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From the lens How to Give Homeschool Grades.

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  • Elizabeth Loop Apr 10, 2012 @ 2:19 pm | delete
    Your articles were a Godsend for me. Your information gave me direction and helped to keep me encouraged while designing our son's high school transcript. I have referred you to many of my homeschooling friends.
  • BrassFittings Sep 7, 2011 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    great lens with very useful information, resources, and links! We have 4 kiddos and 2 are old enough for school so far. Home school allows us to travel when we want and gives us more options on what to teach and how fast to progress.

    My oldest daughter is 8 and is VERY advanced. She has taught herself Spanish, Latin, and is working on Chinese all by herself. The morals in schools are not the morals that we want imprinted on our children. Also they get to do awesome extra curricular activities. Rock Climbing teams, marksmanship courses and contests, and Wing Chun are the first few; painting and orienteering are another couple of favorites. We can conduct a lesson on an island or in a tent camping on a mountain. Soooo many great things come from home schooling, and they are more polite, stronger in moral character, and responsible than I was at their age. It takes A LOT of work to do it and we have plugged into and built a very large network of families that are like minded and home schooling as well. My sister in law teaches then 2 days a week at her house and we handle the rest.

    It is amazing. This lens has some wonderful information for anyone that is nervous about the teaching or grading process! Thumbs up!
  • Grace Trommler Jun 4, 2011 @ 8:57 am | delete
    hello all,
    i have been homeschooling my daughters for three years now. I am glad to say that I am very satisfied with the way they are. I have heard words from those who are skeptic with homeschooling about how this affect their interpersonal relationship. but my daughters never show any sign of withdrawal or the likes. on the other hand, they are very open and friendly.

    anyway, i would like to share this new site i just knew of.
    http://homeschoolr.com/ is a great site for people, especially parents to check out. it is worth a visit.

    Thank you for this page. such a very great work to read.

    regards,
  • ShellB Jun 1, 2011 @ 7:43 pm | delete
    Great lens! I wish I had know about homeschooling back when my 1st child started going to public school. If I had known then what I know now, I would have homeschooled all my kids. I am new to homeschooling my 15 year old daughter but plan on pulling my son (who has learning disabilities) out of school after 6th grade, if not sooner. Currently I'm afterschooling him (4th grade) and he's finally getting the one on one attention he needs to learn how to read. Public school definitely isn't for every child!
  • Piper Feb 21, 2011 @ 3:45 am | delete
    Fabulous, Lee! You're always so helpful and reassuring! I especially liked what you wrote about aiming for Math mastery over perfection. One question though, about home school planning vs. doing. As a Mom, what do you consider to be the DOING part of homeschooling - actually sitting down and teaching them??? My daughter is an independent learner and teaches herself and I am around to help when she is stumped or unsure or needs to discuss an issue. If she learns independently, does that mean I am NOT home-educating her??? Baffled.
  • lasertek Jan 19, 2011 @ 9:56 pm | delete
    I've always been interested on how grades are given to homeschooled kids. This has answered all my questions.
  • Serene in Singapore Dec 26, 2010 @ 2:54 am | delete
    Thank you so much for enlightening me on this topic. It has been very helpful as I plan for my oldest child.
  • sunnysideup Nov 12, 2010 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens, very informative. We just finished homeschooling our son through high school. It's definitely not an easy task, but well worth it. He had no problem at all being accepted into a research university with his home school curriculum. I'm going to forward your lens to friends who are currently homeschooling their high school kids. Thanks!
  • Tammy... Nov 6, 2010 @ 6:38 pm | delete
    I love getting your newsletter! It is always informative, encouraging, and is used to "fuel" my commitment to the calling of homeschooling our children. Thanks for your ministry to those of us coming "behind you" in the journey. : )
  • jwilks70 Oct 26, 2010 @ 11:28 am | delete
    I don't know if I could ever have my children home schooled. I think it takes away from the whole social interaction aspect of life and growing up. I have noticed the same in accredited online high school programs. Sure they are great and all to get your diploma if you are returning to school after sometime, but do they enroll kids who could otherwise just go to the local high school?
  • StephenC Oct 10, 2010 @ 9:14 am | delete
    Nice lens on homeschooling. Colleges are beginning to value the homeschool experience.
  • Sherri Love Sep 11, 2010 @ 9:43 pm | delete
    Hello Lee, I would like to thank you for being so helpful ,and informative.I say helpful because you care enough to see us through.
  • Stacie Apr 18, 2010 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    Lee,
    Always a helpful breath of fresh air. Thank you.
  • domesticengineer Mar 25, 2010 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    Lee,
    Thank you for being such an incredible mentor to those of us coming up in the ranks of high school homeschooling. You are such a blessing! Your articles are so clear and practical. The Gold Care Club material and its monthly webinars are a homeschool mother's dream come true. I have always been beyond pleased with your e-mail responses to my questions. You truly care and take your responses very seriously. Thank you, thank you, thank you! It is my sincerely hope that my husband will allow me to remain a Gold Care member until both of my kids graduate. I find it that valuable. =)
  • SadieCope Jan 9, 2010 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    Good lense - very comprehensive.
  • Brenda Dec 27, 2009 @ 11:07 pm | delete
    Lee, I really appreciate all the information and help you a share. Thank you for all you do in support of homeschooling. I have graduated my two children, one of which just graduated from college. I have been trying to help other home schoolers as well. Enjoy your site. Thank you again. Brenda
  • Miss Yvette Sep 23, 2009 @ 8:18 am | delete
    In the area about math, you forgot a few things. If a textbook is supposed to cover multiple courses (i.e. elementatry and advanced algebra) then completing a single textbook can be more than one credit. Also, if you complete more than one math text in a year, you can have extra math credit.

    With my eldest son, we used old college textbooks. Some of these covered multiple courses. I used the full textbook as multiple credits. Two years, he completed one and a half textbooks, (3 texts in 2 years). Both of these scenarios can result in more than one math credit per year!

    The same applies to other subjects as well. Just like if you took more than one history class per year at a public school!
  • JstrawMom Mar 22, 2009 @ 6:16 pm | delete
    Thanks, Lee, for some good guidance. The grading issue has been worrying me almost more than the scary transcript thing! Confidence in our own method is essential, and you've helped provide that.
  • Laurel Santiago Feb 22, 2009 @ 8:55 am | delete
    Thank you for stopping by my blog. I love this page, and will refer back to it often. I am just now home schooling a teenager, so keeping up with grades is something that is on our minds right now.

    Have a Great Day!
    Laurel Santiago
  • Felicita Aug 26, 2008 @ 5:48 am | delete
    Finally, Some help! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
  • EverythingMouse Apr 16, 2008 @ 5:43 am | delete
    This is a great lens for homeschoolers. My children always want me to grade them. I like the question and answer style on some of this lens too. Thanks for a great resource
  • Mar 5, 2008 @ 7:27 am | delete
    Oh that's a funny story about your son's grades and then he saw what college was like! My eldest wanted to go to private school for gr 4 so we enrolled him and at the end of the semester he said, he wanted to be homeschooled again. I asked him why and he said, well I thought you graded me nice because you're my mom, now I know I can get those grades anywhere. He's still home and doing grade 9 now. :D
  • Evelyn_Saenz Feb 20, 2008 @ 12:08 pm | delete
    Congratulations on a great lens. Having unschooled for years I know that it is a wonderful experience for both children and parents. Your lens is very informative.

    I'm sending you a virtual Irish Coffee on the house. I can hardly wait to read the rest of your lenses.
  • Jen Peters Dec 8, 2007 @ 10:03 pm | delete
    Lee! You have a Squidoo too. Awesome!

    SHS hugs...
  • EditorDave Nov 25, 2007 @ 11:06 pm | delete
    Nice Lens! Thanks for your comment on my lens as well! There's a lot of "curriculum" here... Here's a recent addition for homeschoolers studying marine biology:
    http://www.squidoo.com/conus
    Isn't Squidoo a cool thing?
    Regards,
    Dave
  • ILoveObento Nov 12, 2007 @ 11:17 pm | delete
    Hi Lee,
    I found you on a HS group I'm on. I wanted to check here because I have a Squidoo also. I already found helpful information here and I'm excited about getting your newsletter and reading your blog. I've been HSing for about 14 years and only have 15 years to go! I'll see you around!
    Sheri
  • KarenHS2 Nov 11, 2007 @ 8:42 am | delete
    I am so excited to have this as a resource to refer homeschoolers to!! So detailed and informative.

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Lee Binz, The HomeScholar, is a veteran homeschool mom of two boys, Kevin and Alex.  Lee lives with her husband Matt, and their faithful Brittany... more »

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