Amateur Actress
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We love Tapestry of Grace. Used it for 5 years, sent the kids back to school for 3 years, and are using it again. I love that it is the same curriculum for all your kids K-12th. It is academically rigorous, from a Classical, Christian perspective. I don't know much about Omnibus, except that it is computer based, so something we would never use. The courses sound pretty cool, but none of my kids would want to be on the computer for that long. And I personally like to have more control over the curriculum.
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"El Cid" with Charleston Heston & Sophia Loren.
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I love Peace Hill Press because they come from a Classical education/Christian background. We liked Story of the World for the younger years. I haven't used the new grown-up history books (yet) but SWB is a great author so I would not hesitate to use them. We use Tapestry of Grace as our main curriculum, also a Classical, Christian curriculum. This includes history, but also literature, Bible/Church history, government, philosophy, fine arts.
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Maybe you've thought of this, but there are several performing arts high schools around the country your daughter could attend. My oldest graduated last year from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, which is a boarding school for talented arts kids. She was a theatre major. They also have dance, visual arts, vocal and instrumental music, creative writing, motion picture arts, and singer/songwriter programs. Our daughter is currently pursuing a BFA in Acting at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, one of the top programs in the country. She would not be there without the training she received at Interlochen. There is also LaGuardia in NYC (where the movie "Fame" is set) and Walnut Hill in Massachusetts, among others.
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We have also utilized the public middle- and high-schools for classes, though in Michigan they can only be electives, not core. My two older girls took band, choir, and acting classes. Since they were electives, we had less concern about whether they missed class or not. My older daughter also got to be in the school plays, since she was taking classes. For us, it was a great way to get those classes that you can't replicate at home. We do have local-ish homeschool band, choir, and theatre groups, but those cost a lot of money. The public school classes were free and much closer.
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Pretty sure Chanley is right.
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We just started homeschooling (again) this semester with my freshman son. We are using MUS Geometry and are liking it. Since he had a semester of geometry in the fall at school, we are doing 2 lessons a week to get through the whole book this semester. It's been a good review so far. We love the dvd component since I cannot teach it! He also is not going into a STEM field, though I don't know enough about MUS or any other math curriculum to speak to what is a good program for STEM kids.
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We use Writing Aids and love it. It comes with a book and cd. The book has a page or two explanation for all sorts of grammar and writing terms. The cd has grading rubrics and graphic organizers (pre-writing activities to organize ideas.) You would need to come up with writing topics. It is cheap...$25, I think.
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Math-U-See seems to fit this criteria. We JUST started using their geometry 2 weeks ago but my son likes it. There is a DVD to watch, but also written lessons, for each lesson. The only thing I'm not entirely sure about is if it has a fully written out solutions manual...I have the manual, but don't remember off-hand. New, the geometry costs around $80, but I got mine used for $35.
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The only program I personally have experience with is Tapestry of Grace, which is awesome, but it contains not only history and government, but literature, church history, fine arts, and philosophy. So it might be too expensive for just a history class.
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I would suggest doing history in chronological order.
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I've never used anything but a TM that requires no planning from me. Seems a little daunting.
TOG lets you choose the subjects, but they give you the book titles, the pages to read, activity pages/questions, and discussion guides to go along with their subjects. Plus, TOG can be used for K-12th grade, a huge reason we use it. The kids can all be studying the same topics, but at their age level.
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There is also a writing component to Tapestry of Grace...a book and cd called Writing Aids. If you use it with TOG, then TOG provides the writing topics to go along with whatever is studied in a given week. But Writing Aids can be used on its own, if you provide the topics.
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There is a free high school earth science course I saw on Homeschool Buyer's Co-op. Here is the link:
http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/homeschool-curriculum/learn-earth-science.html
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I haven't read all the replies, so maybe this is a repeat, but Writing Aids, the book/CD that is used with the Tapestry of Grace curriculum is wonderful. It breaks down everything each week into small, manageable steps. One of the things I love about them is their use and provision of "graphic organizers." These are great for breaking down writing topics into smaller categories. And it is inexpensive! Only $25 for the book/CD. If you don't use Tapestry of Grace curriculum, you would need to come up with the topics (maybe to go along with what you are studying). But the program can work with any curriculum.
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We are using Math-U-See for Geometry now and my freshman son really likes it. There is a Teacher's Manual and teaching DVD, plus student text with the assignments and a test manual with the tests, unit tests, and final exams. It is relatively inexpensive new (less than $100) though we were able to find it used for $35.
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Our kids have taken electives at our local public high school so we have used transcripts from them but it only includes the schools' classes. The school has no idea what the homeschool classes are like (even if you gave them your homeschool transcript) so they wouldn't endorse them. My oldest daughters' colleges must've cringed at all the transcripts they received for her...homeschool, public school, and boarding school!
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We use and love Tapestry of Grace, a Christian, Classical, History-based curriculum. Uses lots of the same books as SL. Comes in 4 year-plans...Year 1 is Creation to the Fall of Rome, Year 2 is Middle Ages through the 1700s, Year 3 is 1800s, and Year 4 is 1900s and early 2000s. It encompasses History, Literature, Bible/Church History, Arts/Activities, Government, Philosophy. You can pick and choose which subjects to use.
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We, too, didn't have much success with ETC with my 6yo K son last year, so are wanting to use First Start Reading as well. I haven't ordered it yet, but am so glad to hear your experience is good. ETC worked well with his older sister, but it doesn't seem to click with him. I am excited to try FSR.
Shannon in MI
Geometry? if you use Saxon
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Math-U-See and Teaching Textbooks have DVDs. Math-U-See has a solutions manual, too, but I don't know about TT. I have heard (from this board, I think), that MUS and TT aren't very rigorous if you have a student going into a STEM field, but we like MUS, and so far don't have any STEM students, so it works for our needs.