I would put him in Pre-Algebra in one of these programs: Derek Owens Pre-Algebra Tabletclass Pre-Algebra Lials's Pre-Algebra He can move at his own pace and possibly finish pre-algebra and Algebra in the next 12 months.

What about Holt Biology course through the Well Trained Mind Academy?

Here is the plan for ds, 9th grade: edited 8/29/15 Pre-Algebra/ Algebra 1 ???? Apologia Biology @ hybrid school Spanish 1 @ hybrid school PE @ hybrid school World Geography - ??? Not sure, maybe Oak Meadow or through TTUISD English 1- Analytical Grammar, Essentials in Writing, Essentials in Literature?? (Maybe). We stopped LIghtning Lit. because it was too dry. Electives ??? He still needs a fine arts elective. I'm researching options.

My oldest ds, my first 9th grader, is behind in his writing skills and doesn't like to read. He skips over all writing assignments and we have to make him read. This past year we enrolled him in a beginning IEW course at a local co-op that we later dropped because he hated the class. He says IEW is too formulaic. He has ADD with EF disorder. We hired a tutor back in April and designed a curriculum for him to get him caught up. He currently is working on: Lightning literature 8, Analytical Grammar, and he will be starting WWS1 next month. After WWS, my plan is for him to take a few BraveWriter courses next spring/summer 2016. DS should be finished with LL8 at the end of this year. We will start the Teaching the Classics/ Window to the World combo next January/ February and work throughout the summer.

My rising 6th grader will be taking the following courses at a UMS in the fall: IEW Narnia Analytical Grammar Literature 6 (various novels)

I just ordered Calvert for my third and sixth grader. We should receive our boxes this week. I got so tired of piecing stuff together. My children will be going back to school Fall 2014, if not sooner.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned CLE Math. My older kids are using it and I'm very pleased with this program. I'm also trying out the 1st grade level with my 5yo dd since she's flying through Singapore Essential math and will be finished with that in 2-3 weeks. So far she enjoys it and is doing two lessons per day. Each grade level has 10 lightunits and two teacher's manuals. CLE math is a spiral math program (meaning it covers different topics in one lesson.) There are also speed drills in the back to reinforce math facts. The tm explains each lesson thoroughly and the curriculum is very thorough. CLE math is also very inexpensive. You can check out plenty of samples on their website www.clp.org. Congratulations on making the decision to homeschool. I totally understand about working full time and homeschooling. The past two years we used BJU math and I really like the program for K-3, but I felt we needed a change. CLE teaches to the student and the instruction is very straightforward. I also like MM, but we use the blue series for certain topics only. HTH, :)

Last school year we didn't do any activities outside of the home, except for going to the library and parks. ( I worked a crazy full time retail schedule and was often too tired to do or go anywhere on my "off" days. This school year we are busy with a newborn in the house, but I had to incorporate outside activities into our schedule because the kids were starting to say "homeschool" was boring and older ds begin begging to go back to public school (and we almost gave in :001_huh:). homeschool PE -twice weekly robotics-once per week art class-once per week bible study @ church-every Wednesday night Mathnasium-4-5 times per week They're much happier now. We are out of the house a lot, but we school year round and I'm taking it easy this year with a newborn in tow.

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I've used this in the past. http://corefoundations.wordpress.com/scheds-english-and-history/

In the past with my older children, we used Kumon wkbks for telling times. I think there are two workbooks; the first one for telling time by the hour and the half-hour. The second book deals with telling time in intervals: 15 min, 5 min, etc.. Now, with my dd, I've purchased the Math Mammoth blue topic on "clock". I think a spent $3 for it. HTH,:)

My 5yo dd really likes Reading Eggs. I bought a subscription through homeschool buyers coop for $16. It is worth the price. I agree with the previous posters about it moving fast. The children are encouraged to repeat the lessons to gain automatic recall. I happen to like the fact that it does involve sight words because dd has to learn them in school anyway. I also like that it gets the children reading sentences early on in the program. I let my dd "play" for 45 minutes 3 times per week. This is part of her afterschooling curriculum. We also use HOP and ETC workbooks. I don't know about ETC online, but I do like their workbooks. I looked into Click n Read, but I'm not willing to shell out $60 for it.

There are quite a few. I've used www.starfall.com with all of my children. This site is free and it is awesome as a supplement to any phonics program. I'm using Reading Eggs with dd now. I really like this program. I purchased a one year subscription through the homeschool buyer's coop for about $16. HTH :)

My 5th grader is studying American History this year with Abeka History 4. I will be doing a parallel study with him using H.A. Guerber's : The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and The Story of the Great Republic. I just ordered them, so I can't give you a review as of yet. I will be mainly using these books as read alouds. We will also be using Maptreks: US edition and the reading list from Sonlight's American History cores.

OK, dh and I changed our mind. We will continue homeschooling for this school year. I'm relieved. I think I was ready to send them off to school b/c of the newborn. Things have settled down and we're ready to kick off the new year on Sept. 1st-the day my daughter starts school. I wish you all well this school year with afterschooling.

We are back to afterschooling for the upcoming school year. Our children are 10,7, and 5 yo. Our curriculum is in my siggy. We've gone back and forth between homeschooling and afterschooling since our oldest was in PreK. He doesn't like homeschooling, I work full-time (currently out on maternity leave), and we just have too much going on as a family. Dh and I have agreed to put the kids back in school. The older two kids are going back to public school and my dd is in a kinder program at a small Christian school. I'm looking forward to this school year.

We're using a trio of Saxon Math + Math in Focus + Math Mammoth (Blue series). :)

Here is the link to the schedule that I use. God Bless this woman for all the time and effort she has put into this. Even though Saxon math is scripted for elementary age, I still like to have this printed out to check off each day as we go along. :D http://corefoundations.wordpress.com/scheds-math-science/

Nope, not here either. We're finishing up last school year's stuff. I pulled dc from public school last January. The official start date is Mon. 9/27/10 (according to the dates I entered into homeschool skedtrack-but we all know that date can be changed!) :D

I agree with a previous poster about using SSWR for reading/phonics only along with your other curricula. I don't have any experience with SSWR, but I've read that the program does have a lot of writing and the spelling is intense at that level. If you had to eliminate some of the other stuff, I would skip HWT and SWO and just use SSWR with FLL and WWE. Just my opinion. This is what I have planned for language arts with my 1st grader: Soaring w/ Spelling 1 - daily FLL on M,W,F WWE on T,R ( I combine two lessons into one, therefore we complete one week in 2 class days) ETC alternating w/Adventures in Phonics- daily I don't have any handwriting scheduled b/c he will have enough in the other curriculum. HTH :)

Adventures in Phonics from Christian Liberty Press Victory Drill Book HTH:)

We have the U300 Tv/internet/phone bundle package and we definitely like it!! We are getting ready to. We switched over from Time Warner. I will never go back to TWC. Hands down, U-verse is the way to go!

I'm currently right where you're now. I pulled my dc from public school during the middle of the year last year. I started from the beginning, so we are now finishing up 3rd grade with my oldest ds. We should be finished in a few weeks and our NEW school year starts 9/27/10. I decided to hold off on a formal vocabulary program (Vocabulary from Classic Roots) and Latin until January. However, I plan to add typing into our rotation in November. I think you would be able to add typing and SWO now into your current plan and leave the other subjects for later. I think you can start the writing program once he has completed WWE. Just my .02 :)

I used a variety of programs with my younger ds last year for kindergarten. He loves workbooks. We used Liberty Math K from CLP; BJU Math K; Kumon workbooks, and we completed the first 50 lessons in Saxon Math 1. We will finish Saxon Math 1 soon, but we're moving onto BJU math, Math in Focus and Math Mammoth (Blue series) combo for 1st grade. Now for my daughter, we will go a totally different route. She is in PreK this year and we will be doing Singapore Essential Math Bk A as well as MEP Reception year. Once we finish with that, we will continue onto Essential Math B and Abeka Math K (I only like their Kindergarten program).

My older ds is starting 4th grade at 9yrs, 11mos. He will be 10 years old next month in September. Therefore, next year he will be 10yrs, 11mos when he starts 5th grade. My younger ds is starting 1st grade at 6yrs, 6mos. So he will start 2nd grade at 7yrs, 6mos.

I've been researching this as well for my younger son for 1st grade math. I decided not to go with Saxon. We're going to use the newer edition of BJU math for my 4th grader. However, the online or dvd program uses the older edition so I can't do the online program for him.:confused: Here's a link if you're interested in the online courses: http://www.bjupresshomeschool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_Online____559627