Yes, the books have that info. A lot of what is in the books would be unnecessary review for him. The nice thing about the online tests and prep is that they adapt to the kid's level. He can get quickly to what's hard for him and work on it. Homeschool Buyers Coop often has the online courses at a steep discount. That said, do what works for you and your kid!

Honestly, given his ACT score I would focus not on content but on test-taking strategy. His friend with a 22 needs to learn new material; your kid needs a few targeted tactics to get over the NMS cut. Strategy is what the prep courses are best at: how to rule out wrong answers, when to guess, speed.

Getting Started with Latin. If he is still hungry after that there are many more options!

This sounds great! Can you please say how much time this took? Wondering if it could work for a summer course.

We have done a lot of history-led travel over the past two years. None in the cards for the next few weeks. We do go to China in June, though - we could start in on a China-themed history unit! Ideas welcome. We have decided to use this time, in part, to gather digital photos from all our trips to create a travelogue/blog. This will be a nice coda to our two homeschool years - he goes to high school in the fall (sniff...). We are also going to do a geography unit, including Mapping the World by Art. This will link up to our travelogue. And: go to the library and pull off the shelves piles of books to just read, read, read.

We combine Cambridge and Lively Latin. LL is definitely below grade level but it compensates for Cambridge's inadequate grammar support. Cambridge is optimized for classroom use, with the teacher providing the grammar lessons. It did not work for us at all as a standalone. New tenses are sprung on the kid with zero warning.

DS 14 has finished up his year-long science class, as well as his writing class. With this found time we want a break from routine and some fun, intense learning. Please share your favorite short courses that could be enjoyably completed (or intensely initiated) within a few weeks. What would YOU dive into if you had a couple of weeks to spare? -He is a voracious, college-level reader who loves travel, fantasy, sci-fi and history. -He reads and speaks Latin and German at an intro level. But we are open to absolutely anything!

The photo goes with the score ACT sends to the HIGH SCHOOL, which (one hopes) knows what its students look like. The HS can therefore detect fraud.

Thinkwell Algebra is $65 when it goes on sale at Homeschool Buyers Coop several times a year. I am a math-y type and I think it's great. We are getting through what is supposed to be a 34-week program in about 25 weeks, and then moving to Geometry. Very pleased with the product.

Agreed. I started my 7th grader on Fractions. He got through the pre-algebra books that year, too. I would skip physics. The pre-algebra lessons are great, I think, though we skimmed through the very cranky Econ chapters.

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query=Probability

Randomly searching. If you search for Byzantium on Amazon, it comes up near the top. It's definitely a book for a history-loving, teen boy - icon-painting monks swinging swords at shambling zombies. The action starts as two monks are headed toward Constantinople from their monastery in Greece.

We have done KW basic and intermediate. Loved them both. Planning next on expository. These courses have given my son back his confidence. He's an creative, thoughtful, natural writer who needs some structure to his writing. An inflexible, negative teacher at his traditional school destroyed his love of writing. Bravewriter brought it back.

DS 13 is reading Zombies of Byzantium as we start our Byzantium unit. I assigned it. 😀 Also Chapters 1-2 of SWB's History of the Medieval World. For fun he has been alternating between the Maze Runner and Harry Potter series (Nth time through HP, good thing we bought hardcover way back when).

We love Thinkwell Algebra. Great videos and tons of practice problems. That said, a kid needs someone to talk him through difficult spots, and that someone needs to have watched the explanation the kid watched. I know algebra cold, but I mix up my son when I solve a problem in a way different from what the program just taught him. So, when he is confused I watch the relevant sections with him and THEN I explain. If your husband does not have the time for this then you should indeed sign up for a class or tutor.