I mostly simply read the books to my kids without me doing the teaching. With my daughter it is more of a mix of me doing some of the teaching.

Well 3 of my 4 kids are dyslexic and I am certainly an AoPS lover. My dyslexics have a high IQ so they might not be typical of any dyslexic student. My child that doesn't fit AoPS will probably graduate with 10 AP classes and is the only one without dyslexia. oldest - dyslexic and severely dysgraphic - I got into the habit of reading all the math to him because he couldn't write the answers. He did everything orally. He did AP calculus in his head. The huge difficulty was teaching him to write out a problem. We did it completely backwards - he first learned proof writing in some of the online AoPS classes (he did Int. NT and Int. C&P online) and then we worked back toward a show your work style problem. He did all the AoPS books and is now studying math and CS in college daughter - dyslexic - she started the AoPS books before she was an independent reader; I read everything. She's my kid that if you give her story problems, she can do it all in her head, but she has trouble with "easier" problems that are written on paper. We just take it one step at a time. I read through the practice exercises with her and work with her as she works our the problems. She does the end of chapter problems on her own. Before this year, she'd want someone to read her the wordier problems. Often we are also pulling extra problems to drill concepts like exponents and fractions. non-reader dyslexic kiddo - finishing Beast and I predict he will eat up AoPS books. He "sees" math like my oldest. Obviously he needs the books read as he cannot read them himself. If I can't get him reading at the level to do a Mathcounts test in the next year or two, then I'll call national and ask if he can have a reader for the test if he has documentation saying he needs it. He might be at the level that he can be top in the state at math but unable to read the word problems himself. Since 4 year full tuition scholarships are at stake in our state through the middle school Mathcounts competitions, I may have to look into accommodations. If he's not at the level to compete at the very top, then I won't bother. ... the brain is wired in weird ways and I have some smart kids with very specific learning disabilities.

Hugs. My son with LDs went away 3 1/2 hours. I understand.

I don't know that you can always tell. Try it out and see. Just because a student is struggling with math doesn't mean it won't be a good fit - I've used it in students I tutor. Students do need to have a decent amount of math logic before doing AoPS. They also have to have the tolerance to struggle with problems. I have four kids: math geek - AoPS is perfect for him perfect math ACT score boy - AoPS is too frustrating dyslexic, hard to teach math computations, but great math logic girl - AoPS gives her the challenge she needs for her logical mind though she moves through it very slowly dyslexic, non-reader, loves math and logic boy finishing Beast and about to start AoPS at a young age

Agree with One Step that it takes a lot of energy to do VT well. We did it weekly for 30 weeks.

I would not call attention to it. The duel enrollment classes will speak for themselves.

On paper, I only give generalities. Above average in this subject. Struggles, but keeping up in x. Below grade level in y and z. I orally talk through each subject with an elevator, but I don't try to compare her to what grade she is. I list out specific concerns. I think it is much harder to categorize kids who are homeschooling as we can go at their pace, work over summers, accommodate as needed, etc. I'm assuming any "demonstration" of being behind in grade levels is going to be demonstrated by testing rather than by a parent saying that the child is behind.

I just sent it to all the schools. I figured if they didn't want it, they'd probably just ignore it rather than it hurting him.

Another reason to send more of the ACT scores is that some schools superscore - they'll take the best math and science from one test and then the best english and reading from another.

I'm not even sure what to ask, but I think I have questions of what might be out there to help my daughter with processing speed. My daughter is dyslexic, has used Barton for years, and has gone along in school with some major medical issues complicating life. She was first evaluated in 3rd grade and we just had her reevaluated now in 9th. She is reading AP literature for FUN, but she is super slow. She's also had amazing vision therapy and our doc says her issues are no longer VT related. She still listens to most of her schoolwork, because of the time it takes her to do everything. Well, her testing scores blew me away. I knew she was smart and slow, but she has a 65 point difference between the top score of her IQ testing and her processing speed. All her subscores of the IQ testing are very high except processing speed. Well, I already knew that, but the discrepancy is crazy. I just added Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up to my amazon cart. What might be out there to help her? Slow reader - keep reading and listening Slow typer - I don't want to teacher her speech to text yet, but I'm sure it's coming Slow note-taker - maybe something like live scribe Anyone with experience with a pen reader like quicktionary??? Any thoughts/suggestions? What technology is out there for her or for my dysgraphic son?

Well, the choice is easy for my son. The only choice this year is the freshman meal plan - 21 meals per week. Also all live on campus. I think the meal plans are way overpriced, but the scholarship is paying for most of it.

I wrote it all out in the student section of the common app because most students have no control of what the counselor uploads and therefore the schools are used to seeing the students write it all out.

I found it an obstacle on select problems in the book. We got past it and ended up loving the book.

My 14 yo is doing HSA this year and I'm really impressed with how she has connected with the teachers and how much she is learning so far. We take it at her pace (slower than many), but it's been great.

If it was in the student section - I wrote it all out. In the counselor section, if it was short answers, I just repeated myself. Mostly I just said see school profile or see course descriptions. It all uploads as one pdf with your documents included, so I tried not to be too repetitive.

Playing around with different meets full need school's NPC's - they show a very different amount that we "need" with the same numbers input to all of them. Also some schools meet your need with loans which I don't consider meeting my need at all. Profile schools are sometimes MORE generous than what the FAFSA EFC will lead you to believe. It is the case for my son. We are paying out a lot less than our EFC from the FAFSA (though what we are paying is more in line with the school's NPC).

I'd do the same thing I did in the past and simply say see transcript or see course descriptions. I think this is better than repeating it multiple times.

I did like Regentrude.

minimal on weekends. My oldest did almost nothing on weekends. My 16yo likes to work ahead on weekends so that he had more free time during the week - or to just finish a course earlier in the schoolyear. He'll end up "finishing" several credits before the schoolyear is over. At that point, I tell him he can spend his extra time doing something educational - reading, programming, etc., not just playing computer games. My third high schooler does not do weekend work except sometimes to review Spanish with me.

... usually when phrases like that come up, I try to assume that the person is speaking from ignorance rather than from malice. I try not to read any other meanings into random phrases.

Another option is to call National Merit and see if she can simply mail it or such. Technology can be a big hassle.

Yes, I think it is worth paying more for certain things. First how much wiggle room does your family have in the finances - this determines how much more you might be willing to pay. I wouldn't pay more just for "fancy private", but I would pay more for a better fit. What's the atmosphere like, size of school, size of classes, classes within the major, opportunity to double major etc., honors program, job opportunities after college, etc. If a school is a much better fit for my child, I'm more willing to invest more money. I've told my son that is currently looking at schools that finances will play a big role in the decision making, but he can make a case that we should pay more somewhere else and we would consider investing the money. ... editted to add that due to generous financial aid, my son's private school cost less than anywhere else he applied.

I used All About Spelling through middle school and now with my 9th grade daughter.

Sometimes it just takes some maturity. :hurray:

Well, I don't know if it shows up on the PAH transcript or not - you could email them and ask. However, I'm one of many who never turned in a PAH transcript to colleges, nor Brave Writer or other outside courses. While you have to turn in a Dual Enrollment college transcript, someone like PAH is just an outside provider like my local co-op. If my student dropped a PAH class and continued the subject at home, I'd just list the subject and grade and what we actually did and never mention PAH -- similar to if you changed algebra textbooks because the first wasn't working. If we dropped the subject altogether, I'd leave it off if possible. In reality, a dropped PAH class did show up on my son's college admissions. He was taking PAH AP Physics Mechanics in the fall and then E&M in the spring. They were both listed as senior year courses. In his midterm report, we reported that he had a final grade of A+ for Mechanics, but had decided to drop the E&M for the spring since we felt the teaching was poor and would be better taught at college. He replaced the AP course with AoPS Intermediate Counting and Probability so it was clear that he wasn't just trying to get an easier schedule.