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What are your teens doing in their homeschool? By teens, I mean older homeschoolers- 0 fifteen and above.
I have a sixteen year old who seems a bit resless - we have just moved. We both thought that hearing about other older teens, their course of study and activities outside the home, may be of help.
Care to share?
TIA!
Leonie in Sydney
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Hi Leonie!
My almost 16yo daughter is intensely interested in World War II, particularly the Holocaust. She checked out a few books on that topic from the library. She's already read the Hiding Place a couple of times. (not recently though) Some of her other studies include algebra, biology, Lord of the Rings, and drawing. She has a gift for drawing. Oh yes, she is also preparing for confirmation this month and just read _Story of a Soul_. I've also begun teaching her to play the guitar. AND she wants to make a notebook on our beloved Pope John Paul II. That would tie in nicely with her study of the Holocaust, wouldn't it?
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Hi Patty,
Thanks for sharing!
My sixteen year old also loves art, literature and music. He and the next brother down went to a manga art cartooning workshop last Thursday.
Leonie in Sydney
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(17) - he's learning to become a judge in a card game called Magic, the Gathering, he's in a Shakespeare play, he found a high school book list and is working through it (Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World, etc.), he is working on invented langauges like Klingon (Star Trek) and has become fascinated with language construction as a result, plays piano and guitar and recently developped an interest in social justice issues through one of his best friends (she's African American and he's hearing a lot about her American experience which is vastly different than ours which has propelled interest in studying that aspect of our history).
(15) - she's learning tap dance, draws, reads widely, keeps an online journal, is involved in the church youth group, is about to learn to drive, keeps an active social life, is learning French and is about to join the Shakespeare camp in our town.
(13) - has a cookie baking business, is studying the Civil Rights movement, continues his interest in astronomy, takes cake decorating lessons, goes to the rifle range for archery and rifle target practice, takes saxophone lessons and keeps a photo album ala Creative Memories.
Not sure if these are helpful! It's fun to read what other teens like to do, though. :)
All my teens are very active online and that meets some of their needs for adventure and relationships.
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Hmmmm....he's sixteen. He goes on drawing binges. Right now, he's desperately trying to capture the Holy Father on paper and finding all those wrinkles quite a challenge, but I'm rapidly gathering quite a collection of pictures! along with the drawing, he's trying to write a meaningful biographical essay and is finding it difficult not to take on the same task as George Wiegel. he knows he needs to narrow his focus, but narrowing gives him writer's block. So, he walks around muttering alot. He's working his way through algebra and geometry at the same time and praising the Lord for Steve Demme (MUS) daily, because, finally, it's all clicking. A recent trip to England inspired a keen interest in Canterbury Tales, so he's plugging through that. He's studying for the CLEP test in Early American History and a course called "Joy of Science" by the Teaching Company which also looks like it lines up with a CLEP test. A young mom in our church is a former Spanish teacher and she has volunteered to tutor Michael--so he's finally learning to speak Spanish.
Mostly, though, he is helping to run a soccer company. He's working as a coach and trainer and a referee and he's offering much-needed administrative help to the owner.
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Thank you everyone for sharing.
My siteen year old also does drama. Its funny to read of all these sixteen year olds with similar art/music/literature/drama interests!
Leonie in Sydney
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Hi Leonie,
Michealla turned 15 in December. This is her 9th grade year and she's especially enjoying Early American History and Biology. She's using a book called the Teen Guide to the Bible by Fr. Alfred McBride for religion. She's also studying Spanish. She started Algebra this year but is not ready for it yet. Her 4H classes include .22 Rifle shooting and Vet Science. That's the topic she really loves. Outside of that there's guitar lessons and drawing. We have a Challenge Girls' club here sponsored by Regnum Christi that she was in up until January(we just moved also). I imagine she'll join the parish youth group that her new friends belong to.
I remember 16 being a tough year for my 2 older boys. They really just wanted to work. 4H had a lot of older kids and interesting classes but I think that's an American thing.
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Our 15 yo Sam is getting ready to go to Germany for World Youth Day. He has been intensely interested in the Interregnum. He is the star pitcher on his baseball team. He plays drums in a music ministry, is active in his youth group (also planning a mission trip to Louisa, KY to help Fr. Beiting there). He cuts 4 lawns and is beginning to work at a landscapers on Fridays. For next year he wants to build an ultralight aircraft for physics and take pilot lessons. We will be studying World history from 1 A.D. to 1600 or so and Geometry in math. Beyond that he is dyslexic and in tutoring, but this schedule is good for him to learn how to budget his time.
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Our 15 yo ds loves - sigh - computer games 'way too much, but has cut back to @ 3 hours/week of his own volition because it's "sort of a waste of time" Halleluiah! I see growth! Baby steps, but growth. Likes to read, but doesn't love it, but good-naturedly plows thru a fair bit of lit on Mom's orders. Likes history OK, but REALLY likes reading medical thrillers like "Hot Zone" and "Super Cell", also books on Space. Doing an Integrated Science Studies at a school this year, lots of physics which he isn't very fond of, either. Just started Algebra II and enjoying it. Finishing up Seton Henle Latin I and admits a grudging respect for the language, even professing to like it on occasion! Took Spanish, didn't gell, sticking with (and prefering) German. We've worked our way thru half a dozen Shakespeare plays this year, which he enjoyed. For music, plays the violin and likes Country. For sports, plays tennis, polo, and fences. Helps with our horses. Still enjoys legos and noodling around with models. Reads for blind neighbor once a week, and working on his Eagle Scout. Loves James Bond.
PS What is a Shakespeare Camp and who offers it? Sounds pretty neat.
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Kelly wrote:
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It is pretty neat!
The local Shakespeare troupe (resident company) runs a camp every summer. They offer three levels. The kids go for about 40 hours of instruction and at the end of the week, depending on their levels, they produce either a scene, an act or an abridged version of a full length play. They did Macbeth one year, which was astounding!
We love this program. The kids have learned more about Shakespeare by acting than reading or viewing. The actors who train them are professionals. The quality of the productions is surprisingly high for such a short amount of work. The kids become addicted. My two oldest (who have each been to camp four times) say it is the highlight of the whole year for them. We're in Cincinnati. 
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We don't have a resident Shakespeare troupe here, but I have tried to interest the local "little" theatre (for youths) in this kind of camp, but it is like pulling teeth. Then I tried to hire someone privately to come do a Shakespeare kind of camp for us and a few friends, and it fell thru. THEN I tried to line up a class at the local coop, complete with Shakespearean actor to teach, rounded up the books and got it all lined up to coincide with a local production of "Midsummer", and they gave the time slot to a drawing class. Sigh. Maybe we'll just have to come to Cincinatti, instead...
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Hi,
Our daughter is 17 and her main interest is Music. Currently she is taking piano, violin and organ lessons. She plays in chamber groups, the youth orchestra and gets payed for playing Piano/organ at a Presbyterian church
Accademically, she'd prefer to be done with it all - except she enjoys Shakespeare. She completes most of her subjects, as quickly as possible, simply because she wants to get to college for a music performance major. She wishes she had time for choir and has begun to talk about harp - but as we both agree her plate is full of extracurricular activities at the moment.
We would love ideas on how to de-stress other than taking out music activities as this is her prime social outlet, plus her incentive at the moment. She is extremely disciplined, but has had to deal with a great deal of lonliness.
How have other folks handled the social needs of teens? How about issues that come up about "dating." We have not felt that dating is a healthy aspect of our culture and have discussed the importance of building good friendships with different people - girls and boys. Our daughter really does see our point - but it is hard to form friendships with the opposite sex, even in group and family settings, when that is not the position of people you are with.
How do you help your teens recognize peer pressure and resist?
Janet
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Kelly wrote:
| I have tried to interest the local "little" theatre (for youths) in this kind of camp, but it is like pulling teeth. Then I tried to hire someone privately to come do a Shakespeare kind of camp for us and a few friends, and it fell thru. THEN I tried to line up a class at the local coop, complete with Shakespearean actor to teach, rounded up the books and got it all lined up to coincide with a local production of "Midsummer", and they gave the time slot to a drawing class. |
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Kelly,
Another mom near me may have a Shakespeare reading club where the kids will read the plays together. She plans to use the side by side series. I have a brand-new Shakespeare game bought at the thrift store for $3. I've heard of a Shakespeare reading party (a one time thing where one play is read all the way through). I think the hostess sent some backround information to everyone ahead of time.
God bless,
Gwen in Denver
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Hi Janet,
Your question re teens and socialisation is an importantone - I think it deserves its own thread and suggest you start a new thread for this topic. Hope we get lots of discussion!
Leonie in Sydney
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momwise wrote:
Another mom near me may have a Shakespeare reading club where the kids will read the plays together. She plans to use the side by side series. I have a brand-new Shakespeare game bought at the thrift store for $3. I've heard of a Shakespeare reading party (a one time thing where one play is read all the way through). I think the hostess sent some backround information to everyone ahead of time.
God bless,
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Thanks for the ideas, Gwen. Actually, as I read your post, then Janet's and Leonie's about socializing opportunities for our older children, it struck me that this might be a fun thing to do with the older set, over pizza and soda. Kill two birds with one stone, as it were!
Looking forward to more discussion on such topic(s).
Kelly in FL
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What a great thread! I just discovered it (my forum time is limited. . .).
Elizabeth (hope you see this): What do you and your son think about the Joy of Science set? Did you get tapes, DVD's, or something else? I've looked at that set for my 16 yr old self-proclaimed science nerd.
While we're on the subject - my 16 yr old is into science fair, logic, philosophy, apologetics. We've used ISLAS courses for Latin & Logic for him (see the ISLAS thread). This summer he's trying to see how many things he can be admitted to as a homeschooler! He's going to Boys State, the Air Force Summer Seminar at the Academy, and a 6-wk Summer Science Program (see summerscience.org - he was able to get a full tuition scholarship).
I also love the idea of a Shakespeare party! We've done homeschool "Shakespeare in the Park" productions for 3-4 summers, but haven't been able to coordinate it the last few summers. This sounds like a great way to enjoy the Bard!
Anne Marie
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