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I personally just do test averages for Math. That is what my teachers in high school and college did. The one thing I do (that many of those teachers did also) is allow for 1/2 points for corrections. Once I give dd her test back she has one day to correct it and I will give her points back if she can fix her own problems. This way I can see that she really did learn the material.
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You could do that but you would just have to make note on your schedule. Sonlight has the schedule fairly well laid out and will sometimes go between two different books at a time.
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We just did some of the Critical Thinking Company books in 5th grade. We used Building Thinking Skills and Mindbenders a couple of times a week.
When dd was in 7th we used Art of Argument which I absolutely loved! She enjoyed it too. I stretched it out so we used it over the entire year and just did it 2 days a week.
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For the Rochester area I would see if you can get a deal in Henrietta (that is where we live) if not Victor usually has some good deals. There are plenty of standard chains in Henrietta. The ones on Jefferson Road will provide you the easiest access to things. If you have a question about a specific place just let me know.
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I love Artistic Pursuits, especially their early books k-3rd I think it is. Even though it is labeled for younger kids I think kids of all ages would love the projects in those books.
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The one we got was a 16gb but you can use an sd card with it ( up to a 64 GB). I like the Android ones verses the Ipads because most of them will take an sd card. Dh has the ipad mini and that is the one thing he hates about it.
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I highly suggest Mystery of History. There are yahoo groups for each of the MoH books where you can find literature lists and schedules that match up with the book. I used mainly Sonlight readers and there were schedules out there for that too.
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We got dd a Lenovo tablet for Christmas to replace her old one. This has worked wonderfully for her :https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-TAB3-with-WiFi-8-Touchscreen-Tablet-PC-Featuring-Android-6.0-Marshmallow-Operating-System/51240739
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Does he have one good friend at his co-op? If so maybe see if there is an activity that child does that your son could participate in too, maybe something where a carpool can be arranged so it is not overwhelming for you. Does your homeschool group have Mom's nights? It is amazing what even 1 night out a month can do. If they don't is that something you can set up (meet at Starbucks, Panera...) just so you can get out too.
I know it is hard when you are in a season that does not have a lot of flexibility.
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You could just have him take a couple of community college classes and graduate him in Dec. I have several friends who have done that. Usually their kids will get a job and start putting the money away for college. None of them had an issue with the students transcripts.
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Dd is 14 and she and some of her friends still play with their 3ds. She would never want to pass it along to anyone. When sd got hers I would never have asked her to pass it on to dd. She is now 25 and will occasionally still pick it up to play a game on it.
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Did you teach them yourself? Not with the second instrument (trombone). Tried the recorder first, that failed miserably
Online lessons? No
In person lessons? Yes
Group or private? Private, happens to be one of dd's friends father.
Did you use the public schools for this? Nope
What worked or didn't work for you? It has worked out wonderfully. Lots of flexibility and having it as a private lesson dd gets the help where she needs it.
If you went for group or private lessons how much where those? What is a good rate to seek for that? We pay $25 for a half and hour
We were very lucky with finding our teacher. We originally planned on having dd take piano lessons but ended up changing it to trombone. Dh had been talking to a father while picking up dd from a birthday party and mentioned we were going to do piano lessons for dd. The dad said dd was not a piano player (not still enough) she would make a great trombone player. Now as it happens some years before we picked up a trombone at a used curriculum sale for an extremely great price (just because it was a great price). Dd liked the idea of playing it, she is talented at it too. She has been taking it for 4 years now. Her teacher has actually been using Suzuki Cello books with her and it has been great. She just started playing in an orchestra this year too.
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Look at Masterbooks. They have some good science programs that might interest her more than. I have even looked at their jr high books and you could probably count them for a high school credit too.
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You could definitely start with NT1. We started with OT2 because dd had done so much of Genesis already.
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We start in 3rd grade for practice and then we are required (NYS) every other year from 4th-8th and then every year for 9-12. I end up testing every year once we start. It just gives dd practice.
I used the PASS test when we first started. I liked the layout of the test results. They basically confirmed what I thought were dd's weakest and strongest areas. I switched to the Stanford test in 5th because our homeschool group offers it and I volunteer to be a test administrator. Another reason to do the testing with our group was for eventual admission to Honor Society. ESA requires a non parent to administer the standardized test, so doing it with the group worked out. I just did not administer dd's group. Dd did take the Iowa test last year because we thought the Stanford was going to be discontinued so I wanted her to have practice with a timed test (Stanford is not timed).
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I loved it. Yes they do go into a bit on the cultural settings in order to help the kids better understand what is happening during that section of scripture.
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I know the founders used to run a Christian Classical school. I am not sure if all of their material has a Christian basis to it. They do have a really good Bible study program.
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I have taught some writing intensive history classes at the high school level. I have never seen a problem with the kids who used IEW in fact they have been some of my more skilled essay writers.
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This is what I am thinking of for 9th next year for dd:
Math: either Saxon Calculus or finishing Advanced Math and then starting Calculus (if we push we can get through Advanced this year but I have been thinking of slowing it down so she can do the AP test in 10th)
History: Combination BJU Geography and World History (with some add ins), this is a two year course I am making up.
Science: Apologia Biology (that is a definite)
French: continuing with Breaking the Barrier
English: Some Easy Grammar and Editor in Chief for grammar review, IEW Research Paper, not sure on which literature we will do.
College and Careers: not sure what I am using but will probably make use of our high school's college and career center for the majority of it. (this would only be 1/2 credit class)
Bible: not sure it depends on if they do a study with her youth group
Logic: probably using the Argument Builder
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Call your doctors office and see what they say. That does not sound right.
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Personally I would keep kids home all the way through because there are so many benefits at each age all the way through high school.
Some to the big ones I found for the early years are:
-reduction of school anxiety and the pressures of a classroom. Kids need to develop a love for learning or at least a tolerance for it that can get squashed if there is too much pressure on them
- able to have the material meet them where they are at. There is such a large range of normal development in children from grades k-3. Having them at home means they will not get pushed along when they are not ready or bored if they have mastered something.
-flexibility in how you learn. You can change your days up, do more field trips and hands on learning, drop curriculums that are just not working.
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I talked to him at convention about it last year. He said some of the main changes were how the lessons are arranged in perspective to the math. The math is now a little more gradual and you are not just hit with some of it. He also updated the labs to use products that are easier to find today. Back when the Apologia book was written it was easy to find some of the items and now some are more difficult to get (such as lye).
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My daughter is currently in 8th grade and working through Saxon Advanced Mathematics (and doing fairly well too). Next year she would technically move into Saxon Calculus but I am not sure I want to have her do Calc 1 and take the AP or CLEP test freshman year. So my thoughts are to slow down a bit on the Advanced for this year and finish it up in the fall and then start Saxon Calculus which I plan on supplementing with Larson. I would call this class pre-Calculus on her transcript. Then the following year I would complete the program and then have her do the test. At that point she could probably do the BC test but I am not sure.
I am also thinking about actually submitting a syllabus to the College Board so I could list it as an actual AP class.
Has anyone else done something like this? Or any suggestions on how to go? I just do not want her moving into either Calculus II or III at a CC before junior year of high school.
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Not yet. There are a couple of course that I plan on doing with dd in the future though. I have friends who have used it, they say it is tough but very good.
I'm confused by Easy Grammar - Help!
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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We always did the Easy Grammar one year and then Daily Grams the next. I know one family that uses one book of Easy Grammar and Daily Grams over two years. Some days they do the Easy Grammar and some they do the Daily Grams. I know some families who just use the Easy Grammar and never use the Daily Grams. So I guess what I am saying is that there is no wrong way to do it. Easy Grammar is going to provide the actual Grammar lessons while Daily Grams is more review. You would start at grade 4 and then just continue. Dd is in 8th grade now and we are using Ultimate grade 9 but I will be using it for 2 years just as review.