Well, what to say about this one? This track is of Tim's making.  He should be the one writing about it.

There are a number of homeschooling families who prefer that their daughters stay at home until they marry.  They prefer that their daughters not attend college or work outside of the home. 

Tim is of that particular persuasion.  He doesn't stand strongly in this as a conviction.  But more that he can see the wisdom of holding his daughters close and keeping them safe from the world, much as he does for me as his wife.

I don't know exactly what I think of this.  I support Tim's desires, so we've made this track for our daughters.  Tim won't stand in the way of a daughter who has bigger plans, and he supports my putting Molly on the vocational school track, just so we can keep a little pressure on and not slack off on her academics because of her lack of motivation and interest. 

But Tim would prefer this track for each of his daughters.

Jillian fits this track perfectly right now.

Jills is a social butterfly. She loves people. Her whole world is about people. She doesn't sew and cook and create crafts like her sisters. She is just now, at ten years old, getting the hang of reading.  She can do school, but approaches it much as someone would who is trying to get a fly off their forehead...bat at it as well as you can so you can move on to more interesting things.

Jill doesn't have any hobbies or interests that we can see other than people. She doesn't excel at school, nor does she show much indication that she ever will. She falls a little below average for her age group in my estimation.  This girl will make a good wife and mom someday, especially if her husband has a social job such as a pastor.

So what to do with her?  She's been the hardest for me to track, and I've put a lot of energy into figuring out where we are going. 

Here's what this track looks like for now, but this might change rapidly as I gain more experience.

Sciences:  General Science, Physical Science, Biology

Math:  General Math until concepts are mastered, then Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Life Math, Business Math...if we don't get far in the Pre-Algebra, we will drop Algebra 1 and just go with the final two maths.

Literature: 2-4 classics a year to be discussed with Mom

Writing: Writing Strands, all the way through

Spanish: 1-2 years

History: Kind of like Track 3...riding the backs of the Track 1 and 2 students, doing assignments from Tapestry of Grace as able

Bible: Kay Arthur all the way thru.

Home Ec: intense training from mom, classes with other women for things I can't teach like sewing and crafts, basic home management, etc. Using Training Our Daughters To Be Keepers At Home for a spine

Current Events: We aren't sure how we are going to approach this, but feel that this track, especially with Jills, needs to be aware of what is going on in the world and how the student can be of service and affect  the world at large and his/her little world specifically. We are looking at doing studies from major news magazines (tho I believe little of what they write), missionary reports, Voice of The Martyrs, God's World magazine, and using Operation World as a spine.  Last 2 years of schooling

Business: Again, not sure how we will handle this. We haven't found a curriculum for homeschoolers that we like. We may end up attending some classes at the community college with her.  We'd like our daughters to have something to fall back on in case they don't marry, or lose their husbands or have disabled husbands.

On this track, we are assuming no further schooling after the high school years and no working outside the home.  All of our children have an entreprenurial streak (they didn't get it from me).  So Tim wants to capitalize on that and make sure that the children learn the rudiments of owning and running a small business, even if it's just a part-time home business for a stay-at-home mom.