment. Duel enrollment is when a student is enrolled simultaneously in high school and college at the same time. The college level courses they would take would also satisfy high school diploma requirements. Duel enrollment is offered through most high schools in partnership with local colleges. Since Duel enrollment is a public school program for advanced students, it sticky subject amongst the … Continue reading →

College Classes and the Homeshooler: Advanced Placement

Many homeschoolers begin to panic when their children reach middle school age, because, no matter what statistics say, they have no idea how they will get their homeschooler prepared for college. Previously, I wrote about how you your child can audit college classes for high school credits, which included ensuring that your child will be able to handle college level work. Another route your homeschooled child can take is to enroll for advanced placement courses. Advanced Placement classes (also known as AP classes) are high school classes taught at a college level. While they are essentially college courses, they are … Continue reading →

College Classes and the Homeschooler: Auditing Classes

Many homeschooling parents begin to panic when their children reach middle school age, because, no matter what statistics say, they have no idea how they will get their homeschooler prepared for college. I have on piece of advice here… Enroll them in college now! By enrolling your high school (and sometimes younger) homeschooled child in community college courses, you will have no doubt at all that they can handle the work at a four year college. By having a few college courses under their belts, they will also prove to the college admissions officers their capabilities and therefore have an … Continue reading →