What state? What do the requirements say about Earth Science? I've never heard of an Earth Science graduation requirement. Does it apply to homeschoolers? Colleges won't require Earth Science for admissions, so I would look carefully at if it is required for homeschoolers and what the requirement is. I think there is a good chance you could substitute Environmental Science, but just couldn't say without looking at the law.

I provided a weekly schedule/list. The subjects that were "scheduled" were those we worked on together. We had scheduled meeting times for those classes. The classes they did independently they worked off the list. In 9th my oldest needed me to run his schedule for him. I asked questions like, what did you do for the last hour? What are you working on next? If he had no plan, I helped him make one. As he got older, we transitioned to him making himself a daily plan and me making sure he had the plan and checking to see if he followed it. Dd was better at being independent. She likes to organize and took my schedule and made her own. In 9th, we did what I said at the beginning, but with very little support on the independent classes, just me checking work/grading and helping if she had questions.

Reported.

I don't Pintrest, so I have no idea. But our school room was our family room. The center piece was a couch with a huge white board on the wall behind it. On one side was a set of shelves known as my "teacher shelves". On the other side was a stack of cubes, two per child. One cube had drawers, the other open to hold books. On the other side of the cubes was a table, the "science table". It was used for labs and any other large projects. Past that on the side wall was another set of shelves with science supplies. There is another set of shelves that started off as books and over the years became a couple shelves of books and a couples shelves of old curriculum, future curriculum, and portfolios. Both my kids have bookshelves in their rooms too. I didn't homeschool very small kids or I would have had a better table for us to all sit around, but our school room worked great for us and I do think it looked good too. :)

Ds was old enough to vote for the first time this year. We discussed the primary quite a bit. He had a candidate and planned to vote, but decided against it yesterday. Dh and I both offered to take him with us. I'm hoping he will vote in the general election next fall. We don't agree politically, but I do want him to start!

Kolbe keeps promising plans for the newer Miller/Levine Biology. They said they'd be our for the current year and then didn't have them last fall. I don't know if they are available or not. I'm a big fan of M/L Biology, so I'd go with Kolbe if they have the new book planned. I thought the changes were worthwhile. There are some reviews of CK-12 that are pretty negative due to errors. I considered it, but didn't read enough or thoroughly enough to know if I consider it an issue. I have never looked at OM Science much. The Holt book they used for Biology (not sure if they still do) is used for Middle School Honors Life Science in our public schools and that was a turn off for me, but that was a personal thing. I've done M/L with just their web support which I'm not sure homeschoolers can get anymore and I've done it with DIVE. I think it is a wonderful on-level book. It was a great for my English lover and my Biology lover - a rare treasure.

This. I didn't know how to answer. I just put down a couple that came to mind, but I am an information hound. If I wonder - even vaguely about something, I research it.

I don't have a kindle, but that is the way it works on my phone or my ds's ipad. My ipad doesn't do whispersync.

We didn't have a school not answer, but we did have one ignore our request for a meeting with a specific department. We emailed a second time asking about the meeting request - no answer. I had dd email the department she wanted to meet with directly. They responded and said that it had to be setup through admissions, but they contacted admissions for us and voila, admissions got back to us. All that to say, I agree with contact the department and just show up.

I used EIL as a full English credit each time we used it (ds 2 years, dd 1 year). It does not include writing instruction, but does have plenty of writing assignments. It also has a model and grading rubric for each type of paper. I never used Windows to the World. I've seen one person post that you should, but neither of my kids did and we didn't miss it. :)

Don't even try to buy all the lab supplies you will need for high school at once. Take it one year at a time. Pick a curriculum or textbook, then decide what labs you are going to do with it. Then buy the supplies. Buying reusable supplies like glass beakers, test tubes, pipettes. etc, will save money in the long run as they can be used in biology, chemistry and who knows what else.

Nutgrass Government was pushier on religion than Apologia Chemistry. BJU is very pushy in all subjects and broadly bashes those who disagree. Apologia (at least those written by Jay Wile) weren't anywhere near that although I wouldn't have used a Christian publisher for Biology. I also understand the new revisions of Apologia not done by Wile have an increase in religious content.

Missouri Western State University Nursing major Chosen because it: has an excellent nursing program w/high certification rates is her ideal distance from home is very inexpensive (this is my practical child) is a school focused on hands on education (this is not my liberal arts kid) and because she: could get early (honors) admissions to the nursing program and not have to wait two years to apply liked the town where it is located both size and weather (not to mention the only time she'd been there before the campus visit was when she won a gymnastics state championship lol) liked the atmosphere of the school when we toured could picture herself happy there.

:lol: My dd wears leggings almost exclusively. She looks fabulous in a halter top (not warm enough for that here right now), because she's been a competitive gymnast for 11 years and her shoulders are ripped! I guess I should consider myself lucky that she isn't strung out or on her way to the abortion clinic now. Or maybe I'm just such a terrible parent I don't know about all the drugs and men my loose standards have led her to.

I would just use Yelp! or Around me. They will bring up a map of what is around - about any category. You can zoom into a neighborhood level and search to see if they like the selection of grocery stores, drug stores, restaurants, etc.

I agree, that I was making the assumption of basic supplies, pencils, paper, crayons, etc. My library has computers with internet access, lots of them. They also have several foreign language options including books, online, and video instruction. They have math manipulative and some science kits too. Like I said, it depends a lot on the library. I do think it gets harder as your kids get older, but I think it is possible at all ages. It just takes a ton of effort.

This. And, yes, it would be an incredible amount of work for mom! Our library has a great selection of fiction and non-fiction and even has high school and college text books in the reference department (every textbook used by the largest school district in the area is kept on the shelf among others). They also have a lending program with most of the college universities in the state. Even in high school, I think all the sources needed to homeschool well could be found there. Of course, that includes the internet and all the sources it provides. However, you'd need to be at the library a LOT.

So, I'm going to try to take on the issue of cholesterol in light of the What I say vs What He Hears thread. Cholesterol is an important substance in our body. It is necessary. Like many things we need, too much is bad. The thing is our bodies produce it. Very simply, Cholesterol levels are controlled by a feedback loop that senses when there is enough and reduces production. However, for someone like Densiemomof4, odds are the feedback loop is broken. There are two choices here. The first is like when you tell your husband dinner will be ready in 5 min and he decides to hop in the shower or run to the autoparts store. You said it, he heard you, but he didn't respond in the way you intended. In body this equates to their being enough cholesterol in the blood stream, the body senses it, says it, but doesn't stop producing it. The other choice is like when you call him to dinner and he is in the other room watching TV and never hears. In this case you failed to communicate the message right? The body can either not sense the cholesterol is too high or not send the message to stop it. So, what does that have to do with dietary cholesterol? Dietary cholesterol can make it into the blood stream. If your bodies feedback loop works properly, your body will still sense when there is enough and reduce its production to match. For those with a healthy feedback loop, dietary cholesterol isn't a problem because their body will adjust. They can eat healthy fats like coconut oil and not be concerned about it raising their cholesterol. However, if your feedback loop is broken. Eating dietary cholesterol has the potential to raise your cholesterol levels even higher. Does that help any? It has nothing to do with whether or not coconut oil helps metabolism. (I can't tell that it does for, but that is the current buzz). I hope it does shine some light on why it might be ok for some, but maybe not such a good idea for other to eat it.

Not a low-carber, but out dinner was. Baked fish w/salsa, baked asparagus w/lemon butter, and a salad. We actually had some quinoa with that, but that would mess up its low-carbness.

I have a friend who has been at it a year or so now. She lost quite a bit of weight initially and seems to feel like it works well for her. She is still significantly overweight though and I'm not sure she has continued to lose. I considered it, decided it really wasn't a good plan for me and moved on. I didn't like all the rules. I also felt like it was a plan looking for an easy way out or a cheat. I can eat anything, as long as I do it in the right combinations. For me, that just isn't true. When I see recipes my friend posts they are full of artificial sweeteners and frankenfoods. I'm more a whole foods kind of gal. That said, not fitting me doesn't mean it doesn't fit you. Check the book out from the library and give it a read.

:lol: :lol: :lol: In my family it is just ds with this issue. Not only can he spend all day in the bathroom, he will inevitably jump in the shower when I say dinner is almost ready. He is not capable of fast showers. He does everything slowly. I call dinner as I set it on the table. Then I sit down and eat it, with the family, with part of the family, or alone. My family knows this. I have no tolerance for cold food and by the time I get food on the table, I'm hungry!

I actually hope this for my ds. He has a career path in mind at this point, but I'm not sure with his disabilities he will ever be successful in the workplace. I hope he is, but I'm not confident. I think he would make a wonderful homeschool teacher and a wonderful SAHD. Although his cooking skills would need to ramp up. :)

Why did he leave the online school this year? Can he go back to online? Is he a junior or a senior? If he is a junior and has another year and a half, what about switching to either an online or correspondence school to get the credits he needs and graduate. If you go hang out on the high school board, you will find other parents who homeschool high school because of their child's anxiety issues. The Learning Challenges Board will too. There is a social group for families dealing with special needs kids in middle school & high school. Anxiety fits. If you need help finding it, PM me. I don't know anyone who has refused school at his age due to anxiety. I do know kids who did it when they were little, homeschooled and are happy productive young adults now. I don't see why his age changes that. If he can't go - emotionally, mentally, can't go, then he can't go. Do what you need to, to allow him to finish his education and continue moving forward with his life. It may be that his anxiety keeps him out of a typical workplace too. But my dh has worked from home for 24 years and that is only becoming more common. Provide him the accommodations he needs to get an education in spite of his disability. Then move on.

Additionally, we were told the average number of times a college student changes their major is 4. I agree, go somewhere with a good variety of options. If there are only 4-5 colleges on the list, then compare the options. Do some leave out options that sound interesting? Gently mom, he isn't you. You can't make him decide on a path now because you didn't decided on a path. It won't work. You can force him to look. You can force him to choose, but it isn't likely to stick. Go easy on him.

I think so. We did. Hours spent reading assigned literature were part of their English credits.