The Living Math web site has a history of math course. Living Math Lesson Plans — Living Math There are also gobs of story based math book lists for all levels.

Obviously. you have never eaten Army food. This makes perfect sense to me.

I will always be mommy to my smf kids. All six of mine have the same initials and even when they are all grown, I will still be "mom", so I don't see myself outgrowing it. 🙂

Rainbow Science could be a good option. Colorful, covers basic bio/chem/physics over two years. Although one of my kiddos read the book and didn't do much in the way of labs in a single middle school year.

My daughter who loved history just read the Mystery of History ones. We didn't do any of the curriculum parts, but I also got them cheap used. We found Guerbers on the dry side.

Try Master Books elementary history books. Mystery of History is also more of a narrative style and is very Christian.

Can I ask what books you have read? My teens like me to read too, but it's hard to get through a book in a decent time with their schedules. But maybe if we had something really enjoyable we would be more apt to read the evenings when we are tired.

I have not watched these videos so can't give a review. The channel in general is recommended often in my area though. The course is geared for older kids but being free it's worth a look. Economics - Crash Course (thecrashcourse.com)

I have used parts of MEP 7&8 as part of pre-algebra with a couple of my kiddos. I plan on using all of the upper MEP for one of mine but we just started year 8. I haven't directly compared with other Algebra programs but I believe it is complete. Year 9 is mostly algebra but you may have to dip into the GCSE levels for a topic or two. There is a Facebook group for MEP homeschoolers and I think there a few who have used the program past the elementary levels. As an FYI there are Revision tests for each unit of the upper MEP levels. You could have yours take those tests. Sometimes the last section of the unit is an optional section for advanced students and doesn't reflect all that is learned in the unit.

Masterbooks has an Algebra 2 textbook now. I have not seen it in person, so can't give any review.

I read only KJV when I was younger. My kids first Bible has been a large print NKJV. I prefer the rhythm to the KJV and still read it. While I prefer my kids read a literal translation, as long as they are reading the Bible on their own, I really don't care. As a positive to understanding the KJV, I found Shakespeare not as daunting in high school. 🙂

Masterbooks has Principles of Math books 1&2 for pre-algebra and then uses Jacob's for Algebra and Geometry. Jacob's is a classic textbook. Not sure if Abeka is more spiral than BJU but its a solid textbook program. Math-u-see can be jumped into at pre-algebra fairly easily. MEP Maths is free online. While it is teacher intensive in grades k-6 the Years 7+ are more independent. Each chapter is independent but their are cumulative tests that we use as review.

I might. I have access to a used homeschool place that has some original writing strands books. I will be there tomorrow and will take a look for you.

You can buy three volumes of Growing Without Schooling for your kindle for under $10. A lot easier to store. 🙂

I have been homeschooling all along. Outside of homeschool coops none of them have ever been in a classroom. This is year 20 for me.

If you don't need videos, I would suggest MEP starting in year 7. There are interactive lessons which will grade each problem for her. It lists how they do at the bottom so long as the child doesn't exit out of the screen before you have a chance to look. The problems are interesting but fairly straight forward. Each chapter is separate so you could skip around to mesh with the other class. It's also free. Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching - Mathematics Enhancement Programme (cimt.org.uk) (Scroll down to years 7/8/9 and scroll a bit more for the interactive pages.) My son does the interactive pages and I print the diagnostic tests as a cumulative review at the appropriate times. You can also print chapter revision tests if you want a paper trail.

Not exactly rigorous, but a fun introduction to Latin and Greek roots, is the video set Word-Up Vocab Show by Compass Classroom. My kids enjoyed them enough to ask to watch them.

I see icivics.org mentioned a lot. Worth a look as it is free.

I have 6. I decided to make sure I had a longer break after being pregnant or nursing for 8 years straight. I was tired (my last was born when I was 38). I was done but still got pregnant when my youngest was 4. That ended in a miscarriage at the hospital. I have had a couple of very early suspected miscarriages since then. But really we had two older girls, two middle girls, and two younger boys. We were perfectly paired and fit in our house in a cozy way without being crowded. It just seemed like a good time to stop.

Groups.io is the new yahoo groups. When yahoo quit supporting groups (and then shut them down) many email groups moved to groups.io You can browse the group names on their web site without signing up.

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I'd look at schoolyourself.org it's free, interactive lessons and might fit your need just as well as CTC.

I like the Blue Collar homeschool group on Facebook. Great for kids who aren't college bound. They also do a good job of shutting down cat fights. I hope people chime in, it's hard to find online forums that aren't over run by spam or are almost dead.

My eldest daughter says there are couples who sleep together but it's not explicit (they go into the bedroom and leave in the morning). Genocide is talked about but there are no torture scenes or detailed gore. One guy kills another but it isn't described in detail. She does not suggest under 16 read it but she is rather conservative in her suggestions. 🙂

If she wants some porch reading that leads to a better understanding of Algebra, I would suggest Realm of Algebra by Isaac Asimov or Algebra Unplugged by Amdhal. Jacob's Mathematics a Human Endeavor might also be a good choice besides his Algebra book mentioned before. If a large textbook is too daunting the No Nonsense Algebra I mentioned before is workbook sized. The videos aren't necessary but a nice addition if she needs them.