Prep Scholar looks good for online prep, but it's $400 a year. Another option is using ALEKS for ALEKS SAT/ACT math topic. ALEKS costs $20 a month.

Check Target.

We bought two of their high school curriculum only courses, one was Coming of Age. Unfortunately,we were not that impressed. It's not so much a curriculum as a book list that cost $40. The activities were mainly suggestions to write book reports. We don't plan to return the materials,but we don't plan to order from them again. The books were older books, not updated with newer books.

Thanks, all. I appreciate your help.

Hi, will you please help me? I am not good at math myself, so I am sort of confused when trying to compare all of these math programs. My 15 y.o. dd (almost 16) would be in 10th grade if she were in public school. She has used AOPS for PreAlgebra and Introduction to Algebra. She completed the first 21 chapters (out of the total of 22 chapters) of Introduction to Algebra. She had already completed pre-algebra on her own but decided to go back and start over with AOPS -- that's why she has not already has geometry. The original plan was to go on to AOPS Geometry, but due to health concerns, we are no longer going to be using AOPS. She wants something to keep progressing forward, in case she decides to take the PSAT this fall. She wants to be a writer, so she doesn't need a challenging math curriculum. She has ruled out MUS, Khan, TT, and Foerster. She is open to Saxon, and my younger daughter likes Saxon, so that was the original plan. However, I do not know which Saxon to order -- Advanced Mathematics or or Geometry. We looked at Saxon Geometry and she said she had already done a lot of the material covered in the earlier chapters when she was in 5th grade. What would you suggest if we use Saxon? Or, if you think we should use something else, do you have a suggestion? We want low key. Thank you so much for your help.

Will you please help me find your older thread? I'd love to read it.

Thank you so much, all of you. She'll do at least some math over the summer, so I hope that her math score will go up some on the NMSQT. I'm really surprised to hear that the Intro to Algebra covers so much ground. I appreciate all of your insight and advice.

Thank you for all of your help and insight. I went back to her score report and found I had inflated her score in my memory, it was 560, not 580. Ha! So you would plow forward with AOPS Geometry? I'm going to go with your advice! Good point about having an entire additional year before taking the PSAT for real. Isn't the 8/9 easier than the NMSQT? I appreciate your feedback and insight.

I think it's worth it unless there is a test anxiety issue or something like that going on. Which PSAT was it? The NMSQT or the PSAT 10? How much prep was done for the test? In Texas,schools have to charge the same amount for the PSAT that they charge for their enrolled students -- in our area, that should be free. If it's free, then it's another opportunity to practice and another opportunity to focus preparation on areas that might respond well to preparation. Good luck.

Janet, thank you for responding to help me. She has covered Algebra II (or will have in a few weeks)?! I thought Intro to Algebra covered Algebra I in the first 18 chapters, then Algebra II in the last four chapters? I find the AOPS naming very confusing. I thought Intermediate Algebra was Algebra II? I was nervous because people imply that AOPS Geometry is very difficult. I appreciate your help.

Will you please help me figure this out? I appreciate your time and advice. DD 15 (9th grade) will complete AOPS Intro to Algebra in a few weeks (mid to late April). It's my understanding that she's covered everything for Algebra I now. Question: Should she take AOPS Geometry when she finishes Intro to Algebra, or will she need the skills from Number Theory and Counting and Probability first? Should she take MUS Geometry or Khan at the same time she takes AOPS NT and CP? Background: She has not taken any geometry or physics yet. She is working on Intro to Algebra with a tutor. She covered AOPS pre-algebra in just a few months. However, she took pre-algebra with MUS the year before (she decided MUS would not take her where she wants to go in math, so she re-did pre-algebra using AOPS). Her total time for both pre-algebra and Intro to Algebra combined for both will be 10 months when she completes the book in April. Still,I have read of 8th graders finishing algebra I and that concerns me as she may be behind. She has not had any Algebra II or Geometry yet. (well, except for the few last chapters of Intro to Algebra which supposedly correlate to Algebra II) She plans to take the PSAT/NMSQT in both 10th and 11th grades. She took the PSAT 8/9 without prep to get a baseline and her math score was only 560. At the time, she had only completed a few chapters of AOPS Intro to Algebra. Her personal goals change every few months but she wants to go to college. Do you have any advice or insight? Thank you.

If you order a PP planner, be sure to order from their website, not from their Etsy shop. I found that the website has more options and is updated more consistently. I own PP and Erin Condren planners. I like my EC better, but the PP is more practical. The other thing about EC is that almost all of the Etsy options for planners are sized for EC, not PP.

Can you show your daughter this thread and ask your daughter what to do?

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Just chiming in here on the shot issue -- when our daughter was very young (soon after diagnosis) someone told me to always use a topical numbing agent for every shot or blood draw and to ask for shots to be given in a quiet, private setting by a calm nurse with only one shot per visit. They said that if we did not do that, we could end up with an autistic teenager who would could be quite big and strong who feared any sort of "stick" at a doctor's office. We have followed those instructions for many years. Our daughter is now 12 years old and she is already two inches taller than I am. She has never cried for shots or blood draws ever since we started using the topical numbing agent EMLA and the rest of the process recommended to us. I don't know if there is still time for this or not in your daughter's case, but you might want to explore it with your pediatrician. As far as tracking -- an iPhone with parental controls would work. I looked at Angelsense. It may cost more than adding a line to an already existing family plan. My family plan would cost an additional $10 to add another phone line. Plus, my child would carry it with her all the time because it has games, etc.

I ordered these, downloaded and printed them out, but they don't work for me. Look at them carefully before deciding to order for older kids.

Our 2e 12 year old daughter with Asperger's syndrome, executive function issues, and who is also gifted uses workboxes. She is still using third grade math (Beast Academy) but is using seventh grade history (Bookshark) and I have her reading adult level popular science books for science right now until she starts with Bookshark again. Bookshark 7 uses SOTW as a spine with about two dozen additional books. Workboxes are interesting since the system has really forced me to be a lot more organized. I have to load the boxes each night before bed. We are using colored stackable boxes with lids from the Container Store, because as the kids get older the books get heavier. My typically developing daughter (now age 14) wants nothing to do with workboxes, feels they are too rigid for her.

On a related but different subject -- I was concerned that one theologian attacked Sonlight as not Christian enough and then blocked Sonlight's participation at a homeschool conference. I thought it was outrageous when I read about it, but my concern was doubled when I noted that the person doing the attacking sold their own homeschool curriculum. I am also concerned about something I read saying that Saxon math was not Christian enough. I wonder if there is some sort of astroturfing going on? To me, this is divisive and harmful to the Christian homeschool community specifically and to all homeschoolers in general. I think that there may be ulterior motives or people have too much time on their hands. It feels like a witch hunt to me.

:smilielol5: No -- Beast Academy is not satanic. If you are looking for the presence of evil, there are plenty of things that are actually evil.

I have ordered the Story of History Ancient World from Amazon, and it should arrive in a few days. I could not find a sample of the table of contents online. Does it track the Story of the World Ancient World? Is it online anywhere? Thank you

Many of the long term, successful homeschoolers I know have spouses with very flexible schedules or work from home. I guess it would depend on the marriage whether this is helpful or not. Some people are very organized and have a lot of stamina. That doesn't mean they are morally superior, it just means they have great executive functioning skills and lots of energy. The only way for someone like me to do this happily is to let go of some of my perfectionism and focus on my priorities. Fortunately, working full time for two years gave me a lot of practice with letting go of perfectionism. It does help to buy as much in advance as I can afford. I do one huge "monthly shop" of non-perishables and then go once or twice a week for a few perishables. That way, if the kids are with me, they are not in for an ordeal. We do lot of hands on activities, so I buy those far in advance. If I have to run to the store for one item, that's much less stressful.

I found this youtube series from MIT called the Chemistry Behind the Magic and it's just what I have in mind for her -- sharing it in case someone else finds it interesting. I ordered some supplies from Home Science Tools and Spangler Science.

In general -- at the beginning of the working relationship, housecleaners knock themselves out to be perfect. After a few weeks or a few years, the service starts to deteriorate, at least in my experience. It doesn't matter whether your friends like your housecleaner, it matters whether you like your housecleaner. You are the boss, and the housecleaner is there to make your life more manageable. When a housecleaner becomes too high maintenance, or repeatedly fails to show up, then I sadly let them go. However, in this case, it might just be something that can be worked out with clear expectations. I would sandwich the request for change between compliments about what a nice job. Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Thank you very much for your replies. I guess I will start a thread here with my questions. It appears my membership has been approved in the ASD group, too, so I may post there.

Thank you. I did submit a request to join the social group but have not been approved yet. I hope they will approve me. I read Different Minds a few years ago -- I should probably read it again. "totally different wiring" -- yes! That's it. I feel that my concerns for her do not fit in either forum, and yet, fit in both. Also, the issues are so intertwined for her. I appreciate your help.