No, the book wasn't too hard. The time frame I chose for ds to learn about was from 400 - 1800. It would have required the last two SWB books and then some. So I just went with something different.

Lol! I ignored your thread until now because I read it as History of the "World Series" and have no interest in the history of baseball. :lol: We used HotAW last year and followed her suggestions in TWTM for reading and writing about history. This year we needed to switch to a different book.

Welcome to the boards, Emily! It's great you are so enthusiastic.

Joan, I have never used the feature but isn't there a way for the kids to click on "I'm done" and put in the hours they worked? On average I tend to plan the whole year in my lesson plans (or the weekly planner) which to me makes record keeping very easy in the long run since I only schedule tasks a week in advance. ETA: I am not required to track hours.

I've used HST+ for several years now which allows me to schedule my students' work. I provide them a list of things to do, they complete it according to how they've schedule their work, I mark it complete. It's kept in a centralized database.

I would either split it up evenly or assign it to the course with the least amount of time scheduled.

Thanks to all who worked on it!

:iagree: Yep, loved both!

Congratulations! You will love it!

Back in the day, those who slacked off in Sr year REALLY slacked off: A's would drop to C's or lower by the beginning of the 2nd semester, or an advanced student taking typing (not that there is anything wrong with typing classes).

I am excited for you! My son hasn't done anything that radical but he has started putting on deodorant and taking a shower everyday without being asked. :hurray:

:grouphug: I am sorry for your health issues. I seem to remember when I was first considering using the K-12 Academy what struck me as super inconvenient was that the student would be registered through the school district that sponsored K-12. So my son would have been registered in a school district 200 miles away; it would have been a problem if he decided to play high school sports. You may have to decide whether you take classes at the high school or at the cc. I know of kids who have done both and it's just a crazy schedule. And the two that I know of had their grades suffer a bit. That said, do you feel your son is mature enough for cc? My daughter definitely was/is. My son, not so much (I still have a year for that to change). Can you afford math on-line through Jann in TX or some other live person who can keep him accountable? Same with a language class?

I have this kit and it covers some of the Mechanics section of Hewitt, so it isn't a full year's worth of labs. If you wanted to use it, I would do so with Regentrude's approach. I do prefer hands-on approach to labs in general, but I did find these simulations very useful: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics . I used this exclusively for the Electricity and Magnetism unit. If you click on a simulation, there are Teaching Ideas presented that you could use for your lab.

Welcome! Sounds like you're on your way.

I put, Hot, because once I get used to it, I prefer it. Normally, even in the summer, I never get a chance to get used to it - because we normally have such short "summers". Actually, I am fine down to about 20 F, as long as it's SUNNY. It's the overcast, and rain that drives me batty after 6 months of it. It's hard to warm-up. Yep, pretty much. (It has been a totally awesome summer with highs in the 80s!) :party:

I haven't. I have projects around the house to do first. I have noticed as I get older I have difficulty multi-tasking.

I really enjoyed "A Year of Biblical Womanhood" by Rachel Evans. I found her style humorous and thoughtful.

Physics in Your Life is about the application of physics concepts in the real world. Both of my kids enjoyed it.

Brenda, I am shocked as well! 15 years ago I took master's classes at a good private university and reeled over the $190/ credit hour. I feel lucky as well, dd can dual enroll for only the cost of books and student fees. Last year she took three quarters at a full load and it cost us less than $1000.

Don't forget the Klondike Museum in Pioneer Square - free I believe (a few blocks from Pike Place) http://www.nps.gov/klse/index.htm or the Seattle Art Museum - $$ for some of your crew (a little closer to Pike Place) http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAM.asp. If you do either of these and/or Pike Place and you don't have a ferry system in your neck of the woods, I would definitely ride the ferry.

What a great opportunity! Thank you for posting. If she needs one for next year please post again!

I am a Christian so you may take this as you will. I did not find this curriculum to contain "heavy Christian" material, such as BJU curriculum. Some of the short stories are The Most Dangerous Game, The Gift of the Magi, Jury of Her Peers and The Necklace (and several poems). The author discusses worldview and theme in one chapter. Another chapter contains a significant amount of Biblical Allusions work (but not exclusively); the point is that a lot of literature has Biblical Allusions. I would think non-Christians would be okay with the program (and I have been a non-Christian). HTH

I made weekly/chapter quizzes using info in the TM; these took me about 30 min/week. I also graded labs.

Congratulations! Are you excited? apprehensive? exhausted? delighted? nervous? at ease? joyful? I keep imagining what it would be like to "be done"; as I get closer the image continues to morph.

Sweeeeet! Thank you!