Saturday 6 June 2015

Mid year Already! {HSMJ}


 In my life this week…
  • I'm a little stunned that we are in June already!
  • I am excited that it's one more week before we leave to go on holiday for a week.  I'm looking forward to reading some books.
Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

In our home school this week…
  • We continue to enjoy watching documentaries on Smart Kidz Homeschool
  • Documentaries on Netflix
  • Working our way through IEW level A.
  • Teaching Textbooks 4
  • Recorder lessons
  • Art lessons
  • We enjoyed two trips to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

 Things I’m working on…
  • Preparing two upcoming reviews.
  • Hosting the Homeshcooling High School blog hop
  • Counting down the days to our holiday 
  • Making plans for our trip to the Simpson Desert in September.
 On the WWW I’m reading…
 I’m cooking…
A photo, video, link, or quote to share…
I loved watching this sneak peak video of the new IMAX 3D movie on Jerusalem. It's a breathtaking from the air view of Jerusalem from a biblical/historical perspective



Blessings
Chareen


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Wednesday 3 June 2015

Introducing the 2015 Homeschool High School Blog Hop

Homeschooling through the high school years places fear in the hearts of many a home schooler both veteran and new. I remember years ago once people were used to the idea of us home educating the very next question was always "Are you going to homeschool for High School?" or "How will you teach ... ?"   

A couple of months ago a few home school friends were asking one another for help in finding information on home educating through the high school years when we realised that many of us had graduated students from our home schools but had not really shared our experience on home educating through the high school years, so we talked about sharing our knowledge with you and create a keepsake for ourselves on our blogs.  There are 18 of us on this journey and we will be sharing what we have learned along the way, what we are learning now and what we aim for over the years to come.

Home Schooling in High School is a time of great change in many homes, one that can be exciting, daunting and fearful.  Our aim is to lift the veil on homeschooling through the high school years, in order to equip and encourage you. You are more than able to home school your children all the way through to graduation.

Home School High School Topics

Over the next seven months we will be sharing some insights into the following aspects of home educating through the high school years
  • 24 June - Planning for High School {How and When,ways to/how we're planning to earn college credit while still in high school, Meeting High School Requirements, how to assign credit when there aren't tests, What records do you keep? How do you present them? What influences your method, your emphasis in certain areas?}
  • 29 July - Electives {Following Passions, following interests, fitting a job in with school, and Being intentional in Preparing for what comes after high school, Life skills.}
  • 26 August - Math, Science, Biology, History {What do you use ? Why do you use ... ? What influences your choices/selection? }
  • 30 September - Language Arts {Poetry, Literature, Composition, writing, What influenced your choices/selection?}
  • 28 October - "How am I going to teach High School ...?" {Addressing the fear factor of teaching subjects we struggle with or know nothing about, How to achieve credit in subjects your student *hates*}
  • 25 November - How do you fit it all in ? {homeschooling high school alongside homeschooling the others, Fostering Independence, Do you generalise or specialise? Schedules,}
  • 30 December - Graduation { Fostering Independence, How do you know when they are done ?}

Introducing your Home School High School Hosts



We pray that you will be encouraged and inspired to home school your children through the high school years.

Blessings
Chareen

Homeschooling High School Blog Hop 2015
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Monday 1 June 2015

End of the month Better Late than too early {HSMJ}

 In my life this week…
  • I'm tired this week.  A combination of too many late nights and scheduling too many things in my diary.  My fault I know and one day life will slow down enough for me to catch up :)
Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

In our home school this week…
  • We've been enjoying some hands on building of swords, shields and lances.  Duct tape and pool noodles have been the name of the game.
  • Spelling with Word Build Online.
  • Books at the library
  • Science, history and social studies with SmartKidzHomeSchool.com 

My favourite thing this week was…
 On the WWW I’m reading…
Blessings
Chareen


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