Secret Subject Swap - October 2014

                                                           

Welcome to a Secret Subject Swap. This week, 14 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting our posts.

Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts. Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:

Baking In A Tornado

The Momisodes

Spatulas on Parade

Stacy Sews and Schools

The Bergham's Life Chronicles

Evil Joy Speaks

Dinosaur Superhero Mommy

Silence of the Mom

Climaxed

Sparkly Poetic Weirdo

Someone Else’s Genius

Crumpets and Bollocks

Confessions of a part-time working mom

Small Talk Mama

Your “Secret Subject” is:

It's Friday night. You're back in high school. It's football season and there's a home football game. What does your night look like? Are you playing football? Marching in the band? At home hanging with good friends? Playing tennis?

It was submitted by: http://www.eviljoyspeaks.wordpress.com



THE HILL WILL KILL!! I SAID THE HILL! OAK HILL!!!

GOOOOOO RED DEVILS!!!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!

Ok, yes... I went to allllllllll the games my freshman year. ALLLL the games. 

Not only did I go to all the games but I DRESSED for them! My BFF and I would wear one red shoe and one black shoe. One red earring and one black one. Red shirt and black pants or vice versa. We had our faces painted with OHHS and RED DEVILS!!! 

I had so much school spirit that I even won the Spirit Award, twice. LOL 

BUT what I remember most about those games is this....

There was the one cheerleader that I really didn't care for... I mean I REALLLLLY did not like her. She was always so mean to everyone that wasn't in her clique. So, one night I was wishing that she might take a little tumble from the pyramid. I turned around to shout at some friends and I MISSED IT!! She took a tumble off the pyramid and I MISSED IT!!! Darn it! I had been waiting for karma and I MISSED IT! SIGH.... My friend got to witness it, though. She said it was AWESOME. LOL

I really wish that I had some pictures from back then. All the pictures I had were destroyed in a house fire or a basement flood. 

Don't forget to check out the other blogs!!! :D

Homeschooling High School - Part 2 - The CHEAP Stuff

MOST of the stuff we use in homeschooling I get on the cheap. ;) I love used book stores, Amazon and thrift shops for finding cheap books, especially since we use mostly living books.

Now, having said that, Deanna actually likes Abeka for science. Thankfully I have found all the books from 4th grade up to chemistry for at most $4 a piece.

I am going to give you a list of some of my favorite cheap curriculum and they can almost all be found at the same place, Currclick.





Hands of a Child - Lapbooks and Notepacks - can also be found at their own site (usually cheaper). The older kids have grown out of their love of lapbooks but still do a lot of notebooking.



Simple Schooling - Tons of prepared units for science and history. These go on sale quite often and at certain times of the year they can even be found for free.



Homeschool Learning Network - Tons of prepared units for science and history. They can also be found on Amazon for Kindle.



Brandenburg Studies - Units for almost all subjects.



History Scribe - History Notebooking Pages



The Christian Homeschool Hub Download Club - ALL SUBJECTS!! Seriously, just about anything you could think of. It's a flat fee for a whole year and you can download as much as you like.



Now, those are just my favorite. There are many, many more cheap resources out there.

Just remember, homeschooling does NOT have to cost a fortune!! Even if you prefer text books, you can find them cheap at  Amazon or eBay. ;)







HAVE FUN HOMESCHOOLING!!!

Homeschooling High School - Part 1 - The Free Stuff

I realized the other day that I have posted very little about homeschooling my high school kids. Most often I follow the same things I do with the younger kids BUT the lessons are MUCH more involved.

There are, however, lots and lots of different FREE sites that we use. Yes, FREE!!! And I am going to list all of those for you here. ;)







Khan Academy - Most awesome site EVER!! We would never have made it through some of the upper math without it!! They also have lower level math, as well as science, history, art, economics.....

HippoCampus - Another site with higher maths, sciences, social sciences and humanities

Coursera - I have actually taken a couple of courses on Coursera and HIGHLY recommend it. A lot of the classed will give you a certificate of accomplishment at the end of the course. These are all college level courses but my kids have been able to follow along quite well.

Saylor - This site has just added a K-12 option. Math seems to be the only course they have so far and that is 6th - advanced statistics. They do have a  variety of college courses, though.

All in One High School - This site has it all mapped out for you, day by day. It's isn't quite complete yet as far as I can tell, but it's getting there. And everything is ONLINE!!!! I believe they may ask your child to read certain books that aren't available online BUT they are always available at the library.

Ambleside Online - Another site that has everything laid out for you. BUT not quite everything is available online for free but there are options given.

An Old-Fashioned Education - Tons of free resources, almost all of them from yesteryear and for every subject.

Homeschool Share - Yes, I know, this site is geared more toward the younger set BUT you can still use  a lot of the lapbooks and unit studies to get you started. All you have to do is ask for more details and add more reading, projects, etc.

Practical Pages - Notebooking is great for ALL grades, except for the very youngest, of course. ;)

Donna Young - Printables for every occasion!! Even DIPLOMAS and forms for transcripts!!



So, how do WE use these sites?? Well, all 3 of my older kids use Khan Academy A LOT for math. A LOT. The other sites they use as their interests direct them or if they feel like going deeper into a topic.

We do a ton of reading. Lots and lots and lots of living books. I'll give you some examples.

Founding Fathers

Founding Brothers

Founding Mothers

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Plutarch

Elements of Style

Lots of Isaac Asimov's non-fiction

And pretty much anything in the non-fiction sections of the library that catches their attention.

I wish all my books were unpacked then I would have a better list for you.

Anyway, we also rely a lot on Netflix documentaries, YouTube and stuff we DVR.

Don't forgot those field trips! Art museums, history museums, state parks, etc.

My advice? Give them a topic and set them loose to research the heck out of it. OR see what they are really interested in, then set them loose to research the heck out of it. LOL

And RELAX!!!! It's OK!! They are learning and that's what REALLY matters!!





HAVE FUN LEARNING!!!