Seeing that my dd is 9, I am really happy I did not use this program when she was younger. I think it would have been cost prohibitive. I would not have wanted her to spend that much time on the computer, nor do I think would want to trade off "mommy time" for the computer (not to toot my own horn..lol). She has completed the Singapore PM series, I let her go at her own pace with teaching from me. I sat down with every lesson and basically followed that HIG to the T. I believe that if a child it truly gifted, they will stay gifted , you can try to hold them back, but you won't be able to :). Math and reading have always been the 2 things I refuse to let go. I believe when it comes to homeschooling " you get what you inspect". Now at age 9 it's bittersweet. She is my oldest, and we have chosen to go with EPGY, for the most part. I am still looking over different curriculum's to see if I can have her for another year. Our math lessons have become "our time" I will really miss them. I am toying with the idea of doing Life of Fred Percents, Decimals & Fractions alongside Keys to Algebra and ALEKS as a supplement. I am awaiting Basic College Math by Lial as another possible curricula option. So back to your original question, it's not so much to have "someone else to back up the fact that your child is advanced". She has always worked several grade levels ahead in every subject, but at this rate she is moving faster in math than what I am able teach. I'm a nurse so if we were moving on to conversions I would have no problem, she will do General Science by Apologia and I am really excited for that. I pretty much bottom out at Algebra 2, and even that's a stretch;). If I could teach it I still would...no doubt'

I was looking into this recently and I found a discussion about what to do after 6B. After 6B HTH's

It's funny , many of my friends don't. I always shower, do my hair and wear makeup every day. I have always been a girly, girly. I love to dress up. I love hair products, I love perfume, all that jazz (needless to say my hubby loves it too!). I am always at my kids games (soccer, baseball etc..) dressed up. My husband knows if he comes home from work and I am not dressed up with make-up on I must be really sick. I think part of it is my Latino culture. The fact that I don't wear heels every day is a surprise to some of my family members..lol

the enrollment date was easier for us and I felt that with JH we would have had to jump through more hoops as far as "more" testing than I really wanted to put my dd through at 9 yrs. They both use the exact same software EPGY developed until 6th sometimes 7th, so I also liked the fact that she would be registered with the company that first developed the program. As far as the upper levels , for the most part, since EPGY uses Lial (which my husband thinks is great) I may just add in the Think-Well software JH uses as the supplement to Lial and go from there. We tried so many curriculum's with her, she did best with the Singapore PM series. As far as the others, she quit on MUS, dug her heels in with Teaching Textbooks, never felt challenged with Bob Jones. I was planning on starting VideoText with her and letting her go at her own pace but I decided on a whim to look at EPGY and JH and I liked what I saw. Mind you this is just for this particular child, I use some of these same programs I mentioned above currently with my other kids and they are doing well. She really likes to get down to business, doesn't like fluff and ALWAYS does several lessons ahead to prove how easy she finds it. (I think that's why, she swears it's because she forgets:confused:, I don't buy it)

Actually EPGY uses Lials , for their Honors Beginning Algebra, it is " Beginning Algebra" by Lial. The Honors Intermediate Algebra text they use is "Intermediate Algebra" by Lial. The Pre-Calc is also a Lial text. The elementary program uses a "software strand" type system. EPGY uses a software program in elementary. The Honors pre-algebra starts in 7th grade, they want the gifted 8th graders taking Alg. For JH they use the software from EPGY in elementary and then in the higher levels they actually add in Think-well (Sonlight sells it) The child must score high enough to be accepted into the program. JH uses this http://www.addall.com/New/submitNew.cgi?type=ISBN&query=0395977274 for Geometry, and for Calculus they use one by Larson. If your child has been scoring in the 97% then you most likely will not have too much of a problem applying. Depending on what test they have taken they must have a Qualifying Mathematics Score and it's pretty grade specific. We went through the process getting my daughter qualified so I have been on the phone with them quite a bit lately:)

I continue math through the summer on a light 3 X a week schedule. When they finish any math book , I jump into the next one. Then during our summer break we do math 2 x a week. This way when the school year starts we do not have any review and we can go full speed again.

I am very active, and I eat pretty healthy. I was experiencing more than normal exhaustion. After a run I would feel like I needed a nap and that s unusual for me. I went to my OB/GYN and I found out that I was anemic. Sometimes as we get older(I hate to say that) our bodies take longer to "recover" from our cycle (loss of blood). All I needed was to start taking Iron pills. I can tell you that the regular cheaper ones gave me horrible stomach cramps. I found SLOW FE a timed release Iron pill. I feel like myself and I actually have more energy which I think is because it was a gradual thing and I only recently started to notice. I take 2 SLOW-FE a day (morning & night) 1200 mg of Fish Oil 1 daily vitamin with Chondroitin (for joints) I feel great!!!!

We used JAG after Shurley 3 and she tested out of the first 3 units. It took my dd about 2 months to finish up the rest. She found it easier than Shurley. We are now almost finished with Shurley 4. I would think after Shurley 7 you could go directly into Latin studies (Bolchazy-Carducci, Cambridge Latin Course, Ecce Romani or something similar)

Not sure if you found your answer. But here goes, it was perfect for my 5 and just turned 8 year old. It was too easy for my 9 yod, she loves science and reads a ton of science books. The experiments were fun, but I did add 2 Science in a Nutshell Kits to beef it up as well as extra reading. I was not to concerned because she is also doing Zoology 2 which, was a perfect fit. I will , most likely buy level 2 then next time around. Although, for what it's worth, the book selections were awesome.

Wheeled cart, water bottles, address labels (so you don't have to write it every time you want to get on a mailing list), list of what you "must" see in order to make a decision, a convention notebook. My convention notebook is a cheap composition book, I write down things I have been dying to see, after I review them I write down what I liked, and dis - liked. I also list any gems I might want to get later.

We are on week 23 with NOEO and it's very light for my 9 yod, perfect for my 8yod and 5yod. I added Science in a Nutshell kits twice and I have my 9yod the directions and basically runs the experiments which, I have to admit she loves to do. The books have been great and they have thus far retained everything. Science is the thing that always gets done, it's my favorite subject and my kids love it. I also slid in biographies(inventors) a couple of weeks before we focused on some of the inventors in NOEO and they had wonderful discussions as a product of that. I want to add my 9yod is also doing Zoology 2 (Apologia) at our co-op. She does all the reading & note-booking at home then she does the labs at co-op. This has been mostly independent, I check her notebook every now and then. She currently has a shell box, ocean box and a beautiful notebook from that class. She LOVES the text and I find her going way ahead on reading assignment.

The picture I have for my avatar is my 4 yod dd. She was out playing and she came back with a frog in a polly pocket dress. She showed it to me, after I took the picture I said ," honey, you need to let it go now." Her reply was, "okay, she'll be the prettiest frog in the woods." I never did tell her to undress that poor frog:rolleyes:.....lol

I taught my first 2 without 100EZ and it took much longer for them to get off an reading. They both read wonderfully it just took a little longer. My pre-ker wanted to read at night when everyone else was and so to get her off to reading without the wait we started with 100EZ. It only takes a few months to go through and now she is reading well and ready to start writing more as SWR requires. If I had known about 100EZ before I would have used it.

Old Post Just to update to that post, we are nearly finished with 100 EZ. On lesson 80 of 100EZ ,I did the vowel/consonant chart and then the multi-letter phonogram chart. I reviewed the chart from SWR 3 times a week for two weeks. Then we started list A ( I only dictate 5 a day 4 x a week), it went like a breeze. Smooth , easy transition. By the time we finish 100EZ she will be somewhere in list E.

Not quite sure of your ages, here are a few: Usborne books (all ages) DK Books (3rd and up) Kingfisher Encyclopedia (6th and up) God's World News (order age appropriate) Ranger Rick (2nd-4th) The Complete Book Series (Love this!) get correct grade level (look inside at Amazon) History Makers IEW Supplement a wonderful tool. In 37 lessons spanning history from the ancient Sumerians to the recent attack on the Two Towers, this book provides selections and instructions that correspond to the IEW units. (7th and up) Great Biographies for Kids

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In my (I'm sure I'm not alone) constant quest for math I found something rather neat. I am currently using Singapore/TT for my 4th grader, MUS & Singapore for my 2nd grader and BJU/Singapore for my Ker. Singapore is my basal text and the others act as supplements for the most part. Through the summer we normally finish up the chapters of the supplement. I was looking into streamlining. I would like to have a supplement that's seamless. I find myself pulling out chapters and rearranging them in the supplement to match the basal text. With all that said, I found out ALEKS has an integrated curriculum with quite a few math texts, Lial's being one. It says: "Textbook Integration A broad selection of popular textbooks may be integrated with various ALEKS courses. What happens when you choose a textbook for integration with your ALEKS course? A custom syllabus based on the textbook is automatically assigned to the ALEKS course so that the coverage aligns with that of the textbook." I think this might be the way to go, has anyone used this?

I use Bob Jones Testing Service for the IOWA, I do administer it myself.

I give the IOWA to my kiddos every year. I have only used Spectrum Test Prep. This will be the first year my youngest has taken the IOWA, but my 2 oldest have always scored very high using Spectrum Test Prep. I have them use the Test Prep throughout the year, doing one page daily. They will both be finished with STP at the end of march and then they take the IOWA test in April. Scoring High is by the same company, the only difference I have seen is, scoring high is specific to the tests( CAT, ITBS, SAT etc.) whereas STP covers all 5 of the major standardized tests given, which is why I chose it.

Grammar 4 x's weekly Writing 4 x's weekly History 2 x's weekly Science 3 x's weekly Geography 1x weekly (on history day) Bible/Religion 5 x's weekly

Your right, I have the copyright wrong, but those are the current printings. Like, OHEliz... said, the trainers will send you the latest version.

Last I knew these are the most recent editions: SWR Copyright 2002/ 7th printing Wise Copyright 2003 / 8th printing

Well I guess it really depends on what you need from her. The only real difference between B and C is creative writing and some brain inventory that I really don't like anyways. If I had a child in 7th I would probably go with SWI-C because of the lecture notes and the in-depth critique it teaches. Remember you move through this at their pace. Her writing curriculum would look something like this like this: 7th-SWI-C 8th- SWIC-CC (this can take 1-2 years depending on the pace) 9th/10th- High School Essay Intensive/SAT Prompts 11th-Literature Analysis/Advanced Communication Series 12th British Literature or Shakespeare Just some ideas...

I have all three of these. I think if you are nervous about the TWSS and you are looking for more guidance, I guess I would describe each one like this: SWI-A : Depending on the writing ability of your 3rd it might go a little fast, but the samples will be spot on for a 5th grader. You might have to come up with easier models for your third grader. It will do the teaching for you, and you will have the TWSS to fall back on is you need to answer any questions. I suggest you look in the TWSS syllabus to see what is "expected " for a 3rd grader (if you need the page number , let me know) Ancient History: Lesson plans, models and it's targeted for both grade levels. You will have to watch the TWSS corresponding DVD when you move through the units but that will be easy enough to do. Bible Based: I love them but the move very fast and the samples and models are for 5th and up. I think you will run out of what to give your third grader and you will have to , as with the SWI-A come up with different models. So with all that said I vote for the Ancient History Lessons in tandem with the TWSS for you:D

You could easily work through the TWSS alone using the lesson plans that follow along with it. This way if you download the lesson plans for 3-6th grade you will be able to go at the pace of your child. You don't have to go through all 9 units, you can just get to report writing and then you could get the SWI-B and your child would have a better understanding of whats expected from IEW. HTH's