I am quite a few years away from having to worry about this and yet, somehow time has actually grown faster over the last several years and so I’m sure high school will be here before I know it. But someone recently asked me how to keep track and give your high schoolers credits for the courses they study. Here are a few suggestions that might help point the way. Why do You Need High School Credits The first step, in my opinion, to determining how to keep track of high school credits is to determine why you need to … Continue reading →

I am becoming acutely aware that homeschooling older kids are a much different animal than homeschooling small kids. Now that my kids are 12 and 14 and with the older being in high school, I am finding that I need to drastically alter my approach to how I interact with them in regards to my lessons. My son has announced his aversion to being taught. He would much rather prefer to teach himself. I am sure this sounds like teenage craziness that a parent should never allow, after all, how in the world could a teenager teach himself? Well, you … Continue reading →

A great many homeschoolers these days began their education in traditional (public or private) schools and then moved to homeschooling out of frustration from school issues. In the early elementary years, new homeschooling parents seem to jump right in without much trepidation. As students approach high school however, prospective homeschooling parents tend to feel it is too late to homeschool their children. The truth is, it is never too late to homeschool your kids. Even high school dropouts through homeschooling. While many homeschoolers turn to public and private schools for the high school years, those homeschoolers who go all the … Continue reading →