Hello,
I'm new to the forums. Posted once before but have since lost and forgotten my password only to be able to get in again now :P
I have gone through the thread on this forum and they have been so helpful in helping me plan my daughter's high school plans. Thank you!
My daughter will be starting 9th grade next year and I have kind of put some things together in terms of what we will be using, except for English. I need ample help in that.
This is what she's going to be doing (it's still under progress though). Any comments, suggestions, recommendations, feedback are welcome. I'm a complete newbie at this, so I'll need all the help I can get! :P
We're not going too rigorous with this one because I don't want her to be too put off by high school work, so we're kind of going lightly.
Chemistry - Principles of Alchemy (btw, has anyone used this? initially we wanted to do Biology, but then I was reading how now they have quite come biochem in Biology so that it helps to take Chemistry first, but that the problem with that is that Chem requires some algebraic math (which my daughter doesn't have yet). This particular course leaves out those high level math and so I thought it'd be a great introductory course in Chemistry for my daughter. It doesn't come with a lab component though. Any suggestions for a chem lab component? I was reading through the threads and managed to glean someone mentioning Joy of Chemistry as having some lab activities. Is that enough for a high school chem lab component?
Algebra 1 - MUS
US History - with Hippocampus, and maybe some supplemental books if she needs them
Sketching - have yet to plan the course in detail (maybe 1/2 credit)
Sewing - have yet to plan the course in detail (maybe 1/2 credit)
American Government - I'm still looking into this one. Any suggestions? and how many credits should this be?
English I/9 - I need help with this one. Basically, how much writing should she do, how many novels, non fiction, poetry, short stories? I'm so lost with this one.
Thank you!