Homeschool Guidance Counsellor

Be your teen's guidance counsellor! Learn about aptitude testing, college applications, career planning, and teaching life skills.
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When your Child Cannot Learn Well: Psychoeducational Testing at Home | Tea Time with Annie Kate
Resources for your family if a child obviously has learning difficulties but a professional psychoeducational assessment is not financially possible.
Review: Setting the Records Straight by Lee Binz | Tea Time with Annie Kate
Review: Setting the Records Straight by Lee Binz | Tea Time with Annie Kate
What to Do During a Gap Year
In case university or college is not the right step immediately after high school: check out What to Do During a Gap Year
Review: College Admission and Scholarships by Lee Binz | Tea Time with Annie Kate
One resource that homeschooling parents of teens should check out is a book by Lee Binz, The HomeScholar Guide to College Admission and Scho...
Canadian ACT Test Dates | PREPSKILLS | SAT & SSAT Prep
SAT vs ACT--Which Test Should I Take?
Oops! Minimizing Planning Blind Spots | Tea Time with Annie Kate
Oops! Minimizing Planning Blind Spots: I plan our homeschool year carefully, yet inevitably I discover a blind spot, something important that somehow completely escaped all my careful planning.
How to Raise Your High School Grades by Half a Point in One Semester
Teens need to think about thinking, studying, time management, and the future. There are all sorts of serious, sober, and expensive approaches to these topics. However, if your family has a sense of humor and likes outside-the-box ideas, Gary North’s free study course might work for you. How to Raise Your High School Grades by Half a Point in One Semester is full of quirky opinions mixed with excellent advice.
Omnibus Review: The Best Things in Life by Peter Kreeft | Tea Time with Annie Kate
A Contemporary Socrates Looks at Power, Pleasure, Truth, and the Good Life. In twelve dialogues, ‘Socrates’ discusses contemporary life, combining his traditional method of questioning with kindness, humor, and careful logic. These conversations, which take place at Desperate State U, are ideal for older homeschooled teens.
Homeschool Review: EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey | Tea Time with Annie Kate
I wanted my teens to have at least some exposure to the business world and all it entails, and I wanted them to learn from a Christian. Well, I couldn’t have found a better book for all this than Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership. This book shares many of Dave’s fundamental ideas. Dave is someone you can really learn from. What’s more, he’s someone you really want to teach your teens. On top of that, many of his topics apply to life outside business and could be life-changers for your teens.
Review Is College Worth It? by William J. Bennett and David Wilezol | Tea Time with Annie Kate
Is College Worth It? An analysis of costs and benefits with specific advice for different types of teens.
Characteristics of Top SAT Scorers | Tea Time with Annie Kate
Characteristics of Top SAT Scorers: So what does it all come down to? Encouraging your children to live a lifestyle of learning and to follow their own interests. Most of the perfect scorers had well-balanced lives, involving academics, friends, athletics, hobbies, and even some screen time.
Review: Decisive by Chip Heath and Dan Heath | Tea Time with Annie Kate
Teens and young adults have some major decisions to make. Choosing to read Decisive and share it with your teens can be the first in a lifetime of better decisions. Easy to read, full of fascinating stories, and completely appropriate, Decisive presents research results in a way that appeals to all. My teen son loved it and so did I. This is one of the few books that I can recommend whole-heartedly and without reservation.
Review Is College Worth It? by William J. Bennett and David Wilezol | Tea Time with Annie Kate
Review: Is College Worth It? by William J. Bennett and David Wilezol