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High School Home School
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Question:
I have noticed a trend in my community whereas there are
plenty of younger and elementary school aged homeschoolers,
but not nearly as many teen-aged homeschoolers. I also find
the lack of resources and curriculum for older homeschoolers
discouraging.
My question is, how many of you are homeschooling older
children? What types of curriculum do you use? Do you have
trouble locating homeschooled children the same age as your
child?
Answer:
Our four oldest, all of whom have been
exclusively home educated are currently
16, 14, 13, and 12. The 13 yr. old is
a girl and the other three are boys.
Over the past several years, I have posted
a number of resource lists on this and
the other home education news group based
on our experiences with home educating
our oldest. These can be found in the
usual news archives and have been divided
into history resources, fine arts education
resources, and grammar instruction resources
{this last includes some formal logic
references}.
For literature {which we divide into American,
British, and Classical/world}, we have
relied on classics available through the
local Half-price Books outlet.
For mathematics, in the high school years
we have used Saxon. However, as noted in
other threads, we have used Bob Jones
University Press mathematics in the early
years because it has a better combination
of theoretical underpinnings with computational
practice {note that BJUP materials were
developed for classroom use and are just
as simplistic in the early years as any
other math texts [including Saxon] originally
designed for classroom use. Of course, to
forestall flames from certain quarters, I
have to include this OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER:
Reference to Bob Jones University Press'
Mathematics texts does not constitute and
should not be taken to constitute any form
of endorsement of any of the doctrinal or
social policies or statements of Bob Jones
University. The Bob Jones University Press
Mathematics texts, while originally predicated
on a particular cognitive development ideology
[as are *all* texts regardless of subject] do
not include any statements of social policy
or doctrinal stance.}
For science, we have used a combination of
texts including my wife's and my old university
texts from when we got our B.S.'s in biochemistry
back in the '60's.
With our daughter {13}, we are also including
writing exercises and other materials extracted
from the __Far Above Rubies__ curriculum guide,
which I recommend for use in home education of
high school aged girls.
In Indianapolis, we have a large home educators
population. Therefore, we have never lacked for
other home educated children the same age as
ours. Indeed, at a recent 4H related physical
education event, one boy complained that he was
the only non-home educated boy in the entire
group!
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