Betsy
Homeschool Your Teen Through High School with FREE Resources
Betsy
Frugal and FUN Homeschool English Resources for Your Kids and Teens - Plus Online Book Clubs
Here at BJ's Homeschool, we are all about frugal and quality resources and curriculum for your kids and teens.
Are you wanting a full language arts program that's fun!
Finding a good language arts curriculum can be tough. There are so many factors to consider:
Will my child enjoy it?
How much prep work is it for me,?
Will it teach grammar, writing, and literature?
And can it be fun at the same time?
Today I want to share a curriculum that checks off all the boxes for a full language arts curriculum.
That curriculum is Literary Adventures for Kids by my friend, Dachelle, who you know from Hide the Chocolate
What is Literary Adventures for Kids?
A full language arts curriculum - All courses include literature and age-appropriate grammar
and vocabulary.
Each course is based on a book and is approximately a month in length.
The book clubs include optional hands-on projects that are sprinkled like Magic Dust
throughout the course.
Every course includes Rabbit Trails - These are parallel learning experiences that take
deep dives into some of the subjects touched on in the book.
There are currently 4 different types of book clubs:
Nature Book Clubs: These guide your early elementary student through reading
picture books while exploring different creatures and plants in nature and leading them on
Outside Adventures (nature observations). These book clubs include copywork and
beginning grammar lessons.
Elementary Picture Book Clubs: These guide your early elementary student through reading
picture books while exploring rabbit trails. These book clubs include copywork and
beginning grammar lessons.
Family Book Clubs: These guide your elementary and middle school students through a novel for kids while exploring history, art, pop culture, geography, music, or other subjects that are parallel to the story. These book clubs include four weeks of copywork, grammar, vocabulary, and a monthly writing project.
High School Book Clubs: These guide your high school students through a novel while
exploring subjects that are parallel to the story. These book clubs include four weeks of
vocabulary, grammar, spelling, literary elements, critical thinking questions, freewriting,
and a monthly writing project.
And, all courses include a Party School! This is the pinnacle of the Online Book Club experience.
At the end of each literature study, students will celebrate the novel with a party. Invite friends or
family over for some literary fun! All the ideas for food, decorations, and activities are included.
That's just a quick overview of Literary Adventures for Kids online book clubs. If you want to really dig in and see what some of them are like, check out the free book clubs.n and see what some of them are like, check out the free book clubs.
Click Here for the Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Book Club for Elementary
Click Here for the Wonder Book Club for Elementary and Middle School
Click Here for the Call of The Wild Book Club for High School
And, if you decide these might be a good fit, you can use my code, ??, for 20% off! I highly recommend that you take a look at these English resources, which are frugal and I think, very well put together.
Homeschooling High School - How To's and More
- choosing your high school curriculum
- homeschool transcripts step by step guide
- assigning high school credits
- making your 3 or 4 year high school plan
- creating your own homemade courses the easy way
- where are the best scholarships?
- choosing high school electives
- Common Application guide
- reference letters for college apps
- course descriptions
- lots more.
- Making a high school plan
- Curriculum planning
- Credit recording form
- Transcript form with step -by-step instructions
- College entrance requirements for your student, just in case they decide to go there.
- P.E. Form
- Course descriptions recording form and more.
.....by Meryl van der Merwe, homeschool mom of 3 grads
How to Help Your Homeschooled Teen Get into College - Video by BJ's Homeschool
Summary: Video based - 8 Tips for Getting Your Homeschooled Teen into College. And it is not that hard to do. #homeschoolhighschool #gettingintocollege
1. Know your prospective college's admission requirements
- Math
- Science
- English
- Social Studies
- Foreign Language
- Fine Arts
- Electives
2. Choosing Your Homeschool High School Curriculum
4. Do High School Electives
This can vary from college to college. It will be on the college's page on freshman admissions requirements. Our prospective colleges asked for 24 credits. But best to check with the college your teen is applying to.
The FAFSA
For scholarship consideration or financial aid.
The FASFA is the application for financial aid, but it is also used for scholarship consideration by your colleges.
- what is needed for college admissions
- homeschool transcripts
- assigning high school credits
- preparing for college writing
- make your own homemade courses
- scholarships
- my Common Application guide
- reference letters
- course descriptions
- lots more.