Well, the Amazon pre-order page is up, but it has Jan 2016 as publication date. I expect (HOPE) that changes soon.

UW has its own homeschool advocacy page, they could probably help answer some of your questions in regards to the specifics of UW. The residency requirements for UW can be found here. However, you might be able to ask in regards to the specifics of your situation and if you guys planned to move as a family to Washington upon leaving the UAE. As I know there is some differences allowed for military members, maybe they allow some flexibility for contractors with the DOD as well. My biggest thing would be really checking into the transferability of the Associates into the US system. The extra money might not translate well if he really will only get partial credit. I would not take the answer from the UAE school as my only source. I would ask specifically UW, if we have X associates from this UAE school, does it meet all the requirements of a transfer student say from the states. Even within the states schools will have agreements that they will block transfer this associate from this community college, but usually within state. That doesn't mean you can take your associates from state x community college and be guaranteed that the university in state y is going to accept it in entirety. I would definitely consider looking into doing distance learning with a community college from the states, where it might be cheaper and perhaps easier to transfer the credits from within the US system.

Justin - Are you still offering copies to get started while we continue to wait? Any new word when consumers will be able to get the full edition? Thank you.

They require these classes because technically speaking he is no longer homeschooling by using the charter school. The charter school enrolls him as a public student, thus giving them the funds to pay for the college classes. So, if you can give him a diploma and transcript based on previous work with you and his college classes, go for it. GFU is homeschool friendly and they have a lovely campus. The two years of free college classes so you can basically earn an associates is a hard thing to pass on, but as much as we would love to use one of these or the gateway program offered direct from PCC we are 98% we won't go that route and just pay for the classes she wants/needs without the extra hoop of pleasing some program.

Any new update for the Medieval Guide? I can't wait to hit order and get a copy in my hands.

Audible is the best deal going for stocking up on Great Courses lectures. I subscribed so I could purchase the lectures, which are just one credit, well worth the price. I have found that if I don't spend my credits each month and start to get a few I get a deal in my email. Along the lines of since on X date you had 4 credits you can buy one get one free or buy two get one free. So I can go use a few of my credits and a freebie credit all for Great Courses.

I just ran across a Splat the Cat I Can Read book for free if you have a Fire or use an app to read. Probably will only stay free for a short time.

Another resource from Oxford Press is their Audio Guides for classics. Tune in and let our expert editors and translators guide you through some of the greatest literature from around the world. Listen as they talk about the circumstances in which the authors lived, the origins of their writings, and the reasons for their enduring appeal. Whether you want to find out more about your favourite book, have something stimulating to listen to on your iPod, or are a student writing essays, these easy to listen to guides will stimulate, inform, and entertain. They are still adding to the list, but they have a nice start underway.

Something like The Timetables of History might be helpful to you. Use the look inside feature and take a peek (it isn't on kindle) it might be at your library, I found a used copy. It doesn't cover cause/affect so much, but does walk you through time periods and keypoints, events and people in those periods. Is this a start along the lines you are looking for?

Yes, the previous $1 books link has expired. However here is a new one. (Feb 7, 2014, not sure how long good for).

I would say it isn't the clearest. But if you use the footnotes 6 & 7 from Page 121. The Notes page (783) references 6. "The Cursing of Agade," in ETC 7. Ibid. Ibid means the same as mentioned above. Skimming back throught the notes the first ETC was on pg 782 - Chapter 13, #5. Looking at the entry just prior we find The Education of Cyrus, translated by Wayne Ambler

Today (February 7th) the Free Daily Android App on Amazon is Stack the Countries, great chance to grab it for free if you haven't picked it up yet.

Inexpensive might come from a combination of things besides just online school. Saylor.org has free courses, they have a few new ones geared for K-12 (English 10 being one of them), they are still adding to this area. No reason he couldn't select courses from the University level, as they don't appear to be any tougher, but broader array of topics since they aren't pigeon holing into a typical high school path for classes. If he needs to build up math skills he could take the Real World Math and/or PreAlgebra from the University level listed courses to go back over basics before moving to Algebra. They offer Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra II and higher in the K-12 section. You could select Medieval Literature from the University level for 11 or 12 for example. All the information is free online through links and documents. The only "graded" test is the end final but if she is willing to check his work along the way it could work to build back his self-esteem. There is a wide variety of classes available under the university level link, plenty of history classes a few language options, etc. Some of the Saylor courses have been aligned to prepare for AP exam, CLEP exams or various other proctored test to earn university credit. Point being the MOOC's can easily be used to fill-in space for a few classes inexpensively. Many have shared long list of MOOC resources (Khan, Hippo, Courseca,etc) so we can give plenty of links if something she might consider. Maybe select a few course to not do online, science for example. Part of the question to, if he is doing poorly, will he be getting credit for the first half of the year? If he is failing classes it might not gain anything to enroll him in the online public school. At a minimum I think it will take until next school year to figure out what works for them, adjust to a new school structure, etc. I haven't much wise knowledge, still trying to figure out what works best for us. A zillions tweaks later, we came into homeschool rather late in the game as well, just before high school age so are still learning the ropes. I have bought tons of things, looked a million others, have a zillion links to this and that resource and still never find just what we want. Are there any local teen co-op type classes that he could take a class at for a subject? Mine doesn't do well with the online only atmosphere, wants things printed and is used to textbooks. We tried Keystone and found it to have busy work and didn't feel like we were gaining the freedom that homeschool is suppose to allow for choosing a learning path.

Congrats to those of you participating. I just saw this thread, I don't spend enough time looking around all the threads. I have completed 65 books so far, my goal is 75.....So need to get cracking in next few weeks!

I haven't had a chance to use these apps yet, but I stumbled upon them and think they have potential. Writing Prompts - $1.99 version They have an 'eductional' version listed as A+ Writing Prompts - but it runs $4.99. Not sure exactly what the price difference gets you. In any case, they have a companion product called Character Prompts for $2.99. Sound like a good deal if you have a kid that gets stuck on trying to figure out what to write about. Anybody used these?