You have some good ideas here already. I have 3 teenagers including 1 college freshman this year We have been doing similar research over the last couple of years. My daughter is at Lipscomb University in Nashville, so that's the one I am most familiar with right now. It is affiliated with Churches of Christ, which was not familiar to us until we looked into the school. It is similar to what countrymum described about Harding, except that musical instruments are included. The students come from many different denominations. I would say the professors and staff really care about students and their faith. There are great supports for students. Lipscomb has solid art and music programs. We went to an information session over Zoom about the art program and I liked it a lot. I like that they teach students the practical business side of art as well, because that doesn't often come naturally to artists. The music program looks to be top notch! I just saw today that the gospel choir released a new single. They also put on a Christmas concert with Amy Grant every year, and I saw a couple weeks ago that they had Drew Holcomb visiting a class. You should look at the faculty biographies. Nashville is definitely a great place to be for a music student. Others you might want to look at: Grove City, Cedarville, Hillsdale, Houghton, Wheaton (IL), Liberty, Covenant

I used present tense. The dual enrollment courses and tutorial courses my daughter took had present tense course descriptions, so I just matched mine to be consistent. I do think either way would work. I also had some self-designed classes, and it did feel a little weird, but I just went with it for the sake of consistency. She got into college with no questions asked about the course descriptions, so I would say it all worked out! (But I sure did stress about it before I sent them!)

I have been enjoying watching this list grow! I have 3 to add to the list: Edinboro University, Azusa Pacific University, and Lipscomb University. My daughter chose Lipscomb!

My senior daughter took anatomy and physiology this year and I was also looking for something non-stressful. It's not a textbook, but I thought I would throw it out there for you since it has gone so well for us. It's a Suburban Science self-paced online class. There are 2 different options for printable worksheets - one is more visual and one is more traditional. My daughter liked the visual ones. Depending on the day, there might be a lecture video (with a note-taking page/worksheet to go with it), a lab (you can order materials to do yourself or just watch the lab online), a page of links to explore on that unit's topic or a list of recommended books (this is where you could bring in a textbook), or a multiple-choice quiz. There are no tests, just the short quizzes for each chapter. There are also case studies where you need to act like a doctor and try to figure out what is wrong with the patient. I thought it was all well-organized with clear instructions for the student. She learned a lot and it was not stressful. https://courses.homesciencesupport.com/courses/anatomy

Yes, I think that would be fine!

So I'm trying to create a class for my 12th grade artist daughter. What I'd like to do is create a class that can count as a science class on the transcript, but is strongly geared towards artists. I already have a subscription to Aaron Blaise's classes (creatureartteacher.com), which are for artists. From what I've seen so far, his animal drawing classes definitely get into anatomy including showing animal skeletons. I'm thinking maybe I should add another resource or 2 that could be a little more science-y. Any ideas? Science-wise, she has already taken Biology (8th grade), Physical Science (9th grade- I know we flipped the standard 8th/9th classes), Chemistry (10th), and Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th). So maybe she doesn't really need a science class in 12th, but I'm thinking it would look good to colleges to have a science in 12th and if I can gear it towards art it is working towards her future goals. I'm open to your thoughts/ideas on this!

Thanks for the ideas! Statistics wasn't on my radar because I always thought it was a hard class, but I never took it myself. I will look into that. I had considered DE. I'm sure the idea of being done forever would be a big plus! We just need to get through this year!

My senior is not a math girl, but got through Alg 1, Geometry, and Alg 2, which is the minimum requirement for her top choice for college (looking at an art major). She does need to take a math class this year because our state requires it. Our state is not picky about what will count as math for homeschoolers. I'm looking for something that is not harder than Alg 2 (she would prefer easier, of course), but also won't look terrible to colleges. I bought a 1 semester personal finance class that I want her to take either way. I can count it as math for our state, but I'm guessing colleges would see this as an elective (And maybe that's ok?). If I use this for math, is there another 1 semester math I could use for 2nd semester? I looked at a consumer math class, but it looked pretty much the same as the personal finance class. I have seen Integrated math floating around out there, but I don't know much about it. Would that be a good fit here? If so, do you have a class/curriculum recommendation? Any other thoughts/ideas?

Actually, I just saw that she has a link to get the worksheets in the descriptions of her videos.

My friend (and fellow homeschool mom) is a physical therapist and she loves talking about posture! She has a YouTube channel and a bunch of the videos are teaching about posture. She started working on a whole class for kids with worksheets and everything, but I don't think it's finished yet. Here's one of her videos to check out:

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and ideas with me! It really helps!

My 5th grader is behind in math partly due to her dislike/struggle with math, partly due to too much jumping around to different curricula trying to find the right thing, and the resulting overall lack of consistency. Her skills are a little all over the place. She has gaps we need to fill. I do believe she will be able to catch up. I think I have finally figured out that she does better with paper/workbook style math, and with no computer/screen component at all. I am now mainly looking at CLE math or Learn Math Fast. Or maybe both? For the diagnostic tests for CLE, she did not "officially" pass the level 200 test, but that was mainly because of failing an entire section on measures (1 yard=____inches....). I think CLE level 300 would be best and i think she won't mind one bit if some of it is too easy, but I am struggling with the idea that she is 2 years behind. I think I need to swallow my pride on that one. How easy is it to "catch up" using CLE? Can we easily work at a faster pace or skip if she already has certain skills? Should I consider Learn Math Fast to catch up, and then move to CLE? Or use both at the same time? Is there anything else I should look at? It can't be anything crazy expensive or teacher intensive because I have 4 kids and 3 part-time jobs at the moment. Things we've done in the past: Started in private school for k/1, then a little Singapore, Teaching Textbooks, Easy Peasy/Khan Academy, and most recently just an Easy Peasy printables book we had that is meant to go with the online program, but she has been doing better just doing it on her own/with me. I would love to hear any advice! Thanks!

We really like the online live Latin classes through Veritas Press. They go through Wheelock's Latin (a college level textbook) in 2 years. I tried to do it on my own and it just wasn't working. The teachers are engaging and it provides the expertise and accountability that we needed. The only downside is the $$. If you want it to be 3 years, I think they also have a Latin Transition class that would be taken before Latin I and II.

Hello! I would love some curriculum help/ideas/resources for 10th grade history. School is starting and I need to decide! My daughter went through classical-style history cycles starting in elementary, and then in 8th we jumped to high school US History. In 9th she did World History. I'm planning American Government for 11th grade. Not sure about 12th grade yet, but here's what I'm debating about for 10th: -Geography -British History -Medieval History (This is what she would have done in 8th grade if we hadn't jumped to US History) What do you think? Or is there something else I should consider? I prefer a curriculum from a Christian worldview, but that's not a deal-breaker. Any high school curriculum for these topics that you have loved? Also, I need something laid out in a way that she can do it mostly independently. I don't have time this year to pull a curriculum together on my own! Thanks for any and all help!

As far as I know, the textbook content has not changed. I would say the first edition would work well for your situation. One of my kids started in Alg I v. 1.0 and moved to v. 3.0 and I am pretty confident it was all the same content. You could confirm with a phone call or email. I have found them to be great with answering questions.