Someone asked that in the comments and he said to contact him before signing up, but that class sessions are recorded.

Suitable for upper high school courses; MITx Full courses in calculus, economics and computer science: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ocw-scholar/?utm_source=OCWHomePage&utm_medium=CarouselBig&utm_campaign=Scholar Carnegie Mellon OLI- a mix of full-fledged courses. We've liked the ones we've used. Similar set up to Edx- https://oli.cmu.edu/learn-with-oli/see-our-free-open-courses/ Saylor seems to offer test for credit for some classes. All full courses. https://learn.saylor.org/course/index.php?categoryid=2&utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=homepage&utm_content=header_button

Thanks! Very helpful.

How much time per day does he spend on it? We are considering alternating in some Algebra 2 chapters as we go, so that's the only reason I'm considering skipping the reviews. Thanks!

Okay, I guess I'll answer myself. It is possible. If you just go straight through and don't do the Algebra review, it's 125 days, so 25 weeks. Some sections could double up. A student who worked steady and grasped math easily could do this in a semester if they started a little ahead in the summer. I guess I should read the TE before posting.

Looking ahead dd has a good option for an algebra-based physics class for the year after next. There is a co-requisite of Precalculus rather than Algebra 2. On the surface it doesn't look any different than similar options (Derek Owens, for example). I've got an email into the teacher, but since the class would be 14 months out, I'm curious how do-able it would be to do Jacobs Geometry and the Algebra 2 portion of Foerster Algebra 2 in that time.

We don't schedule times- other than determining order at the beginning of the day. So it's not like "Math is 9:45-10:45". But if I know she's going to want to put in extra time on something, it goes at the end of the day. I go to work in the afternoon a lot of days, so making sure we can get the heavy hitters in before lunch is necessary. I wasn't sure my creative kiddo would like it, but now that we're doing it, it works pretty well.

I have a list of what needs done for the year for each subject. At the beginning of the week I put the daily stuff (review vocab for Latin, etc) into a weekly teacher's planner for each kiddo (I only have one right now but have had outside students at different times). I enter the assignment for things like math in the evening for the next day. Everything is in pencil, so we have flexibility. I cross off what we finish as we go from the subject lists, and make notes all over them for things like books I want to add later or projects I find. This way, I've got my basics covered. I do this on spread sheets right now, but I've done this in composition or spiral notebooks, too. So if she finished multiple lessons in something one day, I just write for the next day, "start lesson xyz, work examples with mom. One hour". For French I write, "Work 30 minutes". Latin is "worksheet one, review vocab" etc. I don't assign stuff I know she'll do, but I might say "read a chapter from a book on lit list today" knowing she'll probably read the whole book-or series- within the week. We never work for more than an hour in a given subject (hour and a half rarely for Algebra). Things that I think she will want to go deeper on go to the end of the day so they don't bump have-to-do stuff. We do science three days a week and history two. We used to be more interest led in our planning, but dd is happier this way. She can count on non-school time in the afternoon for her projects.

We used and like So You Really Want to Learn Science from Galore Park- I don't think they make it now, though. Singapore would be similar. We also just had around various school textbooks bought used at half price books for general interest and reference (dd always preferred those to science encyclopedias). Also there is a free curriculum called Thunderbolt Kids: http://www.thunderboltkids.co.za dd read the comics but there is a textbook that goes with it at each grade level. I would think it could be printed.

This. I've done a lot of this too, but usually in another paid capacity or as a volunteer. Right now some of the national parks are having a hard time filling positions because the pay is so low.

Derek Owens Physical Science was thorough and well liked here. Dd did it along side PreAlgebra. There were some problems in the "contest problems" at the end of Chapter 10 of Foerster Algebra that she breezed through saying, "oh yeah, Mr Owens taught that in Physical Science."

What book did he use for Algebra 1? Does it have an Algebra 2? Plotting integers on the number line is in the Foerster Algebra 1 book. I also like the "other" Prentice Hall classics book by Smith. Memoria Press uses it and has some support material, but you can get cheap copies on Amazon. ETA- I see you used Lial's. Foerster does have something of nonstandard sequence and may assume some things were taught in Algebra 1. The Smith books are more standard in sequence. I know they are working on videos, but Algebra two isn't out yet.

For self study, I've eyed BYU online high honors class- https://is.byu.edu/site/courses/index.cfm?school=hs#course=chemistry|university=false|high-school=on|middle-school=false|continuing-education=false|ig=on|online=on|paper=on or the MITx course https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-engineering/3-091sc-introduction-to-solid-state-chemistry-fall-2010/ Completely bummed about the CTD. The only thing it has useful for us is testing. I think their classes are really aimed at schools.

I am interested in hearing from anyone who has taken French through them. It is one of the few that go through AP.

I've heard on other boards the quality is really uneven for the cost. For what second hand info is worth!

Okay... thank you all. I've had a hard time responding because dd keeps reading over my shoulder and we end up following links to the suggestions, LOL. There are some really great ideas here. Carol, this is totally not a perfectionist thing- she does want to move to the next level, but is feeling kind of stalled. Love the reminder to check out 3D printing. There's a library an hour from us that does classes and her brother (three hours from us) has a 3D printer. She would love sculpture too. I've done some and loved it. I need to investigate that further. EKT- We have enough art materials (and a work space) to outfit a classroom! Good idea on the photographing. Some of it is wooden furniture, so maybe that could be repurposed. The Creative Bug looks interesting. She's 11, and we're really trying to find the sweet spot in the instructional materials. She's taken all the local classes available, and I've put together a drawing class with a local artist if I can get the date set. I already do two co-op classes a week, so I can't really take on any more. Most art instruction videos are too easy, too stylized (manga) or very advanced (Great Courses). dmmetler, She was just asking me the other day if something existed like the 901 Rocks, so she was excited to see that. I think she's interested in making gifts for retirement homes. My grandmothers both were in homes for a long time, so she was in nursing homes weekly for years. Oddly, I think she kind of misses visiting them. wathe, wintermom, bluegoat and freelylearned... I'm thinking I can make a connection at a local hospital to see if they have any opportunities. Our yard is too shady for a full-fledged garden, but she does grow lots of things in pots. I would welcome any suggestions for intermediate level realistic drawing instruction. Videos especially. Thank-you!!

Another boardie did this: https://sarah40.wordpress.com/ The text in the books is almost identical if you look at the sample on Amazon, although questions at the end of the chapter are different. For us, if we use World of Chemistry, I plan to use the whole book. Solutions manuals are available, but if you don't have one, you could assign the "blue" questions, which have answers in the back of the student text. There are full solutions for the the self checks in the chapters. Hope this helps! ETA- We will probably use some of the the labs, too. We might fill in with a few from a local park that does a few wet labs a year. It breaks down to about 1 subsection a day for 170-ish days. If you do 8-10 labs, plus tests, you would want to cover 2-3 subsections a day early in the school year. I looked over the labs that are in the textbook and a number of them could be done at home. We would just do them as we came to them. Otherwise, we'll get Novare's "chemistry at home" book. Either way, we'll be using Novare's lab report book.

My dd is very crafty. She builds miniatures, beads, makes jewelry, draws, knits, paints, remakes clothes, builds inventions... you name it. She has a little booth in the local tourist shop, but nothing is selling this time of year. Her lego robotics club folded, and we have no art classes locally. We are running out of room for "creations". Other than the things she sells and gifts for friends, she really doesn't do anything to perfection. It's all very slap-dash, actually. She did take Grand Champion for a piece at 4H last year, but usually it's more like third because she does it at the last minute. She only sells things as an outlet. She's really not motivated by money, and just wants to be able to continue to create. Etsy-type online selling doesn't seem to be a good option. Any thoughts on how to direct this a little? I'd like to see her get good at something and find an outlet that maybe isn't our house. Do you have any idea how much space accessories for 18 inch dolls take up? She did let me throw out the catapult...

We're still in the trenches, but we just cruised forward with high school level work. Dd is motivated by free time to create and follow bunny trails, so she hits her stuff hard first thing. She also is not wildly asynchronous like some on this board. She has the curiosity of a TAG, but is more like a bright high schooler in a middle schooler's body. I have found we fit better on the high school board sometimes than over here. I try to keep her hours per day appropriate for her age grade. ie, no more than five hours a day when her age grade would be fifth grade. And I limit screens, even for things like Scratch, to make sure her free time is creative. Those school times include things like music practice (two instruments), but not sports. She has say in what she studies, but I'm driving the bus. She gets to choose between a few options usually. For example, for biology this year, I've given her choices among a couple AP Environmental Science Lab projects for the last section on ecology because she prefers the investigative nature of them over the standard ones that she's mostly already done. I nix anything that looks like busy work, but do require mastery for things like vocabulary and grammar in languages.

BYU online high school has AP Bio. It is a self paced course, but does have a teacher. It runs about $160 a semester and uses the Open Stax textbook.

The AP international doesn't require the capstone courses. So two different things i was talking about in my OP. Kind of confusing. I'm not sure where we will be when dd is in 10th grade. That's why I'm so concerned about keeping doors open.

Well, maybe none. My thought process is that 2-3 of the AP's will be pretty early in high school (calculus) and/or in areas we just don't have good resources for locally (French). The others would be potential self study for her (history and maybe French). Basically, if she decides she wants to go to a brick and mortar high school when she's in 10th grade because she's sick of being home by herself, I feel like it would be another avenue through which to advocate with a school if she has part of this done. He three older sibs went to ps, and really because the school was so unresponsive, it was more work than schooling them ourselves. Since we both worked full time +, though, we didn't have the option to homeschool at that point. I guess that makes me skiddish of completely going our own way. I feel like the specter of B&M school is still hanging over us.

8Fill- What you describe is very much what is working for my dd right now. Where I run into trouble is that she's the last one left at home. I'm finishing up some graduate work myself and working part time, which is why I'm able to be home during the day to some extent. However DH is in a job he really doesn't like, and after I graduate I we won't necessarily be tied to our current geographic location. I'm trying to find balance for her between self study and exploration, interaction with real humans, and academic rigor. Not sure how that will all fall out, but as she comes up to the doorstep to high school I don't want to close any doors for her, either, now or for college.

And I've noticed being a teacher pleaser doesn't hurt in GT program entrance either. Or sitting still in class.

Sorry about the crud! It's been through our house already. The course I decided against was a Modern Scholar. I've liked some of their other stuff, but not the great books series. I've got time on Gilgamesh- I ended up dropping it since it was an overview course. I'm doing Modern Literature next year, and that's a breeze. I'll have a group for just Ancients the year after next. We'll probably use the Sanders version because it's in an anthology I already have with mostly decent translations. If I can find a single great course to cover most of it for the families, maybe they can get it very inexpensively through Audible. Dd and I might dig deeper, but I know from this year's course that ancients require more framework for the other students than I can provide in a once a week class. I'll look at the bible as lit book. I took a college class on the subject and loved it. Dd has read a children's bible- DK. I do recommend it for basics. We're not atheists, but find some homeschool curricula to be ... eye-opening.