Love it!! Thanks for sharing!!

Derek, I'm super excited about this class as well!! My ds15 will be taking it in the fall too!!

Thank you all so much!! It has been very helpful to hear from all of you... I especially love hearing the perspective of the STEM parents!!

Wow Sue!! Thank you so much!! I will definitely be emailing Rebeka to see if she has any course offerings. This sounds like just what I have been looking for!! You are a wealth of information; and I appreciate your willingness to share!! :hurray:

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Contessa, thank you so much for the input. I really do want him to learn how to write so I suppose I will steer clear of Write@Home. He needs to be poked and prodded not patted on the back.

I would really like a comprehensive online writing program [or tutor] that will teach ds the main types of essay writing, as well as some research and technical writing. He is a STEM student so writing is neither his passion nor his strength. We did a year of IEW and it was just so formulaic that he was bored. I have read so many of the online class posts that I just don't know how to choose one. I also keep reminding myself that some of those post are several years old; so I don't know how applicable they may be. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Trudence, we get the same teacher each time. My ds takes two lessons per week. The lessons are done via Skype and are very reasonably priced. You can specifically select a teacher from the Latin American country of your choosing. I have also been able to give my input as to what I would like the class to focus on--for me, conversational Spanish is more important than grammar and verb conjugation. It was important to me that my son have a Mexican teacher, as that is the dialect and accent that we are accustomed to here in South Texas. You can get a free lesson so you really have nothing to lose. I should get them to pay me a referral fee...lol!!

Update: We are absolutely loving LiveLingua!!

I'm going to sign my ds up for this class for next year!! We are so looking forward to it!! Maybe Jetta will add Biology and Chemistry in the future!!

LiveLingua has been great!! My son has been assigned to one teacher and she has been wonderful. She does as much of the class as possible in Spanish. My son still requires some things explained in English. She has been very accommodating as far as scheduling. He has 2 standing classes per week but we have had to postpone on occasion and she has been great!! Also, since he has the same teacher over and over she has come to have a very clear picture of where he struggles. The teacher has been providing the materials in pdf format so I am not sure what book they come out of. She sends the homework after class which he does and presents at the beginning of the next class. They go over it together and then move on to the next lesson. Some lessons include watching a short video and then she asks him comprehension questions. I think that they would be very flexible about using a particular text if so requested.

My ds is using this: https://www.livelingua.com/ for Spanish lessons via Skype. We have been very pleased!!

I would love to get feedback on your experience with online classes that teach progymnasmata style course for writing for high school. I am considering both Memoria Press Online, as well, as the Lost Tools of Writing.

We loved Aceable. It is the only one that I know of that is an app and can be done on an Iphone or Ipad. Very user friendly!! http://www.aceable.com/

Wow Lori D.!! "Timelines of History" is just the ticket!! Exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you so much!!

I'm interested as well!!

Thank you! I will look in to TRISMS.

Grammar Made Easy: Writing a Step Above by Connie Schenkelberg: http://everyday-education.com/grammar/ That is the one that uses the sentence combining approach. It has the option to diagram but we just skipped that part as I saw no use for it. I'm 47 years old and have never had to diagram in my life and I've done just fine. Killgallon's Story Grammar uses the imitation approach.

I completely agree with you!! I really don't like the idea of teaching grammar perse. Now, my son is only 15 so I don't know how this plays out but for now, we have learned grammar through editing, sentence combining and imitation. My kiddo is a great writer without ever having diagrammed a sentence. He scored exceedingly well on his Stanford Achievement Test last year so I presume this approach has not hampered his testing. Edited to add: The two grammar programs listed on my signature line teach through sentence combining and imitation. We used the Critical Thinking Co.'s Language Mechanic for the editing.

Are there any Online Accredited Schools that offer Live Classes or are more interactive than just "read this...answer this...memorize that"?

We loved Math-U-See. Demme is likable in his videos and breaks things in to bite-size pieces. We just thought it didn't go deep enough for a STEM kid.

I'm in search of a curriculum/timeline that would integrate History, Science, Literature and Art. I'm not sure if anything like this even exists but I thought I'd ask the hive. For instance, what types of Literature and Art were being produced during WWI and what scientific discoveries influenced the period?

Yes, I'm sure you're right. There just wouldn't be enough for a whole course but maybe we could use it as a supplement. Thank you.

Can you share which Live Online Science courses you have loved? And hated? My son is a STEM kid but really likes engineering type things and computer science rather than traditional science classes...but I guess we have to satisfy the transcript requirements so I hope you all can point me in the right direction. I considered using SuperCharged Science because he would enjoy working with his hands but I don't think that the curriculum would go deep enough for STEM prep.

Oh Sue that sounds great!! My kiddo is a full-time tennis player so something along the lines of the Physics of Tennis would be great!! I hope I can make it happen. Do you think there will be any problems with these unconventional courses on the transcript? Can they still count as core course or would they need to go in the elective category?