Thank you regentrude for saying it would be enough! I feel much better about it now. I am going to leave my post alone for now. The websites really did look good. Since dd is interested and I have time we might use them. Now my DS will do book and Khan.

I have never seen the "Annotated Mona Lisa" but I have seen good reveiws for it. I would think it is a good possibility. I'll be honest and say that I am not sure how much is required for a half credit course. I'm just starting my high school planning now. But l believe a half credit is representitive of approx. 70 hours of work. So 2 hours a week over the school year. I think there is more than enough between Sister Wendy and the Khan videos. Since my last post I have been looking for more ideas on line. I looked at the AP website, what it seemed to place the most importance on was the timelines and trends. So that is what we should consider most important. I found a website that a teacher prepared that is fabulous. I can't do links, his name is Matt Curless, the website is: /westcler.org/GH/curlessmatt/arthistory Another set of college level courses with descriptions which could be helpful is fro the State Uni. Of New York: /employee.ononta.educe My last find was an explanation of how to write like an art critic from the Univ. Of North Carolina /writingcenter.unc.educe My kindlefire keeps turning EDU into educe. I don't have a clue how to stop it without caps. Anyway I hope I have enough so you can look at these things. The AP course was particularly helpful. It had great questions, vocabulary, and slides. You clicked a button and they came up. I really wish I could look at the book. It is in the UK where we live and we are in the US until next Wednesday. After I get organized I will start trying to compare Khan to the book. I hope this ramble is helpful!:001_smile:

It all depends on what you enjoy. If you were thinking about applying to Apple, I would consider teaching computer classes at a library or senior center. I volunteered for many years with a parenting program at a local hospital. I worked with new breast feeding moms. I loved giving them the support to make it through the first few weeks. If it wasn't working well for them it was also important to help them make the decision to quit a still know that they were good moms. Anyway I loved being a small part of the babies first few weeks of life. That is one of the things I miss most now that I live in the UK. I had hoped to find a volunteer roll doing that. After living there 5 years and trying to help friends, I can see the cultural and language barriers are too much to bridge with strangers. I am too afraid of giving the wrong advice because I didn't understand completely what mum is saying. I hope you find something you enjoy soon. I think I am going to wait until I am closer to done with home ed before I volunteer beyond my church again.

Mr. Pipes books by Douglas Bond are great!

I haven't read every post really well because this thread is making me very sad. I have to point out that if you lived in Germany you would not be free to homeschool. I don't think anyone has pointed that out.

Haven't ordered in a few years but they price matched with rainbow too. They were really nice about it.

Thank you so much! I think Mounce is the way to go for us.

:party: What wonderful news. I'm glad everyone is doing well!

I haven't gotten beyond the "I have an idea stage" but this is what I am planning to do. My DD13 is very artistic and wants to take a serious art history course. My plans for her are to use "Sister Wendy's Story of Painting" which we purchased cheap used. Combine reading through that with the Khan Videos. There is also a course at the Annenberg Learner web site that I know nothing about, but can hopefully add in. She also wants to experiment with the techniques as we go through the periods. I think this will end up taking more than one year for us. She plans to journal her way through. I know the circumstances are way different due to their interests but maybe this will help you. I also have a son who will have to something for an art credit--definately not this. One other idea might be a Theatre arts class. Study how theatre works. Go see a couple of plays. Write critiques. Maybe volunteer as a stage hand or be in one? Anyway good luck. Please post if you come any other ideas!

When my dc's were that age I rotated the entire curriculum evert 6 weeks or so. They enjoyed it. I always was very crafty with one--great science adventures, galloping the globe, etc. The other would generally be literature based like sonlight. We still did lots of reading during our crafty times but not curriculum based necessarily. We kept using the same math and language arts. It kept things fresh and exciting. Also if I didn't like the direction things seemed to be going in I had time to change things.

Go!!! For that price and living so close. Odds are you will somehow save that amount of money by going.

My dh has dreadful handwriting. He is the one who is determined that DS must improve. DS says dad has terrible writing but has done well(degrees, jobs etc) so it shouldn't be a problem. My husband is embarrassed by his messy writing and is insistent that we improve it. Anyway I found a cursive workbook from 3 rd grade that never was finished. Ds12 will now complete it.

:grouphug:What does your dad think?

I would get a kindle and do classic books. Make sure you keep up with math. They forget that pretty easy. Explain your situation at the library they might let you have a card with a small check out limit. Make sure you enjoy the moving adventure.

If you are a US citizen you must sign up no matter where you live according to dh.

Bookmarked it. Thank you.

I love having more than one math program going. We usually don't do them all each day. I have always had a mixture of types of programs, a spiral, topic based, word problem. By doing this I have always been able to switch a book out of the rotation if a child is having a difficult time with a new concept. I than locate the topic in the other book and work our way through it. This has always worked well. No frustration or I can't do this. The next time they see the difficult book they know the basic method and adapt without remembering they found it hard.

I don't think that is too much. I have no experience on the parent side. But as someone who went away to college at 17, I wanted to talk to my parents pretty often. I was lucky my big brother called every couple of weeks too. I felt really loved, which was needed because it was a huge adjustment. I wouldn't worry about it at all. I'm sure your son feels really lucky to have you for a mum and is thrilled to be able to share everything that is happening with you.

Go to website for Strategic Studies Institute for the US Army War College. Sorry can't do links. Not sure if you want that in depth but good place to start.

Most of the home ed suppliers in the UK are Christian; therefore, it follows that it is comparitively easy to be a Christian home ed classical follower, and far more difficult to go the secular route.

You really don't need tests at that age unless you want to have them. I would keep my planning and ordering simple. You need to find out what works well. Then order more. Don't Spend your entire budget before you even start. If you haven't read TWTM do before you go any further. It will help you find your way. I've been doing this for 10+ years and I still read most of the book before I order. Also this is probably the best year to go to a convention. The entrance fee may seem a bit expensive but the opportunity to look at all the curriculum before you buy is too good to pass up. The speakers are great too. I hope you enjoy the next year:001_smile:

No great suggestions but I want to tell you what happened when my son had just turned 5. He had been reading ready for over a year and simply refused to learn. At that point and time our family was moving between 2 houses e every 6 weeks. This required moving the school stuff too. I was tired of packing his learn to read bag -- BOB books, etc. We were switching for about 2 weeks once. The daily schedule was filled so I decided to skip the reading bag, he refused to use it anyway. I had everything organized for the van when my son asked where his reading bag was. I explained we didn't need it this trip. He announced that we did need it because he planned to learn to read that trip. He did. By the time we returned he could do all the BOB books. I think it needed to be his decision. After he decided to read he advanced extremely fast. I think he needed to decide that it was time to grow up that bit. I hope this helps some. It is really hard to wait when you know they are capable of something. Reading is extra hard because everyone asks if they can read. :grouphug:

First with no library get a kindle. Lots of free classic books. Second I write a list and then let it sit a couple of days. Sometimes just the thought of what I am going to order thrills me-- it doesn't look so great later. Generally, I do this for a while then order. Yes, I even do my lists for amazon. Found a calculus book the other day that I "needed". Next day I found out MIT has a free book on line with answers and lectures. I would have probably kept the book. I hate returning curriclum-- it could be needed. Generally a few extra days will not matter. I save money and have less clutter.

I have always loved SL. I just hope that I haven't placed my last order! I ordered in January so I am good til next winter. But I have to say the only change I've ever liked is not being forced to buy the giant binder with the cores.

My IKEA ones are working great. I have 3 of the more narrow, about 2 feet wide, side by side. Anyway they have been loaded down for 2 years and are doing fine. Plus I think it was less than $75 for the whole set up! If I need new ones it will be OK.