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  1. You could try one of these over the summer and see how he likes it: http://www.thamesandkosmos.com/products/pw/physics.html We are doing the Electronics kit.
  2. I love, love, love the Amanda Bennett Study on the 2012 Olympics at unitstudy.com. It lasts 4 weeks and can be tweaked for any age. She has it broken down into lower and upper, but you could even do less on the lower level since you dc are so young. She is going to have a virtual co-op starting the end of this month. She also has a ton of info on books, movies, videos etc in the unit study. We also looked at the Notgrass Olympic Study but it only had a few pages in the beginning about the olympics and the rest was a place to write about each of the actual sports. Very disappointing.
  3. I like the CM book. Does anyone have other ideas for bible studies for tweens that don't involve boys, dating, school, etc?
  4. I have a 11 yo dd who I would like to do either an independant study or a study wih her together. I want it to be short for the summer because they are involved in Awana during the school year. Anyone have any ideas?
  5. We are really struggling with LA, too. We've decided to use Learning Language Arts Through Literature. Both are all inclusive and don't require multiple programs and workbooks...ugh. My kids were in the public school until 4th and 2nd grade and they seemed to have no LA skills but since we started homeschooling 2 years ago things have just become worse. We have tried so many LA programs but looking through LLATL with the kids, they are actually looking forward to doing it. Some say it is weak but I am looking at it and I think it will be fine. I have kept our spelling in the wings, just in case they aren't getting enough in LLATL. This summer, they are also doing Grammaropolis from HSBC to get ready for LLATL.
  6. We found this book recommended on the Hive by many who do Spelling Power: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0880621494/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i02 It has all the rules and you can look them up as you need them.
  7. We have used several spelling programs for my 11 & 9 yo and we also have problems with their spelling transitioning into other subjects. We just got Spelling Power after using AAS for a year. I love AAS for the rules and such but my 11 yo felt it was babyish and it just wasn't working for my 9 yo. We haven't started SP yet but I was told by many to add this book: The ABC's and All Their Tricks http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0880621494/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i02
  8. If you did everything listed in the Trail Guide to World Geography and US Geography by Geography Matters at http://www.home-school-curriculum.com/, you would have more than a year. I would highly recommend getting the newer Student Workbook CD-Rom because it has the outline maps and such in it so you don't have to purchase Uncle Josh's Outline Maps CD-Rom. You would definitely need to get The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide which has a lot of the supplemental things and has a great section of geography vocabulary. At the end of the Trail Guide, there is a study that takes you through Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days. Fun!
  9. I wasn't trying to say anything bad. My dh was thinking more for high school level (which I am on the k-8 board so I shouldn't have said anything anyway). Like he said, they still have value. He just thinks kids might miss out on pictures from Hubble or the shuttle program, talking about science that is new and exciting. I agree with you for basic science, vintage books are great.
  10. My husband, a PhD in Chemistry, says so much has changed in in the last 10-15 years even that vintage books would be quite out of date. For example, there are many more elements on the periodic table in the last 100 years, physics has changed a lot with regards to dark matter and dark energy in the last 10 years. He said it isn't like the vintage books don't have value, he has just found that kids are more interested in science when it can be applied to their lives today, such as GPS (which is based on the ideas of relativity in physics that are fairy new).
  11. Thanks so much! You can pm me if you would like.
  12. We really dislike Rosetta Stone and wish we had never bought it. Mine are younger than your ds so I am not up with what is good for upper midle/high school, but I have heard Mango from the library is good. You might want to inquire in the high school forum. Also, congratulations on starting homeschooling again and I hope you have a great year. I took mine out two years ago and it has been a blast! Jen
  13. I love the look of the worksheets on the website you listed. Do you feel you need a teacher's manual? There is one on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Intermediate-Language-Lessons-Teachers-Guide/dp/1890623342 that I was thinking of getting to go with your recommendation.
  14. My dd is not mathy, nor am I, but dh is so he can help if needed. I love TT because I don' thave to teach it but dd 11 really dislked it because "the lecture is boring and there are so many practice problems." There are usualy 4-5 sample problems and 20-25 practice problems and a quiz after every 6 or 7th lesson. We are doing LoF with practice on khanacademy.com. There is a video on khan if LoF isn't in depth enough. She loves LoF!
  15. I know you don't want to spend a lot but I LOVE HSTOnline! I can use it from any of my computers or tablets and that is a big deal to me. It is a steep learning curve, especially putting in complex repeating lesson plans, but their customer service is friendly and always helps out if I am in a jam. I have the whole lesson plan done for many of my subjects and then I like to just schedule one week at a time by pulling it into the agenda. Then I print a daily assignment list for each kid for the week and they check off what they have done. I love that I can use my older's lesson plan when my younger starts a subject or course because I already have the lesson plan done.
  16. Ugh, I just wrote a super long response to your post and then my computer crashed before I could finish! I'll try again tomorrow. Jen
  17. I also think Core F books are beyond a 9 yo in content. Cores B & C and B+C have Advanced 4-5 Grade Readers
  18. We love the kits! We have done three of them and my dc really enjoyed them. I would recommend the Greece/Rome kit if you are doing SOTW 1 because more time is spent on that than on Ancient Egypt. I also agree with pp that getting the additional resources for extra kids is worth it.
  19. I saw on another thread that Beautiful Feet has a horse unit study. Has anyone used it with the updated study guide and can give a review? Are there any different horse units available? I saw Amanda Bennett's 1 month Horse Unit Study, but my daughter through BF looked more in depth. Any advice would be great. This would be for an 11yo 6th grader. Thanks! Jen
  20. We are doing Vocabulary Vine. Very cheap and uses roots. We love it. It's not a workbook but my older can work more independantly. We got it on Amazon.
  21. We are chaging to Vocabulary Vine in July. It does latin and greek roots. It is simple and I am really excited about using it, as are my dc. We have done Wordly Wise for the last couple of years and had little to no retention. I saw someone else post on it and I think it is a perfect compromise between just learning vocab and taking latin or greek as a language.
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