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High School

Beyond the Basics: Making the ‘Extras’ Work in Your Homeschool

When you focus on providing a rigorous education for your children, you are busy.  Very busy.  And so are your kids. In fact, there seems to be little time and energy left for extras, things like life skills, personal projects, chasing rabbit trails, art, music, nature, reading aloud, volunteering, and competitions.  Occasionally homeschoolers are tempted to […]

Free Ebook: Planning High School Courses

If you’re homeschooling high school—or planning to—you’ll really want to download this free ebooklet from Lee Binz.  I’ve learned a lot from Lee over the years and constantly use her wonderful high school record keeping system (click to see my review). Although I haven’t had a chance yet to read Planning High School Courses, I’ve […]

Just One Homeschooling Day Among Many

A homeschooling mom’s day can vary so much! Today I went from making a list of weekly homeschooling goals for Miss 15 to correcting Miss 10’s creative spelling; from reading aloud about a back-woods author to watching Victorian farm; from admiring a beautifully iced cake to scratching my head over Mr. 17’s physics experiment; and […]

February Goals for Homeschooling High School

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to discover what most needs to be done and then to do it.  I planned to do it by month, and that works well for me.  The Pantry Challenge was January’s big home project. Last week, as I finished the Pantry Challenge, I wondered, “What’s up for February?” […]

Characteristics of Top SAT Scorers

Years ago, before my kids were old enough to give the SAT a serious thought, I read a book subtitled The 7 Secrets of Acing the SAT.  I just rediscovered my old notes and realized that they could be helpful and inspiring to many of you.  (Of course, not everyone should take the SAT or […]