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Personal Finance: A subject we should all be teaching our teens

Posted by Michelle Osborn on Oct 31, 2018

Is personal finance and budgeting a required class for your homeschooled high schooler? It is in our homeschool.

I believe that money management and time management are two very important subjects that are often ignored. Both are subjects that our children will need great skills in for the rest of their lives! Hoping that they just figured it out on their own is wishful thinking.

Children learn from adult modeled behavior. Is it any surprise then, if parents don't handle their money well, their children will not either? And if you look at statistics, most don't ever figure it out, at least not how to manage it well. (continue reading)

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Tags: Classes, College, Curriculum, Electives, Highschool, Homeschool, Parenting, Sale, Teens

Bachelor of Arts vs Bachelor of Science: Which to Choose?

Posted by Michelle Osborn on Sep 15, 2018

What is the difference between a BA and a BS, and which one should I choose?

Understanding this concept could save you some blood, sweat, and tears, whether you know what you want and just need to know the best way to get there, or are just focusing on figuring out the first right step toward… something.

So let’s talk about that.

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Tags: Classes, College, Highschool

Back to Homeschool Sale

Posted by Michelle Osborn on Aug 10, 2018

Just about everything in our store is on sale! Teaching Textbooks, Mystery of History, Life of Fred, Apologia Science, Sonlight, WriteShop, Notgrass, Berean Builders and Playing with Plays. Rent and purchase homeschool curriculum at Yellow House Book Rental and Save! Click here to find out more!

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Tags: Books, Children, Classes, Curriculum, Highschool, History, Homeschool, Life of Fred, Math, Rent, Sale, Science, US Government, WriteShop, Writing

What's Next? High School and Beyond

Posted by Michelle Osborn on Aug 07, 2018

What do you want to be when you grow up?

It’s a common question to which children give common answers: firefighter, doctor, race car driver. My answer for a long time was "figure skater."

As we age, we may come up with more sophisticated ideas—a marketing specialist or entrepreneur. But none of this career talk truly gets to the heart of the question: what do you want to be?

Free online conference, August 9th and 10th, to help both students and parents prepare for life after high school and college........continue reading