No one can offer any advice for World History? :sad:

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Son wants to change. Government was original documents and living books, American History is thru NROC.

What are you using for World History? My son has done Government in the 9th and is currently doing American History.

He may not lose as many pounds as you stated (30) if he is lifting weights, but that's ok, because weight in muscle is better than weight in fat. The problem may be empty calories, ie. carbs. Snacking on carbs, drinking juice/soda and candy are a killer. He'll probably have to limit his carb intake to healthier ones, ie. brown rice, beans and legumes. Exercise is great, but diet will trump exercise all day, every day.

We, too are having a hard time memorizing this poem and were going to scrap it. But now we may revisit it. Thanks for sharing.

We've used Derek Owens for a few courses and are very pleased. The course is self-paced, so you can decide how you want to send in the work. We've done it immediately at times, but we've also kind of waited to Friday and then sent in the work that was completed. The scanned homework will be marked by him, so your student will see what she got wrong and he's pretty good at showing where the student made a mistake. On a couple of occasions, my son did so bad on the homework, he linked up another video to watch and offered him another opportunity to redo the homework. The feedback on assignments is usually 1-2 days, and if you have questions regarding the assignments, you e-mail him and he usually responded within 1-2 days as well. My son finished the course in 6 months, but he does offer a suggested syllabus to follow. You have 9-10 months to finish the course. We didn't purchase the text for algebra and my son did great without it. My son liked that the videos were clear and easy to understand and that it was self-paced. And he keeps a transcript for the child, which I liked. HTH

Derek Owens offers both Physical Science and Algebra Based Physics. Physical science you can purchase, but the Physics course is distant learning only. I would check his website out.

No weight. We were in different parts of the country. I only had my girlfriend with me.

For first grade, we used McGruffy Science. Very hands-on and easy to implement. Just the right for the first grade attention span. :001_smile:

I have a BA in Communications and a Masters in Counseling Psychology.

So, if your dc was doing a chemistry lab and an important vial spilled, contents no longer available and the lab basically a bust, what grade would you give for the lab? The spill was an accident, not carelessness. I allowed him to look at the teacher's manual for the lab, essentially making it a virtual lab, so that he could see what was suppose to happen.

We too took the TabletClass plunge, and my son just finished the Literal Equations and Formulas chapter. He missed 5 out 20 questions on the test, so we will go back and review before continuing, but I too think it will a good course mainly because the problems are explained so clearly.

I don't know Swimmermom3 if our sons are in the same class. My son is in Lillian's class and his first assignment was Patrick Henry's speech. Is your son taking Lillian's class?

Yes, he likes the tone of HOUS better, along with the pictures and captions. So since we are covering world history, I was looking for something similar to HOUS.

My son is taking the AP English course and he came out of the first lecture/homework assignment feeling a bit overwhelmed. After he went over the homework assignment with my sister (she's in town this week), he's feeling more comfortable. I too think it's going to be money well spent.

but covers some world history. My 8th grade son is using SOTW 4, Kingfisher Encyclopedia and Joy Hakim's History of US. He started reading History of US this week and is really loving it. He's decided that SOTW 4 is not interesting enough. So since we are doing world history, is there anything out there in a series format resembling History of US? And we really don't want another textbook.

I agree. Look into Derek Owens. My son did it last year, and really enjoyed it. It is a distant learning class and it costs $58/month. It's self-paced so your son may complete it soon, saving you money. My son finished the course in 6 months. All the assignments are turned it to Derek, he grades them, and keeps a running transcript. Come test time, you e-mail a request, and then turn it in. If your son had a question, again you would send an e-mail. The responses come within a day or two. There is an honors track, which is basically extra/more difficult home work problems, and an extra page on the test.

We are finishing our 3rd week, and while we have found our stride with the new curriculum, my middle ds is having the toughest time. Nothing will be changed, he just needs to get used the the work load expected of an "8th" grader. My younger ds is loving Beautiful Feet's Geography, but just so-so on Elemental Science - Physics (loves the activities, hates the narrations/summaries). Older ds is really enjoying Japanese 1 the best. I would say the best part is that my younger two are becoming more independent in their work. So far, so good.

Yes, Arcadia, that is the one. I will give the other to him to see how he does. Thank you for the links.

I administered the McLeod Assessment of Reading Comprehension to my son earlier today. I got it from the internet. Basically it's comprised of of small story vignette's and the student needs to fill in the missing words on the blanks. It taps into the child's comprehension, decoding, syntax and vocabulary skills. My son is doing 5th grade level work, but this test had him at 3rd grade. Now I know his reading needed help, but these results are concerning. Where would you go from here?

I would love for my boys to have friends as girls, but we are just not in circumstances that lends itself to the exposure very often. And my middle son is beginning to see girls in a less than platonic way. Friends that are girls now would be something he would have to cultivate, and he wants to, he's just unsure how. I think he sees girls as potential "girlfriends", and that's what I want to avoid. Just nice, appropriate friendship is what I'm after.

I'm thinking the ages of 11-14. I have mixed views. In general, I don't have a problem. But at this age, it could be a slippery slope and that friendship turns into something more, like "girlfriend", and that I'm not comfortable with at this age. I do think my son needs help talking with the opposite sex, but how to make it happen safely is the crux of my concern. Help me wade my way through. If you've BTDT, I'm all :bigear:

We start at 8 am and he's been finishing between 2 - 3 pm.

We are starting our 3rd week, and ds 12 (soon to be 13) is complaining about his workload. Here it is: Math - TabletClass Pre-Algebra Science - Derek Owen's Physical Science History - Story of the World 4/History of Us/Kingfisher Encyclopedia - He outlines either STOW or Kingfisher, map work, reads additional books (next two weeks its "Red Badge of Courage") Language - Winning With Writing/Growing With Grammar/Soaring with Spelling - all by the same publisher, does the daily assignment Literature - Lightning Literature 8 Latin - First Form Latin 1 The above are daily. Others - Music Appreciation (Mon. Tues.); Art - (Fri.); Keyboarding (Thur. Fri.); P. E. - league play What do you think? Does he have good reason to complain? Is there anything you would drop? This child may be going to a B & M high school next year.