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Thanks ladies. :001_smile: I have a lot to look at over the summer. I did want to check into the Dave Ramsey course too. All of this is not for my dd for next year. (she will do it, but not yet.) I was trying to put together something for a friend and just let her borrow my stuff. They've had a lot going on lately (health and other) and she hasn't been able to do the research to get it ready herself.
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:iagree: This is my experience too. But additionally, I didn't find the books to be very helpful with personal finance at all. If you agree with Randy Alcorn's POV about money and especially not leaving any inheritance for daughter's, then it is easy to schedule out the book and use the study guide questions out of the back of the book. The other 'workbook' is THE most ridiculously simplified 'finance' book for Teens I have ever seen! Really. I am using MUS Stewardship with dd ( after trying the MFW program). MUS is 'okay', but not for visual learners. I will most definitely be using Abeka Consumer Math with ds!!! (I should have just used it with dd from the beginning :glare:)
I actually have the Abeka Consumer math set. Picked it up this weekend for a steal at a local used curriculum sale. Thank you for your review of the Burkett and Alcorn books. I will have to read through them as I have yet to do that.
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I'd be interested in hearing more about the stewardship program.
I found textbook "consumer math" programs were really just "math" programs with consumer examples in them. I didn't feel they really were designed to teach consumer skills.
I used the Larry Burkett book with my older dd, along with a similar one from AGS, and I felt they taught the consumer skills that I wanted her to get before graduation. (I liked the AGS book because you used their sample wages etc., whereas the Burkett book asked you to compute your own sample income, which might not be much!) We also did some things like go to the bank & open an account, used Consumer Reports, evaluate classified ads, help with my taxes, etc. Can't remember which were suggested in the workbooks & which we just made up, or even which kid I did what with, but those kinds of things.
I think if you want a full year academic math course, then a textbook program is probably the way to go. But if you want consumer skills as an elective, I'm not sure you'll get them in Abeka?
Just one opinion,
Julie
What is AGS and can you link the book you used? Thank you. :)
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I haven't seen anyone mention Positive Action for Christ yet. We have used the elementary and middle school levels and really like them.
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Thanks for the idea of calling them Crystal.
I didn't even think about looking at our convention when I was there. In fact, there were a few things I thought about looking at, after the fact. :tongue_smilie: There was just not enough time to get it all in.
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Thank you Jan. I need a daily schedule as well. I was hoping I wouldn't have to plan. :tongue_smilie:
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I like the looks of the TOC for the 2nd semester of level 8. I already ordered level 2 for my ds. Hmmmm....might be placing another order. I didn't even think of using it for high schoolers. :tongue_smilie: Thanks for this thread!!
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Is there anything else you can think of that it had? Was it a Christian program or secular? Was it an actual text that came with the program or a curriculum guide? Was it age/grade specific or could it be used for several ages/grade levels? just trying to narrow the search down a bit.
ETA: The only one coming to mind right now is Sonlight.
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You might also look at Christian History Made Easy, which also has a free, downloadable study guide:
I have this book but did not know there was a free study guide. Thank you!! :001_smile::001_smile:
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That would be great Julie. I don't have a problem with registering, but I hate to register only to ask a question about 1 small thing and then never participate again. It just doesn't seem right.
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Thank you Julie. I hadn't even thought of the MFW board.
ETA: I didn't see a lot over there on the lessons plans specifically. I didn't ask a question there as I am not a registered user.
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I would love to hear from anyone that has used this. I have the books that would be used with the course and was just going to create my own. However, if this is really good and laid out well, for $5 and $2.50 shipping, I'd spend the money to save some time. :001_smile:
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I've heard good things about Total Health. I don't have a link or anything to share at the moment, but you could probably google it. ;)
Here you go - Total Health
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Christianbook.com usually has free shipping on the Saxon Teacher.
:lol: you beat me to it.
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Sure here ya go - links to demos: http://saxonhomeschool.hmhco.com/en/saxonteacher_demo.htm
This is what DD uses and it is working very well. The teacher (women) goes slowly enough that she can keep up and do the problems with her. That was dd's biggest complaint with DIVE and TT, she couldn't keep up with the examples. What I love about the Saxon teacher CD's, is that they go over every, single, problem in the book and on the tests. So if your dc ever struggles with a problem during the lesson, they can go and watch it step-by-step on the cd. If you order them from CBD.com., they ship for free. :001_smile:
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Forgot to add that Do Hard Things has a free study guide here on their website.
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I saw that you use GWG, did you see their new writing series? Winning with Writing. There has been a thread about it here.
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Some of these are definitely harder than others. You may want to see if your library has some and preread them. I have not read them all, they were just recommended to me at one time or another. A few below are from the Sonlight cores.
Alex and Brett Harris have a second book - "Start Here, Do Hard Things Right Where You Are."
"Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper was good. He has several books on his website for free download.
"Be the Change" by Zach Hunter.
"How to Stay Christian in High School" by Steve Gerali.
"It's Not About Me, Teen Edition" by Max Lucado
"God's Will, God's Best for Your Life" Josh McDowell
"Live Like a Jesus Freak" by DC Talk
"The Case for Christ", "The Case for Faith" and "The Case for a Creator" all student editions by Lee Strobel.
"God's Smuggler" by Brother Andrew.
"Daring to Live Life on the Edge" Loren Cunningham
"How Should We Then Live" Francis Schaeffer
"The Pursuit of God" A.W. Tozer
"Mere Christianity" C.S. Lewis
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If you download the free demo, they will start sending you offers for special pricing.
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Woo Hoo!! I just ordered level 2. Can't wait to get it in my hands.
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He is not having problems with CLE. He is doing well with it and retaining the information well. We just have to move slowly because he has some focus issues. He does well with the spiral and incremental approach. He needs a lot of review. We tried mastery first and that was a huge flop.
I like the hand holding that the Saxon Teacher cd's provide in the upper levels. My dd is using them now and they have been a life saver for me. I do a lot of teaching on the white board with him now, but I am not as comfortable with being the "sole" teacher in the upper levels. This is I want to transition into Saxon later. Not because he is having issues. If CLE had something like Saxon Teacher cd's that would be wonderful!!!
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I will do the placement test when the time nears. I was just hoping for a little feedback from others who have made the switch.
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It does have pictures throughout the book, just not a ton. My son really enjoys it though. In fact, he tells me that history is his favorite subject. I was letting him draw during one of our readings and he got a little side tracked. He stopped me and said "Mom, can you read that again? I wasn't listening." Then after I was done for that day's reading he said "Aren't you going to keep reading?" lol! I know he likes something when he asks for more.
Here are a few different threads about it.... 1, 2, 3. I know there have been more than that, those were just ones I had bookmarked.
There is a yahoo group as well as her blog and facebook page.
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When I asked this question some time back, book 5 was recommended to me. Also, I have heard several people say they don't even go beyond the 8th book. By the time your dc finishes with that, they have had plenty of grammar.
MFW Personal Finance Lesson Plans
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Thank you Julie, I just got the chance to search and look for this. It looks like it would be very inexpensive to pick up.
:iagree::iagree: I am very thankful that we have so many choices as homeschoolers, but sometimes, all of those choices make it so hard to decide. :lol: