Welcome to Finishing Strong ~ a weekly link-up dedicated to families homeschooling middle & high school kids. Each Wednesday, moms just like you share their best tips, encouragement, advice, and more for teaching older kids at home.
I am delighted that families homeschooling middle and high school age students are coming together and finding inspiration in one another. That’s has been the goal of Finishing Strong since its inception. Thank you!!
Finishing Strong is hosted by me here at EvaVarga along with my friends – Heather from Blog She Wrote, Megan from Education Possible, and Heidi from Starts at Eight.
Life Experiences and Travel
As many of my regular readers are aware, we love to travel. It is one of the reasons we chose to homeschool years ago and we continue to make it a priority in our lives and making sacrifices along the way. These life experiences can often transform a child’s career choices and even translate to academic credit.
The kids have always had a voice in choosing our destinations as well as the activities in which we partake upon arrival. Often these decisions are made during our pre-trip planning however, some are make during our Vacation Debriefs – when we sit down together and discuss what we each liked best and least about the day and how we each could have helped to make it a better day.
As the kids have gotten older their interests have also evolved. As a result, we spend a great deal of time at both art museums for Geneva and air and space museums for Jeffrey.
In her post, Must See Art Museums from Around the World, Geneva shares her highlights from these visits and discusses how these life experiences have helped motivate her to integrate art into her career goals.
Finishing Strong
We hope you’ll take some time to check out the amazing posts that have been shared with us. We are so thankful to all of our readers and contributors who help make Finishing Strong a key resource for everyone homeschooling through the middle & high school years.
Below are some of the posts I enjoyed from last week, as well as the posts that received the most clicks – we have another tie!! Did I choose one of your favorites?
Our 9th & 7th Grade Homeschool Plan
from me here at EvaVarga.net ~ My daughter began taking dual-enrollment courses at the local community college last year. Teaching predominately just one at home, this post provides a more focused look at the extracurricular activities in which we take part and how these choices have helped develop us academically and emotionally.
Our Relaxed Homeschool Curriculum for 10th & 12th Grade
from Shelly of There’s No Place Like Home ~ I enjoy her candid approach, “I admit that these choices aren’t set in stone … I’ll also point out that, although I have them “labeled” as 10th and 12th grade students, I don’t actually use a single resource that is grade level specific.”
How to Assign High School Credit to Life Learning Opportunities
from Pat at Pat And Candy ~ “Contrary to popular opinion, there is nothing magical or mysterious to putting together a high school transcript. You just have to translate learning into education-eze.”
Love It or Hate It! It’s Actually Time for Middle School
from Heather at Blog, She Wrote ~ This is a great post summarizing many of the things that make middle schoolers different than elementary and high school students. “The important thing is to meet your middle schooler where they are and help them to transition.”
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As always, thank you for helping us to make Finishing Strong a key resource for families who are homeschooling through the middle & high school years.
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