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Continue reading →: Day 24: High School Tip – For the College-bound HomeschoolerNot all colleges have the same entrance requirements for homeschoolers. Some schools require SAT II tests in the major subject areas or 2 classes in an accredited institution for entrance. Others want a detailed syllabus for each class taken throughout high school. Universities may require other hoops for the home…
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Continue reading →: Homeschooling 101: Learn a Foreign Language with Your ChildrenIf we begin the home school journey when our children are 5 or 6 years old and educate them until they graduate from high school, we have at least 13 years. In the same amount of time, many students become proficient in a musical instrument or a sport or dance.…
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Continue reading →: Day 22: High School Tip – Tailor Your Student’s EducationThe beauty of homeschooling is that we don’t have to fit into the public school system’s box! But sometimes we forget how freeing this fact is and how it can make our student’s high school experience extraordinary! In Florida, the requirements in high school are no different from the elementary grades –…
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Continue reading →: Day 21: Homeschooling Tips – Focus on Your Child’s StrengthsAs a homeschooling mom, I had the tendency to focus on my children’s weakest areas, giving them the most attention and criticism. Spelling was an area of weakness for all of my children when they were young. And although they were good writers, I would read their papers and rather…
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Continue reading →: Day 20: High School Tip – Take AP Classes/TestsAP (Advanced-Placement) Classes, Dual-Enrollment classes, and CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) tests, what’s the best option? Some colleges don’t give credit for CLEP tests, so you should check with a prospective college before your student spends the time and money in CLEP preparation. Dual-Enrollment courses give your student both high school…
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Continue reading →: Homeschooling 101: Give your students time on the computerI know this seems like a contradictory statement, just a couple of days ago I encouraged homeschooling parents to limit electronic use in their children’s lives. But they do need to be competent when it comes to working with computers, so it is necessary to prepare them adequately. In the grammar…
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Continue reading →: Day 18: High School Tip – Participate in NanowrimoDoing big things could include participating in Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month – November). At Nanowrimo.org you and your student can join the annual November challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. My children and I participated in the challenge for a number of years and succeeded.…
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Continue reading →: Day 17: Homeschooling Tip – Limit the Use of ElectronicsAlthough I am writing this tip on my computer while my kids text me and my husband updates his birding list on his iPad, I recognize there is such a thing as too much in regard to the use of electronics. Just like every other habit, entertaining ourselves with electronic…
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Continue reading →: Day 16: High School Tip – Encourage Literary DevicesMy hair is a nightmare! Metaphors Encourage the use of literary devices. Surely students survive the stress of statistics. Alliteration Childhood disappears like the morning dew on a mountain lake. Similes The drama followed her like a Jane Austin novel. Literary references The waves appeared to be guided by…
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Continue reading →: Day 15: Homeschooling Tip – Write, Write, WriteI remember reading a book on teaching children to write in my early years of homeschooling called Anyone Can Write. I have misplaced the book and cannot give the name of the author, but what I remember loving about the book was that it gave specific examples of a progressive…
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