Thanks for all the great responses. For chem matters, is this an online mag specifically?

Hello, Wondering if anyone could recommend any magazines that their child enjoys and they feel is well worth the time and money spent on it. Probably something more science geared would be best. Thanks,Sharon

Hello, Wondering if anyone can recommend a good magazine(s) for their 13 yo and up that their child enjoys and you feel is well worth the time and money. Thanks for your time, Sharon

Wondering if anyone receives magazine(s) for their 13yo and up that their child enjoys and you feel is well worth the time and money spent on it? Looking for a general magazine, but maybe more science geared would be best. Thanks so much, Sharon

Where did you look at AG, online? I'd love to see all these and get a feel for it myself. Thanks,

Thanks so much for everyone's input. I'd love to get them both super cheap and then decide from there.........but wouldn't we all love that!!! It certainly helps to have the feedback and here how the programs are laid out. Best,

Thanks so much for everyone's input. I'd love to get them both super cheap and then decide from there.........but wouldn't we all love that!!! It certainly helps to have the feedback and here how the programs are laid out. Best,

Denise, thanks so much for all of your thorough information. I do not think I want to learn the 4th edition myself first and then go thru with him. Thankfully he did really well in 8/7, we got alg. 1/2 but realized its a lot of repeat so I'm having him do the tests to be sure which so far (except when for the occassional flake-out) he does very well. So, I think he can pick up pretty well however this will be a much higher level so we'll see. I'm glad you mentioned about Saxon's word problems. That is definately my one major disappointment with them. I want intricate word problems for him to stretch his brain, not ones that are worded so similarly to the others. Guess I could just look for word problems separately somewhere to supplement.........one a day kinda thing for the fun of it......or more if they're too easy. Again, thanks so much for your info. I don't mean to sound lazy but this next school year may possibly be last year hsing and he may apply to a public math and science high school. I want to give him as much foundation as possible and it sounds like edition 3 (I think:confused:) may be the right option.

So Hake has a full year of lessons similar to the way saxon math courses are laid out? Wish I could peruse these books at local library or bookstore to make final decision. Thanks for your response. Good luck with analytical. I hope it is more suitable for your homeschool.

Any strong recommendations one way or another? We haven't been doing grammar consistently since he was busy with an online writing course. He also took a 10 week high school lit class this year and maintained an A-/B+ avg. However, I finally decided we had to finish up fll 4 that we had started back whenever. I still want to continue some sort of formal grammar program and not sure if it should be analytical grammar or hake. I haven't looked closely at them yet although we love saxon math and I now know Hake is a saxon product. Any reviews one way or another? I am not opposed to putting him in a lower grade level so we do not skip anything although it sounds like hake 6 is merely a review of 5.

Thanks for your response too Andrea. I guess I would have to take a closer look at the individual lessons to see which level would suit him best if I went with one of these programs. Again, he is technically 7th grade although he seems to be above grade level in most areas yet I have no prob putting him in a lower level since I do not want to miss anything foundational. Your childrens school situation sounds really neat!! Thanks again, Sharon dh 21 yrs ds18,dd16,ds13

I am getting ready to order Alg. 1 Saxon and didn't realize there were 2 editions. The following is copied from rainbow resources site where I planned on purchasing the product. The 4th Editions of Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 are intended primarily for students who plan on taking Saxon Geometry and are wanting Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 courses with reduced geometry content. The sequence for incorporating these courses would be: Algebra 1, Geometry, then Algebra 2. The main difference between the 3rd and 4th editions is that much of the previously-integrated geometry content has been removed. You may find this a positive or a negative, depending on your student’s need to review geometry concepts, especially in Algebra 2 (or pre-ACT!). Other differences in the editions are that there are no Saxon Teacher CD-ROMs for the 4th Edition programs and no step-by-step solutions for test problems. At this point, Saxon is not recommending that most homeschoolers switch to the 4th editions. I am probably going to stick with the 3rd edition. I do not know if my son will do saxon geometry because next year may be his last year hsing. Any advice about these 2 options? Thanks so much, Sharon dh 21 yrs ds 18, dd 16, ds13

I will look into it and appreciate your response. Sharon Married to dh 21yrs. ds 18, dd 16, ds 13

We've been sort of lagging with a formal grammar program the past few years. 13yods did latin for children for 3 years (not this year though) and took an online upper level 10 week lit course this year. He truly enjoys reading and has taken an online writing course for the last few years. He is usually happy to write if I ask him too. We had fll 3 and 4 when he was younger but never finished 4 until recently. I'd like to move onto a secular program from fll even though he is technically 7th grade. I want to be sure we're not skipping anything yet at the same time , I don't want him to be super bored either. I'm sure I could always modify a program to make it more suitable for him if necessary. Any recommendations? Much appreciated, Sharon

Thank you for your feedback. I forgot to mention I was looking for a secular grammar program. I know Rod and Staff is not but I am not sure about Hake. Forgive me, I could look it up in seconds but I just wanted to see if there was other input about secular programs. Thanks, Sharon