Comments on: Why Homeschool During the High School Years?

By: Resources for Homeschooling Your High School Student

Resources for Homeschooling Your High School Student — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:03:31 +0000

[...] recently posted about the great reasons to continue to homeschool through the high school years. The benefits are many, and I am thoroughly enjoying my days with my high schooler. Many homeschool [...]

By: Resources for Homeschooling Your High Schooler

Resources for Homeschooling Your High Schooler — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:04:41 +0000

[...] recently posted about the great reasons to continue to homeschool through the high school years. The benefits are many, and I am thoroughly enjoying my days with my high schooler. Many [...]

By: Michelle Roberts

Michelle Roberts — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:03:54 +0000

I have homeschooled highschoolers and I think it is wonderful. We have 10 children, our oldest one at home now is 16. He is in charge of his own education and knows what he is all about. He takes 3-4 AP classes per year at the highschool, studies music 2 hours a day, is active in sports and clubs, and the rest of his education he pursues at home. Those older than him have been able to really focus on their specific talent and interests, allowing them to really excel at them because they had the time. Three of my children have received athletic scholarships to different universities and all of them have musical abilities as well. Others have learned trades and are very happy in their chosen careers. The generation gap never developed because we were such great friends. I have absolutely loved the time with them and wouldn’t trade it. Many of them now teach me as they learned to love learning and still devote their minds to it long after college. I think it is a good idea to open the world of choices to them as they get older. There is so much available outside of the standard public system.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:53:25 +0000

The high school years have been my very favorite! I love being around homeschooled teenagers. If you quit homeschooling before high school, you give up a wonderful blessing.

By: susan

susan — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:37:45 +0000

I’ll just say a loud, Amen.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:42:30 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, all! I am so glad you enjoyed the article.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:41:06 +0000

Hi Jenny! I can so relate to being overwhelmed at having so many things to do. I would like to encourage you to ask for tips from other homeschoolers. The wonderful thing about homeschoolers (including online) is that we are a very supportive community! We like to offer help on what we know, and ask questions about things we don’t know. Try ourlifestyleoflearning.com, where you can find lots of homeschool parents discussing all types of topics, including common challenges! Good luck to your and your son, whatever you choose to do!

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:36:44 +0000

Hi Lori! Sure, there have been times when we’ve struggled. Second grade is pretty young, and especially if your daughter has been in school previously, you may want to lighten the homeschool load a bit for now. I have found that when one of my kids struggled with me as their teacher, the more I tried to reinforce my position, the worse things got and the more our relationship as a whole suffered. When I just eased up altogether things got better over time. One of the most important things is not checking off a list of things you do each day, but keeping the child’s love of learning alive. So maybe try a new approach to making lessons fun (see the Don’t Forget the Sprinkles article on this site!), unschooling for a while, or give her a little independence, such as using workboxes. I find that there are stages in homeschooling, just as in childhood. In both, I just try to remember that “this too shall pass”.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:15:47 +0000

Congrats, Dana! How exciting to have made it this far, and to have your child starting college. Thanks for the kind words!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:26:03 +0000

we’re thinking of home school but my little guy is only in kindergarten. but the thing is, our house is so small and i can never keep it clean (2 males in the house) that … they would have to send a tutor to do the lessons and … i don’t wanna let anyone see what our place looks like. so we’re still thinking about it.