I think it looks good. It doesn't look either too light or too heavy to me. I do want to encourage you do get the Spectrum lab kit and do those labs. That curriculum is built around a hands on learning approach. If you don't do their labs, you are really missing the core of the program. You shouldn't need to do Landry afterwards.

I too organize by subject: science and then subfolders such as biology. I back up to an external hard drive and fewer things to the cloud so space doesn't become an issue in my off-site backups. Curriculum would not make the cut to off-site. It can almost always be re-downloaded with proof of purchase.

Embarrassingly, I couldn't find it yesterday when I posted. Today my pitiful memory is working a little better. It was this one from crown awards.

I had one kid who had a plan at that age and one that didn't. My ASD kiddo will be a sophomore in college this year and still only has the barest of plans. My youngest has modified her plan some, but has a firm idea of where she is going and how she will get there. Be patient. Freshman in high school rarely have a real plan and an ASD kiddo even less so. It isn't a failure on his part. More realism will come. A first job, earning money, picking up expenses, it gradually sinks in. There is a good chance he get there someday. Encourage him. Guide him gently. And wait.

It is the way I graded many subjects. All work was done until it met my expectations. If it wasn't right or good enough, it was redone. I have seen people like Regentrude refer to it as teaching to mastery. Since subjects are done until mastered, they get an A. There were a few exceptions for me. Things like math, that can easily be tested, the grades were based completely on test scores. The same was true in subjects where we followed a defined curriculum that included tests. Even in these subjects, the homework was done and redone to mastery, so it was very rare that there was a grade lower than an A on a test. Subjects like writing and a foreign language I don't speak, we used the mastery concept based on the work they did and the standards I gave. There doesn't always have to be a test.

Another vote for putting it up. We were late getting our above ground pool opened one year. It just meant we were sad when the time came to take it down. It is a lot of work and there is less time to reap the rewards, but it was still worth it here. Enjoy the cool relief from the heat!

There are so few word problems in MUS, that if he skips the honors pages, it won't give him any trouble. Of course, you will still want to remediate, but it might be nice to not have word problems that he can't do staring at him every day. (from the mom of a 2E kid that understand uneven learning)

We had a large foldable tumbling mat, a balance beam made of a 4x6 with thin carpet cover and pipe legs/feet, and a kip bar. All of it was fun for years until her skills no longer fit in our house or on that equipment. It was a lot of fun though and didn't break the bank or take too much space.

We took the local public school calendar and modified it a bit here and there to fit our family. My kids participated in church and sports that ps kids participated in and it was easier for us if our school calendar was similar to that of the ps.

TT version 2.0 accelerated their scope and sequence to a more standard high school course (good news for most). MUS has maintained their slower path through algebra. Both have a very gentle Pre-Algebra, but MUS's is a bit of a hodgepodge covering a lot of random topics that are often covered earlier. It is really a fill in the gaps program for kids who have used MUS in elementary. It is a good place to start though. MUS really mixes in pre-algebra type equation solving into earlier levels, so there is less of that and more gap plugging in pre-algebra. As far as word problems, MUS has very few, although their honors pages are often word problems. You would probably have to supplement. It has been too long since I tried TT, so I can't speak to the quality of their word problems, but I read a lot of complaints about them being weak so I wouldn't be surprised if you had to supplement there too.

Saying City, State school district sounds like she was in public school. Is that the goal?

Teaching textbooks is spiral and MUS is mastery. The MUS videos are not boring. Steve has a corny sense of humor and is really a good teacher. My kids though TT was too childish. TT is a little more challenging than MUS and TT Geometry is significantly more challenging than MUS. MUS has very boring pages, no color, no pictures, no distractions. For many with kids with attention issues, that really works. Some kids do find the pages boring though.

I used this paper. I added an embossed seal and I put it in a padded diploma cover so it looks all official. For one child, it probably would have been cheaper to just order a diploma from somewhere, but I came out ahead by the second child and for those with several - this ends up offering significant savings and my kids diplomas look very nice.

I have a friend who started homeschooling with a 6th grader last year using Bridgeway. I don't really know the details, but they thought the teacher was terrible and the child is going back to public school because they considered it a disaster. There was a lot going on in this family's life and I don't know how much of the blame for the disaster falls and them and how much on Bridgeway, but I thought I'd pass it along anyway.

I thought the flashcards were printed somewhere too. As far as grading, we started w/me checking ds's work, and transitioned to him checking with me just looking to see that it was done (it took me forever to grade and he needed to see how to fix his mistakes). All work was done and redone until it was perfect. We considered it a course where he worked to mastery, so he got an A.

I chose I have done it at least one time, because I know I have. However, it is entirely possible that I have done it 2+ times; I'm just too old to remember. Umm, come to think of it, that is the same excuse I use for buying a book more than once.

I could be wrong on that. I thought it was supposed to ship last fall but didn't. I thought it was supposed to be shipping for this fall (don't know if it has actually started or not). I'm guessing that when they start shipping it, they will stop shipping the old one, which makes sense with them saying that you have to specify if you want the Dragonfly text now.

I didn't think the Macaw syllabus was actually shipping yet.

Here was my last one. It was too hard to remove her name, so I left it, but I'll probably delete it in a day or two rather than leaving her full name up forever :). Nic's Diploma.pdf Nic's Diploma.pdf

I think you just described Math-U-See. It is very popular among special needs students because it is very clear, mastery based, and sticks to short lessons and practice pages. It hits every one of your points. They have consumer math as one of the options - it is separate, but available.

Either one of those is a good choice for 8th grade. I would not do conceptual physics after a physical science class that spent a semester on physics. Either do conceptual physics and skip physical science or do physical science and then a standard (algebra based) physics course.

Yes. While it is unlikely, someone (probably an employer) may ask one for one somewhere along the way. Your child should have one on file that they can access.

I don't consider it necessary. I tried it with both my kids and it was a mistake for both. Neither of mine liked or did well in the online format. My ASD guy in particular really hated online classes. Both have done much better in college classrooms.

$200-300K depending on how nice the finishes are. You could pay more, but that would get you what you asked for: move in ready, up to date, 5 bedrooms 3 baths probably on 3 acres because that is the minimum lot size where I live (for septic).

:huh: The internet is free. Your internet provider may be charging you big bucks, but that goes no further than their pockets. While there are sites that are subscription based and you pay to access content, the vast majority of internet content is free. Creating it is not free. Those who use their time and talents to create the content deserve to be paid. Ads are a very small revenue stream for most, but for many they provide the revenue that keeps the site alive. Right now, this is the choice we have made. We want free content. The way we get free content is to have advertisers pay for the site.