This Week in School, Day 1, 7/24/2016 The next series of posts shares part of our journey while studying politics. It is political, because we studied politics. We are using the eclectic methodology called Project-Based […]
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Handcrafting High School: Year 2: Month 1: On the Road: Custer State Park, SD
I think the year you study geology and environmental science, you should spend time outside looking at the subject of your studies, so we did. I did not keep a daily journal, because I had […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 2, Month 1: The Service Project
I’m going to depart a bit and tell you about what we learned. I think it is the best way for you to get a feel for the profound benefits of exposing young people to this […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 2: Month 1 (Post 1 of 3 – On the Way to the Service Project)
The first month of tenth grade might have been the best month we ever spent homeschooling. You might be thinking, “Well, Yeah! You were traveling and hanging out. How could that not be great?” 🙂 […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, Month 9 through the Year’s End
We school year round with lots of breaks. That doesn’t matter to a planner like me though. Every year I have a start date and an end date. The year-end date for this year was […]
On the way to Barcelona, May 27 and 28
At the airport in San Diego: May 27 It takes a long time to get from the West Coast of the U.S. to Barcelona. We left in the evening of the 27th from San Diego, […]
Handcrafting 10th grade: The Plan for 2015/2016
Eclectic? Absolutely! Academic? Of Course! Innovative? You Know It! It’s Organic, Too! (I am a chemist, after all! ;-)) History: American government & politics with writing History and the upcoming election will be the main focus […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, Month 7
Some months a handcrafted education looks like a carefully detailed pattern has been followed as if I bought something from Butterwick, cut it out carefully, pinned everything meticulously, and sewed all the pieces exactly to […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, Month 6
Oh my goodness! What a busy month February was for both Sean and me. There were times this month when I felt like I barely had time to breathe. I actually realized TWICE! that I […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Crew
P.E.: Once There Were Vikings, and that Is the Last Time Any of Sean’s Relatives Rowed! Rowing, or crew as I am just beginning to call it, has been the surprise favorite this year. My […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Language Arts
Language Arts: How We Came to Be Homeschoolers My son Sean was an early reader; I was an early reader; my father was an early reader; my paternal grandfather was an early reader. We all […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: History
History: A Repeat of a Favorite Class and Volunteering The Course: A Brief History of Humankind: This is a Coursera course, https://class.coursera.org/humankind-002, that repeats regularly. It is the best history course I have ever taken. The instructor, […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Science
Science: A Parent’s Passion I LOVE science‼ My son likes science. This is the main area of handcrafting Sean’s education that has focused on the passions of someone in his family besides him. (My […]
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Computer Science
Computer Science: A Student’s Passion I have been very thoughtful handcrafting this academic area. I will go through the process of how I did it, so you can see what I mean when I […]
Handcrafting High School: Introduction – Year 1, September, October, November, December
Year 1, September, October, November, December I am the homeschooling mom of a recently turned 15 year-old. I have been handcrafting his education for 9 years. The thing about handcrafting is […]
A Handcrafted Education: The High School Years
Oh No! The dreaded “H” word (and I don’t mean handcrafted)! If there is one thing that causes homeschooling parents to panic it is the thought of homeschooling through high school. What if we get […]
