The headphone with a mic work a lot better. I just started using that. His mic doesn't pick up ambient noise. My son is still young, so we got these ones which work fine. I actually used them for a online meet and greet FAQ I was hosting for my homeschool group. They really helped me a lot. FWIW, I was able to sit in on a couple of GC classes and the discussions we really great. It was when WHA tried doing an open house a year or two ago. I was totally sold in GC and mine is only 9 right now. I'm just waiting until he is old enough to enroll. If you just signed up, email them right away and ask for the link for tomorrow night's parent orientation. It's at 8 EST/5 PST. I just was in the one this morning, and it was super helpful.

When you hover over the search window, you have the option of asking it to search only for posts that have all your search terms. For Wilson Hill, you are better off searching WHA because everyone using that for shorthand and GC for Great Conversation. Hope that helps. Then it's combing through those to find the posts that are most applicable to you. You could try WHA and the last name of the teacher as well. Joel Verano is unfamiliar to me because I usually read WHA posts. I think he might be new. I remember seeing positive reviews about Bailey.

We did it last year. My review of it is here. I posted it to the master list of online classes thread. We are nearing the end of my son's Latin for Children A class at Schole Academy. He has been engaged and interested throughout the year. Mrs. Chilbert did take a maternity break so Mrs. Gerard (sp?) subbed in. Both teachers are enthusiastic and encouraging. He is a bit sad to not continue on with them because the schedule does not work for us in the fall, but he enjoys enough Latin so we will be using Wilson Hill in the fall solely because of scheduling reasons. I though Mrs. Gerard did do a better job of creating practice resources for the students to use on quizlet. It wasn't an issue for us as I already had quizlet set up for practice as well as a subscription to Headventureland. Both teachers are continuing to teach for Schole Academy for 2018-2019 and are teaching at least one Latin course. My son liked both of the teachers.Please be aware that Schole Academy is distinctly Christian so the classes do follow a liturgical model and have prayer, devotional time and closing prayer. This is fine with me because it is consistent with our faith, but I did want people to be aware of this. The class is live video where you can see every student as well as the teacher. She controls whether or not a student can speak. There's no class chat box which does make the class a little less interactive, but it also removes that distraction from the students as well. The platform used is Schoology which seemed to be quite stable and was easy to use. Assignments were always posted and any homework that needed to be submitted was able to be scanned and uploaded pretty easily. At least for the Latin class, there are no recordings posted for the classes. If a student is absent, you can notify the teacher and a recording will be provided. Schole's guidelines do state that students may not miss more that 6 live class meetings. Class grades are given using magna cum laude, sum laude, satis, and non satis. Assignments that are graded on the Schoology are done via point value so the platform will generate a percentage grade based on those graded assignments.When Mrs. Chilbert had to cancel a class due to illness, she did set up a make up class time and offered several options for parents to vote on. She selected the one that accomodated the most students. A recording was provided for students who could not attend. The maternity leave transition off and tranition back was handled very smoothly and with very little disruption to the class. All in all, we would recommend this class. My goal was solely to keep my son in interested and engaged. He was able to learn Latin from teachers who actually love Latin and that showed in their instruction. He was motivated to do well because of the "competition" that a class environment provided.Please also note that it appears that Schole is switching LFCA and LFCB to meet 3x a week for 45 minutes instead of the 2x a week that it was meeting for approximately an hour.

The class refund policy at Schole is very generous. You can withdraw within the first two weeks.

I would have continued on with Schole for LFC B except the class times didn't work for our other commitments, so I am paying more to do it over at Wilson Hill this year.

We did it last year. My review of it is here. I posted it to the master list of online classes thread. We are nearing the end of my son's Latin for Children A class at Schole Academy. He has been engaged and interested throughout the year. Mrs. Chilbert did take a maternity break so Mrs. Gerard (sp?) subbed in. Both teachers are enthusiastic and encouraging. He is a bit sad to not continue on with them because the schedule does not work for us in the fall, but he enjoys enough Latin so we will be using Wilson Hill in the fall solely because of scheduling reasons. I though Mrs. Gerard did do a better job of creating practice resources for the students to use on quizlet. It wasn't an issue for us as I already had quizlet set up for practice as well as a subscription to Headventureland. Both teachers are continuing to teach for Schole Academy for 2018-2019 and are teaching at least one Latin course. My son liked both of the teachers.Please be aware that Schole Academy is distinctly Christian so the classes do follow a liturgical model and have prayer, devotional time and closing prayer. This is fine with me because it is consistent with our faith, but I did want people to be aware of this. The class is live video where you can see every student as well as the teacher. She controls whether or not a student can speak. There's no class chat box which does make the class a little less interactive, but it also removes that distraction from the students as well. The platform used is Schoology which seemed to be quite stable and was easy to use. Assignments were always posted and any homework that needed to be submitted was able to be scanned and uploaded pretty easily. At least for the Latin class, there are no recordings posted for the classes. If a student is absent, you can notify the teacher and a recording will be provided. Schole's guidelines do state that students may not miss more that 6 live class meetings. Class grades are given using magna cum laude, sum laude, satis, and non satis. Assignments that are graded on the Schoology are done via point value so the platform will generate a percentage grade based on those graded assignments.When Mrs. Chilbert had to cancel a class due to illness, she did set up a make up class time and offered several options for parents to vote on. She selected the one that accomodated the most students. A recording was provided for students who could not attend. The maternity leave transition off and tranition back was handled very smoothly and with very little disruption to the class. All in all, we would recommend this class. My goal was solely to keep my son in interested and engaged. He was able to learn Latin from teachers who actually love Latin and that showed in their instruction. He was motivated to do well because of the "competition" that a class environment provided.Please also note that it appears that Schole is switching LFCA and LFCB to meet 3x a week for 45 minutes instead of the 2x a week that it was meeting for approximately an hour.

If you skipped using Intro to Algebra, just be aware that the second half of that textbook (about ch.11- 22) covers Algebra II topics.

Oh dear, it loks like they are charging now. This used to be free.

You might want to look at the free curriculum from Engineering is Elementary. https://www.eie.org/engineering-adventures

I found grade level that cover a little bit from various areas in science not very satifying for my son. He likes to study a particular branch in depth. So, if you are looking for secular, perhaps Real Science for Kids and perhaps Joy Hakim's Story of Science might appeal to you. If open to Christian, Apologia is ok. I don't love it. The ones I did like were the Chem/Physics and Human Anatomy/Physiology ones which are written for upper elementary. Noeo is more living books focused. You can at least look at their reading lists for ideas. I really liked Berean elementary science better by Dr. Wile which is also approaches things historically as discoveries were made. We like Ellen McHenry's Elements as well. What my son has gotten a lot out of are the classes at Athena's.

Personally, I would not want to use AOPS as a digital book. Reading from a screen leads to eye fatigue and strain. There are studies now that show students retain and master material better with print versus digital books. The other thing for us is thatm y son likes to flip back through the book when he is working to refresh his memory.

+1 on what I've heard as well that Geometry is the most difficult of the series. I'm also in PA with a 9yo. This stuff is deep and thorough. I could have skipped to Algebra, but I didn't want to scaffold for him. He's working through PA on his own for the most part. I've been fairly hands off. He only seems to need some hints and helps with a few of the challenge problems so far. When I check his work, I will look at his solution and cross out the sections where he went in the wrong direction. I won't tell him what to do or write out the solution. He will work at it again. Sometimes depending on the problem, I might write a question for him to consider or maybe a rule or property that I am will reference back to. I opted not to do the quick pace of the online courses because pacing is not what I am solving for. I really want him to own this as much as possible.

I'm fairly certain that the Intro to Algebra course covers more than a traditional high school algebra course. So you might want to pick up go through some of those because I believe the second Algebra book will assume you have that knowledge. NT and C&P are outside of the traditional math sequence, but they are interesting math topics that most students never get to explore. For example, WTMA has AOPS courses. If you look at their scope and sequence, they cover ch. 1-10 for their algebra 1 course. Then they cover 11-22 for their Alegra II course. If your student hasn't used AOPS before, running through their review and challenge questions on topics that she has covered might be a good idea so get used to the style of AOPS.

A lot of the kids end up doing the whole sequence of classes and then move onto OG3's Lit courses. I second looking at the book list. There is a definite step up in the books going from each class in Athena's. I really liked that some of the selections were about gifted kids. It didn't explicitly say that in the books but it helps for them to read about kids who are quirky and bright who are just a bit different and how they handled their challenges.

Heads up regarding the SAT math scoring curve due to testing changes. https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/07/12/surprisingly-low-scores-mathematics-sat-stun-and-anger-students

My son really enjoyed the Think Books series at Athena's. He just wrapped up with that this past spring and will be moving on to OG3's Lightning Lit 7 this fall. He is a STEM oriented kid, so having this was great in engaging him in discussions about literature without a lot of written output.

My son has been happy and challenged with the higher level science courses over at Athena's Academy. He did the chemistry series at 8, physics at 9. He has also enjoyed the Berean Science series by Dr. Jay Wile as well. We are doing Science Shepherd's Life Science course this year with some middle schoolers at our co-op instead of the Middle School Bio couse at Athena's because it is way too early in the morning. We are enrolled in the Astronomy and Earth Science courses this year at Athena's. We are planning to do the High School Bio one next year at Athena's. Clover Creek Physics was spoken highly of by Arcadia whose sons did that around age 10 as well. Some families of AL's I know IRL have spoken highly of Next Level Homeschool classes if you do the level that is higher than your age band. I know that Wilson Hill Academy will allow younger students to take their middle and high school courses, but there is they would be expected to produce the same output as their classmates. Great Courses are also a pretty good source for a lot of interesting courses. He has enjoyed Quick Study Labs' Edison Project classes as well.

If you are looking for DE courses, CAP's Schole Academy is launching a partnership with University of Saint Katherine. This is the first course that they are offering. https://www.scholeacademy.com/usk-dual-enrollment/

You should look at the pinned master list: https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/638806-master-list-of-on-line-classes/

Here's the response if you are interested. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/decision-by-7-private-schools-to-drop-ap-courses-flunks--the-smell-test/2018/07/15/a27e9572-8571-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.620c0af98ce7

I did with my son who has a late September birthday. The cutoff was 10/1 for our state that year. The following year, It moved to 9/1. I chose to do this because it is easier for me to move him up later than to move him back if social issues become a factor. In my experience with working with preteens and teens, you can use how a child is at 4 or 5 to predict how things will unfold when they hit puberty. I decided to give him the gift of time and allow him plenty of time and space to be a child. Since we homeschool subject acceleration is not an issue.

Even though it is coverd in 5A...like all other topics, Beast will carry this through the rest of the level applying in different contexts.

I tried to do Muzzy...but their animations freaked out my son when he was younger.

FWIW, I sold my LFC A first edition and purchased the second edition because we did their online class. My son really loved doing their program, and we will be continuing with their 2nd edition of LFC B. I think that it just depends on what appeals to you. I believe that there are generous samples online for the 2nd edition. The videos were all redone, and the workbooks were redone to be visually appealing and in color. He likes the Headventureland online practice and the running storyline through the workbook. I think there's no one size fits all. It's what works best for your student.

Well, I've used both. Berean is written at a higher reading level. I don't think I would use it for younger than 3rd unless that child was working comfortably above grade level in science. For Apologia, botany or astronomy are better for the early grades. The author intended those to be first, then the zoology series, followed by the elementary chem/physics, physiology and now the health/nutrition book. Having used most of both series, I don't love Apologia except for the older books, but my son enjoyed them all. He's really into science so that more science we do the better in his book. Apologia is heavy handed with YEC. I really like Berean and WIle's more balanced approach. He is YEC, but he doesn't write his book as distinctly YEC.