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Can you tell me if Total Language Plus is usable by Catholics or is there a significant Protestant bent to it? Thanks.

Wow, that's incredible! I called them last year and was refused because my son doesn't have US citizenship. I may consider them again for the next two... We'll see... I hope all your paperwork goes well!

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On the other hand, ds much much prefers taking online courses to my own home classes and has met some wonderful friends through RCA and SO. He's very motivated and I never have to remind him to do his work. I wish you the best of luck with your daughter's classes!

Yup, logic is hard. And my son struggled through algebra.

He still REALLY wants to do Philosophy II next year which looks a lot more interesting than the Logic class, but we're not sure how many classes we can afford in the fall this time around.

He figures he spends about 2+ hours a week outside of class, reading a chapter in the textbook and doing the quiz. He spent a lot more time studying for the exam. He's getting B's and C's on the quizzes, but not doing too well on the exams. He probably should be spending more time during the week!

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Ds (15) is taking logic (Philosophy I) with RCA this year. It is a VERY challenging class for him, and I don't think he'd consider it terribly interesting, but it was a prerequisite for Philosophy II which he really wants to take next year. He's also taking French II which is going very well. These are the only classes we've tried at the high school level so far. We LOVED the junior high lit classes.

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A game for you: http://lifeonwindyridge.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/almost-wordless-wednesday-2/

Beautiful pictures, Jean! Mine's a humorous post this week: WW at Life on Windy Ridge

Ds1 took "Moral of the Story" and "Meaning of the Myth" from RCA in grades 6 & 7. They were excellent classes, though not graded, and ds2 will be doing the same thing. Ds1 then went on to take "World Lit" and "Natural Science 1" from Scholars Online in grade 8. He did fine, but I should have waited another year for the science class, or found another place to do it. It was too intense for him. Ds2, on the other hand, being a math-science guy, should do better, though I'm also considering RCA's science. We took a break from online classes in grade 9, but he was ready to start up again this year. He's got a pretty full load, but enjoys it, taking "English Lit" from Scholars Online, "French 2" and "Philosophy 1" from RCA, and "Old Testament Survey" from Potter's School. He's finding philosophy difficult, but I think he'll still continue with it next year. He doesn't like the Bible class (not very interesting and lots of work), and I wish I hadn't made him take it. English and French are great. It's hard experimenting on the first kid. I thought it would make it easier to choose for the second, but not really since he's completely different! I've been very happy with RCA and Scholars Online and intend to stick with them as much as possible, just varying the classes for what is most needed for each child and/or what I don't feel like teaching that year.

Yes! (Almost) Wordless Wednesday...

Deafening, by Frances Itani

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So, if a college admissions requires 3 college-prep math courses, does that EXCLUDE business or consumer math?

I think the book by Deborah & Loren Haarsma, Origins: A Reformed Look at Creation, Design and Evolution, is an excellent resource for covering all perspectives. It's written as a group study guide, but contains lists of extra resources at the end of each chapter. Here are also two links related to the book and its resources: Origins Origins Resources

I'll buy it from you when you're finished with it :001_smile:

Okay, okay, not very classical and not much fun, but it's for my sil who doesn't "do" whole books. She wants simple pages, at each child's reading level (grades 2 & 4), with an illustration to colour and/or questions to answer. Does anything like that exist???

No matter what basic science program you use, I highly recommend reading Origins: A Reformed Look at Creation, Design, and Evolution by Deborah and Loren Haarsma. It's clearly written, addresses all the different variations of belief from a science perspective, biblical and theological perspectives. It's not hard to read and provides discussion questions as well as lots of resources for further study.

Thanks, Cleo! This looks great!

We're currently using it as a fun supplement, without the writing component. The kids LOVE it and enjoy talking about all the questions the next day. The discussions have been very helpful and they are beginning to look at all movies more analytically as a result. They're all big movie fans so they love any excuse to watch a movie, even old ones. I think the program would certainly be able to stand on its own as an English curriculum, but we're just having fun with it for now.