Taking on the main core subjects of English, Math, History, Science and Foreign Language may not be a choice if you want your homeschool student to get his high school diploma, but you can make up for the boring work by adding in a couple of interesting electives in his high school curriculum.
Interesting and Inspiring
As you give your high school curriculum a look over with your homeschool student be sure to ask for their inputs on elective subjects. Each student is different and the electives they choose could be anything from archery to app development. Just remember that it must be a topic that he genuinely finds interesting, and would inspire him to learn more about all through the school year.
Freedom of Choice to be Independent
Remember a high school student is a teenager on the cusp of adulthood. Having been homeschooled this child has a definite idea about what he finds interesting and what he wants to learn more about. Don’t push your choices for good electives with possible future use in college on him. Yes learning music appreciation may not be as useful as taking an introductory psychology class if he wishes to become a psychiatrist, but let him make an independent decision about what he wants to learn.
Be Supportive Always
As long as they homeschool student is aware that you will be there to back them up they will be free to pick what truly interests them. Choices for careers change even after professional studies finishes, so why wouldn’t you allow your child to have whatever he wants as a single subject in the homeschool classroom? Remember if he is really interested in learning the subject, you don’t have to teach him, just facilitate his learning.
Possible High School Electives
If your child is interested in business or commerce subjects like economics, accounts, web design, home business versus general business, and the like make good electives. More into health? Perhaps a class in nutrition, or health science or even exercises for appropriate ages may work. More of a humanities person? Why not pick up literature, poetry, journalism, or even communication studies? There is no shortage of interesting electives to go around.
