Homeschooling Through High School

Homeschooling through high school presents unique challenges, like any stage along the homeschool journey. But this is also the stage where some sweet stuff happens and slowly the threads of the tapestry you've been weaving of your child's homeschool experience in the context of your family life, come together in beautiful and often unexpected ways. I wouldn't want to miss these years for anything.

As I drag myself out of the woods - The story of my experience, my state of mind and state of heart, as we end our homeschool journey during a global pandemic in a time of heightened awareness of racial injustice.
A different kind of spring ~ the end of a journey - The spring that we end our 16 year run of homeschooling.
Own it. Like a mother. - Trying to re-discover my confidence. Post homeschooling through high school (because homeschooling thru high school is not just about your kids, it's also about you.)
Wrapping things up - Waiting for next thing to start, but knowing we won't get there till we finish this first.
As we finish homeschooling 3 kids through high school - Years of experience that have confirmed what was once just theory - it's possible to do something different with education and to build the kind of relationships I envisioned for family life.
A portfolio application to university - Using a portfolio to apply to University.
On her way to university - After being out of high school for one year Céline sets a course for a university costume design program.
A vegan teen (and other interest-led learning wins) - Some thoughts on raising kids with strong convictions, willing to own the work and the responsibility of their personal choices.
The rewards of parenting in young adulthood (a birthday in the woods) - I'm nearing the end of our homeschool journey and I'm tired.
Lighting Design, Homeschooling Freedom, and Project-Based Learning (an interview with the Warfels) - Patreon interview where we explore the potential of homeschooling not just on our kids' education but our own career paths and family culture. And see how it all comes together in one family's experience with project-based learning and living.
The October homeschool update (with a wee bit of parenting melancholy, philosophy, and practice), part 3 - Schooling has never been compulsory or mandatory for our kids, done against their will or personal motivations.
The October homeschool update (with a wee bit of parenting melancholy, philosophy, and practice), part 2 - I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am, with how much hands-on homeschooling work I still need to do.
The October homeschool update (with a wee bit of parenting melancholy, philosophy, and practice), part 1 - I miss their early childhood while living the natural outcome of that trajectory.
Committing to the group ~ Our homeschool co-op drama production - What we've gained and given to be a part of homeschool co-op.
The potential of community - The things that stay the course, the things we want to make good in our lives, will take everything we have to give, and then some.
The necessity for homeschool community - In a society where most kids go to school, choosing an alternative path necessarily brings more resistance and effort.
And then there was a Prom - A homeschool Prom, our homeschool co-op community, and some thoughts on raising teens in an alternative culture.
A mama milkweed guarding her chrysalides - Like the milkweed plant, parents can provide the conditions that make their children feel safe to hold onto them during their most vulnerable time.
Graduating from homeschooled high school - The story of graduating our first child from homeschooling into self-employment (for now).
A few thoughts on publishing our high school homeschool experience - Not all homeschooled high school students go to university, now or ever.
Homeschooling through High School, blog organization, and designing a life - The structure, the design of a thing, is largely unseen but has a lot of power to either support and help achieve your aims or it can do the opposite, frustrate your efforts, cause roadblocks.
A homeschooling high school math & science story - Can students succeed at high school level science with delayed math education and without elementary and junior high science courses?
Letting them grow up into who they are meant to be - An apprenticeship with my dad is partly about learning practical skills but it is about building relationship.
A goal-driven curriculum - We are here to help, to remove what roadblocks we can, and assist her in moving past and through others, but the work is hers.
Project-Based Learning & Interview Assessments - Why quitting projects is not the end of the world and how I learned to interview my children through our experience managing a large-scale student-directed project.
Where are all the homeschooled high schoolers? - Why it's hard to find stories and experiences about interest-led teens on the web and what I'm hoping to do about that in this homeschooling through high school series.
Her high school education will be her own - The time has come when the story is no longer mine to share.
Transition to Scholar with Project-Based Learning ~ Hello High School - Our objective is that our young adult children will take responsibility for their education in their scholar years.