Making Math the Favorite Subject By Bethany Bennett
Finishing up with one customer, another asked me where CalcuLadder was. I pointed to a shelf above eye level and wondered why anyone would use it. It seemed a lot of money to pay for math drill pages, yet several parents had asked about it. Besides working at Shekinah...
Stepping into the Classroom of Creation by Roxanne Weber
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge” (Psalm 19:1-2 NIV). Why is it that the majesty of creation can bring the hardest human heart to a point of...
Sharpen Those #2 Pencils: Preparing for the SAT Exam by Denise Boiko
Whether homeschooled or traditionally schooled, high school students have one thing in common: their dread of college entrance exams. Homeschooling parents, too, may be intimidated.To begin with, our students generally take fewer standardized tests than do traditional...
Teach Your Teens to Think Biblically Using Research, Reason, Relate, and Record By Mary Schofield
All Christian parents hope their children will grow up to be strong in the Lord, not only trusting Christ for their salvation, but also becoming mature Christian leaders. This requires that they learn how to think biblically, reasoning accurately from Scripture, and...
Discipleship 101 By Mary Schofield
The first step to starting high school is to consider high school graduation. That’s right, you have to plan the graduation before you even start ninth grade. If your student is enrolled in a private school satellite program (PSP) administered by a private school,...
High School Students with Hearts Toward Christ by Bret Welshymer
A homeschooling mother recently shared a story about her 17-year-old son who had a job stocking grocery shelves. Within a few months of starting his job, he was awarded two promotions. Sadly, this was not the case for most of his co-workers. What made this boy so...
Most Likely to Make a Million by Karen D. Koch
Homeschooling through high school is looming large before me. How did it get here so fast? Just the other day Mitchell was wearing diapers, drawing rockets with crayons, and sleeping with a stuffed Winnie the Pooh. Today he is taller than me, a capable 14-year-old and...
Ace the SAT Monster by Jean Burk
Yes, that’s the dreaded standardized test that most students bomb—even really smart ones. Colleges not only use it for entrance exams but also scholarships—the higher the score, the bigger the scholarship money. It is even looked at more than a student’s GPA since...
Teaching Your High Schooler to Write by Denise Boiko
Classic writer's block is that crippling paralysis that strikes when we're expected to come up with eloquent, edifying words—typically, under a time limit. But a different kind of writer's block can strike homeschoolers seeking to meet the demands of high school level...
God’s Homeschooling Tapestry: A Memoir By Susan Beatty
This article was first printed in the Summer 2007 issue of The California Parent Educator magazine on the occasion of CHEA's 25th anniversary.I didn't see it coming.One is seldom privy to a prophetic glance into the future, and that's probably wise.This was as...