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Dec. 3, 2018
Homeschooling Pre-teen Boys: 8 Guidelines That Bring Peace
It’s happening before my very eyes: my charming, compliant adolescent son is being replaced by a slightly less appealing version—a version that bristles at instruction and grits his teeth at disliked tasks. To be blunt, homeschooling my pre-teen boy is not … Continue reading
Tagged adolescents, boys, high school, Homeschooling, middle school, parenting, pre-teen, sons, teens
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Aug. 1, 2018
9 Ways to Motivate the Dawdling Teenager to Get Homeschool Done
Raising teenagers gets a bad rap. Ask most moms and they will let you in on a huge secret—raising and homeschooling teens is one of the most rewarding phases of parenting! You finally start to see the fruit of years … Continue reading
Tagged dawdling, high school, Homeschooling, problems, struggles, teens, tips, troubleshooting
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May. 20, 2018
Where Are They Now: Tegan Duke
This post is part of the Where Are They Now series in which we hear the stories of long-time Sonlight users who are now thriving young adults. Tegan of Cape Town, South Africa has been homeschooled all her life. She began … Continue reading
May. 20, 2018
Where Are They Now: Kiera-Lee Hayes
This post is part of the Where Are They Now series in which we hear the stories of long-time Sonlight users who are now thriving young adults. Kiera-Lee is the eldest of our four children and the first Sonlighter in the … Continue reading
Feb. 9, 2018
4 Ways to Engage a High Schooler with Literature
It’s easy to engage a high schooler with literature if the high schooler already loves literature. And there’s the rub. To add to the rub, as it were, Sonlight high school history and literature courses are so compelling, so engaging, … Continue reading
Tagged high school, literature, teens
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Jan. 20, 2017
Sleep: A Surprising Reason to Homeschool
By itself, the promise of getting enough sleep is probably not a big enough benefit to convince you to start homeschooling. But once you begin homeschooling, and your children get enough sleep, you will wonder how you survived before. The … Continue reading
Tagged benefits, children, health, Homeschooling, learning, reasons to homeschool, sleep, teens
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Jan. 14, 2016
How Homeschooling Can Prep Teens for Leadership
Can you name one surprising thing influential leaders such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and others have in common? They all spent their teen years in a similar fashion. Check out this intriguing article from Time about How … Continue reading
Tagged benefits, culture, free time, high school, homeschool, leadership, reading, teens
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