[Can we make a list of healthy, "safe" restaurants?]

I would say Chipolte grill also, you can see exactly what is going on and it's yummy!

[How long does your school day last?]

Usually about 3 to 4 hours with a 6th grader

[How many of you use Sonlight for highshcool?]

Thanks for the heads up with BF, we'll most likely go with Sonlight

[Blogs?]

I saw "blogging for dummies" and barnes and noble today!

[How many of you use Sonlight for highshcool?]

Have any of you used BF before? the IG is very slim. Just wondering how much you can get out of it....The whole thing confuses me.

[How many of you use Sonlight for highshcool?]

Thanks, It looks like I may be a new sonlighter by this Fall!

[How many of you use Sonlight for highshcool?]

I used Core 100 for 9th grade. You'll find varying opinions on whether or not 100 is worthy of a high school credit. I think it is fine for 9th grade, but would be hesitant to use in the later years.

 

I think you would need to beef up Core 7 quite a bit to make it hs worthy....

 

SL does not have a high school world history core, so this year (10th) we abandoned SL for history (used 200's literature for English, however) and went with WP Royals and some Teaching Company courses. I won't use WP again. Too disjointed, the books choices were mediocre, the schedule doesn't include ANY notes or questions.....

 

Anyway, I'm not sure what we are doing for next year. I may use Core 400. I just don't know.

 

I wish SL would direct more of their resources towards high school.

Looking at a catalog I borrowed from a friend, it does look like SL is really geared for the very younger years...I am torn, My friend also has used Beautiful Feet and says she likes it, wonder if I could go with BF and add in SL readers. is SL teacher guide worth the $$$ Is it "all that"???

[How many of you use Sonlight for highshcool?]

We are! Love the books, the Q/A for the lit are okay---history questions are pretty good. That said---we supplement HEAVILY! The writing, without any guidance, just doesn't work for my kids---so we use a different program. In fact, this year I am using Core7/WP American Crossing 1 for my 8th grader and Core 300/WP Royals for my 11th grader. WP history is AWESOME---but, like the pp said, no notes, questions or any interaction with Royals. But we are finding the books wonderful---very deep and rich learning. WP American History is STELLAR---especially using their Lit choices. No real commentary or questions---but again, the books speak for themselves. It is a great pairing with SL. So next year my son will do Core100/WP American Culture. Splitting up US Hist makes SO much more sense---I don't think my dd got as much out of doing the SL 100 last year as my son is getting out of doing the History of US from Core100 over 2 years using WP and SL reading.

 

SL is what you make of it though. As written, it doesn't work 100% for us. But plenty of people use it just as it is all through high school, and especially using their writing assignments---and their kids do great.

How do your children find time for all the reading with both plans???

[How many of you use Sonlight for highshcool?]

My 9th grader is using core 100 and I'm soooo glad we came back to SL. Everyone has their different issues and for me I love having the questions for history and literature. I love having the writing assignments correlate with what he's reading. It's been great for us and we plan on using SL throughout high school.

Good to hear! I love all the book selections. Even though she will be starting Core 7 in 10th grade I think she'll love it. She's a very fast reader and has not covered this time period in public school

Core 100 looks amazing, as soon as the new catalog arrives, im on it!

[How many of you use Sonlight for highshcool?]

I am thinking of starting my 10th grader on core 7 and progressing thru 100 and finally 300 for the remainder of her school year. How have you liked it if you used it?

[Blogs?]

blogspot.com has a good format. I used to blog about recipes, homeschooling and had alot of friends who blogged, but now I kinda lost interest!

[Christians - Do you doubt?]

I have no doubts at all!:iagree:

[Wordsmith, LLATL and Writing Strands dilema! Please help me]

I'd use them all, but that's just me.

[New to this board and homeschooling!]

Hello, I am taking my 2 daughters out of public school to be homeschooled this Fall.

One is going into 7th grade and the other 10th.

 

I would like to use a lit based history for them and someone told me about Beautiful Feet. Have any of you used the highschool levels? What can you tell me about it? Likes/dislikes?