Our 2023/2024 Homeschool Curriculum Choices for 10th Grade

Hey there friends! Today I'm sharing what homeschool curriculum choices we have made for my rising 10th grader. These are his individual subjects, and for each one, I'll also share how many credits I'm assigning and how it will appear on his transcript. Later this week, come back to see the high school elective courses we continue to do as group subjects.

TIMESTAMPS
03:52 Science
07:42 Math
10:49 Literature/Language Arts
21:34 History
27:38 Electives

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Discovering Design with Chemistry by Berean Builders-

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[jayl.j.c.]

My oldest is in 4th grade 😂 but I love watching your high-school homeschool videos as I create a vision long term. Thank you so much, I love watching and learning about these things from you veteran homeschool mamas! You are few but so needed!

[sharlyn]

I just have to say this video you made is phenomenal! It has hit every box that I have been searching for all in one video. I’m especially happy you included how you would record each subject in the transcript. My oldest is a rising 7th grader and would like to prepare myself mentally ahead of time on what to expect for high school. Many thanks for taking the time to make this video, it was well thought out and detailed. Also, I hope you consider making a video on the process of making a high school transcript 😊

[lorimiller]

So glad I found you, there is not a lot of homeschool high school information out there. Thank you for including how you’re doing subjects with the credit value. This was very helpful ! Love the curriculum choices, we’re doing Shorman Math too ❤

[monicalee]

We are just starting our homeschool journey, in grades 6 and 8! Really appreciating your curriculum reviews and comments about your kids different learning styles and levels. Thank you!

[liztefft]

We're going to be diving into nutrition this year, too!

[tammyhollan]

From a homeschool mom of two high-schoolers (and one more that graduated!) I deeply appreciated the detailed information and all of the curriculum ideas! Thank you so much for all the time that went into this!

[OneMamaToAnother]

Thanks for sharing- there are a few things that are new to me that I will check out. One of my kids is also using the Whirlwind History next year. Using sticker paper is a great idea!

[koinonia-bnxz]

Thank you so much for your video this morning! Can’t wait to implement some of your curriculum choices for my kiddos next year.

[patriciadimarco]

I also have my high school son, write the sentences in cursive in fix it grammar

[SmithsInTheMaking]

I would love an update in the future to hear how combining traditional chem with the guest hollow chem in the kitchen works out. That is what I hope to do in a few years for my kids so would love ideas, tips etc once you have worked thru it

[homeschool.pray.repeat]

My math assistant is another similar program that you can use Saxon with. New editions and old. It’s fantastic.

[ativ]

Please do a flip through and 'do a lesson with us' for the Chemistry in the Kitchen! Theres very few (almost no!) videos on what exactly the course is

Even better if you can also share which of the Guest hollow units match up well with the Wiley textbook!

[FourByTwo]

I’m intrigued by the glimpse of your daughter’s narration notebook. I’ll go hunt for a video about that … if you haven’t made one yet, you should!

[homeschooledaroundtheworld]

Lightning Lit and composition for high school is an excellent Literature program. We are doing Brit lit and Shakespeare this year and planning for American lit next school year.

[SylviaBobier]

Did you consider Wile's Biology as well? What made you go with Apologia for that subject over Berean Builders?

[tess]

Is shormann math advanced? Or with my math despiser 😅 would that help with strugglers

[JuliaCantley]

I've heard so many good things about shormann, but also some say that if your student isn't going to be a science or math major in college that it's unnecessary or if your student isn't strong it math it would be hard. My son is doing his Earth Science in 8th grade, but I'm not sure I would do it again. It seems very thorough though. Other moms have said that it really could snuff out your love for math ;)

[SN-fnnj]

Have you used the BB Discovering Design with Biology?

[crystinanna]

I’m so intrigued…or maybe confused or shocked😳🤷‍♀️ it’s really challenging sometimes to do a literature based curriculum for 1-2 subjects (like history w/ bible and lot) plus all the other subjects and not overwhelm a child or have them working 7-8 hours a day! And it sounds like your son is doing 3 literature based courses in 1 year!
I’ve seen and done guest hollow American History and it was a LOT and my highschooler couldn’t keep up or finish all the reading. So all of his other classes were not literature based and he just read 4 novels for LA.
But yours is doing 2 guest hollow courses simultaneously AND an online LIT course + the 3 novel studies your assigning?!? Plus his other courses. Wow😮
I just can’t imagine!!
How does he do all the reading?!
Does school take 7-8 hours per day?
From what I know with guest hollow I’m literally estimating that all 3 of these lit based courses plus the novels etc is going to be like 75 books…😱
How? Just…I’m so curious how one can do it all!😅

[michellekeckler]

I don’t have a science background like you, do you think most people could do the Berean builders without the videos? Is the text easy to understand?