Homeschool elective classes made easy with these fun online art classes, music resources, and more!
These 25 homeschool electives are creative and fun ways to boost learning, explore interests, and learn about future careers with your kids.
I didn't have a very hands-on family when I was growing up, so I really enjoyed taking a Home-Ec class when I was in highschool. I learned a few things that I still use today, but I wish I would've had more hands on training in home life skills.
Freedom Homeschooling lists free homeschool electives for all grades. Business, engineering, journalism, public speaking, and more!
This ultimate list of high school electives for homeschoolers will give you guidance in choosing the best electives for your teens!
How to Turn Interests into Electives on the Transcript. Teens need time to explore interests, so make interests count as electives.
Are you looking for some FUN high school electives for your homeschool? Check out all of these ideas and resources from a veteran homeschooler!
How to Create Homeschool High School Social Studies Electives. There's lots of ways to put the pieces together so you can learn.
Discover how Curiosity Stream helps you boost learning at home with educational documentaries for a variety of homeschool subjects.
Character Development and High School Literature: The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom Literature Study Guide builds character, history and literary skills.
If you're looking for vocal lessons for your homeschool, you can't miss The Vocal Gym by Throga. It's perfect for all levels!
Streaming media is here to stay and we can put it to good use in homeschooling! See my list of 5 Netflix documentaries for Teens to watch today.
Music is an important part of our lives and our heritage.Give the gift of music to your child with these online homeschool music resources.
Your economics activities should not be boring. There are SO MANY fun ways to make it engaging for students, as well as teach vocabulary.
Why Charlotte Mason music study is a benefit to every homeschool.
As upperclassmen advisor, I get questions about the kinds of homeschool transcripts that are college attractive. Here are features to a standout transcript.
Narrow your search and check out these 9 best homeschool grammar curriculum options. You'll find a program that works for your family!
Scratch is a great tool for kids to learn the basics of computer programming. It is a free programming language developed to teach kids these skills. The tool itself is fun to play with, but I recently discovered a series of youtube videos that are teaching my kids how to use it. I asked them to watch this 10 minute video on Scratch Basics and then open the tool and play around. What they came up with is amazing. In Fly-O-Rama the player sees if the shark can catch the bee. The shark moves when the q key is pressed. The bee moves when the arrow keys are pressed and the space bar, m and b make the characters talk. This program is an animation of a dancer in action. The following keyboard keys control the dancer. a - next stage and hide dancer b - show dancer c - dancer raises arm d - dancer jumps into the splits e - dancer kicks leg into the air and catches it f - dancer does an aerial arrow keys - move dancer To see these programs go to the Scratch website. Fly-o-Rama Garde Scratch is great for future scientists and engineers, but can be enjoyed by lots of children. To create programs kids unknowingly practice many math skills such as coordinate systems and degrees in a circle. When they see their working completed programs they are so proud. I'm very impressed with this free tool. This post is linked to: Mom's Library
Let's chat about homeschool history is part of a Periscope & blog series for homeschoolers helping homeschoolers. Find history resources & recommendations!
You won't regret adding these ten important life skills to your homeschool before your kids leave the nest to start a life of their own. They will thank you later!
It is homeschool advising season. I'm looking back at various ways of combining credits for great high school experiences in lit, history, and fine arts.
This article shares experiences families have had with annual homeschool achievement testing for their gifted/twice exceptional daughter.
Your student will boost their success and reduce test success with this ACT Online Prep Bootcamp. Includes amazing test-taking tips & more!
Best Latin for beginners curriculum? Here's our favorite, and how you can use it with your own kids or in a homeschool co-op setting.
Architecture for kids - homeschool resource links, including lessons, websites, activities and more.
Are you looking to add more life skills, lost skills or old-fashioned skills to your homeschool learning agenda?
My kids love foreign languages including Norwegian, German, Chinese, Spanish, French and Sign Language. I speak German myself, although its been awhile. I now how valuable (and daunting) learning languages can be, so its always important to me to have, (as much as I can anyway), resources around my children that will encourage and inspire …
Looking for home economics lessons and resources? Here is a collection of many solutions to teach cooking, sewing, laundry, home management, and more.
Homeschooler, What About Socialization? How to Answer! Special Replay of this important episode. Give your teens tools to answer!
Teaching parents how to Homeschool high school
Is your child interested in learning Latin? There are many free resources online to help make it easier. From Latin for Mountain Men to printable games to college level courses, here’s a round-up of some of the best free Latin resources online. Linney’s Latin Class is a free audio class for homeschooled and self-taught students, …
Choosing Latin as a high school elective may be a good route to go if your teen is considering a job in the medical field. This article explains why.
Financial Literacy, Health, Social Sciences, Speech, Electives. Teens like 7SistersHomeschool's no-busywork, level-able, meaningful curriculum.
Today was dissection day. If you missed it, in my last post I shared free virtual dissection websites. We did a Clam, Star Fish, Perch, and a Crayfish. I was kind of disappointed with the Clam. It did not show as much organ detail as any of the images we found in either textbook or online. The Star Fish was cool, and by the time we got to the Perch, I had enough. DJ finished up the Perch and did the Crayfish too. We laid parchment paper on the table, to protect it. The kit I shared did have gloves, but no mask or goggles. We had those, already. The smell was not that bad, but there was some smell. Everything was cleaned down with bleach after use. DJ was a little freaked out at first, but once he got going, it got a lot easier to do. I do have to say that I think it would be better to dissect something freshly deceased, rather than stored in Formaldehyde for however old they were. I think the organs, and other systems would be easier to see, and find, if it were freshly deceased.
Learn the real homeschooling pros and cons, like what you should know know and why. Important things to know for your homeschool!
Learn all about Alexander Fleming, the man who invented penicillin and the happy accident that brought him to it.
Foreign language credit for homeschoolers doesn't have to be as complicated as you think. Here's how homeschoolers can earn their foreign language credits.
“Can You Name That Classical Tune?” [Today’s article was written by Amy Schorr and is part of the 31 Days of Music in Our Homeschool Series.] My boys’ attitude about anything to do with music was, in a word, reluctant. I had just assumed they would somehow, perhaps genetically, inherit a love of music from […]
We said goodbye this morning to our French exchange student who stayed with us this week. It's an interesting experience having a stranger stay with your family around the clock and jump right into your routines with you. It made me look at our habits and our home in a completely different light. (
This post will help your teen learn about what is appropriate and not appropriate when it comes to cell phone etiquette.
