How about instead of consumer math you call it Finance or Consumer Finance? You can talior it to learn about credit cards and pitfalls as well as investing and budgeting. Dave Ramsey is great, but there is a wealth of information on the internet as well. You can take your own budget and have the kids break it down and apply what might be happening in their lives with college as well. Get the paper and have them budget for a month using the section of the paper with local rent prices and food prices. Make sure they understand the cost of using a credit card - hidden and upfront. Find out how much that dress will cost after three months of payments. Just some ideas. This kind of information is all over the place and I don't think you will need any sort of guide. I have faith in you!

I really don't know why I'm hesitant. We are in the same boat that we had to force the kids to have cell phones. Neither of them text or hardly even talk on them. Although the kids have some great friends they would rather be face to face then on the cell. I guess I worry that the laptop will not be utilized as much as it should be and would end up needing to be replaced by the time they are off to college - Taking money which is not flowing fast from the money tree. The kids are in 10th and 9th grade so college classes are not an option yet. In our state they have to be 16 to duel enroll. On the flip side of my mind is the fact that my dd loves to make stories and type them up and there have been times I had to steal back the computer in order to get things done. The thought she might get involved with writing and find a passion is a real bonus to the equation. My DS would probably be working on a game making program and learning how to program in other areas. Thanks for the replies and I look forward to hearing more.

Just curious if your children have their own laptops and about how old were they when you got one for them. Did you buy it, was it a joint venture, or did you have them set aside money for one? Grandparents have mentioned that the kids are in high school and should have one, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. :confused:

Thanks and i'll take a look for it.

Do you know the author? i'm getting two different ones when I'm searching. Thanks

:auto: looks like you are on the right road. You might check into a career of research and development. Who knows maybe one day you will be in project management.! Great job and wishing you the best this year

Any recommendations for computer programming or web design books. We have done Game Maker and the kids really enjoyed it. Looking to getting another book and keep moving in the world of computers. Any suggestions?

My motto: high school in high school, college in college :iagree:

Wish I could give you a good answer. I don't use one book or another with history. I find that you can't get both sides of the story that way. Instead I have a few base books and we supplement a lot. I can tell you for 9th grade we used a series of books called Our Great Heritage along with others and had many debates and discussions. I really enjoyed these books as back up. They are from 1976 with the bicentennial, but it seemed like they wanted to paint the full picture. They were willing to go into detail about some flaws and consequences in our history including those of our Presidents and events in history. For example, the Whiskey Rebellion with the force of the Army to stop it was mentioned. It went into both sides and how Washington had remarked about the Democratic societies encouraging the uprising. This was the first time he has not been above the partisan lines and because of it he forfeited his reputation for neutrality and nonpartisanship. It went into how the rebellion actually weakened the position of the president, but strengthened the hand of the Federal government at that point. There are many other examples and I love that after all this time we haven't changed much. They talked about the inability of many of America's top leaders to get along with each other. How there was also extreme bitterness and distrust between the Federalist and the Republicans; even then the tactics of smear campaigns started to emerge. Go figure. The books are definitely not a series I would follow as my main stay, but it was wonderful to bring in another view to the picture. It was the only book I've seen so far that has been willing to lay it out on the table and inform you on how things were and why; even it if meant not letting us believe it was picture perfect. Like I said, we used many many books with about 5 base books and we would use them all to build up the history and get involved. Then we would discuss and look closely at those pieces to get a better understanding of how and why.

I went with Lial's - they have a pre-algebra and Introductory algebra all in one textbook. I figured I could review and go over basics and head int o the more algebra 1 without doing two different books.

We have looked into this and I have two different answers. First, my DH took CLEP while in the military. He took a few classes but being transferred from one base to another makes it difficult. He is now out of the Army and went to a few colleges around our area to finish up his degree. Their response was "CLEP what?" No one really knew about them or how to process them. We area talking about a few different colleges here. That's not to say that they will go to waste, we just have to put more work into finding the right college or path. DH hasn't looked too much as jobs and commitments have made it a bit hard lately. As for our our DD, I think CLEP are a great idea. I really want her to do them as well. After reading up I know that a bit will depend on the college; some accept them and some won't. You might want to see if the colleges that are in mind accept them first. Since my DD is not quite sure where she wants to go, we plan on doing the SAT2 as the primary test and CLEP when we can. I'm willing to spend for the test and have it as a possibility later. Even if the college doesn't accept it as a credit, my thoughts are that on the portfolio they will see that she is versed in the "mommy" credit given. I have heard of others taking the CLEP test, going to community college and finishing up an Associate Degree and then transferring that degree to a 4 year college to finish up. My final answer is find out what path you want to take and will the CLEP be accepted. If you don't know your path then decide if the investment of money/time is worth a test score that has a chance of not being used. If you are willing for a possibility then go for it and have no regrets.

I would say it depends on your child. If they are learning well from Apologia then I would keep with it. They will get the high school level material and you can always supplement if needed for the SAT2. If your child takes to the learning approach of Apologia and then you change out the format he might not digest the material as well and then you are right back in the same position. Even if the course isn't as "rigorous" that particular science book has a way of breaking down the material to really explain details and for some that will help more than anything else.

I believe the College Board that does the SAT2 subject tests makes a study guide with tests in it. I would probably get the guide try a few questions and find out if there are any areas you need to cover. I believe the answers give a paragraph explanation as well.

My DD just got her permit and they asked for the same thing. When we told them that we home schooled they asked us to get an attendance record from the Board of Education instead. If your state does not require attendance you might be able to bring in your Intent to Homeschool form.

Very nice!! i always love a great deal!:001_smile: