| Homeschooling at any age can be a challenge, but | | | | interest whether it be Egypt, Civil War, |
| we have found that home schooling our high | | | | Automotive, Cooking or any of hundreds of other |
| school aged children has been the most | | | | options. Themed units should be able to include |
| challenging. We want to make sure they have | | | | reading, writing, math, history and science at least. |
| everything they need for the real world, but also | | | | So how do I put a themed unit study together? |
| all the credits they need to get into college. | | | | Research on the subject is key to creating a |
| The challenge is not so much with our children, but | | | | home school curriculum yourself. Let's take |
| with finding high school curriculum for schooling. | | | | Cooking as an example for a high school themed |
| Most of the home school curriculum is younger | | | | unit study. The children will need to read recipes |
| grade based usually below 8th grade. Yes there | | | | and show basic understanding of using it to cook |
| are some home school programs out there that | | | | with, they will use math and science when |
| have high school aged curriculum, but some of | | | | measuring and combining ingredients and of |
| those can be very costly and when you are on a | | | | course it is good to learn some history of |
| budget it makes it difficult. | | | | cooking, techniques and styles. |
| We prefer to create our own home school | | | | As you can see creating a curriculum for your |
| curriculum rather than buy something expensive. | | | | high schooler can be a challenge and takes some |
| Creating your own curriculum can be interesting | | | | work up front, but in the end when you see how |
| and fun, whether for your younger children or | | | | much more interested your children are in learning |
| your high schoolers. With our high schoolers we | | | | it is all worth it! |
| can include them in creating something they can | | | | This of course is just one example of creating |
| be interested in and still get the number of credits | | | | your own home school curriculum for your high |
| for graduation. | | | | school children, there are many options out there |
| Themed unit studies are one way of creating | | | | and don't forget the internet is a very informative |
| home school curriculum for your high school | | | | place to find great ideas for home schooling your |
| children. You can determine your children's area of | | | | children. |