Will You Homeschool Through High School?

“Are you planning to homeschool them through high school?" is a common question asked of homeschoolers.

That can be a pretty daunting question especially in the early years when you are just starting out.

The encouraging part, just like most other things, is the more you do something the more encouraged you are to continue.

There is a myth that once children enter high school their learning style has to change to something more rigorous and more time spent with their noses in textbooks or behind a screen.

The reality is that they need to experience life, learn skills, interact with people of all ages, develop empathy, grit, hard work, and responsibility.

What are the things that you wish that you knew how to do as an adult?

Some of us wish that we were better at caring for our homes, preparing and planning meals, balancing a checkbook, filing taxes, and some of us wish that we had learned to play a musical instrument or taken voice lessons or pursued art skills growing up.

Homeschooling high schoolers gives us and them the opportunity to not only teach them life skills that will help them in the day-to-day of adult life and we have the opportunity to invest in their own personal interests and to encourage them to that end.

What are some things that you wish that you had the opportunity to learn growing up that you weren't taught in school?

“The question is not, -- how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education -- but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?”
― Charlotte Mason, School Education: Developing A Curriculum

Homeschool Highschool Resources:

Favorite Resources for Older Children- This post includes favorite resources that we have used in our homeschool high school.

The Home Scholar - This is a great resource for helping us understand how to build a wonderful transcript and homeschool through high school.

Intentional Life Post - This post includes more ideas for building an intentional life with your teens.