Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Activity, Change, Progress

homeschoollinkup

Finishing Strong – Homeschool Link Up Party {Homeschooling Middle & High School Years} #26.

| Leave a Comment
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see my full disclosure policy.

Finishing Strong – Homeschool Link Up Party {Homeschooling Middle & High School Years} #26.

 

Happy Wednesday and Welcome to Finishing Strong!

 

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #26

Today we’re highlighting the non-core subjects – electives.

Electives can be so much fun. They are not only needed for high school transcripts, but they are also a great way for older students to learn more about subjects that interest them. By going beyond math and language arts, teens can gain a lot of insight into their passions and may even get a glimpse into what they’d like their future to look like.

Do you write about homeschooling the older grades? Make sure to share your posts with us below.

Discovering Passions Through Electives

Video Making – Our Homemade Elective! by BJ’s Homeschool

7 Ways to Teach Logic on the Sly by Classically Homeschooling

Homeschool High School with Online Psychology Course: Get Inside Their Mind by Education Possible

Photography as a High School Elective by Starts at Eight

What about those Extracurricular Activities – What role do they play in your teen’s life? by Sweetness & Light

Helping Kids Explore Their Interests When You Don’t Have a Clue by Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers

Next week we’re going to feature another one of our co-hosts – Kyle from Aspired Living.

Follow Me Linky Party Finishing Strong

Blog Button Link Up Pinterest Button Link Up Google Plus Link Up

Twitter Link Up You Tube Link Up

Follow Group Boards Linky Party Finishing Strong

Pinterest Button Link Up-1 Google Plus Group Link Up

Easy Details to Remember & Even Easier Guidelines.

    • The link up party goes live at 5:00 a.m. CST each Wednesday and stays open until the following Tuesday at 11:55 p.m.
    • Each week we will pick our favorite links as features and share them.
    • You can link up to 3 posts. Please do not link up advertising posts, or other link ups, or parties. I will remove them. Homeschool related reviews are permitted and of course all topics related to homeschooling middle to high school students.
    • Grab a button to add to your post after you link up and if you were featured, grab an “I was featured” button.
    • By linking up with us, you agree for us to share your images and give you credit of course.
    • That’s it! Glad to have you here and let’s party!
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Finishing Strong – Homeschool Link Up Party {Homeschooling Middle & High School Years} #21.

| Leave a Comment
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see my full disclosure policy.

Thank you for joining us this week at Finishing Strong Homeschool Link Up Party that focuses on middle & high school students.


Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #21

Happy Wednesday!

Can you believe we’re already looking at the end of July? Sure, we’re still in the thick of summer, but we’re willing to bet that you’ve already started preparing your lesson plans for the new year.

To help you out, we have decided to take a few weeks to highlight a few favorite posts that have been linked up with us recently, relating to specific subjects.

Today we’re starting with language arts.

Literature Studies: Chaucer – A Retelling of a Knight’s Tale from Angelicscalliwags

Writing Enrichment: Make a Book from Karen Trina Childress

How to Approach Language Arts in High School from Sweetness & Light

High School Skills: Analyzing Text from Blog She Wrote

Fun With Writing for Teens: Online Product Reviews from Education Possible

American Icon: Ernest Hemingway – A High School Literature Study from Eva Varga

Join us next week as we take a look at our favorite posts for teaching history in your home school.

Don’t forget to check out all of the co-hosts – Aspired Living, Blog She Wrote, Education Possible, EvaVarga, Milk and Cookies, Starts at Eight, and Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus.

 

Follow Me Linky Party Finishing Strong

Blog Button Link Up Pinterest Button Link Up Google Plus Link Up

Twitter Link Up You Tube Link Up

Follow Group Boards Linky Party Finishing Strong

Pinterest Button Link Up-1 Google Plus Group Link Up

Easy Details to Remember & Even Easier Guidelines.

      • The link up party goes live at 5:00 a.m. CST each Wednesday and stays open until the following Tuesday at 11:55 p.m.
      • Each week we will pick our favorite links as features and share them.
      • You can link up to 3 posts. Please do not link up advertising posts, or other link ups, or parties. I will remove them. Homeschool related reviews are permitted and of course all topics related to homeschooling middle to high school students.
      • Grab a button to add to your post after you link up and if you were featured, grab an “I was featured” button.
      • By linking up with us, you agree for us to share your images and give you credit of course.
      • That’s it! Glad to have you here and let’s party!

Button Sliders

Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus


Finishing Strong – Homeschool Link Up Party {Homeschooling Middle & High School Years} #16.

| Leave a Comment
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see my full disclosure policy.

Finishing Strong- Homeschool Link Up Party

Thank you for joining us this week at Finishing Strong–the link-up that focuses on middle & high school students.

 

Finishing Strong Link Up Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

This week we are highlighting Susan Williams and Megan Zechman from Education Possible.

Hello! We are Susan and Megan, co-founders of Education Possible. We live in Central Florida, Susan with her husband and two boys and Megan with her husband and two girls.

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #16

As eclectic, hands-on homeschoolers, we try not to use too many textbooks or worksheets. Instead, we use interactive projects, technology, and living books to foster learning. We spend a lot of time learning outside of the home, especially at Walt Disney World.

Throughout the years, we noticed fewer families were schooling at home through the middle & high school years. Our families are committed to homeschooling through graduation, and we hope that by sharing our passions and experiences educating our older children, we can inspire more families to finish strong along with us.

If we can do it, you can too!

Our goal at Education Possible is to encourage families to discover the world through travel and technology, create hands-on educational activities, and learn together using unique resources.

We frequently write about history because we love sharing how we make this subject fun for our kids. Recently, How to Get Your Kids to Hate History struck a chord with our readers. Many remember hating history while growing up, but want to see their kids develop an appreciation for the subject. Exploring the 13 Colonies – a FREE Study Guide is the beautiful resource we developed to help families learn about colonial history.

Education Possible

Science is a great subject to bring in hands-on educational activities and some of our favorites have been volcanoes, creating a lava lamp, and trajectory. You can even learn How to Start a Science Co-op with your friends.

10 Volcano Activities for Middle School

We both love our children dearly, but neither of us wants them living with us forever, and we know it’s up to us to teach them the life skills they will need to succeed in college and eventually become successful adults. Some of the skills we’ve enjoyed teaching them include brainstorming, the benefit of making mistakes, and meal planning.

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #16 Education Possible

As I mentioned, we love Disney and we frequently teach families how to learn at the “happiest place on earth.” We use the Disney parks as the backdrop for literature, science, history, and life skills training.

Education PossibleWe hope you will follow along with us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Google+ Susan & Megan.

Follow Me Linky Party Finishing Strong

Blog Button Link Up Pinterest Button Link Up Google Plus Link Up

Twitter Link Up You Tube Link Up

Follow Group Boards Linky Party Finishing Strong

Pinterest Button Link Up-1 Google Plus Group Link Up

Easy Details to Remember & Even Easier Guidelines.

    • The link up party goes live at 5:00 a.m. CST each Wednesday and stays open until the following Tuesday at 11:55 p.m.
    • Each week we will pick our favorite links as features and share them.
    • You can link up to 3 posts. Please do not link up advertising posts, or other link ups, or parties. I will remove them. Homeschool related reviews are permitted and of course all topics related to homeschooling middle to high school students.
    • Grab a button to add to your post after you link up and if you were featured, grab an “I was featured” button.
    • By linking up with us, you agree for us to share your images and give you credit of course.
    • That’s it! Glad to have you here and let’s party!
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Finishing Strong – Homeschool Link Up Party {Homeschooling Middle & High School Years} #15.

| Leave a Comment
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see my full disclosure policy.

Finishing Strong- Homeschool Link Up Party

Thank you for joining us this week at Finishing Strong–the link-up that focuses on middle & high school students.

Finishing Strong Link Up Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

Happy Wednesday! It’s time to get to know our co-hosts.

Today Eva Varga from Eva Varga is sharing about herself, her family and her blog.

After you read Eva’s story, make sure you take the time to check out the other great posts linked up below and consider adding one of your favorites as well!

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #15 Education Possible

Hello. Hola. 你好. My name is Eva Varga. I am a science educator, homeschool mom at Academia Celestia (the name selected for our homeschool years ago), and author of Science Logic Curriculum. We have a nature centered curriculum and use a unique blend of materials and methods suited to our lifestyle. We take our cues from the rhythm of nature and the children’s many and varied interests.

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #15

Our approach to education is largely based on the classics with a heavy emphasis on travel, nature study, and foreign language. It is a little unschoolish, a little Charlotte Mason, a little unit-study, but mostly just us!

I have always loved teaching and sharing my passion for science. My mission is to provide my readers with the tools and inspiration to engage their students in meaningful, hands-on science and service learning experiences through tangible curriculum, shared resources, and real-world contexts.

I have been blogging for as long as we have been homeschooling and I have learned as much from my readers as I have from other bloggers I follow. It has been a very rewarding journey. Looking back, I would like to share with you a few of my most popular posts.

Shortly after we began homeschooling, my kids were really into bridges and so I devised an engineering unit to capitalize on their interest, Building Toothpick Bridges: A Lesson Plan. As a part of the unit, they constructed their own toothpick bridges and tested each design for strength. To this day, this post has been my most popular.

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #15

Another popular post took me by surprise. Our heritage is important to us and I frequently share activities to engage children in the culture of Scandinavia. When I wrote Learning the Norwegian Lyrics to “Let it Go!”, I wasn’t aware of the extent of popularity of Disney’s Frozen.

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #15

This past year, I have started to use interactive notebooking, particularly in math and science. I have shared many of the notebooking printables on my blog; and Scientific Classification and Dichotomous Keys has been a favorite of my readers.

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #15

Lastly, I would like to share with you a post I am particularly proud of, Wonder & Asking Questions: 6 Steps to Project Based Learning. Here I share an example of one particular project we have recently undertaken utilizing the Project Based Learning Cycle. Perhaps it will inspire you to follow the interests of your children!

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years #15

Make sure to join us this summer as we take some time to get to know all of our co-hosts!

Follow Me Linky Party Finishing Strong

Blog Button Link Up Pinterest Button Link Up Google Plus Link Up

Twitter Link Up You Tube Link Up

Follow Group Boards Linky Party Finishing Strong

Pinterest Button Link Up-1 Google Plus Group Link Up

Easy Details to Remember & Even Easier Guidelines.

      • The link up party goes live at 5:00 a.m. CST each Wednesday and stays open until the following Tuesday at 11:55 p.m.
      • Each week we will pick our favorite links as features and share them.
      • You can link up to 3 posts. Please do not link up advertising posts, or other link ups, or parties. I will remove them. Homeschool related reviews are permitted and of course all topics related to homeschooling middle to high school students.
      • Grab a button to add to your post after you link up and if you were featured, grab an “I was featured” button.
      • By linking up with us, you agree for us to share your images and give you credit of course.
      • That’s it! Glad to have you here and let’s party!
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus


Finishing Strong – Homeschool Link Up Party {Homeschooling Middle & High School Years} #14. 06/04/2014

| Leave a Comment
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see my full disclosure policy.

Finishing Strong Homeschool Link Up Party

Thank you for joining us this week at Finishing Strong–the link-up that focuses on middle & high school students.

Finishing Strong Link Up Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

 

Finishing Strong ~ Homeschooling the Middle & High School Years Education Possible

Some of our readers have been asking whether we’re going to keep our link-up going through the summer. The answer is – definitely!

You will notice one small change during the next two months though.

Instead of just sharing our favorite posts with you, starting next week, we’re going to take the opportunity to tell you more about those of us who have the privilege of co-hosting this awesome link-up.

We want to give you a chance to learn more about each of us as well as what we write about each and every week on our own sites.

Hopefully you’ll find some new favorite blogs to follow!

So who co-hosts Finishing Strong each week?

Don’t forget – continue to link-up your own posts right here and visit us each and every Wednesday for lots of encouragement and ideas for homeschooling your middle & high school students.
Follow Me Linky Party Finishing Strong

Blog Button Link Up Pinterest Button Link Up Google Plus Link Up

Twitter Link Up You Tube Link Up

Follow Group Boards Linky Party Finishing Strong

Pinterest Button Link Up-1 Google Plus Group Link Up

Easy Details to Remember & Even Easier Guidelines.

    • The link up party goes live at 5:00 a.m. CST each Wednesday and stays open until the following Tuesday at 11:55 p.m.
    • Each week we will pick our favorite links as features and share them.
    • You can link up to 3 posts. Please do not link up advertising posts, or other link ups, or parties. I will remove them. Homeschool related reviews are permitted and of course all topics related to homeschooling middle to high school students.
    • Grab a button to add to your post after you link up and if you were featured, grab an “I was featured” button.
    • By linking up with us, you agree for us to share your images and give you credit of course.
    • That’s it! Glad to have you here and let’s party!
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus