She is using Dive with BJU and Campbells. We will get the CB practice test book. What else? This is to verify mommy grade, and she doesn't plan on AP science. Sequence is Dive Chem, Bio and Physics (maybe online instead) then 4 year college dual enrollment bio/lab for 12th.

I saw the chalk pastel link on the boards last week. http://www.hodgepodge.me/2011/01/pastels-plus-links-to-tutorials/ We are looking for more easy to follow beginner/teen video tutorials for drawing, oil pastels and watercolor?

Ok that makes sense... I'll keep thinking, but edit my posts. Thanks for the input.

I would guess he is high iq but not profoundly gifted. Higher math, normal la. My main concern is he gets way overboard fearful after viewing anything scary on tv commercials. And overrracts to perceived negative facial expression. It doesn't seem age appropriate. Especially since he is quite confident and extroverted.

I am not sure his characteristics necessarily fit VSL or dyslexia. That is what I'm wondering. Does he just fit a visual learner, thinker, or something more?

He has mild sensory avoidance, nothing like his bro with autism! Dyslexia, not sure if that applies! He read a little late,7-8yo. He sees pics in his mind while reading. Aids comprehension. Doesn't work with unfamiliar nonfiction passages. We are using Jane Ervin Reading.Comp 1-4 to remediate that this year.

I would like to read up on my 12yo son's issue. He is a highly visual kid. The good of it is that he is incredible at minute puzzles, building Technic designs and other engineering sets, anything spatial. The bad of it is he has zero tolerance for anything slightly scary to him on tv, movie commercial etc. Runs from the room bc he knows he won't be able to sleep in his room at night. He also overreacts to what he perceives as a "mean" look rather than listening to the words being said. Over reads peoples faces in a way. Is this a sensory processing or visual spatial thing? Or just characteristics of a visual learner? http://www2.yk.psu.edu/learncenter/acskills/visual.html

The idea of "if something is too hard then I'm not smart" is covered very well is Mindset, by Carol Dweck. I am working to turn that way of thinking off in my intense 12yos. I want him to see academic challenge as the opportunity to learn, which requires a change in his mindset.

I don't think he will burn out, but it is terrible missing church as a family several Sundays. Some tournaments play Sun afternoon, so he doesn't miss church. You only find out the schedule the night before though. We said no to sun morning to his former team team as a condition for joining the team. That team didn't work out bc of it and other reasons.. He is only 12. Our long term goal is for him to play for our excellent regional homeschool team, that practices around the corner from us. It is difficult to make the team and he needs the higher level competition than rec to continue to develop as a pitcher.

My son's now 12u team played March-July and now scheduled 6 more Sat/Sun tournaments with 2x week practice through Nov 16. Does this seem excessive to anyone else? I was sooooo looking forward to a semester where he isn't totally exhausted every Mon. morning!

I'm a Baylor alum with many friend's children at Baylor. I couldn't disagree more!

Our Aldi and Tjs are down the street from eachother. I buy 95% staples at aldi, no convenience etc tortilla cnips and animal crackes. I go to Target for the few things on my list they don't have, dried bean varieties etc. Sams for chicken breast and beef. Our long term goal is to buy 1/4 grass fed beef and better chicken. Also switch to dirty dozen organic produce.

This helps a ton for internet. I'll explore that for some websites she pinned to the start menu. They would work much better in desktop. I'll have to search how to save bookmarks. Thanks. So, I see the ie button in desktop, but there are several others pre installed I would like to move to recycle bin, like ebay. I hate screen clutter. I tried to drag it to recycle but it says administrator only. Something else to search!

We thought our daugther would love a new laptop for high school. She starts Lukeion tom. for her first online class. I unboxed it yesterday after a week at the beach. It is soooooo darn hard to figure out! It doesn't have a touch screen which Windows 8 seems made for. I can't get java to work unless I switch to desktop mode, how the heck do I close open windows? etc. I set up 3 user accounts linked gmail, and figured out to arrange our start screens. That only took 5 hours. :( I feel so discombobulated. We love our schoolwork today, but this tech is driving us batty! Even my desktop won't work, says there is not enough disk space to download our beach pics in Picasa. Sigh.

Do you think my 7th grader in Algebra 1 could take this? He has very basic knowledge of Python from a previous engineering class.

I had massive side effects, but I was pregnant each time. 2 pregnancies I think every 3rd week or everyother. Premedicated with zofran and benadryl. I had it inpatient over 24 hrs more.bc of.pregnancy and side effects.

I had massive side effects, but I was pregnant each time. Premedicated with zofran and benadryl. I had it inpatient over 24 hrs more.bc of.pregnancy and side effects.

I'm on book 60 bc I preread all 9th grade lit and reading TONS of popular fiction this summer with my usual nonfiction. Finished The Book of Secrets, Elizabeth Joy Arnold in one day at the beach yesterday. Creepy in some ways, but I couldn't put it down until I knew what happened. Next up, The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman and The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman.

http://www.ihomeschoolnetwork.com/school-room-week-2013/ Not sure if this has been posted. Hard to find this year!

Do you think wikitree is more accurate than ancestry.com?

Anyone enjoy this? I am getting into it, but it is so frustrating. What if there is 2 options for parents of an ancestor. 50% of family trees has one father/mother and 50% have another father/mother. How can you know? This is early 1700s pre-census. I just don't have time for this right now, but it is so fun researching Rev. War, War of 1812, and Civil War ancestors before we study Amer. History -1865 this year! :)

Keep reading! I had to skip the copious "married scenes" too, but it gets really good soon! Keep going to the next 2 books as well. The 3rd is the weakest, but I had to find out how it all ends.

My great great grandma was married and had children in Cherokee nation Ga. We were told she was Cherokee and the pics look like it may be true, but who knows? I can't find her family name on the rolls, Dawes or otherwise. I assume we can't prove it right? I am not looking for scholarship purposes btw, just bc my children really want Cherokee blood! The other possibility is her husband's family won land lottery based on Rev. War service (family names on there). That upsets my children after we studied about trail of tears years ago. But her tree lineage stops with her, she is in a census as married,resident in Cherokee nation, but no birth records to be found. Just "family stories" that great great grandfather married the "indian woman.". We found her photos on ancestry.com.

We start at 8am bc he loves working out in the afternoons. He bikes 10 miles a day, plays organized sports etc. and needs the daylight. My older kids took melatonin through puberty, but they have autism and a profound disability. I wasn't as concerned bc their neuro recommended it for them.

Is she required to get up at a certain time?