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This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Handling Screen Time for Teens, Interview with Dr Melanie Wilson. Handling Screen Time for Teens, Interview with Dr Melanie Wilson We are back with our dear friend and podcasting colleague, Melanie Wilson of Homeschool Sanity podcast. Melanie is a voice of wisdom and encouragement for the homeschool community for many years. Melanie is a PhD psychologist who has homeschooled her six kids for over twenty years. Four of them have graduated from homeschool high school and gone on to college. Two are still homeschooling their high school years. Along the way, Melanie became an...

This post contains affiliate links - using affiliate links from HS Coffee Break helps fuel this blog. I wonder why we find change so difficult, when change is so necessary in our lives. Change is also part of the creative process, which was God's design for us. He created humans to be in relationship with him, and to participate in creation with him. He's got work for us to do!The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it . . . Now the LORD God had formed out...

I’ve tried my best to create a custom high school for each of my kids. I let them find ways to pursue their passions. With my tech kid, we’ve tried lots of different ideas to find what worked best for him. Here are my tips to help your kids pursue their passions in homeschool. (this is a sponsored post, I was compensated for my time, and received 1 month of MYTEK LAB Coding Classes free, my son was already enrolled, so it just saved me one month’s tuition) Figure out where exactly your student’s passions lie We have tried out...

In this spring wildflowers nature study, we’re talking about one of my very favorite nature topics of all time! If I asked you to name your very favorite flower, what would it be? It’s hard for me to narrow my choice down to just one, but black-eyed Susans are always a favorite. Black-eyed Susans are in the daisy family and they have beautiful yellow petals and a dark brown center. They kind of remind me of sunshine and I love sunshine. Spring Wildflowers Nature Study Some people grow black-eyed Susans on purpose in cultivated flower gardens, but they can also...

The following is a sponsored post in collaboration with MYTEK LAB and MommyMaestra. All opinions are my own.I was looking over the Education Commission of the States' website the other day. They have posted a 50-state comparison for high school graduation requirements of technology, career/tech, and oral communications. I was so surprised about how all over the place the states are regarding technology education.Technology Education as a High School RequirementIn my opinion, technology education should be one of the core subjects being taught and a requirement for high school graduation. At present, college-bound students should have something like this (Note: Years and credits...