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
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Tip #23: Have a High School Plan for your homeschooler
My family lives in Texas, a state with no governing body that oversees homeschooling. Homeschools are considered unaccredited private schools in this state, which means lots of freedom and very little guidance. The lack of clear expectations for homeschool graduation requirements can be frustrating for parents who have college-bound students. While all students in high… Continue reading Tip #23: Have a High School Plan for your homeschooler
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Tip #22: Leave space on Fridays
I am a huge believer in a four-day school week for homeschool, especially high school. Life always happens. Days get interrupted. Leaving space on Fridays has the solution. When my children were in elementary school, I left space on Fridays, but in a different way. We used Fridays for field trips, hands-on centers, and educational… Continue reading Tip #22: Leave space on Fridays
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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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Tuesday Teaching Tip #17: Making models with air-dry clay & recipe
We have had a cold in our house. It hit me first, then my freshman. My husband and two older teens have somehow dodged it. It has been just over a week for me, and while my congestion is less, the fatigue still lingers. My freshman had a rough weekend, but woke up better this… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #17: Making models with air-dry clay & recipe
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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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Teaching Tip Tuesday #13: Using Google Classroom in homeschool
One of the changes that I made to our homeschool this year was moving from a traditional paper planner to a digital planner for daily lesson planning. I still have a planner binder that I use to store documents for school, clubs, events, etc., but the day to day lessons are organized on Google Classroom.… Continue reading Teaching Tip Tuesday #13: Using Google Classroom in homeschool
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Changes to PE this spring
PE is one of those classes we have struggled with. None of my kids are athletic or enjoy team sports, but we need a half credit of PE for this year. Bowling every Tuesday has been a staple along with walking several times a week and occasional yoga. I wanted a more structured schedule for… Continue reading Changes to PE this spring
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #12: Getting back into a homeschool routine after the holiday break
We took three weeks off for Christmas break again this year. I originally planned for two, but the kids and I agreed that we needed that third week. Christmas is so hectic with their groups' parties, performances, traditional outings, and family events. We all needed a week to recoup. That, and my freshman wanted one… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #12: Getting back into a homeschool routine after the holiday break
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