I think I could count it, but since my girls are only 14 now, I will probably wait a couple of years until it is more relevant- when they have a job and are closer to being on their own and maybe do it the year we do economics and government. They are on the envelope system now and have lived through our Total Money Makeover, so we'll use that book instead of buying the more expensive student course. I have been calling colleges and none have been picky about electives, so I think we can do whatever we want:001_smile:

We are doing a course from the Treasury Dept. If you Google the site and go to the Financial Challenge they provide 31 lessons in their Educator's Toolkit. High school students age 14 and older are eligible to take a test by April 9th and they get an award if they score in the top 20%. HSLDA sent something out encouraging homeschoolers to take the class. Even if you don't want to do the test, the lessons are excellent and prepare them to understand paychecks, taxes, and benefits. I am pairing it with a workbook called Money Matters for Teens by Larry Burkett for a 1/2 credit. Later, we'll follow up with our adult Dave Ramsey materials.

Does anyone know which Spielvogel edition would be better to use with Omnibus III? The page #s in the book go with the 6th edition, but the Veritas catalog advertises the 7th edition. I have also heard that students can read the whole book later in high school and get a western civ credit, plus have a good chance of passing the AP or CLEP exams for European history. My daughter is going into 9th grade, and I would like to buy the right edition for the Omnibus (US History credit) next year, but also for the future. This would finish our cycle, and then we would do government in 10th with a traditional textbook and do an overview of western civ in 11th.

I tutored from home when my students were in 7th grade and found that itt worked out fine because they would do their free reading during that time or play outside. The only problem I had with afternoon tutoring was that sometimes the parents would stay and talk and dinner would be late, so I'd suggest setting firm pickup times and sticking with an ending time. Also, it led to teaching a group class later, and this turned out to be even more lucrative. I would recommend doing several hours on the same day or you may resent being tied down and your children might miss out on other opportunities such as field trips. Good luck! Kimberly

I had to reply because I have one daughter who loves the program, and one who threw up her hands yesterday and said it was way too easy and she wanted me to supplement it. We are using it for 8th grade. It is much easier than Tapestry or Biblioplan. It is supposed to take 3 hrs, but it takes my daughters less than an hour and 1/2 to finish, so the pace may be too slow if you have been doing a very rigorous curriculum. The blessing is that there is almost no prep for mom, and the daily lessons are easy to use, plus the lit part has some grammar. You still need to add vocab roots. Hope this helps, Kimberly