duplicate post *sorry*

I had shingles last summer and it was miserable. I am sorry you are in a lot of pain, hopefully it gets under control soon. Unfortunately, every person is different in how fast the rash gets better. I used/recommend getting some Lysine (1000mg twice a day) and Vitamin C (500mg twice a day). To answer your previous question about vaccines, there really isn't any guidance about how long to wait afterwards, but at least until the rash is completely gone.

I have both, but I haven't done anything much with it other than put in our future curriculum pile. I am also curious to see how people have implemented it. I think the workbook is only a few months old so there might not be much about that part specifically.

We usually start back around at the start of July after ending mid-May. This year we ended mid-May and are starting this week with a very abbreviated schedule, mainly just reading, until July because my son really needs to just keep going and not take that time off. Then our typical summer semester which is three weeks in July and three weeks in August. We prefer to end early May because of distractions like birthdays, dance recitals and testing and go all year round because we take one day a week off anyway for Co-Op and it lets us spread out the work at a reasonable pace, or not get behind due to illness or impromptu activities.

Has anyone used this series? I am interested in the idea of doing integrated math, but my daughter wants something textbook based, not online. If you have used this do you think this covers pre-calculus topics as well, or would a separate pre-calculus be needed?

The Mr. Q Biology and Evolution book is new from this year and IMO looks solid and secular. I am planning to use that in combination with Easy Hard Science Biology (learnwithdrscott.com). My daughter is sick of learning about types of creatures and the Dr. Scott course is very much cell biology based, too many of the other HS Bio classes I looked at spent a third of the course going through Phyla.

Thanks for posting this! I will have to keep my eye out for this when we do Biology in a year or so. Edit: Looks like its available for pre-order on Amazon already and releasing in July! https://a.co/d/bHb8nFg

Can anyone tell me how long the videos for Jacobs Algebra are from Dr. Callahan? I am trying to decide between that one and Masterbooks version. They are about the same in price, but the MB videos are fairly short. Has anyone used either of these courses that could give me an opinion on them? I don't think my daughter will sit and watch a 45 minute video, but I also don't want something so short they are useless. Any other suggestions? We are pretty set on using this text as I already own it. ☺️

Grab a few lesson blocks from Science is Weird. Gives lots to think about and plenty of extension activities if they want a deeper dive, but nothing you have to do other than watch the videos.

Mr. Q is great for science, I will be using physical science this year with my 3rd grader, but Life would be great for all of them to do together. SOTW as an audiobook is nice to have, less work on you reading, they can color or play with quiet toys while they listen. If your kids have a longer attention span I enjoy No Sweat Nature Study, you could even break the videos into smaller pieces if you wanted. Math, you really only need a "program" for the oldest, I like Math Mammoth. I would try to do as much together, as you said. Read alouds are great for this, the range of age appropriateness for most books is very wide. There are a lot of Charlotte Mason style book lists out there.

What is this?? Sounds nice!

In lost wages alone, with me being PT rather than FT employed it is very expensive to homeschool, even compared to private schools. However one might make the argument that I wouldn't want to be FT anyway because my quality of life is so much better with me and my husband both working PT than one working FT. My kids activities they would be in anyway, other than co-op which is only a few hundred a year.

Research Parent has a free math curriculum called Minimalist Math. Its just 10 math problems a week, but the point is you sit down and explain or have the child figure out how to get the answer to each one. That, play with a few manipulatives and work on memorizing addition/subtraction math facts should be enough. https://researchparent.com/learn/mathematics/minimalist-math-curriculum/

If you are OK with some mentions of religion Science Shepherd is excellent.

Math: Math Mammoth and Research Parent's Minimal Math Curriculum Language Arts (Reading/Writing/Grammar): TGTB is actually working really well right now and I have old editions around, so we are going to continue using those, as well as their handwriting and a Steck-Vaughn Language Arts 3 workbook. Literature: Exploring the World through Story Level D Social Studies: Notgrass Star-Spangled States and Steck-Vaughn Social Studies 3 workbook Bible: Christian Light Education Bible 3 or CAP Bible OT1 depends which one I find in the stack first...LOL Science: Mr. Q Chemistry and Physics, some experiments with sister Latin/Languages: maybe Latin's Not So Tough? Logic: start the Remedia Critical Thinking workbook series Electives: Evan Moor Geography and Daily Reading Comprehension Extracurricular: he just started parkour/ninja warrior and is loving it so we may continue that in the fall, perhaps also ukelele?