How to Cover a Subject You Are Unfamiliar With

As your children get older, you might be faced with teaching a subject that you are weak in or never learned. 

Here are some ideas to help you solve this dilemma.

1. Learn the material along with your child.
2. Team up with another homeschooling family and team teach the subjects you're strong in.
3. Contact local support groups for team teaching possibilities.
4. Hire a tutor to teach the subject, possibly a local college student.
5. Use a video course.
6. Use a computer course.
7. See if the local junior college offers this course to high school students.
8. Take the class at a local junior college along with your high school student.
9. Check into online schools and the possibility of taking just one course.
10. Solicit help from a friend who is strong in the subject.

1. Every subject doesn't have to be mastered before high school graduation, but exposure will make college easier.
2. Many times college and high school credit can be earned simultaneously by taking the course at the junior college.

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