Exploring World Geography

 

I am so excited to talk to you today about Exploring World Geography by Notgrass History. You would think homeschooling two high schoolers would be easy—pretty hands-off. For the most part, spelling is really the only subject in which we are completely engaged with each other. The only other hands-on aspects are grading math tests and English papers and explaining (or trying to find a related YouTube video to explain) a difficult concept. Yet the most challenging part of homeschooling high schoolers, other than ensuring they are keeping up with their work and doing it to the best of their abilities, is finding the perfect courses for each student.

Someone asked me recently which curriculum I use, and I gave the same canned answer. I started with Abeka, and now I pick and choose different curricula for each kid and each subject based on their needs. Most homeschoolers do it that way. Some find a boxed curriculum that works from preschool through high school, but most find that homeschooling outside of the box works better for them. Every homeschool looks different, which is the true beauty of homeschooling. Even within each home, each student's homeschool looks different. That said, the most work that I as the homeschool mom put into homeschooling high school goes into finding the perfect fit for each subject for each student. 

As soon as each student enters high school, I have a rough idea of which courses they will need to tackle so they have a complete transcript, but that does not mean I know where I will find those materials. For example, I knew I wanted my current teens to complete a biology credit before graduation. Still, assessing their learning styles, I saw which curriculum would work best for them. My son used one curriculum, while my daughter is on track to use a completely different, more hands-on, and video-based one since she has hopes to go into a field that will need that knowledge. My son needed to fulfill the credit but had other goals, so I did not go as in-depth for him.

If you are looking for a world geography curriculum for your high school student that is complete and easy to use, the Notgrass Exploring World Geography course is a one-year course centered on God's Word that equips your student to better understand our world and his or her place in it.  This course has been designed to be used successfully in any grade in high school whether it is 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, or 12th grade. It combines the flexibility and richness of a literature-based unit study approach with the simplicity of a textbook-based approach.

What I absolutely love about Notgrass History is that they offer living book suggestions to go along with their textbooks. Notgrass history provides the best of both worlds for parents looking for a Christian-based textbook approach along with historical fiction to go along with it. I have talked to countless parents who love the idea of the literature-based or living book approach to teaching history yet they are concerned that their child will have gaps in their education and I totally get it. Notgrass History gets it too which is why they have filled in the gaps for you, from a Christian perspective so you can know that your student is receiving a well-rounded education. 

Disclaimer: Many thanks to Notgrass History for sponsoring today's post.