Author Archives: Charisse Van Horn

Homeschooling in California: Option 2

Homeschooling in California: Option 2 *Before I begin this article regarding homeschooling options for California, I want to begin by stating that it is your responsibility to research the law for yourself. I am relaying the available and current information that is subject to change. I have provided many links that will enable you to view the current laws online and to help put you in touch with local area and organizational support groups. * Compulsory School Age “between the ages of 6” by December 2 and “under 18 years of age” There are four different options for legal homeschooling … Continue reading →

Homeschooling in California: Option 1

Homeschooling in California: Option 1 *Before I begin this article regarding homeschooling options for California, I want to begin by stating that it is your responsibility to research the law for yourself. I am relaying the available and current information that is subject to change. I have provided many links that will enable you to view the current laws online and to help put you in touch with local area and organizational support groups. * There are four different options for legal homeschooling in California. This article will focus on Option 1, but I will give a brief overview of … Continue reading →

Homeschooling in Arkansas

Homeschooling in Arkansas *Before I begin this article regarding homeschooling options for Arkansas, I want to begin by stating that it is your responsibility to research the law for yourself. I am relaying the available and current information that is subject to change. I have provided many links that will enable you to view the current laws online and to help put you in touch with local area and organizational support groups. * The state of Arkansas has a very detailed definition of compulsory attendance ages. “5 through 17 on or before September 15 of that year”; a child under … Continue reading →

Homeschooling in Arizona

Homeschooling in Arizona *Before I begin this blog regarding homeschooling options for Alabama, I want to begin by stating that it is your responsibility to research the law for yourself. I am relaying the available and current information that is subject to change. I have provided many links that will enable you to view the current laws online and to help put you in touch with local area and organizational support groups. * The compulsory school age for the state of Arizona is between the ages of 6 and 16. There is also the option to delay home learning until … Continue reading →

Homeschooling in Alabama: Option 2

Homeschooling in Alabama Option 2 Before I begin this blog regarding homeschooling options for Alabama, I want to begin by stating that it is your responsibility to research the law for yourself. I am relaying the available and current information that is subject to change. I have provided many links that will enable you to view the current laws online and to help put you in touch with local area and organizational support groups. There are two homeschooling options for the state of Alabama. The first option is to establish or enroll in a church school and the second option … Continue reading →

Homeschooling in Alabama: Option 1

Homeschooling in Alabama Option 1 Before I begin this blog regarding homeschooling options for Alabama, I want to begin by stating that it is your responsibility to research the law for yourself. I am relaying the available and current information that is subject to change. I have provided many links that will enable you to view the current laws online and to help put you in touch with local area and organizational support groups. There are two homeschooling options for the state of Alabama. The first option is to establish or enroll in a church school and the second option … Continue reading →

Mental Math

This weekend I downloaded an incredible math book. If you’ve ever heard your teens say, “Why do I have to do math? I will never use this in the real world!” Then listen up. Have you ever heard of Mental Math? Mental Math is using a series of tips and tricks that will allow you to perform various calculations in your head. One of the best features about using Mental Math is the ability to truly understand what math is all about (including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages) and discovering the ability to perform these tasks in your mind. … Continue reading →

Reading List for Twelfth Grade

Twelfth Grade Reading Lists Here is the recommended reading list for the twelfth grade. 1. Witness, Whittaker Chambers 2. Wisdom of the Desert, Thomas Merton 3. Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler 4. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy 5. Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville 6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe 7. Walden, Henry David Thoreau 8. Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman 9. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky 10. Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith 11. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackery 12. Travels in Arabian Deserts, Charles Doughty 13. Tom Jones, Henry Fielding 14. Thirty Nine Steps, John Buchan 15. … Continue reading →

Eleventh Grade Reading List

Eleventh Grade Reading List Here is the recommended reading list for the 11th grade. 1. Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes 2. Divine Meditations, John Donne 3. Principles of Philosophy, Rene Descartes 4. Blindman’s World, Edward Bellamy 5. Cavalleria Rusticana, Giovanni Verga 6. Diary of a Superfluous Man, Ivan Turgenev 7. Little Novels of Sicily, Giovanni Verga 8. Necklace, Guy DeMaupassant 9. William Wordsworth (poetry) 10. Robert Louis Stevenson (poetry) 11. John Keats (poetry) 12. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poetry) 13. Sonnets, William Skakespeare 14. Americanization of Edward Bok, Edward bok 15. Animal Farm, George Orwell 16. Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography 17. Betrothed, … Continue reading →

Recommended Reading for the Tenth Grade

Recommended Reading for Tenth Grade Here are the recommended reading choices for the tenth grade. I will begin the list with various poets that should be read during the tenth grade. 1. C.S. Lewis 2. John Keats 3. John Milton 4. Matthew Arnold 5. Robert Burns 6. William Wordsworth 7. Hesoid 8. Sir Walter Scott 9. Percy Blythe Shelley 10. Charles Osgood 11. J.R.R. Tolkein 12. G.K. Chesterton 13. Anton Chekhov 14. Argonautica, Apollonius of Rhodes 15. Confessions, Augustine 16. City of God, Augustine 17. Beowulf 18. Battle of Maldon and Other Old English Poems, Crossley-Holland and Mitchell 19. Deserted … Continue reading →