Home school for your high schooler
Homeschooling at any age can be a challenge, but we have found that home schooling our high school aged children has been the most challenging. We want to make sure they have everything they need for the real world, but also all the credits they need to get into college.
The challenge is not so much with our children, but with finding high school curriculum for home schooling. Most of the home school curriculum is younger grade based usually below 8th grade. Yes there are some home school programs out there that have high school aged curriculum, but some of those can be very costly and when you are on a budget it makes it difficult.
We prefer to create our own home school curriculum rather than buy something expensive. Creating your own home school curriculum can be interesting and fun, whether for your younger children or your high schoolers. With our high schoolers we can include them in creating something they can be interested in and still get the number of credits for graduation.
Themed unit studies are one way of creating home school curriculum for your high school children. You can determine your children's area of interest whether it be Egypt, Civil War, Automotive, Cooking or any of hundreds of other options. Themed units should be able to include reading, writing, math, history and science at least.
So how do I put a themed unit study together? Research on the subject is key to creating a home school curriculum yourself. Let's take Cooking as an example for a high school themed unit study. The children will need to read recipes and show basic understanding of using it to cook with, they will use math and science when measuring and combining ingredients and of course it is good to learn some history of cooking, techniques and styles.
As you can see creating a home school curriculum for your high schooler can be a challenge. Creating your home school curriculum takes some work up front, but in the end when you see how much more interested your children are in learning it is all worth it!
This of course is just one example of creating your own home school curriculum for your high school children, there are many options out there and don't forget the internet is a very informative place to find great ideas for home schooling your children.
For some great ideas check out www.homeschoolingprofessor.com we help you learn how to homeschool for next to nothing!
My husband and I have homeschooled our 2 children all the way through high school and both have graduated and gone on to college. Homeschooling can be a challenge and we hope that our tips can help through the high school years!
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