I am considering TruthQuest and I am wondering if someone who has used it can tell me how they use it. Since it is not divided up into weeks, I am at a loss as to how to implement it. I would love to have a glimpse into a 'week'.

Thank you for the heads up! I did not know that Athabasca had these courses. I will be looking into them when we get to high school. Tree of Life also has a Canadian History course for high school that uses A Short History of Canada by Desmond Morton.

:iagree: I will be writing my own as well. We are in Ancient Times right now, and next year will be Middle Ages, Reformation and Renaissance, but after that I will be adding Canadian history into our Year 3 and Year 4. I have tried Donna Ward's products and Donalda Dickie's book in the past, but they haven't really worked for us. I have found some vintage Canadian history books that I am looking forward to using, as well as some of the others mentioned here.

You described my son perfectly. I think that I will stick with my original plan of MUS Delta with Horizons 3 as review, and see how that goes this coming year. I will also have to block out more time to explain concepts more thoroughly to him. I may split them into different programs next year, depending on the success of this coming year.

I would take a break. Both my DD11 and my DS10 needed a break half-way through long division. I ended up taking a two week break with my DD and my DS only needed a one week break. It seemed like they needed the time for their brains to synthesize what they were learning. Then they went back to it with much better understanding, and success.

My son who is "less-mathy" also needs more detailed explanations, although he would tell you that he is not good at math. He also needs more 'mom-at-elbow' time in general. I am wondering if I just need to spend a little more time explaining concepts to him.

Any other thoughts? :bigear:

The time constraints are my problem as well. I will have a 1st, 5th and 7th grader, as well as the 4th grade twins, this fall. My DD11 will be starting Basic College Math(Chalkdust clone) this summer, as review, before she starts into Pre-Algebra.

I do have Math Mammoth, and maybe I need to revisit it. I tried to do it for summer math last year, and my DC didn't really like it. I don't really want to do Saxon, as my children will switch to Chalkdust in 7th. I just want them to come through the grammar stages with mastery of basic facts.

Thank you for your thoughts. May I ask which math programs you are using? I find that it is easier to separate the twins in language arts, but much harder to separate in math. The one that is having more difficulty is a little bothered by the fact that he doesn't catch on quite as quickly as the other. I am wondering if I should change programs now, as opposed to waiting and doing it when they really notice the differences.

I have twin sons, who are 8 1/2. Their birthday is October, and there were no complications at birth. One twin is slightly advanced and one is slightly delayed. He might be 'normal' by most standards, but in comparison to his brother he is a little behind. Math is the area that he struggles with most. I guess I am wondering if I should put him in a different math program. For the coming year, I had planned that they would both be in MUS Delta with Horizons 3 as a review program. This will be the first year we have added Horizons. Should I be looking at Saxon? If so, which level? I think he needs more review than is presented in MUS. Or do I stick with my original plan of MUS and Horizons and see if the extra review in Horizons will help? It is not that he doesn't 'get' the concepts; he is just slower to get them than his twin brother who is very math and science smart. I should also mention that he is a dawdler. It takes him forever to do anything.:tongue_smilie:

Thank you. This is exactly what I am looking for.

Anyone?:bigear:

Does anyone use this? I need a CD with the definitions of the parts of speech for my auditory learners. I am wondering if the Shurley CD is what I need, or if there is something else out there that is better. Any help would be appreciated.

We have a three week break at the end of June, after everything is finished for this year, then we will be moving into our new school year at the beginning of July. We do have a two week vacation booked at the end of July, so our summer term is only about 6 weeks long. We won't be doing our full schedule, but we will be doing math, grammar, spelling, phonics and reading. We add everything else in at the beginning of September.

Thank you. I am glad that it seems that I am on the right track. I am still not sure how much of Algebra 1 is needed for the first 1/2 of Chemistry. I guess I will have to try to get my hands on a text to find out.

I am schooling 5 from K to 6th this year and I am spending too much time with teacher intensive materials as well. For next year, I purchased Soaring with Spelling and Vocabulary. I like that it has a pre-test and post-test, which I will administer. I like knowing what words they will need to work on each week. It is a test year for me. I will go back to a more intensive mom-lead spelling program next year, if it doesn't work, but my DS6 needs my full attention this coming year for 1st, so that he gets a good start in the 3Rs. For the same reasons, we are also switching from Rod & Staff Grammar(which I like to do orally) to Growing with Grammar for next year.

My hubby could handle the science end too, if he didn't work 50 hours a week. I am pretty much on my own, although I am hoping he will handle most of the experiments.

It looks like your DD is more advanced than mine will be when she gets to 9th, although some of my sons might be on an AP track when they get there. I am not a science mom, so I would not have the confidence to skip around in a text.

Thank you, Janette. I would love to know which texts you are using. I am glad that my thoughts and time estimations are about right. Did your DD14 do General and Physical sciences before she started Biology? Are you doing Algebra 1 in 9th as well? If so, has it worked to do it simultaneously with Chemistry?

Thank you for responding, Lori! I am glad my analysis of FUFI was correct. I had looked at ROAR! and I agree that it looked like more of a devotional/activities guide. I will look into the Chris Roe products to see if they will better fit my needs. And the Bible Study on The Chronicles of Narnia looks great too. Thanks again!

My daughter and I have just started using VP's guide to the Narnia series. We are doing it together. She is 11 1/2 and I was hoping that VP's guide would be a little more meaty than just comprehension questions, which is what it seems to be. And I am sure it would be good for a younger child who is not ready to think more logically. So now, I am on the hunt for something else. I am looking for something that will make my DD really think about the stories and how they relate to Christianity and Christ. To be honest, I want to understand the series better as well. I read them when I was a preteen, and I wish I would have understood them better at the time. Is Further Up and Further In what I am looking for, or is there something else? I had thought that Further Up and Further In was more a whole unit study. I am looking for more of a literature focus. Please correct me if I am wrong. I am looking for something that would include all of the Narnia books.

I am starting to plan our high school science and I have some questions for those of you who are in the thick of it. I am using Apologia General Science and Physical Science for 7th and 8th Grades. We are Canadian, and in Canada, each of the sciences are generally taken every year, not just one science per year. I am wondering if anyone has done Apologia Biology, Chemistry and Physics simultaneously, spreading them all out over three years. It may look like this: 9th - first 1/3 of Biology, Chemistry and Physics 10th - second 1/3 of Biology, Chemistry and Physics 11th - last 1/3 of Biology, Chemistry and Physics 12th - chose two of the sciences to do the advanced level, especially for my university bound children (science fields) For the 9th through 11th grades, I am thinking we could do two hours per week on each of the sciences. Is this reasonable? As of right now, our math sequence is the following, although in Canada, we also don't separate our maths they are all done through high school. 7th - Basic College Math - Houghton Mifflin 8th - Pre-Algebra - Houghton Mifflin ? 9th - Algebra 1 - Houghton Mifflin ? (Are my DC going to be able to handle the first 1/3 of Chemistry while doing Algebra 1?) 10th - Geometry - Houghton Mifflin or Jacobs ? 11th - Algebra 2 - Houghton Mifflin ? 12th - Pre-Trig or Pre-Calc - Houghton Mifflin ? - for my university bound (science fields) I guess my main question is, whether or not the science can be split up and completed in the way that I have laid out or, not. Thank you

Thank you, I will look into it.