In the previous post, I shared the importance of having an overall plan for your homeschooled high schooler. For any journey, you must map the route to get to your destination. A template for laying out that educational pathway was also shared in that post to help with planning. To a homeschooling parent new to… Continue reading Tip #24: Choosing classes for your homeschool high school
Category: Curriculum
Complete Homeschool Biology for High School Lesson Plans for FREE
All year, I have been creating biology resources that aimed to be fun and solidify biology concepts for high school students, such as building bacteria models out of pastry, using candy to learn symmetry, or cards games to sort characteristics of vertebrate animals. I still have two more units to complete, but I went ahead… Continue reading Complete Homeschool Biology for High School Lesson Plans for FREE
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Teaching Tip #21: Where to shop for homeschool curriculum
It may be six months before the next school year, but I know there are other moms out there just like me who have already begun planning and shopping around for next year's curricula. As a veteran homeschooler, this is the point in the year when I start weighing next year's options. What subjects will… Continue reading Teaching Tip #21: Where to shop for homeschool curriculum
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Teaching Tip #18: Getting started with dual credit classes in homeschool
(This post contains an Amazon Affiliate link) My high school senior is at our local community college right now in her Intro to Psychology class. She is also enrolled in College Algebra and Art Appreciation. This is the first year when she has taken more than on dual credit class in a semester. Looking back… Continue reading Teaching Tip #18: Getting started with dual credit classes in homeschool
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Five ways for your students to fall in love with Biology
Use videos to help explain complex topics, like Amoeba Sisters and Crash Course Biology. Teach concepts with fun, hands-on experiences. Labs can be engaging and fun without specialized equipment or complicated prep. Use models! Engage students by building models of biological systems. Explaining the process and drawing parallels between models and real-world phenomena utilizes critical… Continue reading Five ways for your students to fall in love with Biology
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Status update on making complete biology units for homeschoolers
Anyone who follows my store on TeachersPayTeachers.com has probably noticed that new biology products have been appearing rather consistently. Since deciding to create a biology curriculum last spring to use with my own homeschool ninth grader, the ideas have been flowing! Biology is best taught and learned with hands-on labs, games, and models. These units… Continue reading Status update on making complete biology units for homeschoolers
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Free lesson plans for Christmas in Spanish speaking countries for high school
(As an Amazon Associate, I receive commission for purchases made through Amazon links in this post.) When my kids were younger, we would use December to learn about other countries and how they celebrated Christmas by to crafting, cooking, and reading stories planned in a Christmas Around the World unit. It took a lot of… Continue reading Free lesson plans for Christmas in Spanish speaking countries for high school
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #7: Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving is more than just a holiday for eating turkey; it's a time rich with history, culture, and social-emotional learning opportunities. Recognizing and discussing Thanksgiving traditions in an educational setting, whether that be a classroom or homeschool, is incredibly important for creating a well-rounded and inclusive educational experience. Here's why integrating these traditions into the… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #7: Thanksgiving Traditions
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #4: Finding seasonal activities to engage & teach during the holidays
Holidays are exciting for kids, even the high schoolers. They make plans with friends, have special events in their extracurriculars, and there is always some expectation that school will also host fun holiday themed activities. This is the awesome thing about teaching during the holiday season: we do not have to do anything to build… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #4: Finding seasonal activities to engage & teach during the holidays
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Homeschool Tuesday Tip #3: Make math fun again
(As an Amazon Associate, I receive commission for purchases made through Amazon links in this post.) Many years ago, I read an article that explained why the author felt girls learned math differently. The author suggested adding games and fun math books to engage them and add a social element to math that would engage… Continue reading Homeschool Tuesday Tip #3: Make math fun again
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