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  1. I am looking for something a little more structured and planned out for next year (7th and 9th grades). I am looking at Oak Meadow. We just haven't been able to get it together this year so I really need something that is already planned out for me. Suggestions?

  2. We used Real Science 4 Kids last year. We especially liked the Chemistry. The experiments were fun and every one worked just as it was supposed to and the supplies were easy to find. Easy to use and follow curriculum. The series seemed to keep my daughter's interest

    I have a few friends that use the Noeo science and they all love it...I have not used it myself.

  3. We used it last year for 7th grade. My daughter really enjoyed it. (We did not do the video class.) It was a lot of read and answer questions but that works well for my daughter. We did a lot of the experiments - they were easy to follow and you did not need any off the wall stuff. I really liked the student activity pages. I will use it next year for my other daughter but we will use it a little differently as she is not the typical textbook student. I think it is a good solid Life Science class. Would recommend it highly! Loaned to my friend for her son this year and they are enjoying it too!

  4. Live Mocha

     

    Anyone currently using this web site? Can you continue with the free version or do you need to pay (I don't mind paying if it is worth it)? Can it be used for high school foreign language?

    We tried Rosetta Stone and neither daughter liked it at all and we ended up returning it (full refund!).

    I have put off foreign language for a while but now my oldest is going into 8th grade so I need to do something...

  5. Is anyone familiar with the Rainbow science for middle school? I looked at the info on the website and it looks good. My daughter is going into 8th grade next year. Would it be a problem if we skipped some parts of Rainbow (Life Science since she just studied it, and Earth Science which she studied all of last year...)?

    She will finish BJU Life Science this year. We liked the BJU and she is doing well but we are looking for something different next year.

  6. My seventh grade daughter is using BJU life science this year. It is very thorough and she is really enjoying it. I think you could pick and choose what to study from the text for one semister. I got mine used from eBay along with the teacher's guide. Not sure if it is the best choice for you, but thought I would share since we are using it now.

  7. I pulled my daughter out last year in October. I just went in to the school on a Friday with a withdraw letter and took her home. I did not like her teacher much so I did not send a thank you but if you have had a good realtionship with his teacher I think it would be nice to send her a quick email or note. I feel for teachers whose hands are tied to teach to the test so I think she would appreciate knowing that it wasn't anything to do with her personally. We live in PA which is considered a highly regulated state but the school did not give me any problems.

    You son can still play sports at the public school. Our school district has made a lot of extra curricular activites curricular to keep out the homeschoolers like music, band and drama which my oldest is interested in. Still not worth sending her to school! Good luck!

  8. I bought version 3 latin american spanish for my daughters. Neither one liked it. I tried to force my oldest (11) to use it but she hated it. She did not like the pictures and they way it taught. I called the company and I was able to return it for a full refund! So I would say it is worth a try because they guarantee the product and there was no problem returning it after 5 months!

    I bought a trial of the Pimsleur spanish and we all love it. I also got some workbook for grammar. This seems to be workng for us.

  9. My daughter is using video text interactive for Algebra 1 this year. She is about 1/3 of the way through it. She is very good at math, but doesn't like it much. I feel it is a good solid math program (I was an engineering major and a math geek in college). She watches a short DVD lesson, takes a review test and then does some problems from the lesson. It is alot of review so I do not have her do all the work, but for a weak math student it would be very beneficial.

    My youngest daughter is using Teaching Textbooks 6. I am not sure if I will have her use their algebra or not - will wait and see. It is not as thorough as the video text algebra but if she is not planning a math intensive career it would be sufficient for the SAT.

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