Dec

28

Educational Resoultions for the New Year

Posted by Homeschool_Dad

December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

I love making New Year’s resolutions.  Ever since I was a little kid. I’d write down my goals for the next twelve months.  I learned pretty early on that the more goals I listed, the more I fell short of satisfying my ambitions.  So, now instead of listing two dozen resolutions, I stick with three [...]

Nov

7

Carnival of Homeschooling

Posted by Homeschool_Dad

November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

This will be short because I paln on spending most of the afternoon at this site:
Homeschool U, the 97th Carnival of Homeschooling
Wow. Principled Discovery has certainly outdone themselves this time. I am going to be reading these for days….
unless….unless I play hooky from church to night, make myself a [...]

Aug

28

Frugal Homeschooling for the Cheap at Heart :)

Posted by Homeschool_Dad

August 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

One thing so many of us have in common is that way have way more things that we would like to buy than the money to buy them.
That is a no brainer.. alot of homeschool families are one income and many have numerous kids. Many of us prefer to stay away from debt, and [...]

Aug

24

Several Helpful Homeschooling Links

Posted by Homeschool_Dad

August 24, 2007 | 3 Comments

It is that time of year again. Whether you unschool, do abeka, use unit study, or a combination of things it still is the traditional time of those ominous words that called you home before the fireflies came out that one fateful night every year….End of summer.
I don’t know what God [...]

Aug

10

Dissecting High School English

Posted by Homeschool_Dad

August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Basically high school subjects are chopped up into the following catagories (not in order):
English-
grammar, American Literature, EuropeanLiterature, creative writing, vocabulary
History-
Geography, world history, government, american history
Science:
biology 1 & 2, chemistry, physics
Math:
Algebra, geometry, algebra 2, trigonometry/calculus
foreign language:
2 years
Physical Education:
2 years
The rest of the credits would be made up with classes tailored to the [...]

Aug

3

How Do I Count Credits For High School? and Other Dilemmas

Posted by Homeschool_Dad

August 3, 2007 | 1 Comment

Yep that really is me. 1978. ANd yes, that IS a Dorothy Hamill cut, thank you for noticing.
One of the scariest things about homeschooling through highschool is the idea that if you mess up your child will forever be an illiterate ignoramous and never move out.
You can probably relax on [...]

Aug

2

But Can I Homeschool High School???

Posted by Homeschool_Dad

August 2, 2007 | 2 Comments

The answer is a resounding YES! I know that I have talked about this before but as the new school year is ominously upon us I think it bears repeating. Plus, when you are my age repitition is a given.
I think I have said that we have homeschooled continuously [...]

Feb

8

Curriculum help

Posted by nicki

February 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I came across a site that reviews different curriculum. It’s not exhaustive but might be helpful if you are looking for a set curriculum to structure your day with. Here is the link.

Dec

19

Free online curriculum

Posted by admin

December 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment

There are a lot more resources out there than when i started looking into homeschooling a few years back. One thing I am starting to see are big intellectual companies like The New York Times providing ready made curriculum. On New York Times learning, they provide lessons plans from grade 3-12 - [...]