Years ago I heard about Greg Harris’s idea of ‘delight directed learning’. You may know that Greg Harris is the father of Josh Harris (I Kissed Dating Goodbye) and Brett and Alex Harris (Do Hard Things and The Rebelution youth movement). Obviously something worked for his kids, and it just may be related to how they […]
High School
Review: Reading with Purpose by Nancy Wilson
Would you encourage your teen to hang out, unsupervised, with some of the most charming, persuasive, and articulate non-Christians in the world? That is what’s happening when they read literature without guidance. Obviously, this can have devastating effects. So, what is a Christian homeschooling parent to do? We must understand both the ideas and the […]
You, Your Teen’s Guidance Counsellor
If you, a homeschooling mom, have teens, you need to become their guidance counsellor. Yes, really. Who else is going to guide them through the maze of questions about their future? Help them discover what they want to be? Tell them about jobs, apprenticeships, mentors, college, financial aid, scholarships, admission tests? No one. It’s […]
Review: College Admission and Scholarships by Lee Binz
So here you are, looking at homeschooling high school. So many people outsource these best and most important years of homeschooling because they feel inadequate. They think they might fail their child. And while that is technically possible, every diligent homeschooling parent can succeed with all the fantastic resources available these days. One resource that […]