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Cures for Cabin Fever!Cures for Cabin Fever!
Cabin Fever:"A condition of increased tension, boredom, blahs, etc. caused by living for some time in a confined space or an isolated area, especially in winter." It's January. You're stuck inside...is cabin fever taking over your homeschool?

Homeschooling High SchoolFocus - Homeschooling High School

How Do I Handle High School Homeschooling?
Possibilities and resources for high school homeschooling.

Homeschooling High Schoolers: Part 1: Facing the Fear
For most homeschooling moms of young children, the word “high school” evokes feelings of inadequacy, trepidation, and fear. Just the mention of the word can elicit an expression of raised eyebrows, crinkled eyes, and a wrinkled up mouth. “I don’t even want to think about it,” their face seems to say. “I’ll cross that bridge when, and if, I get to it.” In Part 1 of Homeschooling High Schoolers, Maribeth Spangenberg shares her experiences in finding answers to her own questions about high school homeschooling.

Homeschooling High Schoolers: Part 2 Pursuing the Path
Homeschooling has come a long way from its early days in the late seventies and early eighties. Those who ventured into this territory then, did so with great conviction and faith. It was not an easy path and often involved many curves and stops in the road. Curriculum was not easy to find, nor often accessible. The easiest course was to enroll in a satellite school and use “boxed curriculum.” Gradually, however, textbook companies saw a market with homeschoolers, and they made their resources available. Until that time, many relied on their own creativity and ingenuity to fill the gap.

Homeschooling High School: Part 3 Maintaining the Ministry
The vast array of opportunities for homeschoolers can, at times, be overwhelming. The initial decision to homeschool is, in itself, a great emotional and mental strain for some. Weighing the pros and cons of this decision, researching curriculum, seeking out support groups, and implementing a schedule challenges even the best of us. Just because you heed God’s call to homeschool, doesn’t mean that it will always be smooth sailing. The real trick is in maintaining the ministry.

High School Priorities
I’ve been part of high school homeschooling workshops in the past and have found one prevailing mistaken understanding each time. Many homeschoolers believe that their goal in high school homeschooling is to meet the graduation requirements of their local high school. They believe if they don’t meet those requirements their child will be unable to pursue post high school education or employment. If their state requires 22 credits, they believe they must come up with coursework for 22 credits.

Homeschooling High Schoolers
Even veteran homeschooling parents sometimes panic at the thought of homeschooling through high school. Tamara Eaton shares some practical tips for those about to venture into high school homeschooling.

History in High School
Whether you’re ready to do high school level surveys of American or world history or you’re planning to do work on more narrowly focused history topics, we have high school level resources for you to compare when planning your high school history curriculum.

Pulling Together Resources for High School History Unit Studies
Nothing says that you can’t do unit studies during your child’s high school years. Sure you want to cover the bases to create a successful college application, but you don’t have to do that by sticking to textbook curriculum. Creative unit studies can be made to serve as textbook replacements for many of the typical high school credit classes.

High School Language Arts: Three Solutions
Preparing students for college means preparing them to think critically and write well. College courses require a lot of reading and a lot of writing whether that’s a three-page paper or an essay examination. The standard college admissions requirement is four credits in language arts. By that, they mean four years of work. There are a number of excellent curricula to help you accomplish this. I’ll look at three Christian curriculum solutions for average students, advanced students, and students who want a more flexible curriculum.

Shakespeare for High School Homeschoolers
If you’re ready to launch into a study of Shakespeare with your high school student but not quite ready to fly by the seat of your pants, there are some resources that will give you room to be creative while offering assistance with the more arcane matters.

High School Chemistry and Physics: The Easy Way
High school level science is probably the most intimidating subject for homeschool parents besides math, and, of course, you have to know some algebra to make the most of chemistry and physics. Thoughts of family rooms taken over by science experiments, not to mention dangerous chemicals if you have little ones in the home, make one want to chuck the whole thing. Most universities have a 2-3 credit science requirement including at least one credit with a lab. So, something has to be done.

Physical Science: Resources to Help You Create Your Own Curriculum
Worried about providing your children a solid science education or preparing them for high school science? Canned textbook curriculums leave you cold? You can create your own science units easily for less than you might think and provide a top-notch science education for your children. You don’t need to be a scientist to do it either.

Algebra, Not Necessarily a Nightmare
If the thought of teaching algebra and higher math to your kids is causing you anxiety, you’ll want to read Kate O’Mara’s tale of how, even when her fears became reality and things went horribly wrong, there was still a way through the morass.

Preparing a Transcript
Most colleges require a high school transcript from applicants. If you are like many eclectic homeschoolers, your child may have what seems like a crazy quilt education. How can you put all that he has done into the structured format of a typical transcript?

Homeschool High School Transcript Resources
Sample transcripts and the EHO transcript form. Fill out our transcript in your browser and print.

Quick Advice for College Forms & Transcripts
If you've never been told by an experienced homeschooler to keep track of all the major and minor accomplishments of your high school aged children, I'm telling you now. Do it! I'm glad I had been working on my record keeping from the start. Even with all the proper records, it can be a scramble.

Homeschooling: The Transition to College
Have you wondered whether your homeschooled children will ever graduate and successfully attend college?

College Study Skills
If you are taking your first college class as a homeschool high school student or freshman in college, you may not have had the opportunity to learn from a lecture format. There are specific study skills that can help you successfully learn in a lecture environment.

Homeschoolers and College Admissions Testing
One of the chief non-subjective means that admissions officers use in determining the admissions of homeschooled students to college are their college admissions test scores. Learn more about registering and preparing for these tests.

Choosing the Right College
Selecting the right college can be difficult if your family doesn't have the time or finances to visit all the possibilities you'd like to pursue. Sure you can get a file folder full of information on any school you please. But that's the information the school wants you to know.

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Stop by to find games, projects, country virtual tours, holiday play spaces, and more in the Eclectic Kids Learning & Play Space.

Projects in the Do-It-Yourself Project section include everything from asteroid potatoes to making your own quena flute. For spring we've added plant projects.

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February Holidays

Black History Month

Black History Resources
A variety of resources to enhance your American History,
African-American History, or Black History Month studies.

Valentine's DayValentine's Day

Valentine Number Families
Math is always more fun when it can be related to whatever festive
season is near—in this case, Valentine's Day. Here is something that I
have devised to help my son learn his number families.


Great Stories for Great Holidays: Valentine's Day

  • Cupid and Psyche
  • Mr. Pepys His Valentine
  • A Prisoner's Valentine
  • Saint Valentine

Valentine's Day Play Space
Games, puzzles, jokes, poems, crafts and more Valentine's Day fun for
kids.

Valentine's Day Crafts

President's DayPresident's Day

President's Day Play Space
  • Learn More about George Washington
  • Learn More about Abraham Lincoln
  • Activities for President's Day

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Homeschool CraftsA Year in Homeschool Crafts

Crafts for February

NEW: Button Jewelry Craft
You can make unique bracelets, necklaces, and even rings to give as gifts or to wear yourself.

Fleece Tied Blanket
Follow these directions and make a warm, no-sew blanket using two pieces of fleece. Perfect for snuggling together on St. Valentine's Day!

Warm Fuzzy Craft
Make this simple craft project. It makes a fun toy or a unique gift.

MORE: Valentine or Mother's Day Corsages, Valentine Paper Cutting Crafts, Sew Valentine's Day Cards, Washington's Wig, Spring in a Bottle, Pretzel Log Cabin, Puffy Heart. Tissue Paper Stained Glass Hearts, Ice-Crystal Lantern, Chinese New Year Lanterns, Chinese Fan Crafts, Lucky Clover Pin

Slumber by the numbersScience Spot
Slumber by the numbers
Fewer than 1 in 10 teens get ideal amount of sleep. It's an important question: "On an average school night, how many hours of sleep do you get?" More than 12,000 high school students were recently asked that during a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall answer: not enough.

The Cost of HomeschoolingThe Cost of Homeschooling
Many people interested in homeschooling are naturally concerned about how much it will cost. Thats a hard question to answer because the answer depends on so many variables. We'll look at some of your options.

Magic Pills and Special NeedsMagic Pills and Special Needs
We all wish from time to time that we could give our kids a grammar pill or a fractions pill. After swallowing it, they would instantly know the when, where, why, and how of whatever pill they had swallowed. Parents of children with special needs have an even greater longing for a magic pill that would make everything right.
Eclectic Homeschool Curriculum Fair
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Students Found to Pick Up Science Outside School
Informal science activities, such as trips to museums and zoos, viewing of television shows, and even discussions between parents and children, have the power to improve students’ learning in that subject and their appreciation for it, a national study released today concludes. (Who'd have thought?)
Sean Cavanagh, Education Week

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