6 Reasons Your Christian High Schooler Needs Human Development
By Vicki on 20 February 2011 / Curricula, High School / 6 Comments
When I was a mom of 4 youngsters, I went to Liberty University to earn my Masters Degree in Counseling. What fun!
The course I found most useful for my own life was Human Development. It was fascinating to discover:
-what was going on in my 4 year-old’s brain when he thought the moon was following us
-why my 4th grader was concerned that he wasn’t good enough at anything.
-lots of practical life stuff.
It gave me wisdom and patience in raising my children.
When my kids first hit high school, I wanted them to have a Human Development credit, too. The problem? I couldn’t find a text written from a Christian worldview.
So I wrote one for them.
Our local community has been using my Human Development text for 10 years now- individually, in co-ops, and in our umbrella school’s group classes. The 7 Sisters decided to update it and make it available to the homeschooling community in general.
Here is why YOUR teen should not leave home without Human Development- it will help him/her:
1) Understand self and others:
-siblings
-you
-grandparents
-church and community
2) Become a better babysitter or caregiver
3) Gain knowledge about how God made our human bodies to grow and change from womb to old age
4) Learn wisdom about how God made our minds to think at different stages of life
5) Obtain tools for personal development
6) Earn a high school credit
(Our umbrella school, Mt. Sophia Academy gives our kids 1 credit in health or science elective to students who complete the text and activities. The text is designed as an average high school credit but also contains activities and readings to increase the credit level to both college-prep and honors.)
If you'd like some guidance on how to earn credits in high school, click over to our Coaching Page. We'd love to work with you to develop a creative and solid high school experience.
Also check my posts about high school: Transcripts 101 and Six Things Colleges Like to See on Transcripts.
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Marilyn Groop
February 21, 2011 1:50 pmThree of my children have taken this course. It is fun to now see my granddaughter going through the various developmental stages.
Sabrina
February 21, 2011 7:57 am2 of my kids used Vicki's Human Development curriculum in a learning co-op; now a third is using the text for independent study.
Something I noticed right away as my one son was studying HD is that he became more sensitive to his younger brother. He wasn't always terribly patient and loving with him, and he talked to me about seeing stuff about the developmental stage his brother was currently working through in his HD book, and understanding his self-confidence issues better. Wasn't expecting that, but what a blessing!
Sara Hayes
February 21, 2011 5:16 amThis is an excellent course! One son is taking it now at Mt. Sophia Academy; others have taken it in the past. A lot of interesting material that is really usable in daily life relationships and interactions with others.