Are you wanting to homeschool your child(ren)? Wondering how to get started? Today, I have something just for you: 10 Steps to Start Homeschooling. 1. Look up the homeschooling laws for your state. HSLDA has an online resource here: https://hslda.org/legal/ 2. Contact your child’s school or local school district and perform necessary steps to officially… Continue reading Tip #33: Ten Steps to Start Homeschooling
Category: Homeschool Teaching TIps
Teaching Tip #32: Fall Evaluation Time
The days have turned cooler. Fall décor fills the front of our local Hobby Lobby. My kids are excited about Halloween. We are eight weeks into our school calendar, about a quarter of the way through our 34-week year. My daughter has completed two exams in English and Spanish and one each in Geometry and… Continue reading Teaching Tip #32: Fall Evaluation Time
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Tip #31 Top 10 Chemistry Lab Tools
(As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn commissions for purchases made through links provided in this post. Thank you for your support!) If you read my Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies post, you know that I try to keep homeschooling costs low by buying lab supplies that can be used for several years. Many of the… Continue reading Tip #31 Top 10 Chemistry Lab Tools
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Tip #30 Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies
(As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn commissions for purchases made through links provided in this post. Thank you for your support!) The decision to homeschool through high school is not an easy one. The stakes are higher. The curriculum is more rigorous. The need for expensive lab supplies seems eminent. I have discovered you do… Continue reading Tip #30 Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies
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Tip #29 Planning a high school course for homeschool
My youngest will be in 10th grade next year. In 9th grade, her course list included English 1, Early American History, Algebra 2, Biology, Spanish 1, PE, and Theater. In 10th grade, we are continuing with English 2, Modern US History, Geometry, Chemistry, Spanish 2, Health, and Photography. This week, I got serious about the… Continue reading Tip #29 Planning a high school course for homeschool
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Teaching Tip #28: Back-to-School sales on school supplies
(This post contains Amazon Affiliate links to products. Purchases made through these links help to support the blog. Thanks!) The Back-to-School sales have begun! Admittedly, I get less excited about this now than I did when my kids were younger. When we were homeschooling pre-k and elementary school, I purchased ample supplies of crayons, washable… Continue reading Teaching Tip #28: Back-to-School sales on school supplies
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Teaching Tip # 27: Find freebies for your classroom
When I first started homeschooling, I would do basic searches on Yahoo or Google for free resources. Pinterest connected us to blogs with great ideas. There were quite a few sites that helped us out in those early years: Starfall BBC Dance Mat Typing Homeschool Share, especially their Lapbook Templates 3 Dinosaurs Pinterest searches started… Continue reading Teaching Tip # 27: Find freebies for your classroom
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Teaching Tip #26: Calculating GPA for a transcript
Homeschooling a student through high school means eventually they will graduate. As part of preparation for a homeschool graduation, we need to prepare a high school transcript and calculate GPA. It is always a little nerve wracking, like calculating taxes. Averaging grades for a semester and year are a little different from calculating grades and… Continue reading Teaching Tip #26: Calculating GPA for a transcript
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Tip #25: Buy the label maker and the high volume printer
As this school year wraps up, my household is getting super excited about summer. As teachers, out summers are spent half preparing for next year, but in a good way. Surely I am not the only one to find joy in restocking supplies, finding awesome back to school deals, and maybe picking up something new… Continue reading Tip #25: Buy the label maker and the high volume printer
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Tip #24: Choosing classes for your homeschool high school
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
