Anne/Ankara
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Reporting in from snowy Pittsburgh. I know we have a lot of Pennsylvania folks on the board!
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Locally, we had two school districts close down their schools because of threats posted on Facebook (or was it MySpace). I would hesitate before allowing my child to use such boards...
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Well, I have always decided that we need an hour break in the middle of the day for "free play," so that we don't burn out with school, chores and all. That keeps the kids and me refreshed and less stressed out. Perhaps you could try that schedule?
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No, I don't believe in ghosts. I guess I'm too "rational" for such superstitions, and frankly, I think such beliefs can really lead a person astray in many ways. Just not my cup of tea.
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We pay about $40/hour, but that is a Suzuki music school, so it has lots of extras built into the tuition. We have been doing it for 11 years now, so that is something! Amazing.
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I'm trying to see how we can manage to cover some of the courses that I think will be beneficial, like computer science, economics, statistics and such, which will probably impact on the daily work in history and great books. Already I feel that since we have finished two complete rotations of history, going a third time around might be overkill and not necessarily new coverage... so we may scale that back a bit...
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That is very interesting about Georgia Tech... I wonder if all the other selective universities are moving in that direction regarding homeschooled applicants. Let's monitor this one and report back here...
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A long time ago, I worked for McGraw-Hill's college division, and Chang was one of the best-selling books from Random House which we had bought in the 1980's. I remember meeting the author-- an articulate, thoughtful gentleman. I don't know how popular the book is now, but I imagine it is still successful.
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Here's another speculation: I bet in a month's time the whole board will be Queen Bees or something regal like that!
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Oh, I loved The Long Winter! It's my favorite. Brrrrr. What heroism those early pioneering families showed. Amazing!
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My kids saw it on an airplane ride, and still make fun of the accent and facial tics of the actress, but they really did enjoy it...
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Our path in science is to continue to spend a year each on the major disciplines (biology, chemistry, physics) but to be sure enhance them with outside science camps, workshops and univ. classes each year. That way, we can plug along in our way, but still have the laboratory-based, up-to-date rigorous scientific training that we want... would that be available in your area?
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One inexpensive supplement to recommend is Kinetic Books Physics, which is a disk you can buy for only $35 or so, that has a wonderful description of physics topics, in Java-applet tutorials on your computer. We are using the Conceptual Physics course, algebra-based, and it is just excellent. Highly recommended as a supplement-- I would still use a textbook for more worked problems and all that...
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We have used Music Ace Deluxe, a software program, when the kids were younger, and Alfred's Music Theory, when they were in elementary school. As you get more advanced, you might want to consider doing this in person in a class, since there is so much aural experience to hear and respond to, with a good teacher. Our music school devotes about 45/minutes per week on this, but even so, it is so going for us! Unfortunately, I see our kids as doing years and years of this work, all through high school...
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You can investigate online AP courses. PA Homeschoolers has a very nice program available in a number of areas...
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In the Pittsburgh area, there are a number of places to take workshops on Mindstorms (universities, camps, science centers, etc) which we did, and enjoyed it so much we bought the kids the kit from online Target for about $200 for a Christmas present. They really like it...
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This is the basic program:
Math: Saxon Algebra II, Kumon Math, Math Counts
English: Lightning Lit 8, lots of writing, Kumon Reading (finished program), Analytical Grammar Season One, English From Roots Up
History: Modern History, reading, outlining, Teaching Company videos, National History Day research paper, lots of museum visits, Mental Edge 8th Grade Social Studies Review
Science: Physics, Hewitt: Conceptual Physics, Kinetic Books Conceptual Physics tutorials, Mental Edge 8th Grade Science Review, Environmental Science university course.
Latin: Cambridge Latin Book 2, Oxford Latin Book 2, Linguistics Olympiad
Foreign Language: Turkish, online French Essentials semester one
Health: Health I, Florida free textbook, lots of physical education sports
Music: piano and violin lessons at music school
Art: art lessons at art school, published art, sold art, sent in artwork for Scholastic Art & Writing
Religion: family discussions and readings
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We have had great luck with Kumon Math, a program where the child does daily worksheets to build fluency with numbers. We are on our fourth year of it (I think that's right), and have progressed hugely so that now, in 8th grade, careless computational mistakes are largely a thing of the past!
Truly, I think the Kumon program really helped us a lot. Next week, my kids will both compete in the Math Counts competition, which is quite challenging, and that ability to do quick, accurate math comes from daily Kumon work, at least partly!
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We have a ds, eighth grade, and dd in sixth grade, both homeschooled from the beginning. Now we are doing more outside classes (Env. Science at a local university), online French (Apex Learning), lots of writing-- the children are book reviewers and editorial board members and columnists for 3 different magazines (Skipping Stones, Bookworm, Kidz 'n Communities).
They also enjoy art and music (violin) and physical activities (skiing, soccer, basketball, etc). We travel quite a bit and are looking forward to high school work!
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We've had good experiences with Apex Learning online Essentials courses, which are available in sciences (we did the French one). This is a streamlined version of their Comprehensive course, and is definitely up-to-date and secular. It would be easy on your part, and not too much effort for the average student (even one who doesn't like science)!
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Thanks, Andie! That's the way to do it. Great, learned something new already today!
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Hmmm, why doesn't it come up on the screen, but it does come up on my User Control Panel page... Let me see here...
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I guess the scanned picture is too large... oh well...
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This is fun! A neat way to show kids' artwork... let's see if it works...
Schlessinger Media history DVDs...
in High School and Self-Education Board
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We have watched many history Schlessinger videos, and they are enjoyable, but not very much in-depth. I think these are only 35 minutes for a rather large chunk of history such as Civil War, Progressive Movement, etc. They are interesting, well done, balanced, with actual footage, but pretty light for high school, in my opinion. You might have better luck with the Teaching Company videos... just my opinion!