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I have it sitting here, unused, despite my best intentions this year! I will send you a private message.
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This might not be helpful, but I have my dd doing the online course now and it is the 3rd edition. I also bought a used copy of the TM. I actually use it a lot with grading her work (I hate having to download the online TM pages), and planning what I'm going to have her do or not do of the online assignments. If I was going to teach it, I wouldn't try it without the TM. I think the TM with the lab video would make it doable. The textbook is meaty, but it obviously doesn't have all the teacher helps and answer keys for the section reviews, lab pages, etc. I found my used TM copy for less than $20 (it is a little worn) on Second Harvest curriculum, www.usedhomeschoolbooks.com. I've had good experience buying used BJU books from them.
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Reflex math was the best thing I ever purchased for my dd to learn her math facts, after spending a ridiculous amount of money on every other type of fact practice gadget, card or game that exists yet did not help her one bit. I subscribed for several years because she enjoyed it and found it helpful to keep her facts sharp even after getting achieving mastery. I highly recommend it also!
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We did not like it and went back to Saxon after 5 weeks of AG in 6th grade (dd begged to go back). Extreme mastery approach was boring my dd to tears because every lesson seemed like overload on just one concept and tons of parsing and diagramming (and she likes grammar and diagramming), and I have to admit that grading it was extremely tedious too. I did like the videos though, and loved the idea of plowing through a season and then just having review the rest of each year. My dd likes Saxon better than any other grammar, and I think it is because of the variety. However, she hated Saxon math so the format doesn't work across the board for her.
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Landry Academy has unadvertised specials going on now with great freebies (like extra generic semesters, free 2 day intensives, etc) for purchasing 1 or more generic semesters.
The specials are shown at this link, and change every 4 hours or so (at the time I posted this, you had to buy 2 semesters to get the special, but yesterday it was just 1).
From their newsletter:
Final Unadvertised Homeschool Specials
Our final specials for the year are here...
Periodically we offer some great specials for a few days.
The individual specials will be unadvertised - we won't
be sending email for each special, so you'll need to
remember to check the specials page frequently if you
want to see each special. They change every four hours.
These are worth setting reminders. Bless your family!
Bless others!
- Generic online class semesters for 2016-17
- Generic online class semesters for 2017-18
- Two day intensive generics for 2016-17
- Two day intensive generics for 2017-18
- Blessings for your friends
- Summer camp generics for 2017
- Summer camp generics for 2018
- Trips
- And more
They will change approximately every 4 hours:
Please consider forwarding this to your
homeschooling friends and your homeschool group.
All the specials will only be located on this page...
http://www.landryacademy.com/specials-
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I didn't know about the Review Book until we were almost done with LCI, but would have used it if I'd known about it. I think a little more written work to do daily would have been helpful for my 6th grader.
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Agreeing that this is better read aloud. I am reading this aloud right now to my dd13. It is funny, though not the funniest book we've ever read. I know she would think it was boring to read on her own. Also, there are a number of places where God's name is taken in vain, and some other things I didn't find appropriate for our family that I completely skipped while reading aloud.
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Have you looked at Novare? It is Christian, but I don't think it is YEC. I know they have an Earth Science course which is middle school. We are BJU users here, but recently became aware of these books. Here's a link where they discuss their philosophy.
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We like Saxon Grammar (by Hake). My dd13 despised AG, but actually enjoys Saxon (it does have diagramming, but not as much as AG). She is now in grade 7 after starting in grade 5; I think it starts at grade 3 or 4 and goes to grade 8. Placement is at grade level so it doesn't matter if a student has done the earlier levels because the material is reviewed each year. Saxon math did not work for dd, but the grammar is perfect for her. It takes about 15 or 20 minutes a day, and I let her write in the textbook (which is softbound and low quality paper almost like newsprint), except for diagramming which she does in a separate notebook. My only gripe about Saxon Grammar is the quality of the book--wish they would just make the cheap textbooks into better quality paper workbooks.
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If you have witnessed the bad behavior, I'd pull her out now and find a new teacher. We ditched 2 unkind piano teachers and now have one that my dd loves (I didn't realize at first that either was unkind; their true selves came out over a period of time and I was sitting in on the lessons). She would not be playing piano at all if she'd stayed with either of the other 2.
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I have a 7th grader also doing Visual Latin, and she did Latina Christiana last year. This was a great progression for her (and me). I don't know that I would love VL as much as I do if we had not done LC I first. I had meant to go to First Form next, but my dd saw Visual Latin and wanted to try it. It is a good fit for her (but I do miss the parts-to-whole of LC; I may still order First Form this year and go through it myself). If I was to do it over again, I would start with LC again, and now wish I had done so in 4th or 5th grade and not waited until 6th. This is what I think I'll do with younger dd when she gets there (she's only in Pre-K now, but she watched LC with us and also VL so she knows a surprising amount of vocabulary as well as the LC songs!). I highly recommend the LC videos; Leigh Lowe is not as funny and engaging as Dwane Thomas of Visual Latin, but still very helpful. I'm not sure where we'll go after VL I & II, because dd wants to study Spanish or French in High School. If she is still interested in Latin, I may look at Latin Alive.
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Latina Christiana (did it last year for 6th...wish we had started in 4th or 5th), or First Form (but I haven't used it; we are now using Visual Latin which I like but wouldn't recommend as the first exposure). LC was perfect for us -- very doable and made dd and me both love Latin and want to continue. I highly recommend the Videos. I couldn't have taught it without them.
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Another vote for Latina Christiana. I used it last year with a 6th grader, and it was perfect for us. I do wish I'd done it in 5th or even fourth actually (it was an easy program to execute once I got the ball rolling). This year I was going to do First Form, but instead we are using Visual Latin (my dd's choice when I showed her the VL videos vs. First Form). So far it is a lot of review for us but very good (I am doing it too, and also did all the LC along with my dd), but we are speeding through the first DVD (I wouldn't do VL as the first exposure to Latin though; I think LC really was a fantastic foundation). I realize how much we learned in the methodical LC approach! I agree with reefgazer about the video ... not exciting but it was totally necessary for me to do Latin here. Also, doing weekly recitation (with the CD songs copied to my ipad) at least 3 days and sometimes more really cemented the latin grammar. I plan for dd to start Spanish in high school.
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I have not used HOD, but have looked at it extensively. I bought BP Early Modern and tried it for a few weeks this year with a 7th grade girl (the whole bundle with Companion, timeline, cool history, crafts etc.) The biggest difference to me is that HOD is prescribing what books to use explicitly. BP is giving you a lot of choice, with the Companion as the spine text. You then decide what additional spines to use (MOH or SOTW etc. ) and what historical fiction or biographies. Also, Hod is set up for every day, vs. 3 days in BP. Neither I or my dd like the Companion--too much info and much of it in detail that is overwhelming to my somewhat sensitive dd. I think it is best suited to high school or very mature junior high. They suggest that the parent filter what is read to younger students, but I do not think it is well suited to a younger student (below 7/8th grade). SOTW or MOH is much better for younger ages in my opinion. BP jumps around in those because it is following the Companion, and I ended up not liking using MOH that way. BP is too overwhelming for me, because it requires a lot of planning and decision and sifting through what I want to use. HOD seems to me to be cut and dried on what to use and when...there are no decisions to be made regarding history books. My advice is to really delve into the BP website, print out the 3 week sample and try it to see how you like it. I looked at the sample but did not try it for the 3 weeks first before buying, so that is my mistake. I think BP probably is best suited for a family with multiple ages that want to study the same period, and then you wouldn't even need to use the Companion with younger kids probably; since I just have one 7th grader, it was serious overkill (and I was adding it to the VP self paced US history course to fill in the World history part). If you have specific questions I can get out my BP materials and answer them.
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I own both...there is a tiny bit about each book in Reading Roadmaps, but really it is an extensive scope and sequence/booklist for K-12 and it is organized by how often you want to do literature study (weekly, monthly, etc). . Ready Readers is set up with extensive information and lesson plans for individual books. You definitely need Teaching the Classics to use Reading Roadmaps because there are no questions.
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I haven't used SWI B or C, but I have used IEW SWI A and half of SICC-A. From what I understand about the SWI levels, it would be fine to use SWI-B with an 8th grader (I assume your dd is 8th grade?). In the IEW catalog it shows SWI-B for 6th - 8th, and SWI-C for 9-12th. On page 17 of the current catalog you can see what topics are covered in SWI-C that aren't in B, which are Unit 8 (formal Essay Models) and Notes from a Live lecture. IEW customer service is extremely helpful, so you might check with them about the easiest way to beef it up to include what is in SWI-C. I would also think you could start The Elegant Essay following SWI-B to get the essay skills in. I also own WWS1 (and have read through it in detail to decide if I wanted to use it or stay with IEW), and the approach in IEW is so different from WWS1, that it may be challenging to get through SWI-B in a semester. If it was me I would go with the curriculum that didn't cause strife.
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We have used it for 3 years. By far, it is both my 7th grade dd and my favorite grammar program (having tried FLL, AG, Easy Grammar, and R&S)! We only use the grammar lessons, and just skip the writing (we use IEW). It works out to about 3 or 4 lessons per week doing it that way I believe. If you want to purchase separately, you don't need the student workbook which is where the writing assignments are. All you need is the student text and teacher's guide. I think that is cheaper than the set.
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It is only 7th/8th graders, thankfully. The schedule is what is a little tricky. It meets on Friday afternoons, which is inconvenient for weekends when we need to go out of town. Twice a month it is part of a larger enrichment co-op that dd is part of, but the other two Fridays it would be a stand alone class for my dd. On those Fridays, it will require 2 hours of driving for me (the co-op days we are in a carpool and I only do 1 hour of driving).
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Even though I can't see us ever using GS again, in fact I sold ours, I'd jump at the experience of having a skilled teacher going over and above over a DVD any day. Having someone passionate about the topic, who already has all that knowledge in his head to draw from, is HUGE. I only get my STEM kid around such people a few times a year (uni open houses), and he always comes home so full of new information and excitement. They can meet him right where he's at and carry away from there.
If you go with the class, I'd get the textbook on audiobook. You can probably find premade Quizlet sets for the important vocabulary she'll need to do well on the tests.
Thanks SilverMoon! That is very helpful perspective. You put into words what was bubbling around in the back of my mind about the teacher and couldn't articulate. I hadn't thought about the audiobook, but dd is a strong auditory learner so I'll check into that.
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I need to decide on dd12's 7th grade science for next year. She could take a live weekly Apologia General Science class taught by a college professor with extensive science 7-12 teaching experience. The General Science textbook will be the basis for the structure of the class, but the class will go above and beyond the typical Apologia General Science co-op class. The weekly classes will include experiments (not just the ones in the GS text) and discussion with homework that includes the text.
The other option I'm considering is the BJU Life Science course with DVDs. I have read great reviews of this class taught by Mrs. Vick, and I like the looks of the samples on the BJU website.
Honestly, I seriously dislike the Apologia General Science textbook. It is so visually unappealing to me, and extremely wordy. I have a science/engineering background, and it seems very light to me. The BJU text seems much better, and more like a typical textbook that dd will need to start working with in high school and college.
I can't decide if the live class opportunity outweighs my dislike for the Apologia text. This would be dd's first live academic class, and would probably be a good experience for her to have to turn in work to an outside teacher. She has more overall interest in Life Science than the myriad of topics in the General Science book, but she would probably enjoy the interaction with the other 10 or so students. She is very strong in science, having done some of the Apologia elementary series, some BJU, and a lot of self-directed reading. I will probably have her do the BJU high school courses on DVD or with DIVE.
If you've used or looked closely at both of these courses (Apologia in a live format, and BJU with the DVD) what would you do?
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I like these, God's Word in Time, which are very inexpensive (CBD or Rainbow Resource about $6). They come in several varieties. My daughter has used the ES/MS Student Planner for 4th-8th, and I bought another for this year (7th). Our local Christian school students use a planner similar to this starting in 5th grade.
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At that age, my dd could not tolerate any timed tests either. And copying problems would have put her over the edge so though I looked at Saxon 5/4 seriously, I used BJU and CLE (in different years). She does fine in math, but that format would not have been good for her either. However, now at age 12 Saxon 7/6 is a decent fit for her and the timed tests are not a problem. It took her until 5th grade to master her facts, and using Reflex math was what finally helped her (a subscription online program). If it was me, I would consider switching.
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Buy it! We only use the grammar portion, but I love it. I It is by far my (and my daughter's) favorite grammar curriculum, and we have tried several after success with FLL 1/2 and part of 3. We did several weeks of AG last year and my dd begged to go back to Saxon. I love that it also has good vocabulary words (that my dd remembers). I let her write in the book for all except the diagramming. I have never used the writing (we use IEW), but this year I may use some of the essay writing.
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I thought Saxon (Hake) was great, and am continuing with it for 7th. My dd12 has used it since 5th. I love that it has 2 vocab words every day, solid grammar instruction, and diagramming. We do not use the writing part.
Algebra Review Recommendations?
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Lora Marks is offering her Solidifying classes over the summer! My daughter took her Solidifying Math Class this spring, and she recently sent this information about the summer classes. I can't paste in the links to the registration information for some reason, but if you want to send me a PM with an email address, I can forward the email she sent with the registration information.:
My Solidifying Math class costs $150 and will meet every weekday at 9 am ETfrom Monday, May 15 - Friday, June 2, 2017.
My Solidifying Algebra class costs $150 and will meet every weekday at 11 am ET from Monday, May 15 - Friday, June 2, 2017.