| I am often asked for recommendations on books | | | | lots of intricate stuff on how to make grades. I |
| or websites that can help with high school credits? | | | | didn't use that stuff. But her overall theory of |
| I bought myself one high school book a year, and | | | | "write it after you do it" was helpful. She has a |
| considered it part of my curriculum expenditures. I | | | | very VERY personal writing style - like she's just |
| started with Barb Shelton High School FormULA, | | | | emailing you. |
| and it was pretty good. She leans a lot on the | | | | I also liked Mary Schofield's book The High School |
| unschooler approach - less structured approach, I | | | | Handbook. She had some great course |
| should say. Lots on how to write up your high | | | | descriptions that I used a LOT in writing my own. |
| school experience after the fact, a lot about | | | | It was a little less scary than Shelton's book, |
| learning naturally in high school. | | | | because there were fewer forms to fill out. She |
| She does seem to like forms, though. I always | | | | has quotes from a variety of homeschoolers |
| thought it was interesting that someone who was | | | | using different techniques, but her advice is more |
| so into what appeared to be a go-with-the-flow | | | | concrete and straightforward, as if she's a |
| style in curriculum would be a bit uptight about | | | | textbook homeschooler. I got a lot out of her |
| recordkeeping! She has tons of forms and stuff, | | | | book. |