Homeschooling?

[cookderosa]

I've tried helping to teach my younger siblings but they don't like it and won't listen because they think I'm mean when I ask them to write anything over a paragraph. They listen when my mom tells them to though. =) I just wish I knew about CLEP etc. a long time ago....my younger siblings are way ahead on college because of it. Its a great thing for home schoolers.[/QUOTE]
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Our area has a couple of homeschool groups. I recently spoke at one monthly meeting about how CLEP can help homeschoolers. I think that CLEP best helps homeschooled teens and adults- I think a public school student doesn't have the ability to use testing as fully, but a homeschool student- from the start- can structure learning for the semester "to the test." (I use US History I and II REA guides as the meat of our US history course) I think it helps with SAT prep too.
Anyway, those of you young people should try and present what you are doing to the parents within your groups. I would even be happy to share my handout that I used. It isn't as relevant, but for an idea it might help. One thing I must emphasize, is that parents don't want their kids to skip learning- so you must underscore that you are not skipping anything, you are simply using the exam to validate the homeschool lessons. A "final exam" if you will.