Any resources/ideas? Her dd hates her high school and wants to home school. I don't think they are religous but I can give them any info you can share with me'

Thanks!

Meg

This Book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393059278/qid=1089406973/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-0255152-7053615?v=glance&s=books) and This Message Board (http://wtmboards.com/HSboardmay20/)

HTH!

The Well Trained Mind to give them an idea of what is required for hs, and researching curriculum until they find what is needed. Definitely let the teen help pick out the books (you have no idea how boring it is when your parent picks out a super easy book or how depressing it is when parent picks I hard or overly done book.)

Curriculum worth looking into: Abeka, Saxon math, Bob Jones, Alpha Omega and what is recommend by TWTM. THere are great computer courses for science these days. I would just use TWTM's outline of what is needed minimum in hs, get her current transcript, add on to it as they go. HS is not that complicated when teen and parent work together.

Jenn

The TeenAge Liberation Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0962959170/qid=1089408330/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/102-1909350-7523335?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

HomeSchooling The Teen Years (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761520937/ref=pd_sim_books_1/102-1909350-7523335?v=glance&s=books)

Anything by John Holt (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dstripbooks%26field-keywords%3Djohn%2520holt/102-1909350-7523335)

HomeSchool Highschool Board (http://www.vegsource.com/homeschool/hischool/)

HomeSchool HighSchool Resources (http://homeschooling.about.com/od/highschool/)

HomeSchool HighSchool Correspondence Schools (http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/methods/DLPsCorrespondence.htm)

I have heard great things about these people (http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/)

HomeSchoolers College Admissions Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761527540/ref=qid=1089408424/sr=50-pd_sr_ec_cs_b/ref=sr_50_pd_sr_ec_cs_b_b-koth-pa1/103-4866243-0920614?v=glance&s=books&st=*)

TRISMS .. it's a highschool program and imo one of the very best available. She will need a solid math program (there are many) , a foreign lanuage and a few other electives.

edited to add that The Teenage Liberation Handbook is wonderful in that it is written *for* the teenager. The author does have some "radical" views though and I think it's really important that the parent read the book along with their child .. and then discuss certain topics together.

double post. .how did that happen? :)

University of Nebraska has a home school High School curriculum that is wonderful. I've done it with several homeschool students (as a tutor/proctor). One of the best things is that in the end you have a high school diploma so there are no extra hoops or anything if the student wants to go to a college that isn't hip on homeschoolers. Yet you still get the freedom to learn at your own pace, use more or less materials, go on vacation etc. You can also progress in different subjects at different rates. It is also nice because it takes all the hunting out of putting together your own program.

This is probibly the route we'll take when DD gets to be this age. I also found that a more structured curriculum was very helpful for a teen just starting to homeschool. I found that a gradual step down from structure to more learning freedom was best because a lot fo my students would become overwhelmed with sudden total learning freedom.

Chole