Sigh...double sigh. Do you have a link to the Atlantic article or know the title? I would like to read it.

Duke TIP: Duke's Talent Identification Program JHU CTY: Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. SET (Study of Exceptional Talent) is a subset of CTY requiring higher scores. My son recieved a math score that qualified him for some programs with only AoPS Pre-Algebra, the early chapters of AoPS Algebra, the first four chapters of Foerseter's Algebra, and a smattering of geometry that I have taught him. We did very, very little prep.

Thanks. If I read your signature correctly, that is 10th grade?

Thanks for writing this up :) Are you using it as part of a course or as a stand-alone course?

I received some good thoughts in this thread. The talent searches were the least of my concerns. I wanted to (1) find out if test anxiety was going to an issue for DS (2) satisfy the testing requirement of our government (3) give my son testing practice (4) help me assess his progress. I also paid for the SAT enhanced score report, and found it to be moderately useful.

Not military or foreign service, but overseas. It is absolutely doable, but I won't pretend that it would not be easier with libraries that overflow with English books. We try to enjoy kindle and ipad books but really prefer physical. Don't overlook the possibility of university libraries. In Europe, many universities have graduate programs in English. I don't know if that is true elsewhere.

Poetry for Young People series: Love, love, love I also like Favorite Poems Old and New by Helen Ferris (not all the poems are little-kiddish...it is a nice book to have on the shelf) http://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Poems-Old-New-Selected/dp/0385076967/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417624132&sr=1-1&keywords=poems+old+and+new Jabberwocky Poetry Studies for Junior High (not heavy analysis) https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/Jabberwocky%3A+Poetry+Studies+for+Junior+High/047581

That I can cook a turkey. DS usually does it, but we were on different continents. And that vegan green bean casserole is not just doable but good.

I haven't been very accountable to these threads for weeks. We have been in the states for quite a while and have schooled in houses, hotels and airports. We were scheduled to return overseas last week, but my FIL became very ill so we changed our plans and are in the midst of a side trip to our hometown to see him. The flexibility of homeschooling has allowed us to do this, but I am craving routine and my own bed:)

Going from memory, the workbook had worksheets correlated with the textbook. Fill in the blank / label the diagram type stuff. I can't recall what was in the Teacher's Resource. We did not stay with Cambridge very long so I never used it.

A very reasonable vent. I hope everyone can make safe plans without fried nerves.

The scores came out this morning and I am SO happy that I had him do the test. I think the experience took the fear out of the SAT...for both of us. When I pulled him out of school (6th grade), he was actually behind in math and really lacking confindence. Seeing a very respectable math score this morning made my homeschooling day. :party: We really did have to work through some nerves to get this done, and the support that I got in this thread was really helpful. Thank you!

Yippee!! One of my kids had a leaps-and-bounds score increase and I know that it is a GREAT feeling.

We are using the textbook and the solution manual. This is our routine: He reads the text. We do all of the oral practice. He works the odds. I assign ALL of the review problems. I might assign something to the math notebook (axioms, vocab, etc.) There is quite a bit of discussion along the route :) HTH

A good read! It reminded me of Beginner's Mind. I have nothing but admiration for St. Johns and their ideas for education.

Chiming in late to the thread, but I would like to thank 8 for bringing this story to my attention. I am still trying to process that such a warped mindset can become a college campus subculture. It is sickening.

:grouphug: What a heartwarming story. When I was sick with breast cancer in 2006, my kids really rose to the occasion. We were not homeschoolers, but I was a SAHM who was not able to do what I had always done. I am glad that you are getting some answers about your health and are feeling better. And that you have been granted great insight into your homeschooling journey.

I just wanted to say thanks for leading us to Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas. We started it today and both love it!

Problems without Numbers: :wub: I used the Strayer-Upton books when I started remediating my son's math. I am convinced that the Problems without Numbers were a huge part of his progress.

I got Building Thinking Skills Level 3 Figural to build spacial skills. I know a lot of people complain about these workbooks (boring, busywork) but we like them. I have been reading geometry books for weeks now. I love, love, love the first Chapter of Jacobs Geometry (1st or 2nd edition...I have not seen the 3rd) for its logic. No matter what text we use for high school geometry, I will have DS go through the beginning of Jacobs first.

If you want to keep using the Logic Countdown book, you could just skip to another section. When my son did that book, I let him jump around. I just made him start at the beginning of a section so that he would know what to do. But you don't really have to work through the book in order. And I would then take the words from the analogy section and make a list of them. Then go through the list orally with them Teach them the new words then turn them loose on the analogies. Or you could put the book away for a bit while you teach the new words. Then give it back :) Alternatively, you could get the Building Thinking Skills Book (perhaps Level 2). It looks like all of the beginning chapters are figural puzzles. The thing with vocab programs is that you still might not catch the words that are needed for these analogies.

I won't see Middle Child at Thanksgiving and I won't see Eldest Child at Christmas. This will be my first Thanksgiving/ Christmas that we are not all together. I am bracing myself for this new phase!

I decided not to spend a whole year on any one science during middle school. Sixth grade was all over the place. We did mostly physics in 7th and 8th is mostly chemistry. I looked at high school biology books (bio will be our 9th grade science), and I wanted the chemistry reasonably fresh in his mind for 9th. I think we will have sufficiently covered Physical Science topics by high school.

I have an anecdotal memory of a woman applying to graduate school in a medical field (physician's assistant, I think) telling me that her undergrad prerequisite science courses would be considered expired within five (seven?) years.

Crimson Wife, thanks for the insight into your DD's 8th grade. Obviously, we are not so advanced here. I am still trying to decide how much difference there should be between 8th and 9th in our homeschool. I think that I will make another shift upward after Christmas break.