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and their children, sometimes it can just become a bit too much when it comes to finding ways to make learning interesting. You may need some ideas that will present lessons to your children in unique and captivating ways. Something that many parents have begun doing is group homeschooling, and this alleviates the challenge of presenting interesting lessons as well as offering parents a break while their children are still getting the teaching that they need. Group homeschooling is just as it sounds. It means that parents that are homeschooling their children get together and map out a way to rotate teaching days. Obviously, it’s much easier if all of the children involved in a group are in the same grade, but it has worked out to combine ages as long as they’re not too far apart. The families can live in the same neighborhood or not. As long as there’s a way to get the kids together in one place every day, it all works out just fine. The parents will meet and set up a schedule of what parents will be responsible for teaching on which day of the week. For example, on Monday, you may be responsible for teaching the children at your home. Tuesday will go to someone else, as will Wednesday, and so on. Depending on how many parents you have involved in this effort, you may only have to teach once or twice a week. This gives the children a change of scenery and fends off the boredom of being in the same place day after day. Field trips can be a group effort as well with the parents planning out the trips and all going along to help keep order among the group of kids. Each parent can also take turns in suggesting field trips and making the arrangements for them. While this isn’t a public school environment, it offers a bit more socialization for the kids as well as some support when doing lessons. It’s also more fun when recreation or exercise time comes around if there are other children to share it. This can be an ideal situation for many families because it provides their children with a better homeschool and learning environment while removing some of the pressure from the parents.

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Some of the parents involved in group homeschooling can even take on a part time job or work from home on the days they aren’t responsible for teaching. Everyone wins in this situation.

Homeschooling High School Students

Many times children are homeschooled beginning when they’re quite young and, as they reach high school age, they’re enrolled in a high school. This can be done for many reasons. A child may be very talented in a particular sport that they cannot play and be considered for a scholarship unless they’re playing for a school team. It may be that the parent can no longer challenge the child when it comes to learning and making it interesting for him or her. It can also be that the child just decided that he or she wants the experience of going to a public school. If this is the situation in your home, then you and your child will want to talk this over seriously so that the best decision is made.

On the other hand, if your children are quite content to continue homeschooling at a high school age, there are ways to make things more fun and exciting as well as helping them meet the requirements for getting into a good college. As children get older, their subjects are more difficult. The good news is that they can do more independent study on their own. They’re not going to need for you to be peering over their shoulder and supervising everything they do now. This gives you a bit more free time to do other things but always be available in case they have a question for you. While they may be missing things like the prom and other school events,

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it’s very easy to throw them a prom of their own. Your kids are going to have friends of their own and some of them may also be homeschooled. So your first step is to find out how many kids would be interested in attending a homeschool prom. Once you have your numbers in hand, all it takes is finding the location, getting a DJ or a band, and working out decorations and refreshments. It can be a lot of fun for everyone. When your children have met all graduation requirements, they usually can sit for a General Education Diploma test and take it. Passing this will give them their diploma. Many public schools will allow homeschooled students in their district to attend graduation ceremonies so that they will be able to celebrate this milestone in life. If you don’t have a school near you that will allow this, throw your own graduation ceremony. Contact the parents of other homeschooled students that are ready to graduate and get them involved.

Homeschooled graduates can even take the SATs so that they can get into a good college. If your children have missed out on those, there are other tests they can take through different colleges and community colleges that offer these tests for a fee. When those have been satisfactorily passed, acceptance into college can be accomplished. When it comes down to it, there’s really nothing that kids in public school have that homeschooled kids cannot have. You just have to know the right questions to ask and the right people to go to for the answers.

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Getting Started with Homeschooling

The popularity of homeschooling has risen to high numbers and there are various aids to assist parents to effectively provide children with a good education. One of these aids is Homeschooling ABC’s, which is a 26 week course.

This course covers everything step-by-step to provide you with the tools you need to create a home school environment. This aid will enable parents to have everything setup within 48 hours or less, plus provide ongoing support and resources to make the homeschooling journey successful. Parents receive one email per week from Homeschooling ABC’s, which will provide instructions on the important areas of homeschooling children. The creators offer the wisdom and tips acquired while homeschooling their own children for 12 years and the immense amount of experience they have gained. The weekly email will have a unique lesson about homeschooling and there will be a plan of action, which helps to provide a comprehensive and continuous curriculum.

What Will Be Learned

The valuable information that will be learned from Homeschooling ABC’s will include:

• Determine Education Philosophy: Determining what your own beliefs are regarding education, this lesson will enable you to form a strategy to teach your children and stay focused. • Learn Organization and How to Remain Organized: Organization will make it easier to maintain the school area and your children and you will do better.

• Understanding Learning Ability of Children: Everyone learns at a different pace and when you have figured out how your children learn best, education can be tailored to meet their specific needs.

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• Learn about Buying and Selling Curriculum: When you teach your children the proper curriculum, they will be able to learn faster and more effectively. • Have a Great Start Every Day and Keep It that Way: When children are happy they are motivated and take in more knowledge and finish their schoolwork faster.

• Dealing with Socialization: People will question how you are dealing with socialization for your homeschooled children. Learn how to deal with this issue and be prepared. • Teaching Children of Different Ages Together: Few families have only one child they are homeschooling. This will mean knowing how to teach children of various ages at the same time. • Get the Most Out of Field Trips: Field trips get children’s attention and are interesting, which is one way to broaden the horizons in home education.

These are things that will help parents that decide to home school their children, but you get more than just the weekly lessons when you're a member of this program. Membership also gives you access to the following bonuses: The Home School Planner: This is 31 pages of lists, planning forms and other goodies from Old Schoolhouse Magazine. Get Organized: Cindy Rushton shares her ideas for how to make your school year great. Learn How to Teach Less, while Children Learn More: A step-by-step book that will show you how to use living books to provide a quality education for children at an economical price.

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Sequence and Scope Checklist: This is a checklist of everything your children will need to know for each grade level. TEACH Magazine, Mother Enrichment Package: This is 2 digital issues of TEACH; Queen of Her Castle MP3 audio and Organizing Happiness ebook.

The Internet Scavenger Hunt: This is for children 12 and over to introduce MotherboardBooks.com Internet Scavenger Hunt. History Not Backwards: History that shows God’s part in it, for those who want to incorporate Bible teachings into their homeschool curriculum.

What Really happened During the Middle Ages: This is a collection of historical biographies, helpful for teaching both history and reading skills.

WriteShop Learn to Write: A starter package for grades 6 through 10, which includes an 8-day lesson plan from the new elementary

WriteShop; a K-2 primary book; and a Story Builders Sampler offering prompts for creative writing. Teaching Science and Having Fun: This book by author Felice Gerwitz shows you how to teach science and keep students interested.

Under the Sea (Pre-K through 2) and Ocean Habitats (Grades 3

through 6): In the Hands of a Child packs containing a research guide about the world’s oceans and hands-on activities, for children to create a lap book on oceans. Foundations 1 Bible Curriculum: This is a way to bring religion into your homeschooling curriculum, if you choose.

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It does not matter if you are new to homeschooling or have been doing it for an extended amount of time, there is something to learn from Homeschooling ABC’s. The very affordable membership cost of $10 per month comes with a 60day money back guarantee, no questions asked. It's a great way to get your homeschooling efforts built upon a strong foundation, with guidance from parents who have been there.

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