Jean in Newcastle Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Jean - Which book? I looked at Amazon and there seem to be a couple of books that fit that title. DS has a Sherlock Holmes obsession. The full title is "How to think like Sherlock: Improve your powers of observation, memory and deduction" by Daniel Smith. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Thanks, Jean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Jean - Which book? I looked at Amazon and there seem to be a couple of books that fit that title. DS has a Sherlock Holmes obsession. I was just about to ask the same question! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Hm, I'm afraid I do not think in outlines, and am lucky if I can write complete lists. Here's what I have on the docket for my boy who'll be 13 in January and an eighth grader on paper. Build-Your-Library History of ScienceBridget Arduin's ChemistryJensen's Format WritingTeaching Textbooks AlgebraArtistic Pursuits ConstructPractice Makes Perfect Spanish workbooksThat's what I'm teaching at home. He also goes to Sunday School, attends game programmers' club meetings, takes classical guitar and Celtic harp lessons, runs a Dungeons & Dragons campaign at a homeschool center, is enrolled in a three-hour-a-week science and math club, does indoor rock climbing with friends once a week, and has a membership at the YMCA down the block.I made a conscious decision this year to keep it simple at home so he could amp up his social life.ETA: Kiddo really wants to do a YouthDigital Blender course online, too, so we may add that in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Thanks, Jean! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 We are starting school in a week, and I think I finally have a plan. I don't have all the books, but I have a plan. :tongue_smilie: English: Analytical Grammar Writing: Intro to Essay Writing from Coram Deo Tutorials (a "gentle" intro to LTOW-style essays) Math: Foerster's Algebra I Science: Novare Physical Science History/Literature: Build Your Library's History of Science Bible: Memoria Press History of Christianity Latin: Latin 100 online with Lone Pine Classical School Computer: Impact Virtual Learning's DigiDesign in the fall, possibly Intro to Coding in the spring Art: art history using the Annotated Mona Lisa, the Annotated Arch, and the Story of <composer> CD's (this will be a casual subject, she will just read through the books during the year) Music: piano and choir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I feel like a slacker compared to some of your lists! DS will start most of his work after Labor Day and I'm outsourcing more than ever, but our tentative plan for the 1st semester is: Math- AOPS Geometry Online Science- Genetics w/ online class recommended by someone here Reading- Connect the Thoughts Science Fiction Civics- Connect the Thoughts American Civics Writing- Attuneup online Greek- Lukeion Greek 1 Spanish- Homeschool Spanish Academy Art- sitting in on Homeschool Art Studio with younger kids Music- guitar lessons PE- martial arts Computer- 3D Printing w/ YouthDigital 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rio's Run Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) OK, so I've never posted here before but have gotten such good ideas from you all I thought it was time I contributed what little I can... I'm close to finalizing my plans for 8th grade (2nd yr homeschooling). They are: Math: Saxon Alg 2 w/ Art Reed DVD's Statistics w/Dad (discussing Naked Statistics chapter by chapter) English: Grammar: Stewart English update: Switched to Holt Handbook Second Course Writing: WWS 2 (trying it out, if it doesn't go well, I'm thinking of the Lively Art of Writing or Cover Story) update: WWS 2 is not going particularly well, so I've signed up for WriteGuide to help with a literary analysis essay I had my son do at the beginning of the year on Lord of the Rings. WWS 2 is too laser focused on a particular skill for my son. He just can't see how each micro skill fits into the big picture and I'm finding it harder and harder to convince him that there is a big picture in mind. update2: WriteGuide was terrible. Switching to Lively Art of Writing and using Lightening Lit assignments. Literature: Lightening Lit 8 (minus A Christmas Carol b/c he's done it) Maybe a Movies as Literature unit (To Kill a Mockingbird & also read it to compare??) Hamlet w/Classics Club from Center for Lit Vocabulary: Vocabu Lit 8 Science: Time4Learning Physical Science (HS) Real Science 4 Kids Labs Maybe Conceptual Academy's Physical Science Explorations Independent Study if I don't like Time4Learning Coursera's Water in the Western U.S. (we live in CA, so...) update: Coursera's How Things Work for physics (love this!) History: Yikes, still shaky on this one, but we're doing U.S. History. I think I'm going to do Joy Hakim's History of US alongside the Freedom: A History of US webisodes & videos spending a lot of time on primary sources and touching on some DBQ's Videos, videos update: Switched to using Annenberg's A Biography of America for video lectures and added in Critical Thinking Press activities Spanish: Rosetta Stone Destinos course through Annenberg Learning (we'll see how that goes - I took French in school, so cannot help AT ALL in this area) update: This course is working really well for us. The background story keeps it interesting, the accompanying workbook chunks the concepts very well and there are tests in the workbook as well. I bought it directly from Annenberg media. Other: Logic - Fallacy Detective & perhaps a Coursera course: Think Again: How to Reason and Argue or Reason and Persuasion: Thinking through Three Dialogues By Plato Not sure on these yet The "How to Think Like Sherlock" posted by Jean looks enticing though, I have to investigate that one (no pun intended!!) update: I just can't find what I'm looking for here. I like Fallacy Detective, but I read an article saying that good arguments should be taught before fallacies and it really made sense to me. Teach a skill, not everything that is NOT that skill... But I can't find a good source for teaching arguments that is not too advanced. Still on the look-out... Intro to Socratic Discussion WTMAcademy? - Going to try 2nd semester PE - Club soccer, Tennis Raspberry Pi course in our area. It's a work in progress, which, thanks to you all, I don't feel at all bad about! Edited January 9, 2016 by Rio's Run 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinspired Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Math: Foerster algebra & trig Writing: Windows to the World (fall), Elegant Essay (spring) Literature: Omnibus iii Science: biology History: Chinese history French: Duolingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlgaLA Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I love reading all the plans, so here are mine :) Math: Finish AOPS Intro to Algebra and start Geometry. We may overlap them a little. We'll see. English: Finish Analytical Grammar, Lively Art of Writing, Windows to the World and probably EIL: Intro to literature (at least part of it, we'll see how it fits.) Science: Conceptual Physics History: The American Odyssey, Colonies to Constitution from CTC (if it works, I'll get the rest of the books) French: Grammaire Progressive du Francais Pour Les Adolescents: Debutant, Communication Progressive du Francais with a tutor plus Duolingo. PE: fencing She will also continue the Saturday Russian school, so Russian language, literature, history, plus art and theater. And I'll see if I can squeeze in some Chemistry and Art history. I think I'll go start working on weekly plans now :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Math: Foerster algebra & trig Writing: Windows to the World (fall), Elegant Essay (spring) Literature: Omnibus iii Science: biology History: Chinese history French: Duolingo What do you use for Chinese history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinspired Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 What do you use for Chinese history?We're using:Great Courses "From Yao to Mao:" http://www.amazon.com/From-Yao-Mao-Chinese-Lectures/dp/1565858670 Story of ancient China: http://www.amazon.com/Story-Ancient-China-Suzanne-Strauss/dp/0965655784 and a few books from the library Hth. Sorry for the unpretty links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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