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Any thoughts on this? I'm at that point of rethinking everything and am considering switching my 11th grader to this instead of the SWB Ancient world book
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This is a great course (ignore the bizarre website design — I don't know who redid the website for him, but they did not do him a favor!). It teaches you to draw the human figure from the inside out — start with the skeleton, add all the individual muscles, then the skin. The first 19 lessons are free to try it out, and the whole package (250 or so lessons) is $45. They're very well done.
WOW! that one is half the price and i love that we can try it out first!!
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Thanks! he's 17. i think i'll probably go with the master class even though its a tad pricey.
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does anyone know of a curriculum that focuses on anatomical drawing?
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NO, I'm glad to know about FBA as well. Particularly since I am having trouble finding books that qualify under trade in :)
OP Sorry. I thought you were asking about FBA and that is why my reply was about FBA. Amazon will pay good money for some used textbooks. You need to check each book, by ISBN number. Some they won't pay anything for. Some they will pay a couple of dollars. But some, that DD has finished with, when I checked, they would pay about $25 as I recall. It varies depending on the demand they see for a book and the supply they have. I believe they also pay the shipping if you are in the USA. They give you a credit to your Amazon account. We live in South America so we cannot do that, but check it out for the textbooks you are done with. GL
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I believe this is a "trade-in" and different than FBA. I get the impression that OP was asking about FBA.
Nope! I was thinking of trade in, though I didn't know there was a difference😜 Thanks so much everyone!!
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So how has this worked for you? I'm speaking of the kind of selling where you pack a bunch of books up and send them to Amazon to sell.
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Dick blick for art supplies, if you'd like more science academyofscienceforkids.com has some really cool looking kits!
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If you have LOTS of money to spend http://www.academyofscienceforkids.com
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Depending on developmental level, MBTP 4-5 might be perfect. It might be too easy though. It comes with a whole trunk full of crafts
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Thanks!! We did this yesterday and he LOVED it!!
Is he motivated at all by video games?
My kids have been playing Prodigy Math (https://www.prodigygame.com/referral.php?referralCode=7A1E6A3262C4&referralName=Crystal%2BGracioso&referralOrigin=link) since November and they love it. I love that I can set their assignments and give them specific things to work on. They love that it's basically a video game. They are the character of a wizard and they have quests and whatnot to complete. They engage in "battles" and in order to fight, they have to answer math questions. Brilliant.
So you can use it as a reward to entice him to get his school work done. AND...BONUS! He's doing math review AT.THE.SAME.TIME!
Seriously. I could kiss the developers. My kids beg to play and often willingly use their allotted daily tablet tags to play instead of playing Minecraft...this AFTER I've already let them play for 30 minutes.
It's Grade 1-8, and it will assign a grade level to your child after a quick diagnostic tool. But like I said....you can go in there and choose specific math topics to give to him. There's a huge list.
And...it's free. (Paid membership gives the player more in-game options...more pets to catch, better costumes to wear...etc. But it doesn't affect the education aspect of it).
So I definitely would suggest giving it a try.
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What's the great courses plus?
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Can you do more instead of stripping it down?
What I mean is--I see the stripped down approach as doing only the most boring subjects. :lol:
What would happen if you let him pick a science topic and then explored it by reading and writing about it?
Or what if you started history with something really cool, like Ancient Egypt?
Exactly! We're doing ancients next year but I think I need to find fun topics to study till then or else he's going to grow up hating HS :(
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Does he have anyone to play with? When I was a kid I really didn't have much interest in playing outside unless I had a friend to play with. Could you find something fun to do together outside? Maybe take a walk and see how many animals you can count or observe the different types of trees or discuss the sounds you can hear...
Nope. His friends moved and only mean kids remain and his similarly aged siblings are in school, only his 17yo brother is also HSed. Nature stuff- great idea!!
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Thanks everyone! He's 6. I think part of the problem might be that in my attempt to shorten the day and lessen his work, I've eliminated the fun parts! Oops. Maybe I'll try adding stuff BACKin. Also it is spring...
He hasn't wanted to play outside much. I should make him.
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I'm about to lose my mind with this child. He's super smart but pitches a fit every. Single. Time. I try to work with him. I've intentionally kept it brief, for both of our sanity, just the basics, math, explode the code, spectrum reading, italic handwriting (which he alternates with etc alternate days) and hopefully a read aloud chapter. So very minimalistic. Any ideas about what to do to motivate him? Threatening with PS won't work because he'd rather go to school (or so he thinks!!)
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Here's mine. My upcoming 10th grader might also be homeschooling next year, fingers crossed!
School year plans:
* need to purchase
Elliott: grade 2
LA: spelling- spelling u see
LA: writing- Daily 6 trait writing
LA: handwriting- Getty Dubay italic handwriting
LA: grammar- word fun
LA: reading-spectrum reading grade 3
Math: math mammoth grade 2 *
History: story of the world + guide
Geography: blue planet puzzle, 6 geo puzzles
Science: Exploring Nature With Children
Art: aquarellum, the usborne step-by-step drawing book, construction doodles
Critical thinking: q-bitz solo, engino
Read-Alouds- Build your library grade 1, Ancient History
Nikolas: grade 11
LA: grammar- easy grammar ultimate series grade 11
LA: writing- The Power In Your Hands- non-fiction in high school
Foreign Language- Visual Latin
Critical Thinking- James Madison Critical Thinking Course
Math: Teaching Textbooks Pre-algebra/algebra, tutoring
History: The History of the Ancient World + study guide *
Science: Integrated Physics and Chemistry *
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Yeah, why would they call them grades if they are really levels. It must be a recent thing.
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This is my friend Val's. It's really good. http://www.collectingthemoments.com/
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Aww.... I can so relate. I'm currently trying to convince my 9th grader to HS. She's young. Can you just pull an "I'm the mom and know what's best for you, we're homeschooling" card?
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this is probably a dumb question. do you just set aside time weekly or daily and treat it like a class?
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You guys are so helpful!
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Thanks! It was timberdoodle that I found it. I've been putting together a secular version of their curriculum sets for my upcoming 10th and 11th graders. They are Christian, but I'm not, so I guess it's not the end of the world for it to be religious, and it seems like it would be a really good supplement to the PAC integrated physics/chemistry. I just have been trying to make our schoolwork as secular as possible while still being largely independent.
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