Notgrass did not have this offer at the stage we needed world history so we did core 6 & 7 with sonlight and most of the books offered by Notgrass for this we read and i would highly recommend them... So if you think it is a lot of reading...you could break the reading up and do the whole thing over 2 or ever 1 1/2 years of school time or do some of the reading as a read aloud time. Marne

I have a student who benefits from hearing AND SEEING things presented...and the author sometimes gives more details with the videos than what is written in the book also. i am using this with ONE student...and you can purchase a Teacher's manual that is designed for one student also. There are also some video helps instruction...like showing how to set up games and boards ect or experiments, on the website online also. the way it works best for my student...i have him READ IT himself 1st......THEN I read it to him...explaining and teaching alongside the student manual WITH the suggestions given in the teachers manual...which is really quite easily understood...but again this is what works to get the material inot my students head. i then make him take notes...and then the next day WATCH the lesson presented in the video. We then practice the games that are correct for one student a day or two or do the experiments , then the practice pages ...usually one per day and then take the test the next day. this seems to make the best retention and understanding for MY student. I had a little Chemistry in college as a biology major...so i am relearning with him...but it really is VERY easily understood as it is taught in such bite size pieces and EXPLAINED very well. Marne

I highly recommend Friendly Chemistry...its step by step approach, clear explanations, video lessons AND not as emphasis on math are perfect for my high school student. He is getting a good understanding which is what is my goal. Marne

honestly we are former Sonlight users...and have used it from the beginning but did not like the high school levels...as i find them a bit on the bias side....and we like Notgrass here having used America the Beautiful and Uncle Sam and You, plus now using the high school levels. We use it as spline...i schedule the lit part like i did sonlight...what i feel is a good choice for my students needs and understanding. I use a combination of Sonlight LIT and Notgrass LIT to support the text's which we do not find dry....I even used Notgrass's America The Beautiful with Sonlight cores 3 & 4 as i felt it filled in what was missing there when we dropped The Story of USA books which my student hated and felt were dry and i didn't like the liberal views presented. sonlight tends to put that kind of reference in and then give THEIR thoughts in the notes which i didn't care for either. Notgrass will give you the good and not so good things that happen and then you can go from there on discussions with your student. My student still likes to go back and read the America the Beautiful texts yet. So I would encourage you to give them a try. Marne

I am currently using FC with my son....the author has now written a teacher manual written specifically for use with one student....and we are doing just fine with out ALL the activities.....as we are using those that are adaptable to one student and he is getting along fine with understanding and retaining it fine with that level of activities. We are also using the new teaching videos and they are a great addition plus the author has many teaching aids and video demos of all the activities online at the website. I hope this gives you enough information to reassure you that one student can do this without any problems and still learn the material effectively. Marne

We struggled with AAS thru the 5th level...SYS wasn't available yet. SYS did as the rules did not stick no matter how much he tried...but what the words LOOKED like was they key. So the best thing is to try which ever you wish...and yes, SYS works with phonics in the beginning which i wish we had been able to use but were beyond at that point and then IF the rules are not working...try SYS or vis versa...if the way it looks doesn't work try AAS. Marne

Sounds familiar......just maybe he hasn't been able to get the letter combinations into his long term memory yet. I can tell your a little about our journey and then maybe you will see something there that will help you. We started with the usual list, practice thing.... didn't retain to use in his daily work. then we went thru 5 levels of All About spelling as at the time the one that DID work for us wasn't yet available. We had pretty good success but again remembering ALL the rules just wasn't his cup of tea. then they came out with Spelling you See....and yes in the beginning levels they do teach phonics...as the SOUNDS and what they are represented with are very important also. BUT thru the use of colored marking of sound phonograms and repeated use..and copy work and dictation ect...it really helped finally. what they are doing is getting the patterns of spelling locked inot their long term memory so they can SEE when something doesn't look right. I recommend looking at both AAS and Spelling You See and you will know after working with your student this long what will work for him AND you...as it has to be something you can teach also. Marne

I highly recommend SYS for 1st grade...as it is is much more than JUST spelling....it is introducing the phonics...kinda like ETC, which we did use as spelling when we started at that age. SYS did not exist yet......and I wish it had as it is better than ETC. Marne

Another thing to use...not sure if they have an ap associated with it...we don't have that kind of cell phone or I pad so never explored using it that way...but Math You See has a very nice practice page at their parents site for learning their math facts...and best of all its free. Marne

I know this isn't just online but take a look at Friendly Biology...they have a secular version and have videos with the author teaching the material available in addition to the books. It is exactly like what I remember having for high school biology so please excuse the reviews that say it isn't enough. It is...as I was fully prepared to become a biology major in college. It is very well explained and easy to do quite independently if that is what is required. Marne