homeschool high schoolYou want to use a homeschool curriculum but don’t have the funds to buy a dozen new ones for each subject. Why not design your own homeschool curriculum keeping the needs of your students and the legal state requirements in mind?

How to Begin

Get the state grade level standards so that you know what the end goals of the year’s homeschooling are supposed to be. This will allow you to see what all different subjects you need to cover and the rough syllabus in each of them. Once you have this basic outline which is legally required by the state you can begin to fill it up with activities and study material that you would like to use.

What Material Can You Use?

If you wish the child to have the option to return to a public school at a later stage it would make sense to use the textbooks that are being used there. In addition to them you can take a visit to your local library and pick up more books related to reach subject or topic you are covering in the homeschool classroom. There is also a host of information available online. Try not to be too internet dependent and give the children a love of books as well.

Other Learning Activities

The flexible nature of homeschooling allows you to include more than the limited number of field trips allowed in a Public School. You can make trips to the local museums, science fairs, take nature walks in parks, and even play basket ball as a part of Physical Education. Just about any quality time activity you undertake can be slotted as a learning activity in your homeschool curriculum.

Collect Material for Later Use

If you come across some good book, worksheet, activity or any such material that does not seem to fit in with your homeschooling curriculum for the current academic session, just collect it and store for later use. You will have a good file of material that you can use as add on activities to the regular subjects you teach in the homeschool classroom. These will also help give your children a more well rounded education.