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    I want to learn to be laid bac, while still being a perfectionist....I hope I can get there some day
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  1. I don’t know much about IEW. Do you have to start from the beginning to be proficient?
  2. I want to thank all of you so much for taking the time to respond! I got several ideas to work with, which is a huge improvement from this morning! Thanks again for all the help!
  3. I just feel like he’ll benefit from one…even though we don’t have one at the moment 😂
  4. We’ve done a good job about learning and understanding grammatical concepts and their role in constructing good sentences. I guess I’m hoping for a good program that can tie it all together in an organized way. Can you recommend any programs? I’m open to suggestions so I can start a list!
  5. My 12 yo DS is a dedicated, smart and cooperative student. He’d go with the flow and pretty much make an effort with whatever I throw at him. We started pretty late and I had heard wonderful things about Classical Composition so that’s what we started using. He’s doing well with it and actually likes it but I’m second guessing my decision and wondering if I made a mistake. We’re doing Fable/Narrative in a year but no matter how hard we work he’ll be behind and won’t finish the sequence. I don’t feel like he’ll start “composing” soon enough. That means he won’t get the benefit of the entire program. I wouldn’t mind switching curriculum right now if that meant helping him advance. Am I being impatient? Are there any programs out there that can help him progress a little faster? Any suggestions? I feel lost and, as you can see, very overwhelmed!! Please help!
  6. My 12 yo DS is a dedicated, smart and cooperative student. He’d go with the flow and pretty much make an effort with whatever I throw at him. We started pretty late and I had heard wonderful things about Classical Composition so that’s what we started using. He’s doing well with it and actually likes it but I’m second guessing my decision and wondering if I made a mistake. We’re doing Fable/Narrative in a year but no matter how hard we work he’ll be behind and won’t finish the sequence. I don’t feel like he’ll start “composing” soon enough. That means he won’t get the benefit of the entire program. I wouldn’t mind switching curriculum right now if that meant helping him advance. Am I being impatient? Are there any programs out there that can help him progress a little faster? Any suggestions? I feel lost and, as you can see, very overwhelmed!! Please help!
  7. I LOVE this idea, I'm going to try to implement this with my children, I'd never thought about this, I just had an aha moment! Thank you!!
  8. Other than what I suggested in the other board: cell biology, cell physiology, biochemistry, general chemistry (1 year), organic chemistry (1 year), histology, a GOOD microscope and someone to shadow, the only other things I can think about are the math classes to prepare her for such courses. I'm also interested in other people's advice, so, would you mind sharing your popcorn while wee wait? :-)
  9. This is interesting, I got credit for the 4 lower Spanish classes! Those were the classes I CLEPed! Has anyone had a similar experience? What's the "rule," if there is such thing? Does it depend on the institution?
  10. As a biologist I'll tell you that it makes more sense to me to take biology before chemistry. Physics is it's own little world and can fit anywhere, but chemistry is better as a succession of biology because a lot of the topics you'll study there are going to have been seen in biology on a more superficial level...that's my opinion. As far as the comment that "programming, infastructures, and concept designs are vital concepts to learn," I agree, unfortunately you cannot include them in your transcript as a science course because they are, well, math! You can always offer AP or more advanced courses after biology has been studied, that's what I have planned to do with my dc anyway. Good luck!
  11. For toxicology courses in cell biology, cell physiology, biochemistry, general chemistry (1 year), organic chemistry (1 year) and histology would be VERY beneficial. I would suggest investing in a GOOD microscope from the start, as they're expensive, and it's a waste of money buying cheap ones that don't work as well knowing that at the end you'll need a good quality one anyway! Also, we biologists love sharing our knowledge with anyone willing to listen, and we also love finding new people to join our group, so find a university professor somewhere so she can audit a few classes, visit his/her lab (usually after 13th b-day) and perhaps witness an experiment or two. Toxicology is a great area, there are tons of things to learn and explore in the subject. Best of luck to you both!!
  12. All I can say is that both he cc and the university accepted all my CLEP credits with no problem. They didn't go with a value (# of credits), however, I was able to take the next level up in the classes I had tested out of, and they appeared as transferred courses in my transcript. AP courses were only accepted after the first semester at the university was completed successfully, and not all the classes transferred. What I was referring to when I said "instant credit" before was to the fact that once the institution to which you're applying accepts the CLEP courses, you can take the subsequent classes in those subjects, whereas with AP, you have to go to school for a semester, and in some cases take a test given by the department before continuing. I'm not saying that one is better than he other, I'm simply stating the differences I know first hand. It's very possible that other people had different experiences, but that is mine.
  13. Please talk to me about forever fluent, I glanced at it very quickly and didn't really get the concept. I was expecting a program, and instead found a book..... What is it exactly, and how does it help? There is a series called "Pocoyo," the episodes are short, and you can find it on YouTube as well. The series was created in Spanish, it's simple, but very cute and engaging for little ones. My dss 5 and 2 LOVE it, even my 11 yo and my dh watch it sometimes and laugh about the things that happen in the show! It's about a little boy who always has something going on, he has a few unusual friends, but it's really cute, and he Spanish is flawless. If you find it in English though, skip it, it's not that good AT ALL!
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