Here at the Brush household school is back in full swing. All the different grades keep me hopping!
A lot of times when people find out that we are homeschooling they ask if we are going to “do high school” at home. My answer is always the same. Until God directs us otherwise we will be doing all the years of our children’s schooling at home.
Is it perfect? NO
Is it easy? Not hardly.
Would I change anything? Um yeah lots but they’d still be home.
(also if I could have a 30 hour day that would be great).
High School Science in Home Schooling
This year Elizabeth gets to tackle biology. She is enjoying the information. She likes to learn new concepts. However she says so far the vocabulary is not her favorite—there is too much of it.
And well . . . experiments?
If she could skip all that dissecting stuff she would be thrilled.
Dad Teaches Dissections
Elizabeth meeting her fish
The sciences are one area that I don’t teach in high school.
I also like to learn the concepts and don’t really enjoy the experiments(snicker if you need to). I am truly blessed to have a husband whose job revolves around animals and surgery.
He is the one who takes care of biology and all those dissections! This division of labor seems to work for our family & I am truly glad!
Good Curriculum
We use Apologia Biology for our curriculum and yes we have a microscope. Any self respecting science loving daddy couldn’t teach without one.
He does a great job. Our oldest son decided after taking biology he did NOTwant to follow in his fathers footsteps. Too funny but Steve is still holding out hope for our youngest, Joshua. He likes to watch surgery videos with Steve(eww) and he’s only 9.
Of course the material is more challenging than in jr high but he makes sure that they know it. It is fun to step back and watch how he gets it done. I just like to smile and remember when they were little and did fun things like learn about bones & make paper skeletons.
Actually I just found these cute pictures and had to share them!
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