If you are new to homeschooling like me, you can use all the help you can get! There is tons of info out there for homeschooling elementary school kids, but it can be a lot harder to find good resources for parents who are homeschooling teens! Thankfully, there are some great YouTube channels out there to help you homeschool your teens and tweens. Homeschooling middle and high school kids can be daunting, but I have learned that it is totally doable! In fact, it can be a lot of fun! YouTube homeschool moms have been a HUGE help for me this year. I find their experienced voices to be reassuring, motivating, and even calming when I need it. I've done lots of digging for months and months, and I am excited to share with you the best YouTube channels for homeschooling high school and homeschooling middle school! For each one, I'll include a sample of one of my favorite videos for you to take a look-see. Without further ado, here are the best YouTube channels for … [Read more...]
Teaching Teens and Tweens US History: Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Road to the Civil War
As I was preparing to homeschool my teens for the first time, I asked my kids which social studies topics were the most interesting to them. My daughter told me she wanted to learn about the Civil Rights movement and slavery. Race relations has always been one of my favorite things to learn about, and that curiosity led me to major in sociology in college. So I set out to plan how to teach my teens about the history of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights Movement. If you want to understand the present, you first need to understand the past. Let me repeat that: As with everything I do, I've spent a ridiculous amount of time researching, and I want to share what I've found with you. So if you'd like to benefit from all of my overthinking and save yourself some time and effort, please read on! Now as I said, I've been homeschooling my kids, so what I am doing is a full history curriculum. However, if your teens are in public school, you definitely … [Read more...]
Teaching Tweens & Teens About the Presidential Election
With the 2020 presidential election in the US quickly approaching, many parents are wondering what is the best way to teach their kids about voting and elections. Tweens and teens are old enough to learn about the issues and the process of the 2020 election. Unfortunately, being old enough does not go hand-in-hand with having an educated opinion. Understanding politics and issues has become sooooo sticky and tricky in the modern era! Tiktok, YouTube, and other social media are inundating our kids with opinions and "facts," many of which are biased, oversimplified, or just plain wrong. It can be very hard for parents to figure out how to intelligently present their teens and tweens with information about politics, civics, and voting. Like usual, I've been spending tons of time researching this, and I'm here with some suggestions! Whether you are homeschooling your teens or you just want to have some intelligent family conversations, I've got your back. As I see it, … [Read more...]
Ultimate Homeschooling Bundle: What’s in it for tweens and teens?
Even if you aren't homeschooling this year, you probably have your kids learning at home using online tools, either from their school or a virtual school. I bet you could use some resources to expand on their learning and provide enrichment! Lucky for you, you can get a WHOLE BUNCH of great resources for a low price. Nourishing Tweens is a participant in several affiliate programs, advertising programs that provides a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and other websites. I only recommend things that I truly like and would use myself. If you click through my links and make a purchase, there is no additional charge to you. The Ultimate Bundles team is re-releasing their first ever Ultimate Homeschooling Bundle! It will be available Tuesday night at midnight - technically, 12:01am on Wednesday, February 3rd ET...which means for those of us on the West Coast, it's available Tuesday evening February 2nd at 9:01pm! And then it's only … [Read more...]
