Nothing. We had a funny conversation once when I was an adult with children of my own and my sister brought up my mom having gone through some girl scout sex ed thing with her. My mom looked at me and said, "You weren't in girl scouts at that age, what did I use with you?" I said, "Nothing." She was like :huh: then how did you learn? :svengo: I actually remember some very awkward moments growing up when everyone knew more than me and I was trying to cover my ignorance and learn all I could from my peers. I didn't know anything like what I needed to when I started dating. I did make sure my kids are not equally ignorant!

Liking it wasn't enough. Beautifully said. I went through a pretty gentle book on body changes well before puberty, then gave them each a more detailed book on sexuality to read on their own around the time puberty started. We discussed sex in high school health class (9th grade) including the mechanics, emotional impact, and safe sex/STDs. We have discussed things like consent and relationships more and more as they got older and it became more relevant to them. Ds (who is away at college) and I just recently exchanged some sex ed youtube videos starting with me sending him the tea/consent video and him responding with another sex ed video he had recently seen and continuing on through a long text conversation. It was a conversation full of laughter and we had so much fun and at the same time I was glad to get the reassurance about where his head is on the subject. Sex is just like any other topic you want your kids to know about - you bring it up. My kids wouldn't know most of what they know if I waited for them to ask questions, which doesn't mean I won't field questions, just that I don't hesitate to broach the subject without being asked either. I can't quit laughing at the idea of waiting for them to ask questions before teaching them. There would never have been a history lesson in our house and they certainly wouldn't have learned to clean anything. :lol:

So my kids and their schools have the opposite meal plans available that I would wish. Ds has a 120 meal plan (per semester) with some extra bucks to spend at the snack shop. If I could have, I would have happily bought him a 3 meal a day plan and he would have eaten every meal in the main cafeteria happily. The max his campus offers is 180 meals but this comes with $340 worth of snack shop bucks and he doesn't like the snack shop and those are just throw away. Instead he eats a lot of meal bars for breakfast, and has taken to not eating on campus on the weekends. Dd's cheapest available meal plan is 3 meals/day. You can get fewer meals and add bucks that can be spent at a variety of on campus food vendors, but there is no savings. You pay the amount of the 3 meal/day plan + the number of bucks. Not a penny discount for those meals that come off. So she'll just be getting the 3 meal/day plan and I'll put the equivalent amount of cash into her checking account to spend at the on-campus restaurants. This is really sad because she is a vegetarian and their veggie options in the cafeteria aren't impressive and she would probably prefer to eat elsewhere much of the time. So for ds, the best buy would be the 3 meal/day plan, but it isn't available. For dd the best buy would probably be about half that and it isn't available either. When it comes to dining - I wish they could trade!

My kids prefer print books. I prefer ebooks on my phone so they are always with me.

Calvin and Hobbes made my son love reading!

I am fairly phobic about phones, so I have never called a college. However, I emailed lots! I emailed about financial aid. I emailed about transcripts. I emailed about lost test scores and lost transcripts. I emailed the registrar about transfer credit information that wasn't on the website. I have never had anyone at any college be anything less than helpful and friendly in response to my emails. My kids were accepted at every college they applied to, a short list of not overly competitive schools, but I can still state that my emails didn't adversely impact their admissions. The college where ds ended up HIGHLY encourages parent involvement. I don't know where the idea that students should do all the interacting came from, but our experience says it isn't necessary at all. I will add a footnote that says I encouraged the kids to do the emailing when it was program questions and I never needed to contact ds's school after he got there. Any issues are his to handle, although I would still step in with financial issues if there were any. I have helped both my kids word emails so they would become a learning experience. I can't help them learn to deal with phone calls because it isn't in my own skill set.

I completely agree with Regentrude. There is no science prerequisite for Biology, so whatever she does the rest of this year will be fine. I would throw out there there Life of Fred Chemistry as an option. I'm not sure how math heavy it is. I have it, but we didn't end up using it. Anyway, depending on what she has done so far in Physical science, she could work through the first few chapters to finish out her Physical Science credit, or if she has already done quite a bit of Chem, she could work through as far as she gets and call it introduction to Chemistry in stead of Physical Science.

It sounds like you already have this figured out, but I just wanted to add a few more thoughts. We loved SL here, but that was because we love reading and my kids LOVE listening to read-alouds. SL is a terrible choice for kids who aren't into reading and hate historical fiction. There are plenty of ways to learn history that don't include historical fiction. BJU is one of many. You could consider SOTW. It would be light and easy. Book 3 would probably be in a similar place historically to where she is in SL. I agree with lowering the bar. She is trying to do a program where the reading is too difficult for her. She is frustrated. Lower the bar so that she can succeed easily! Once she is succeeding, gently raise the bar until you find her level, where she is being challenged but not frustrated. My kids weren't fond of the Reading Detective series (we only tried one), but we used Wordly Wise for vocabulary and every lesson has a story to read and answer questions. My kids improved their ability to answer questions over a passage dramatically using it. It may also help her build her vocabulary at the same time. You may need to sit with her to answer the questions about a story (either in Reading Detective or WW) and let her answer verbally. If she doesn't know, help her reread the passage she needs to in order to find the answer. Then discuss how you come to the answer you get. Was it stated? Was it implied? For some kids, this is not a natural skill. One last thing, just because she can't answer a set of questions about a story, doesn't mean she isn't comprehending it. Have you read the books? Read the books, then discuss the story. Let her tell you about it rather than answering a set of trivia questions. Prod her on with her story by mentioning things you liked/disliked or found interesting and discuss them. You may find she knows a lot more than you think. She may be a big picture reader. She may know what the story was about and just miss all the details that comprehension questions tend to ask. Just because SL and HOD, two similar programs, aren't working doesn't mean you need to give up. It means you need to change styles. Textbooks, workbooks, and project based learning are all possibilities that might be a better fit for her. Give her (and you) a chance to find what does work. I also wouldn't dive into something else in a big way. If you want to try BJU, try it for one subject. Wade in instead of diving in. You're much less likely to hit your head on the bottom of the pool that way. :)

I'm an INFJ and I made up the vast majority of our curriculum. I agree, INFJ's are decisive and confident. I've always been a very confident homeschooler. The rest fits reasonably well. As an INFJ, I do hate conflict, but I am also confident, so more than willing to correct someone - on the internet. In person, I'd let it go. Oh, I should also add my N/S are so close that it switches almost every time I take the test. When I look at descriptions, they both fit, but my N expresses itself more than my S right now.

You might compare the scope and sequence of TT Pre-Calc against that of Saxon Algebra II. There may be too much overlap, but then again, maybe not :). I think if you're looking to lighten her load, it would. If she likes Saxon, she may not like TT. The style is VERY different and it doesn't have the major spiral that Saxon has. If she is comfortable with the teaching/learning style of Saxon and is doing well with it, I'd hesitate to make such a dramatic change.

One Year Adventure Novel has a week long workshop each summer. I've heard good things about it from IRL friends who have gone. I think it bases heavily around their curriculum though.

I don't think the number of hours spent reflects whether the course was honors level or not. DS spent 150-250 hours per credit. I only designated a few of those as honors. It took him that amount of time to cover a credit - particularly in math (I think he had over 300 hours for some of his math credits). Honors is about the breadth or depth of the course. In math, it probably means more challenging problems. In other subjects, it may mean more application of the information or simply more information covered.

My dd took Blue Tent Honors English 2, while ds took AP English through PA Homeschoolers. It wasn't the same course, so I can't do a fair comparison, but I would choose PA Homeschoolers (with Maya). Blue Tent was full of busy work and had dd going in a hundred directions all the time. AP English was very focused: read, write about what you read, discuss with others what you read, write some more. Ds was a gifted writer, but only as a creative writer. He hated the style of writing required for AP English, but he improved tremendously at it and it has served him SO well in college that he finally admits it was a good choice.

We used DIVE Physical science and I definitely agree with this. It is somewhat math heavy. It matched PH Physical Science Concepts in Action quite well (for level). I can't recommend any other Physical Science courses though, because my first just used the PH book and my second used the book with DIVE.

Ds typically spent an hour a day for 1 semester - .5 credit.

More than like - love! Congratulation to your ds! :party:

Just a warning, MUS Algebra is a weak preparation for Apologia Chemistry (ask me how I know). Ds took Algebra 2 concurrently, but did Chemistry in the first semester and the math was a challenge. You don't be able to make this science/math sequence work. Do the science of her choosing in 11th and then do Chem in 12th when she is doing Algebra 2. Life will be better. Trust me. :)

This makes perfect sense. Dh's degree was NOT engineering related. Regentrude teaches at an Engineering college as well. Sounds like CS degrees from engineering colleges or departments have the high science requirement. Dh and I attended a liberal arts U.

Answers to the tests are also in the regular book! I pull the test page out and keep the book with me while the kids take the tests. There is such a thing as too much temptation. :)

My oldest was a bit like that. His interest was creative writing and he was also interested in all things Japanese. What we did about that... We followed a standard math, science, history, English sequence and made all his electives fit his interest. He did a full credit of creative writing every year in addition to his standard English credit. He did 4 credits of Japanese - 2 Irasshai and 2 at the local State U. Our goal was to let him explore his creative side while still making sure he was ready for whatever came next. How that worked out... He is in college with a double major in Writing and Multimedia Production and considering throwing in an Asian Studies minor because he has already met the foreign language requirements for it lol.

If you like Jump In, what about using Sharon's high school writing curriculum, The Power in Your Hands, instead?

I don't know about most, but dh's CS degree required neither. He had one semester of Physics (non-major level) to meet the gen ed requirement and that was the only science he took in college.

There is a test printed in the book at the end of each chapter. That's what we used.

I added some Biblioplan links for you.

From this paragraph, I would say the three you are considering all fit your requirements, except that from what I've seen Tapestry is expensive to buy and implement. You might do a search for Biblioplan here on the high school boards. I've seen some very positive reviews recently. Of course following the WTM recommendations is an inexpensive way to go, but takes a bit more work on your part. Since you've considered writing your own, I think this might be a good option for you! I think one of the biggest strengths of tWTM is leading you through doing your own thing. ETA some Biblioplan links: Biblioplan BF vs Biblioplan Biblioplan MOH, Companion & Cool History Biblioplan or TOG