What are her skills thus far? Are you leaning more towards workbooky or hands-on/living books?

Yes, we've done this. We use their products as fun supplements, not as a full program. We like them, but I don't think that the concepts are specifically for gifted children. The company says that they are, but as a parent of six children ranging from highly to precociously gifted, I personally don't think that the concepts are all that different from just regular old designed-for-average-kids programs.

:iagree: Myself and Macaroni Maniac and Princess Charming have all read them. I'd say they're best for the 10-12 age group.

Hi, all. I'm new here. Does anyone have any experience with either the undergraduate or graduate (or both) program at St. John's College? Thank you, SuperDad

:iagree: I love "The Visitor" and "Family Ties".

It might be helpful, simply for planning purposes, to have a loose idea of what your personal basic credit requirements/framework is. This isn't as hard as it sounds. You can find a lot of sample credit requirements online and on these boards. One simple college-prep framework would be a 4x4, plus foreign language (which you are figuring out right now), plus electives (both academic and non-academic).

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:confused: Do you mean that the "instructions" are online? Most of the instruction is based in books and activities, not computers.

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I would agree with what the previous posters have said. Take the summer off and just have fun exploring your new home. That will be plenty education for one summer. You can spend the summer figuring out what learning styles your kids have (obviously you won't totally know this until you've been homeschooling for a while) and which homeschooling philosophy(s) most closely aligns with your goals. Then, you can use that to drive your curricula choices.

If only I had an extra $100,000 sitting around....:leaving::drool5:

:iagree: I love the jar idea.

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I believe that they are talking about Moving Beyond the Page, which markets itself as a curriculum for "creative, hands-on, and gifted learners".

:iagree: Are there any state requirements (health, state history, etc.) that you could do this year and get out of the way?

Right, but it would still be helpful to know the child's age. Oh, wait. I just stumbled across this thread: Posted by jennynd. Is this the ds we are discussing?

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Absolutely. It's all I've ever used for my natural spellers, and they're turning out just fine. Do you or will you be studying Latin and/or Greek? Perhaps your dh will be satisfied with that. But no, I don't believe natural spellers need a spelling program... just dictation to practice words that they trip up on in their own writing.

:iagree: with both of the above. Not that age is a huge player in algebra readiness, but it would be nice to know how old your ds is. Are you trying to "put off" algebra? If so, there are a number of excellent resources I could recommend. Is your ds mathy/do you see him pursuing math to calculus and beyond? Are you already set on which algebra text you'll use if you do decide to go ahead with starting algebra?

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:bigear: Just off of the top of my head, The Rainbow could work.

Really it's only two different grades, as kindergarten isn't nearly as intensive as a "real grade" (at least in my house) and your kindergartener can tag along with your 3rd grader.. And they're similar enough in age that you can combine for some content subjects. Don't worry or stress too much... goodness knows I did in my first year. :001_smile: I personally would not want to purchase materials that late (a simple shipping delay could throw off the whole start of your year), but it's not an impossible idea. If you've already seen and handled your programs and are fairly sure you won't be changing your mind on them, then I'd advise that you buy now, because there are some very good sales running. HTH, SuperDad

Ambleside Online. I guess it doesn't really count as boxed... it depends how much of a tweaker you are.

If you are continuing with TOG and IEW, all you have left is spelling and grammar, which many homeschoolers don't do formally in high school. Do you have any particular reason for continuing those subjects?