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We are required to cover “health” in Ohio so nutrition, fire safety, dental care, etc. Does anyone have any recommendations for living books that would fall into these categories? The ones I grabbed quickly from the library are very textbook in tone.
We cover health in a very organic way in our home. We talk about healthy eating, exercise, fire safety, dental care, etc. regularly as a part of normal life. This is all we do for the elementary and middle school years. I would feel confident to report that we are covering health even though it is in a less traditional manner.
I plan on having my daughter take an online course on biblical health sometime during her high school years.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Thanks, Melanie. So true–just going through life together with our children, day in, day out this things come up.</p>
I am in Ohio as well. Are you teaching a high school student and need health for a transcript? If not, you are just giving your assurance on your annual notification that you will be teaching health in your homeschool. It does not need to be a totally separate subject that is taught out of a book or curriculum. On my notification form, I just list that we will be using library, internet, and other materials to cover this subject. IMO, health can be easily covered just by common sense conversations with your children as things come up in life.
Thanks, Amanda. When we meet with our portfolio assessment lady I am supposed to bring a list of books and topics covered along with work samples. This has been our third year homeschooling and I agree, these topics come up naturally in conversation, but I guess I always thought I was supposed to let her know what we used for “health” and “Ohio history.” My oldest is finishing 9th grade and I hadn’t considered putting health on a transcript. I’m with you. So much seems like common sense and since we’re with our kids they tend to learn these things as we go along.
Also, I think we are required to have them learn American along with Ohio history each year but that always throws me because if we’re doing Ancient Egypt and Africa one year, Ancient Greece and the Middle East one year, etc., America isn’t yet on the scene!
As homeschoolers we have more of a big-picture perspective, I am discovering.
You definitely do NOT have to teach American and Ohio history each year. Your Notice of Intent is just your assurance that it will be covered at some point in your child’s education. I use to teach in public school and I can assure you that public school children do not learn about American and Ohio history every year either.
Also, please remember that the teacher assessing your portfolio works for you, not the other way around. All she/he is assessing is if your student is progressing. I simply bring a few work samples from the beginning, middle, and end of the school year and have an open discussion about our school year with my assessor. That’s all that is really required. I always recommend that homeschoolers go to an assessor that either is or was a homeschooling parent or at the very least is very supportive of homeschooling.
Thank you so much, Amanda! I appreciate this! Our assessor homeschooled her boys who have now graduated. She is extremely encouraging whenever I share about our year. That is a great reminder that she is working for me and not the other way around. The first time I went to meet with her I was nervous, as if I needed to impress her but now I don’t see it that way.
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