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Okay, I decided to homeschool? What am I supposed to teach and when am I supposed to teach it?

BASICS FOR GETTING STARTED—WHAT TO

TEACH AND WHEN TO TEACH IT

GRADES 7TH THROUGH 12TH (for GRADES 1st—6th CLICK HERE)

These text inserts in the table below are taken directly from California Education Code. Under code 51220 you are to offer instruction in the following areas of study. As you reach each section below note how general each section is; allowing much teacher (parental) autonomy each year as to what and when it is taught. Using a purchased grade-level curriculum from one of the main publishers such as Abeka or Bob Jones Press will most likely surpass what is generally taught in California public schools. This Administrator’s advice is to carefully choose a math and language program for each grade level to assure all concepts are being covered thoroughly. All other subjects could be covered using non-traditional ways such as unit studies, library books, etc. in lower grades and more textbook orientated for high school.

Ed Code 48222 “be taught in the English language and shall offer instruction in the several branches of study required to be taught in the public schools of the state.”

Ed Code 51220 “The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer courses in the following areas of study below. NOTE: your course offering is not necessarily something your children will completely take during their school experience; just as not all courses offered by public school are taken by all students.

GRADES 7 THROUGH 12

*Driver’s Ed Note: 51220.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private school is not required to offer courses in driver education or driver training.

*Physical education requirements: you are to offer PE but are not under the same time requirements as shown in the code above. If you wanted to mimic the public schools, I have linked to an activity log but keeping the minute requirement is optional for the homeschooling parent. HERE IS A PE ACTIVITY LOG you are welcome to use for each student.

GO TO THIS LINK FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MINIMUM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.

Here are some helpful ideas:

Homeschooler’s daily walking log

Walker Tracker

Fun Ideas for Homeschool PE article

Daily laps in a swimming pool for 40 minutes.

Basketball training, practice and game playing.

Organized or unorganized team sports through your area homeschool groups. Joining CHEFA and participating on Saturday 2-hour sports days will satisfy 3—40 minute sessions.

You may modify the log to fit a variety of activities for your children.

HOME SCHOOL CALENDAR INTRO TO HOME EDUCATION CDE HANDBOOK TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL

COLLEGE HELPS PAGE CALIFORNIA FIELD TRIPS HOMESCHOOL LINKS ONLINE ATTENDANCE(PSP)

HOMESCHOOL ART GALLERY CONTACT ADMINISTRATOR

DIPLOMA PRINTING SERVICE

ENGLISH	MATHEMATICS	SOCIAL SCIENCES	SCIENCE
including knowledge of and appreciation for literature, language, and composition, and the skills of reading, listening, and speaking.	including instruction designed to develop mathematical understandings, operational skills, and insight into problem-solving procedures. The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall include algebra as part of the mathematics area of study pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 51220.	drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology, designed to fit the maturity of the pupils. Instruction shall provide a foundation for understanding the history, resources, development, and government of California and the United States of America; instruction in our American legal system, the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and the rights and duties of citizens under the criminal and civil law and the State and Federal Constitutions; the development of the American economic system, including the role of the entrepreneur and labor; the relations of persons to their human and natural environment; eastern and western cultures and civilizations; human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, and contemporary issues.	including the physical and biological aspects, with emphasis on basic concepts, theories, and processes of scientific investigation and on the place of humans in ecological systems, and with appropriate applications of the interrelation and interdependence of the sciences.
VISUAL/PERFORMING ARTS	FOREIGN LANGUAGES	PARENTING SKILLS	HEALTH
including dance, music, theater, and visual arts, with emphasis upon development of aesthetic appreciation and the skills of creative expression. Teaching Parent may complete one year of fine arts to satisfy foreign language requirement.	beginning not later than grade 7, designed to develop a facility for understanding, speaking, reading, and writing the particular language. Teaching Parent may complete one year of fine arts to satisfy foreign language requirement.	that each California resident has an opportunity to acquire knowledge of parenting skills prior to becoming a parent. That knowledge should include, at a bare minimum, all of the following: (1) Child Development and growth. (2) Effective parenting. (3) Prevention of child abuse. (4) Nutrition. (5) Household finances and budgeting. (6) Personal and family interaction and relations. (7) Methods to promote self-esteem. (8) Effective decisionmaking skills. (9) Family and individual health.	including instruction in the areas of consumer and homemaking education, industrial arts, general business education, or general agriculture.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION	DRIVER’S EDUCATION	PHYSICAL EDUCATION	APPLIED ARTS
designed and conducted for the purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in the occupations and in the numbers that are appropriate to the personnel needs of the state and the community served and relevant to the career desires and needs of the pupils.	designed to develop a knowledge of the provisions of the Vehicle Code and other laws of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the causes, seriousness and consequences of traffic accidents, and to develop the knowledge and attitudes necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles. A course in automobile driver education shall include education in the safe operation of motorcycles.*	(a) All pupils, except pupils excused or exempted pursuant to Section 51241, shall be required to attend upon the courses of physical education for a total period of time of not less than 400 minutes each 10 schooldays. Any pupil may be excused from physical education classes during one of grades 10, 11, or 12 for not to exceed 24 clock hours in order to participate in automobile driver training. Such pupil who is excused from physical education classes to enroll in driver training shall attend upon a minimum of 7,000 minutes of physical education instruction during such school year. (b) The governing board of each school district that maintains a high school and that elects to exempt pupils from required attendance in physical education courses pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) or both of subdivision (b) of Section 51241 shall offer those pupils so exempted a variety of elective physical education courses of not less than 400 minutes each 10 schooldays.	including instruction in the areas of consumer and homemaking education, industrial arts, general business education, or general agriculture.