I would imagine since DYS is a small operation that the website getting updated consistently might not be a high priority.

If he's reading fairly well, why are you looking for another phonics program? You would only need that if your student isn't reading. My suggestion is to look at spelling programs.

I was right at the cut off with my son. I kept him as the oldest in his grade than the youngest in his grade. That's because a lot of boys are red-shirted, it matter for sports and extra-curricular activities as he is not tall for his age. It's hard to watch him have to play basketball and guard players that are a foot or more taller. Girls are extremely socially aggressive now, and frankly, boys mature slower socially as it is, so I gave him the gift of time since with homeschooling it isn't a problem to accelerate. If I was moving him to PS, I always have the option to grade skip. If I continue to homeschool, I always have the option to graduate early. It's much harder to hold back later. That being said, I do have him in things that are above his stated grade level. It has not been a problem for us to do that.

This jogs my memory about prepared slides. I have two 100 slide sets from Amscope. We do use our microcscope, and these slides are really nice. Here is set B. http://www.amscope.com/100-pc-prepared-microscope-glass-slides-set-b.html People talk about this on Amazon.

There's also this lending library of dissection alternatives including models. You just have to pay for shipping I believe. http://thescienceban...ute=common/home

Apologia publishes Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology. I know it says K-6, but it's deinitely written at a 5th-6th reading level IMO.

First one is just level 1 problems. Second has a lot more depth and organized by type of word problem and level 1, 2 & 3 problems. Distance, coin, age, fractional relations, etc. As much as I like HOE and the introducation of algebra pictorially, there's no application with just that because ulitimately the need the ability to understand a word problem, what are they asking, identify what is the variable and express it algebraically and then solve for the variable.

It's easier to graduate them early than to hold back. Mine is accelerated almost across the board, but for emotional maturity reasons I have him back. His birthday is was 5 days before the cutoff. This is when CA was moving the cutoff to 9/1, so the following year he would be a month after the cutoff. I'm comfortable with that. I know that boys also mature slower socially as well. Even with girls, you can't tell how they will navigate the tween/teen years. At least for me, I was less interested in socially "mature" things than my peers growing up. I want to give him the gift of time early on and the freedom to decide later if he want to graduate early. I'm not overly concerned about credits since that won't be a problem at that point. FWIW, he plays basketball, and a year makes a huge difference since when things are driven by grade level.

If you don't have the verbal problems book, I would definitely get that. If you just do the video lessons, it's just scratching the surface. Pirate Math and Smart Moves are the others that I have. They are all pretty different from one another. It just depends on what you want to explore.

2_girls_mommy, They redesigned their webiste, you would find it in the education section. I linked the curriculum rec page above in my post. You need to scroll down and click on the grade range to see the recs.

AP Chemistry and AP Biology are the two that are assume a prior basic chemistry and biology course and are built on that base knowledge. If you are trying to avoid any possible boredom or disinterest in the subject doing two years in a row, you could do 8th chem, 9th bio, 10th AP chem, 11th AP bio, 12 AP Physics.

I agree that it is much easier to get an 800 on II than I. Personal experience on that score.

Go to reasons.org. It's a Christian ministry that focuses on science and apologetics. I heard Hugh Ross speak once at my church, and it was really great to hear scientists speaking on topics of faith as well as current science discoveries. You will find curricula that they recommend that is either OE or OE friendly while scientifically sound. http://reasons.org/education/educators-help-desk

So, unless you are with a school, you are not eligible to participate in the WEG Maths Day. I just tried to register because my son enjoyed the one from a few years ago. This competition is open to all schools worldwide and their students aged 4-18, a teacher from your school just needs to register. Schools already subscribed to Mathletics are automatically registered to participate in World Maths Day and do not need to complete a registration form. Their students can simply log into Mathletics or World Maths Day with their existing accounts and join in by playing Live Mathletics during the competition period. Unfortunately, Mathletics home subscriptions are not included to compete in World Maths Day, nor can we take home user registrations.

I just posted on the other thread and decided to pop in here to share the mathnasium article I came across about this which was on point about this. http://www.mathnasium.com/www-mathnasium-com-littleton-news-algebra-too-soon-

FWIW, I don't think you can make that call until you can see how rock solid their pre-algebra skills are and how ready they are for abstract thinking that algebra requires. Some are developmentally ready sooner, others not yet. As someone who used to be a youth director, kids just get "strange" in the middle grade years. They are dealing with changing bodies, hormones, emotions, the desire for independence and individuality, peer acceptance, relationships etc. It's a total crap shoot as to what that would look like, and what each kid will struggle with as they also develop EF skills and how that plays out with their learning journey. You know your kids best, and my guess it would be hard to make that call now. You do have time on your side and the luxury of adjusting to whatever each child needs. I am planning to take my time with PA myself and plan to meander through several resources outside of normal math progression because I am not in a rush to get there. Not that I am endorsing Mathnasium, I just think that their website article on algebra is on point. http://www.mathnasium.com/www-mathnasium-com-littleton-news-algebra-too-soon- ETA: The discussion of hte other thread about algebra in 8th grade is pretty good if you want to take a look.

For MOEMS, those problems from past exams. Volume 3 would have the most recent ones. I don't think there is a huge difference between volumes.

If you get the activity book, there are plenty of hands on activities to do in there.

He has quite a few, http://www.michaelserra.net/weblog/

I split my co-op class into teams with 3-4 students each and rotate them through the labs. Sometimes, it is something where I do want one set for each students. Other times, it's a set for each team of students. And then more rarely I would do I demo for the whole class. The supply pack isn't cheap. I found that it is pretty easy to get the supplies I need. He lists all the supplies you need for each unit in the front of the book. I just scan that and know if there is something I just need to get because it's not in my pantry supplies. There's very little that is unusual that is needed for the lab.

Possibly Michael Serra's books? We are also doing the Glenn Ellison's Hard Math Books.

WTMA has live German classes that meet 3x/week.

We actually moved on to LFC A. It was revised last year. The workbook is a lot less boring and visually interesting. You follow a storyline about two kids throughout the course. Mine enjoys it a lot and will be moving on to LFC B which will be revised and leased by May this year. I think Headventureland helps for my son as well. You might want to look at the revised edition. The first 36 pages available at the Look Inside Link. https://classicalacademicpress.com/product/latin-for-children-primer-a-program/

Was there another discussion thread on here that was talking about CTY and how the test scores needed aren't as stringent as other programs?

PM'd you.