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This is a book about a high school robotics team.
https://a.co/d/9doT119-
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I’m currently using Fruit Full in our homeschool devotion time. It is open and go, and the kids take turns leading. It’s excellent!
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My little guy will be 5 in November, so this is really a PreK year. I think he'll be ready for K work, though.
Kindergarten Math with Confidence
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Reason for Handwriting K
Around the World with Picture Books (Beautiful Feet)
He's #10, and we've been homeschooling for a really really long time! I wish I had more littles coming up to plan for!
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Math: CLE 4th grade
English: First Language Lessons 4, Wordsmith Apprentice, Building Spelling Skills 3, BJU Handwriting 4
Geography: World Geography and Ecology (Beautiful Feet), just listening; we may add in Around the World with Picture Books (BF)
Science: Abeka 4th grade
Music: Trumpet, piano, choir, orchestra
FLL Robotics
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Math: CLE (Finishing 6 and doing 7)
English: Cover Story writing, Easy Grammar plus, Building Spelling Skills 6, one Progeny Press Lit. guide after finishing Cover Story
World Geography and Ecology (Beautiful Feet) - with siblings
French: First Start French 2, MP
Science: BJU 6th grade He requested his own textbook science, not group science
Tech Essentials (Compuscholar)
First Lego League robotics
Music: Trumpet, trombone, piano, choir, orchestra
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Math: Geometry Probably Teaching Textbooks, but maybe Jacobs. She's a strong student, so I hesitate to have her do TT, but I really don't want math to take up too much of her time
English: LLATL World Literature and Essentials in Writing 10th
Health and Nutrition (Apologia): We're going to take the year off from formal science.
World Geography and Ecology (Beautiful Feet Books) : This will be with younger siblings.
Web Design (Compuscholar)
French: First Start French 2 (Memoria Press)
Music: Violin (mega hours of practice), piano, two choirs, orchestra, hand chimes, music theory
FTC Robotics : I'm not sure if this will show up as a class on her transcript or as an extracurricular. Her involvement is mostly in soft skills areas.
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This is for a future engineer:
Math: Calculus I and II at the community college
English: Random credit for college essays, etc.; also Speech at the community college
FTC Robotics (I'll probably give him credit for something related to this. It monopolizes his life.)
Two choirs and orchestra (cello)
Health and Nutrition (Apologia)
We'll firm up spring when he gets closer to a college decision. He may do a CLEP or two if the school he chooses accepts CLEPS. I'd planned to have him take Engineering Chemistry at the community college, but they won't accept his homeschool Chemistry credit as a prerequisite (they accept high school chemistry from public and private schools). He really doesn't want to spend a whole year on AP Chem, so we'll just wait until college for this one.
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Home Science Adventures has enjoyable curriculum packaged as complete kits. It’s not a new program, so it’s not as pretty as some, but the material is excellent!
https://www.rainbowresource.com/category/2796/Home-Science-Adventures.html-
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Ds is #6, and I’m outsourcing more than any of the older kids. He needs outside accountability!
Precalculus - Derek Owens
Physics - Derek Owens
English- Wordsmith Craftsman, Easy Grammar 11, AP English Composition exam
2 humanities courses through Cedarville University online dual enrollment (one each semester)
cello, orchestra, choirs, chimes
FTC robotics
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CLE Math 3
Apologia Land Animals
First Language Lessons 3, Building Spelling Skills 2, 1 MP Lit guide, TGTB typing, Cheerful Cursive
SOTW 4 with Claritas memory work
trumpet, piano, orchestra, choir
FLL robotics
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CLE math 5/6
Apologia Land Animals
IEW Wonders of Science, Daily Grams 6, Building Spelling Skills 6, One PP lit study
SOTW 4 with Claritas memory work and MP Geography 1
First Start French
trumpet, piano, orchestra, choir
FLL robotics
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CLE Algebra
Apologia Physical Science
One Year Adventure Novel, Applications of Grammar 2, Building Spelling Skills 8
First Start French
SOTW 4 with Claritas memory work and MP Geography 1
violin, piano, orchestra, choirs, hand chimes
FTC robotics
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I’ve been so intimidated by AP exams! CLEPs seem much easier. I’m slowly trying to learn how APs work so I can coach dc through them.
I did have two dc take one exam each this year. Ds 15 got a 3 on English Lit. For “prep” (if you want to call it that), we did 3 Progeny Press literature guides over the school year, and he halfheartedly went through parts of the Barrons prep book. Based on our “success,” he’ll try one or two more.
Dd 17 got a 4 on Music Theory. A year ago we worked through Julie Johnson’s Guide to AP Music Theory and she did the practice tests in the Barrons prep book right before the exam. Now she’ll enter college with credit for Theory 1!-
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I’m chiming in with another recommendation of Compuscholar’s AP Computer Science A (Java). I’ve had two sons do the course, both of whom wanted clear instruction rather than entertaining fluff. Both found it extremely valuable. An older son (who’s starting his PhD in computer engineering) looked at the course and agreed it covered the material in his first undergraduate CS course.
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One Year Adventure Novel
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Captain Kidd’s Cat by Robert Lawson
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Cedarville University is exactly what you describe. I’ll have a Freshman music major there next year, and already have a Computer Science major on campus. I also highly recommend their dual enrollment program.
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CLE’s Changing Frontiers is very independent and the Light Unit workbooks are excellent. It’s marketed for 8th grade.
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We have had good success finding German made violins from the early 1900s for three of our daughters. They cost in the range of $2000 to $3500. The girls love these instruments.
The violas and cellos we have purchased new at the string store are functional, but don’t seem to have the character of the older instruments.-
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CLE Algebra (Christian Light Education).
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I think it’s easier to do independently. I prefer Notgrass as a read-aloud, though.
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I would suggest handing him the CLE history Changing Frontiers to do independently. He could also continue listening in on SOTW.
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I’ve taught the K’NEX education sets several times. You do need one set for every two students, so it runs about $20 per student. They make fantastic co-op classes, though, and the kits can be reused.
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My students also like workbook style history. The CLE Changing Frontiers is an excellent choice. It’s designed for 8th grade, but the company also recommends it for 9th.
College math instead of Algebra II?
in High School and Self-Education Board
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Many universities have CLEP acceptance charts on their websites. I would look at possible schools and majors and check to see if it would be possible to satisfy the math requirement with CLEP. My oldest did this. She CLEPed “College Mathematics” after taking only Mathusee Algebra and Geometry. I put it on her transcript and she joyfully avoided Algebra 2.