I agree w/advice to pinpoint weak points first. I'd also mention that you'd want to work on the topics from the lowest-level course first -- if she places into int. algebra it's only one wasted semester before college-level math, but if she places into an arithmetic course it could be 3-4 semesters of remedial math, which is Not Fun. Edited: It'll probably also make it easier to learn that way :p But yeah, make sure arithmetic is solid first ... a friend of mine got placed 4 semesters before college algebra almost solely because his arithmetic stank and that's where the test dropped him. Especially check fractions. 5/4 people have problems with fractions.

Not trying to stir the pot -- but children have been infected with Hep B through being bitten by an infected child. They've becoming infected through another child sneezing on an open wound. It's not only a sexually transmitted disease. Of course, if you're homeschooling the chances of an infected child being in the same school are a lot smaller :):) But a young child who's infected has a high chance of ending up with a chronic infection, which is why they're recommending it now, since most people *do* have their kids in daycare/school.

Do be warned that some colleges ask for 'a physical science' and interpret this as 'chemistry or physics' -- make sure that the colleges he's interested in don't do that.

It says "or documented equivalent" -- I just checked several Indiana university admissions pages (by googling indiana core 40 homeschool college admission) and it *seems* that they want you to have covered similar minimum requirements in your homeschool program, and then it would be considered a documented equivalent. Sample from PNC: Successful applicants from home schooling follow curriculum requirements of the Indiana CORE 40 or Academic Honors Diploma. Our admissions requirements for home- schooled students are the same requirements used for students attending a public or private high school. Sample from IPFW: Successful applicants from home schooling follow curriculum requirements of the Indiana CORE 40 or Academic Honors Diploma. The IPFW Office of Admissions strongly encourages you to have personal interview with the home-school specialist.

At about that age one of my brothers had a baby doll from which he was inseparable, the other one proclaimed himself to be the "Princess Marigold" and wore a dress. Noone made a big deal about it, and they both outgrew it and are (reasonably :)) normal now.

I haven't graduated any kids, but my siblings and I were homeschooled in Wisconsin, which required virtually nothing in terms of testing. My brother and I began university in Wisconsin, which required only SAT scores and a home transcript. I finished at the state university, he transferred to an Ivy League school after one year based on his state university transcript and SAT scores. My other brother just began at a CC in New York, which required placement testing in Math and English (which he was going to take anyway).

Weight training ought to be no more than every other day on the same muscle group, cardio is fine daily.

Respectfully, although I concur with your decision -- I suggest that you should consider this article as well: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Resources/AoPS_R_A_Calculus.php You may also want to consider choosing courses designed for gifted children, with problems designed to make them think harder, faster, deeper, and understand the material better, rather than simply accelerating him faster through coursework designed for average children. Many modern math courses focus more on computation and pattern-matching than on actually understanding the material. The modern calculus course is a pale shadow of what it could actually be, given a capable student.

The weight will depend on the breed as well. You said that you've raised goat bottle babies before -- if you have the goat's milk available, either feeding pure goat milk or mixing it with replacer seemed to help us reduce the incidence of scours. You can get a bottle holder which will hold the bottle against the wall. This might make it easier physically, and as I recall they were not too expensive.

Can't see it doing much for finger dexterity without using the engines.

Gelfand is "proofy" imo. It might also supplement Fred well if your kid loves Fred.

I would not eat them ... because I hate pickles :):):):) But the rest of my family would eat them happily.

For cultural/mathematical literacy with a fair amount of mathematics thrown in, I really enjoyed ET Bell's "Men of Mathematics". This book was one of the books which strongly influenced me to study mathematics. It also does a fairly good (imo) job of explaining the concepts of modern mathematics without making it inaccessible to someone with only a high school education. ymmv :)

I'd eat it if it smelled fine, personally.

I knew there was a good reason I entered 555-1212 :P (It didn't give me a score, either)

This is on average. There are exceptions. :)

Also, at almost all universities a mathematics course is required for the basic general education requirements. This may or may not be satisfied by an AP course depending on the school. A student who has stopped all mathematical activities after 10th grade will be at a disadvantage, should they decide to attend university. Even if at 10th grade they could have placed into the gen ed course, it is quite likely that in those two years of disuse they will forget and be placed into a non-credit bearing course.

I'd be really reluctant to put a 7th grader into a high school health class. Lesson 16: Chapter 18: Reproduction, Pregnancy, and Development Lesson 17: Chapter 19: Building Responsible Relationships Lesson 18: Chapter 20: Risks of Adolescent Sexual Activity Chapter 21: HIV and AIDS These are good things to study, but I'd wait until the suggested age. I believe they list it in 12th grade (i.e. right before college).

The other side of the story: She's been convicted of assault against her ex (convicted, not charged). She has made serious allegations against her ex, which have been found groundless by authorities. When the children were with her, they also made serious allegations against her ex which were found groundless. They set up supervised sessions for her to see the children, and she still attempted to see them outside of the supervised sessions, breaking the court order. Her ex has an injunction prohibiting her from contacting them or visiting their village, yet she did so anyway, and approached the oldest child on the street. When he ran away, she followed him, calling that she loved him. She has continued to send text messages to her husband in violation of the no-contact order. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6256499.ece

I was in much the same boat when I applied to university. My academic letters of recommendation were from 4-H leaders who'd supervised projects with substantial academic requirements. (Of course, I was applying for animal science.) Is there any way for him to get involved with someone who works in physics or engineering, even if it's not as a teacher/student relationship? Another option, if you could swing the cost, is a summer intensive program aimed at high schoolers -- some of these offer scholarships for qualified students. (I am not sure if they are available in your country.)

Many of the older Ladybird books, if you can find them.

It seems that Kentucky uses E instead of F. (This information was obtained from google. I found some syllabi that listed 0-59% as E.)

If you have the time, my personal favorite would be to work ahead of your child in the same curriculum to relearn the math that you didn't in school. This would have the advantage that you'd gain a familiarity with methods used by the curriculum. You might even discover that you're not as bad at math as you think, but just badly taught early on. :)

Doctor told me that if you push in, then release, and it doesn't increase the pain when you press but hurts like heck when you release, it's almost certainly appendicitis. I wish I'd known that before mine ruptured. (I had constipation, then diarrhea, along with nausea and vomiting for a few days before).

Modern biology classes have a lot more chemistry in them than the ones you probably recall from high school. If he hasn't had any chemistry, he may find this slightly challenging. You could, as suggested before, slow down slightly during these sections to fill in any gaps. You could also do some preparatory reading over the summer using the chemistry portions of a middle school text.