| One concern parents have when facing | | | | educate themselves provides a huge advantage |
| homeschool high school is whether their curriculum | | | | for students homeschooling high school. My two |
| choices will adequately prepare their students for | | | | boys tackled and mastered high school calculus |
| college. Like many things about homeschooling, | | | | and physics virtually without parental supervision. |
| there is no single correct answer for which | | | | They were given the book, answer key, video |
| curriculum a parent should use. The choice largely | | | | tutorial, assignment sheet and were commanded |
| depends on the nature of their homeschool, the | | | | "go forth and learn." |
| needs of their child, and their goals for their child's | | | | You may think we shortchanged our kids by not |
| education. I suppose the reason there are so | | | | teaching them, but we actually did them a |
| many homeschool curriculum choices is because | | | | tremendous favor. My boys entered college with |
| there are so many different types of | | | | a competitive advantage over students who had |
| homeschoolers! | | | | not learned this critical skill. In fact, my boys were |
| One of the reasons our family shops at Costco is | | | | so comfortable being responsible for their |
| to avoid being overwhelmed by the number of | | | | education that they had little difficulty stepping up |
| choices. There is basically one house brand and | | | | to the additional college expectations. |
| one size (HUGE.) When we started homeschooling, | | | | Choosing the right curriculum for your high school |
| we felt a bit overwhelmed by the number of | | | | student takes careful planning and much |
| curriculum choices available to us as parents. | | | | discussion. Make sure you let your son or |
| My strong recommendation is to choose | | | | daughter play an integral role in making their high |
| curriculum that is designed for use by | | | | school curriculum selections. They are the ones |
| homeschoolers. This type of curriculum does not | | | | who need to live with these choices so it is in |
| assume a particular level of mastery has been | | | | your best interest to get them involved. There |
| achieved by the teacher. Choosing such curriculum | | | | are no fatal errors when it comes to choosing |
| will allow you to learn along with your student (if | | | | high school curriculum. That is one of the joys of |
| that is your desire.) A secondary benefit with | | | | homeschooling independently - you can always |
| such a curriculum is that it more easily allows your | | | | change books in the middle of the term! |
| student to teach themselves. Learning how to | | | | |