Summer was exciting with a fun Alabama beach trip and a lake trip near Cleveland.
Tori attended Space Camp!
Akantha attended a CCAD art college preview on merit scholarship.
Summer seems shorter and shorter each year.
We often celebrate the end of summer and beginning autumn and a new school year with not back to school activities.
I highly recommend the books by Louise Bates Ames. A good guide to follow are the What Your ?-Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. His books have some problems, but it’s a great jumping off point.
9th Grade
My son is 13 and working on high school texts. I am not worried at all about his academics. I’m trying to find materials to keep him interested a few more years! We might focus more on writing this year.
- Second Form Latin
- Chemistry and/or Physics
- VideoText Algebra/Geometry and/or OpenStax
- Culinary Arts
- Elite U14 Baseball with Midland Dayton
12th Grade
My middle two kids will attend a local university with CCP this year. It will be their second year doing this.
Tori has her driver’s license, a car, and a part time job at a local grocery store.
Tori is in her last homeschool year and will apply to the university to continue her studies.
Akantha has two more years before they can apply to college. So they will have like a double senior year, since they’re mostly done in our homeschool.
Both have always done much of their school work and many activities together.
First semester:
Tori is taking photography, ecology science with lab, and freshman writing.
Akantha is taking Latin and drawing.
Some electives the kids are pursuing in addition to sports are cooking/baking, creative writing, drawing/animation, arts and crafts, jewelry making.
My kids are very active with skating/roller blading, cycling, hiking, walking, fishing, playing the Wii and Switch, in addition to their classes and sports.
- Tori continues aerial gymnastics twice a week.
- Akantha takes ice skating lessons three times a week.
- Alex plays elite baseball.
Our main text this year would be (as soon as it’s released!) The History of the Modern World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer. I also hope to find the Study and Teaching Guide: The History of the Modern World: A curriculum guide to accompany The History of the Modern World by Julia Kaziewicz. We have so enjoyed the other three books in this series!
We are technically on Year 4 in our history cycle. Year 4 covers some important near history and I cannot wait to dive deep into literature. Since this series follows a slightly different timeline than our earlier cycles, I can pull ideas from our Year 3 books while we wait for publication.
We are enjoying these books in the meantime:
- Sister Wendy’s Story of Painting
- The Story of Science: Newton at the Center by Joy Hakim
- The Philosophy Book
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
See how we do history. Our main curriculum Tapestry of Grace (and the way I supplement it each year) covers all the humanities – history, literature, art, music, philosophy, government.
My eldest child is working full-time in a local hospital with the medical laboratory and phlebotomy.
I hope everyone has a great year!
You might also like to see our other homeschool years:
Recommendations:
- The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer
- Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling
- Free to Learn by Peter Gray
- Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World by Ben Hewitt
- Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn
- Untigering: Peaceful Parenting for the Deconstructing Tiger Parent by Iris Chen
- Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy, and Kindness by Cindy Wang Brandt
- How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
- Raising an Adult: The 4 Critical Habits to Prepare Your Child for Life! by Mark L. Brenner
