My daughter has done high school level biology (in a local class) and is doing chemistry this year (with Great Courses chemistry videos + supplements). Next year we were planning for her to do physics. She's a very bright girl and plans to go to a competitive college. Although she can handle difficult coursework, she has no plans to go into the sciences and really has no interest in science. I just want to check the high school science box (and of course make sure she has a decent understanding). Does anyone have any recommendations? Oh, she has taken Algebra I and Geometry, and will be taking Algebra II next year. Thanks!

We eat hot food if we're warming up leftovers. We occasionally have mac & cheese (my son's very favorite food) or grilled cheese. But other than that, it's cold sandwiches or tortillas always!

My nearly 8 yo's drawings are very hard to tell apart from his 5 yo brother's! So, no, I wouldn't be too concerned. My 8 yo doesn't enjoy drawing and has some trouble with fine motor skills, and my 5 yo enjoys art. It stands to reason that they have different abilities and interests!:)

It has very little. I think the idea is that you can do 8/7 or Alg 1/2, but you don't need to do both unless your child is struggling. We were thinking of going with a math class this year, and they have the kids skip 8/7 and go straight to Pre-Algebra. That's how we settled on this sequence.

It's my understanding that 8/7 is mostly a repeat of 7/6.

Or, alternatively, you can do 7/6, skip 8/7, and go to Algebra 1/2. That's what my dd is doing.

We have the same dynamic here. Child #1 was practically born reading and loves all things academic. Child #2 doesn't. It's hard to let go of those ideals, especially when you have one child that excels in the traditional route. I just can't wait to see what's in store with my child #3! :)

What a neat idea!

I can't wait to see it. I loved the Ramona books when I was a kid. I guess I need to get busy reading it to my boys so we can go see the movie!

Wow! SO cute!

Love it! My dh and I got a big kick out of the pics!

It looks great!

You're definitely not the only one! I enjoy homeschooling, but we're really enjoying the summer and not looking forward to it ending! I love having the freedom to do whatever we want to do every day without worrying about getting our work done.

Last year my 5th grader did about 4 hours a day, 4 times a week. That doesn't count music practice (~45 min/day) or independent reading (~1-2 hours/day).

My ds is doing Saxon 3, and we've never used the meeting book with him. I did use it for a while with my dd when she was younger, but it got to be too tedious/time consuming and we stopped using it.

We were there a couple of months ago and we rode the cable cars, walked up Lombard Street, ate sundaes at Ghirardelli, went to Fisherman's Wharf, took a boat tour around Alcatraz, and walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. All of it was fabulous!

They're excellent. I met Jim Weiss once and asked him what history resources he liked, and he recommended this series.

Time Warp Trio may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it is about world history. My kids have learned a lot from it.

Yay, I'm glad it went well! A couple of months ago, my aunts came into town. We hadn't seen them in years, but they happened to come in the weekend that my dd11 competed and won 2nd place in a state academic meet AND was awarded a violin scholarship at the city-wide orchestra. Pretty good weekend for her, and you'd think that was proof enough that our homeschooling is going ok! (Really, I couldn't have asked for better timing if I wanted to "prove" anything.) But, STILL, my aunt (a retired school counselor) raked me over the coals about homeschooling! :rolleyes:

Your list looks good to me! We're studying earlier American history, so I don't have anything to add. I was wondering if you have a resource for tall tales? We haven't ever read any.

Nope, no need.

Other. I run, and I dread it before I have to do it and dislike it for the first mile, then I feel really good the rest of the run and usually love it after.

I used the first edition of SOTW 2 last year in a co-op, and many of the the other families had the new edition. It never caused a problem that we had different editions, so they must be pretty similar! I'm not sure what, besides the review cards, have been updated.

I'm in the same boat. Well, sort of. I'm in the "is my child old enough for pre-algebra" camp. She is finishing Saxon 7/6 and is desperate to take pre-algebra (in a local class that uses Saxon), but I can't decide if she's ready or not. She does fine in math, but I remember taking pre-algebra as a 12 year old and I wasn't developmentally ready. But she's not me....*sigh* Pass the brownies, please.

Notetaking, time management, and organization. Notetaking is what she really needs more practice with. I have her take notes when we listen to SOTW (SOTW is a supplement to her history) and at any lectures we attend. I need to come up with more opportunities to practice, but I haven't figured out how yet. She's very good with time management (better than me, actually!), but it's a skill to practice. I'm letting her manage her schoolwork time this year and just planning to give her due dates for things. I've been doing that this summer for math, and she's done great. She's also responsible for making sure she has all the things she needs when we leave the house.