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Free is good! The program would definitely keep your kids moving in a good direction and if they ever had to return to school they would have no problems. Just wasn't the program for us. Hard to say time wise because my son was a slower learner and since he didn't like most of the program it was way longer to get him through the work. I would say at a minimum 4 hours a day for an average student, but that would depend on the time things like math took them.
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:thumbdown: I didn't like it when I tried it with my son many years ago. He absolutely hated it. I thought there was way too many workbook pages and didn't find the program enjoyable. I also thought it was too pricey. Since then I have pieced curriculum together and found it less expensive and way more enjoyable for myself and my children. It is a program that is much like public school at home and since I see your children are currently in ps it may not be as bad for them. My ds didn't attend ps until he was in 9th grade, so that is probably one reason it did not go well with him.
Blessings,
Pat
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Ooh yep, forgot the Eragon Series! Ds loved all of these books.
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At that age my son enjoyed:
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
My Side of the Mountain (this was his favorite)
The Castle in the Attic (and sequel The Battle for the Castle)
Narnia Series
Blessings,
Pat
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I would say TT also, but I bet he would do fine in TT 7 if that is possible for you to get. I am picturing my son who also disliked math and was writing phobic. So any program that had a lot of problems on a page or was visually busy (like Lials BCM) would never work for him. I finally started him in MUS and that is what worked okay for him, but Teaching Textbooks was only starting back then. I think he would have done well with TT. I do highly recommend you sit with your son when he does the lessons. Not only do you know whats going on in the lesson, but you can give him hints if he needs it and you can insure that he listens to the step-by-step solution if he gets a problem wrong. Continue to work on facts daily with whatever works for him, but until he knows them really well, you might supply a chart or give the answer when he is completing his lessons just so he isn't completely frustrated. I really like math windows or sheets from MUS for fact practice, but you probably have your own resources. Keep up the good work Momma!
Blessings,
Pat
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Another bump!
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Thank you everyone for your input. I will figure a way for her to finish math 7 before moving into pre-algebra probably by working the last lessons in math 7 and moving quicker through the review at the beginning of pre-algebra. Thanks again for your help.
Blessings,
Pat
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I would love to do that, but since we live in Michigan and only have a precious few warm months, we are camping, vacationing, going to camp, VBS, and various other activities. It just wouldn't get done over the summer. I really wish we could do it over the summer, but neither dd or dh would be okay with that. So I either make her work harder in the fall or skip the remainder of 7 and go on to pre-algebra just wondering if there is enough review in pre-algebra to cover the concepts she missed in TT 7?
Blessings,
Pat
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My dd will not finish TT Math 7 before the end of the year. In fact, she will only get through Chapter 14 before we finish. Should I make her finish it, come fall, before moving to her Pre-Algebra or do you think she could go right into Pre-Algebra? Is there enough review that she would catch the concepts she didn't do in Math 7? Opinions ?? She has done well with Math 7 , she usually scores in the 90's on her lessons.
Blessings,
Pat
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I use Queen's Language Lessons and really like it. It is simple to use and my daughter loves it. It is one of those programs that appears on the easier side, but does cover all of the grammar stuff. I did, however, add Winston Grammar to it, partly because we had it on the shelf and partly because it does go a little more in depth. Winston doesn't diagram sentences, but the students do label all of the parts of a sentence, something Queen's doesn't cover. What I have found is that Queen's is a good reinforcement for this program. Winston will be done at the end of this year, so we will be doing a writing program next year, so dd learns to write essays, but again she can use Queen's as a reinforcement when she has to write her narrations. I like Queen's for the simplicity and what it covers, but I'm not sure I would call it a stand alone program when the kids get older than 4th or 5th grade. I haven't really found a program that I liked that is a stand alone program that has all of the components and is Charlotte Masonish.
HTH
Blessings,
Pat
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Oops! It is Essentials in Writing.
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Would you use books your child has already read? or is it better to use something they haven't read? I am looking at Garlic Press Guides for my up and coming 8th grader? I know she wouldn't mind re-reading The Hunger Games books, but would it be better to pick some of the others instead? Which ones did your children enjoy most?
Blessings,
Pat
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How about Sequential Spelling for Adults. An eighth grader should be able to do this program. See examples here: http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/sku/049545/66b560a0957cf44278fe9b1c
Blessings,
Pat
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Mi MI 4under3, I think we have twins. My dd has exactly the same issues. Her topic sentences are weak and supporting details could be better and follow up sentences well you know. She doesn't like to write papers just her little stories. I wonder if it is the programs we used? Huh :glare: I am looking into IEW, but man don't like the cost so much. I just found Excellence in Writing and will be checking that out too. Any here use EIW?? Also still considering The Lively Art of Writing.
Thanks everyone.
Blessings,
Pat
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I like having the second chance. It doesn't matter what program we use, my dd would still have to re-work whatever problems she gets wrong. No other way to really learn the material. I sit by dd when she does her lesson, so if she needs to re-do I give her pointers as she is going through. I do always make her listen to the step by step solution for each one she gets wrong.
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Thank you, I will look into The Lively Art of Writing.
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I'm trying to decide on a writing program that would be good to prepare dd for public high school should she choose that route in 9th grade. She has had Imitations in Writing, Write with the Best, and we tried Writing Strands (But didn't like it) plus she does written narrations. Currently, we are working through Evan Moor Writing Fabulous Sentences and Paragraphs. She definitely needs work on writing reports and essays. Would IEW be a good choice, like SWI-B?? or what other programs would prepare her for high school writing?
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I would vote to stay with MUS if that is what the kids like and that is what gets done.
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Oh there are so many expensive mistakes over the many years we have homeschooled, but the ones I remember right now are:
Saxon Math - It totally turned ds into a math hater.
Sonlight 3/4 -tried this twice with two different kids and still couldn't get through it. Too much reading for us.
Rainbow Science
HOD CTC - Same here, too many books for us.
Apologia Science - not sure we ever finished even one book
Calvert - oh this was the most expensive mistake of all time!
Writing Stands
I know there are others, but can't think of them right now. I finally figured out, putting together my own thing is so much better than a package curriculum.
Blessings,
Pat
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I have only used Apologia Physical with my son, but that was several years ago. I have looked at samples of Exploration Education and from what I see you are right, Apologia would definitely go into much more detail than EE. It seems Apologia does cover different topics also. I hope someone else that has used both programs will jump in here and help out more. Thought I would give your post a boost.
Blessings,
Pat
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Pop on over to the high school board too. They have been discussing TT there and seems many students have done fine going from TT pre-Calc to calculus whether in high school or college. HTH
Blessings,
Pat
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My plan is to use Integrated Chemistry and Physics in 9th and call it Intro to Physics and Chemistry on her transcript. Would follow it up with another course in 11th - 12th grades in chemistry or physics or maybe both, depends on what dd wants to take. Check out HOD's World Geography course for some additions to the PAC course. http://www.heartofdakota.com/hearts-for-him-through-high-school.php They use this as science for 9th grade.
Blessings,
Pat
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Yep, you are right. I thought of that after I posted, that you are just replacing one reading program for another. You are getting good writing instruction in R & S, so even if LL doesn't offer actual writing instruction you should be fine. I think your plan looks good.
Blessings,
Pat
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Or another thought - you could do a few literature guides (Progeny Press or there are a lot of free ones online) for some of the books you read in Rev to Rev?? Then you can keep the writing that is in the guide because it will offer writing instruction.
I'm not an expert on HOD but it is a pretty busy program and adding a whole different literature program seems like a lot unless you are cutting out some of the other readers in Rev to Rev. I don't think LL offers actual writing instruction, just gives you writing assignments. I could be wrong on that, but seems I remember hearing that before. Hopefully, others jump in here that are more familiar with both programs.
Blessings,
Pat
Grammar woes
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We use Winston Grammar also, dd really likes this one. I go over the lesson with her using the cards to work through the sample sentences and then she is on her own with the assignment (for the most part, I still stay near her). We only do a few sentences each day. She doesn't lay out the cards for each sentence like they suggest, only when she needs them. So after the initial teaching of the lesson she pretty much does it on her own.
Blessings,
Pat