I'm looking for a good book (fiction or otherwise) for elementary or jr. high on Byzantium. Any good new fictions out there? This is decade 2 that I desire such a book when we hit this spot in history. Thanks for any help, Jenn

I'm interested if anyone has organized the chapters of History of the Ancient World by culture rather than chronologically. The younger kids will be studying Sumer / Egypt / Greece / Rome - so I'd like the bigger kids to coordinate with the younger ones. Thanks for any help, Jenn

I made the game for my own homeschool and found the flashcards online for FREE. Apologia's Exploring Creation with Botany FREE Jeopardy Game & FREE flashcard link. You can play the Jeopardy Game online, or use the questions with your personal Jeopardy Game Board. http://www.highlanddove.org/apologia-botany-jeopardy-game/

Emma MacDonald, a 16 year old homeschool teen, released her new CD by a teen for teens that homeschool families made possible through Kickstarter!! Lyrics and snippets for each song are on her website to make sure it's right for your family. To buy a CD or download a digital copy, go to http://www.emmamac.com and we'd LOVE it if you'd share her website with ALL your friends!

I've settled on Apologia's A&P book -- it says it's a biology 2 text, but biology doesn't seem to need much of a prerequisite. From what I understand, an Apologia Nutrition book is in the works. I'm hoping to see a glimpse of it by January when I'll need it.

I was looking for something with more science -- chemical processes in the body and what systems are affected by a protein, etc.

Do you have a link for that? I'm not familiar with CK.?.

Luann, that's a GREAT recommendation coming from your husband!

I am looking for a nutrition textbook that gives all the information (big words, definitions, processes) on an easier than college reading level. I haven't found a text that goes in depth enough (many are just too light for high school), or they're a college text. Suggestions?

Homeschooling has enabled my daughter Emma to write Christian music for other teens. You can listen to 2 of the songs she'll put on the CD through the link below -- PLEASE LISTEN to her music and let us know if you like it on her facebook page Emma MacDonald's Music). Her title track, Something Greater has everything to do with how she's been able to view the world through the blessings of homeschooling - https://soundcloud.com/emma-macdonald-music/sets/emma-macdonald She's stressing because she only has 3 days left of her CD fundraiser. It ends Friday, Dec. 6 @6pm. If you've considered donating, NOW would be a great time. Thank you for all the prayers, donations & words of encouragement on her behalf - this is a big (read hugely exciting & stressful) undertaking for a 15 (now 16) year old. I pray that God will help Em become Something Greater than she is now and the He will Never Let (her) Go. Video & Fundraiser Link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/emmamacdonald/something-greater-album Thank you SO much for listening and watching! Jenn MacDonald

Oh, Lori, that's just what I was hoping for - what really *works* as opposed to what doesn't. THANKYOU!!!!!!!

Cosmos Pasachoff/Flippenko is a college level text. Earth Science Tarbuck/Lutgens comes in high school level and college level. and if you're writing up her independent STEMS projects that coorelate with her science as part of the transcript, that only enhances it, right? It just doesn't look substandard to me...

I'm switching gears from 2 creative writing/music/history loving girls in highschool --- to 2 very science/math minded boys in middle school. The boys have been along for the ride, but now I need to focus on their strengths -- which are NOT mine! We had a GREAT year last year with Chemistry: RS4K 1, Ellen McHenry's The Elements: Ingredients of the Universe joining their sisters Quality Science Lab Chem kit. This year has been fastastic doing Prentice Hall's Earth Sci, videos & living books & many Astronomy living books. Honestly, they're upset that I don't have more hands-on for Weather & Astronomy. I need help for physics from Prentice Hall Physical Science: Concepts in Action. The boys will be 8th & 6th grades. I need more hands-on lab stuff than the text provides and it has to be things the boys can do mostly themselves (I'm a science failure- when I taught the girls physics at this age, the car kept falling off the side of the inclined board and after 35 minutes I gave up. I could not make 1 in 3 RS4K physics labs work with the girls.) But the boys won't be satisfied with anything too easy or baby-ish --- they eat this stuff up with a spoon. I looked at QSL's physics kit and $250 seems like alot when we won't be doing the math that goes with physics. Suggestions? Jenn in IN

:lol: That's sooo funny!! THANK YOU, LADIES!! This was just the information I needed!! I can ALWAYS Counte on you, ladies!

anyone?

Are there any boring parts we should skip? The unabridged version is what I want them to read, (I heard the abridged one is choppy and can be hard to follow) -- but at 1, 276 pages...I'm looking for a way to not make this arduous.

You used to be able to order posters from NASA as an educator and only pay shipping. I can find the item# on their site, but not where to order it from. I have the 4 air, land, water, ... posters they did for free, but I'm not finding what I remember from our Astronomy cycle 4 years ago. Jenn

When does Rosetta Stone go on sale? We're hoping for a missions trip to Costa Rica next year....

Oh, THANK YOU, Ladies!! That's such a help!!

My smarty-pants daughter has outgrown all the high school (and some college) history texts we can get our hands on. I'm looking to do a year on Renaissance-Present from a world history perspective (NOT American, we'll do an exclusive Am history year next time). She's done a primary sources Ancients & Medieval through Kolbe the last 2 years. Sooooo would 2 volumes of the Churchill tome be too much in a semester with lit added on??? Jenn in IN

It's the only one I'll TEACH, but Dd has read much of his works. Some of the other girls will and some won't. Great Expectations was my 2nd choice, but Dd & her book-crazy girl friend both did NOT want Great Expectations....weird kids.:tongue_smilie:

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I've never read either. This will be my first time through (while I teach it). Each of the movies I saw were GOOD, but just a tad disturbing (I'm a sissy.)

It took me 3 or 4 tries to finish it as a young adult, but I don't remember how long it took to read. :glare: Any suggestions how long I should schedule for it for a group of high school girls? Jenn

Has anyone used a study or teacher guide to help with these? Even one on an adult level would be helpful!