Are these books fairly easy to read? If you used these plus study guides what portion of History credit do you think? Or would these only be able to be used as supplement?

My daughter was diagnosed with SPD at 2 and 1/2 years of age. She is now turning 14. She does have some mild OCD tendencies as well. The best thing we ever did was clean up her diet. She had colitis from dairy at 1 month old and though we weren't seeing intestinal symptoms when we let her have little bit here and there as she got older, I feel pretty sure it was affecting her behavior. Also no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Very limited sugar. Her sensory issues went way down when we made these changes. And when she eats something she shouldn't have we can tell a big difference. Also read up on healing the gut. A good book on SPD is "The Out of Sync Child".

I am in the same boat as you and don't know History well at all and my very ADD daughter needs more than just reading a text to make it stick. We are going into 8th grade. I found a book I loved called "Everything You Need to know about World History Homework" that consists of short passages on each major topic throughout history. Large print and colorful, listed as 4th to 6th grades. I am going to use it as a spine and try to add movies, short books, etc., when we hit certain topics. It won't be as deep, but I am hoping at least this way she will remember history vs. learning for a test and dumping the info like I did in school. They also have one for American History.

My son was dual enrolled partially in 10th grade and full time in 11th and 12th. I never made him a transcript because he got his AA when he was graduating high school. Would I need to make a transcript and put the dual enrolled courses on there and call them a credit toward high school?

DD is now using pre algebra TT and doing conversions. Getting some right and some wrong. I have tried to show her how she will always know whether to multiply or divide if she will just use unit multipliers, but for some reason the concept is just not sticking. Probably a lot to do with mom being the one teaching it which is why we went with TT in the first place. Any suggestions?

If it makes you feel any better I had a daughter born with health problems and wouldn't sleep through the night for years when my son was in 7th grade. I would hand my son a stack of curriculum at the beginning of the year and tell him to do an assignment a day and find me if he had any problems. School went on most of the time like this until he dual enrolled in 10th grade. He went on to graduate cum laude with a degree in accounting and just this year received his CPA license. I suppose if life hadn't been so crazy he could have had a more well rounded education, but he ended up doing just fine despite the lack of parental involvement. I tell myself I prepared him to be able to educate himself. ;)

Others will probably have better advice as to what most colleges in general require, but I would advise you to check into several of the colleges that she would consider attending and find out what their admission requirements are. The 4 year university near us requires 3 years of natural science including 2 with labs. Doesn't specify which sciences so I will probably not do Chemistry or Physics since my dd is not a math/science person either and pick something like Marine Biology or Earth Science instead.

I suppose I should have been more specific but basically sex and nudity were what I am trying to avoid.

That is the info I was looking for. I know the implication is there, but I was looking for movies that weren't too graphic and I was tired of reading parental advisories. :)

Are there any movie adaptations that I do not have to preview or fast forward through?

Thanks for all of the ideas where to start!

Where would you start with Shakespeare? Or if you could only do one which would you choose?

I have friends that like Exploring Economics by Ray Notgrass. I am planning on using that or the Uncle Eric's series. I'm torn.

My DD is just now in pre algebra and I do let her use a calculator for the longer problems. I feel like her multiplication and division are pretty solid now and it was just taking her forever to get through math. I wanted her to focus on learning the new concepts and how to set the problems up. She was doing a lot of percentages, conversions, etc. with large numbers. Now that she is hitting simple algebraic equations we will be putting the calculator away.

I noticed there is a free one and Level 1, Level 2 and so on. Can you use this to meet 2 year requirement and how many levels would you have to use?

Do you have a spanish curriculum that you would recommend?

Would this just be supplemental or is it possible to make a foreign language credit out of it?

Thank you for all the info! Helps a lot!

Is there anywhere I can find this online such as FPEA? I searched but could not find any info at all about graduation requirements or lack thereof for homeschoolers in FL. Thanks!

When I used the term "legitimate" I meant "following the rules" for homeschooling and requirements. Of course I could "give" my kid a diploma for doing nothing at all in high school. I would say that is not "legitimate". Perhaps I should use a different term.

Thanks for the info! If the PS is allowed to do it, then I am going to feel free to do so.

I was told that homeschoolers are now required to fulfill the FL DOE requirements for graduation in order to issue a legitimate diploma. The person who gave me the info said the rules have changed and when our kiddos (who are now 26) were going through school there were no requirements for homeschoolers, but now there are. This person is a very active homeschooler and still does evals and testing. I was quite surprised to hear this, but it sounded like she knew what she was talking about. I suppose I should continue to check into this. :)

Does anyone know what the rules are for counting high school level work such as Algebra 1 in eighth grade toward high school credits? Dd is average in math and has no interest in anything STEM related and I do not want to get stuck doing high level maths to fulfill credit requirements in high school. Also may be an opportunity to take a high school level Apologia course with a co-op next year.

I am a very relaxed homeschooler and did not really care how many hours were put in until we got to high school. My son was a fast worker and completing required subjects in 2 1/2 to 3 hours a day. I did think that wasn't really enough for high school so I had him work at least 4 hours a day. (He was not happy about that and felt he was being "punished" for being efficient.) But probably quite low compared to most people. But I thought about how much time I actually spent on "work" going through public school and that was about it so I felt pretty safe with that. He was able to duel enroll and finish AA degree by the time he graduated high school. Went on to college and now has his CPA license and is almost done with his Masters in Accounting. I say this for all those parents out there that worry they are not doing "enough". :) My DD will be hitting high school in a year and is a slow worker so if I set time limits it will be so she doesn't get burned out if school is taking too long.

I guess when I posted my original question I should have stated that Dd would probably just attend local community college and all they require is passing a placement test. But this has given me a lot to think about!