Well this is our second year homeschooling the first year it was for 8th grade, we were very relaxed just had the same textbooks as the ps, now that were all adjusted to homeschoooling i want something more then just those textbooks, It will be for dd 9th grade, Im pretty overwhelmed with all the choices and transcripts and credits, I already know what were using for math though, were going to use ALEKS i actually found out from posts on here. But for everything else im pretty much lost at what to choose and even what i want :confused:, My dd is very independent, doesn't enjoy anything too repetitive (she needs something repetitive for grammar though), strong reader but only enjoys reading when she thinks the books are interesting, very strong in math and writing, needs help in grammar,
finds history boring in her words "its just a bunch of dates and people that have nothing to with now, why do we need to learn it" :smash: , is good in science but needs something interesting to get her into it loves experiments, is eager to learn BOTH French and Spanish :D, pretty much enjoys most electives. I think she gets bored pretty easily so she needs something really engaging.
I'm a single mom, so it needs to be independent and shes independent anyway.
I think she would enjoy literature-based programs especially for history but im scared to buy them, because im not sure if she like all those books and if she starts to find something boring, it'll be a challenge to get through them.
I've looked at sonlight, they are pretty expensive! They look like they have A LOT of scheduled reading and not enough other things, i think she'd get bored with just reading all day.
I really like the looks of MFW but im not sure if she'll like all the books either.
I've glanced at beautiful feet and there U.S & World History look like they'd be perfect for her, they'll give her what she needs for history hopefully without being boring to her, all-though im not sure how great the books are.
I've looked at ACE PACE's, especially for science with the dvds they are pretty expensive but if they're worth it I'll buy them
I've also just considered using textbooks still because im really scared to take that leap with all the reading from different books, so I've looked at Abeka and BJU, im not sure if there as independent as we need them to be though, and i know they'll "get the job done" but im pretty sure my dd will enjoy them as much but im worried going into high school and dealing with transcripts and credits and trying to use something else.
well if you read this long Thank you! :)
hope someone has some suggestions/advice as im really overwhelmed and have no one to talk to about homeschooling.:bigear: