Special Connection Homeschool

For High School our state requires the following for Social Studies: Three units of history and government, which shall include world history; United States history; United States government, including the Constitution of the United States; concepts of economics and geography Here is how I plan to meet the requirement and teach my daughter who has Down syndrome. Veritas Press is a product I have continued to use since reviewing it. In middle school Gess has completed the first two in the self-paced history courses which were Old Testament and Ancient Egypt and New Testament Greece and Rome . This year she will be completing Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation . That will be part of "world" history. The self-paced series is considered an elementary level curriculum but it offers a way for me to give her one class that I don't have to teach. It allows her some independence that way. Gess loves the way it is presented and with quizzes often done via games, ...

With Gess entering High School I have to make sure that she completes the requirements for graduation. Because she has Down syndrome I am able to adapt the subjects to her current level of learning and capabilities. As we start the 9th grade I am trying to make sure that I have a plan in place. I know that parents who homeschool their child with special needs often want to know what to do for high school. I know, because I am one of them! Well, I am learning as I go but I think I have it figured out! Before I get into the curriculum we need to talk about record keeping. I have been using My Student Log Book s since I reviewed them a couple of years ago. It has been helpful for Gess to track her own work and keep her on task. Here is an example of that from my previous review . While I used it as a visual check list, it is so much more than that! If you utilize all the functions in this book you can keep track of your student's work and easily transport that information on...