K12 (as an independent user), VP self-paced, and SOTW. My kiddo loves history though. Of the 3, VP self-paced is the only one that he can do completely on his own.

I am so sorry for your loss. Prayers.

I just heard Debra Bell (AIM Academy and author of WIR/RIR) talk about this on an online Christian homeschooling seminar and the vision and mission of the program. I think people should be aware that this is a distinctly Christian curriculum and the intent is to instill a biblical worldview through language arts. There's a faq video here about it on her website. https://debrabell.com/product-category/curriculum/writers-in-residence/ That being said, Cathy Duffy says that it is mild in the first volume and can be used by secular user. Whether or not that will increase in future volumes remains to be seen. If you are aware of their intent (I listened to her speak about this), and it increases in content, you should not be surprised. I think it depends on who you are and how you feel about using anything remotely religious or the intent of a program. Some people feel very strongly about this...others aren't as bothered. http://cathyduffyreviews.com/homeschool-reviews-core-curricula/composition-and-grammar/ungraded-multi-level-resources-comprehensive/writers-in-residence

We also use both. Beast is done about a level behind. While I like Beast a lot for the problem solving skills, I do not think it stands well on its own and use it to supplement SM.

LOL...while I could get mine up at 8 am. He is not coherent until 9 am. So, I only look at anything 12 or later.

I really hope that WHA does more PST time friendly sections and offers MW sections for more of their classes. Quite a number of of the grammar and logic stage are only TuTh. I will keep my eye on their scheduling patterns for the future.

Maybe you could do the Keys to Algebra and just pick the topics that you think she should cover/revise over the summer? My current plan to do Jousting Armadillos after SM 5B before delving into AOPS pre-algebra since I'm not in a rush to get to algebra yet. Jacobs is planned after that though.

I haven't read the Living Year, but the first thing that popped in my mind for you to to read John Muir's books. There are many to choose from and endless places to explore in NorCal especially due to our microclimates...it's amazing you can actually surf, hike and ski all in the same day if you were so inclined.

I have a fellow homeschooling mom who is looking to talk with any family willing to share their experiences. She privately homeschooled her three sons. The older two were admitted to UC and private (i.e MIT, UPenn). She is trying to do research on behalf of other privately homeschooling families who desire to homeschool through high school without going through the CC route or charter/public, psp and want to enter the CSU system. In the interest of full disclosure, she is now working as a consultant. Based on her work, it appears that that UC is actually more friendly to private homeschoolers than the CSU system even though the CSU system (in general) is less selective. She would like to continue to advocate for private homeschooling as a path. Message from her: If you have a student who was admitted to SDSU or other Cal State schools as a FRESHMAN PRIVATE homeschooler (NOT charter, PSP or public homeschooled students) could you please contact me directly? My own son was admitted, but I am looking for other examples. Thank you, Becca r.orlowski.consulting AT gmail.com

Maybe look at the reading list for Core F Eastern Hemispheres from Sonlight or whatever Bookshark's equivalent is for that Core if you don't want anything religious.

I would call them up and ask if you are uncertain to LA2, you need to be confident with 1st/2nd declensions and 1st/2nd conjugations per the publisher.

Consider doing the Kitchen Table Math. Everyone can play the games together. AOPS recommends these books.

I happened to see this post pop up. You might want to take a look at Le Francais Facile. It is designed around phonograms and for the non-native homeschooling family. Hope this helps!

My son got a lot out of the Young Child program through Kindermusik. It's done over 4 semesters. It was an excellent way of teaching rhythm and note reading and made starting piano right after incredibly easy and quick. I can play the piano myself and thought the process was so painless and easy because when we transitioned. He learned the golckenspiel, dulcimer and recorder through this program. Another program that I heard wonderful things about is Let's Play Music which teaches piano to 4-5 year olds over a 3 year period. Both are national programs, you can see if there is someone in your area. The value of doing it through group experience was really rewarding for my son. I remember my own experience starting one on one at 5...it wasn't really that enjoyable for me nor inspiring. At 8, he is playing music that took me until I was 10 or 11 to learn to play. I credit that to the love for music not being killed early on.

Veritas Press self-paced courses worked really well on the go for us. Bible can be done on the iPad. History I had to use a laptop which I used my phone as a hotspot for internet connection. This only works if you have decent coverage and enough data. I have an on board DVD player so DVDs for SSL works on the go for us. Should be okay for LFC A in the fall as well when we start up with that. Chant CDs will work in the car like the SSL song CDs. I have lists loaded up on quizlet for practice. Headventureland works on the iPad on the go for us. I can do Spelling City on the phone/ipad/computer as well and load up our lists from SWR on there. Brain Pop is a good as well. I do that on the iPad or phone.

You might want to use the other SM resource. Fan Math's Process Skills in Problem Solving. It's still Singapore style word problems but with instruction.

Just to clarify Mike's comment. This is what it means: If your 5th grader scored 10th grade in reading comprehension for example. This only means that your 5th grade student tested like the average 10th grader taking that 5th grade reading comprehension. Does this make sense? While it tells you that your student is performing above grade level expectation, it doesn't tell you more than that. Stanford 10 is a grade level assessment tool. Woodcock Johnson (for example) tells you a lot more since there are no ceilings on that test. The standard score in particular was very helpful to me to nail down how many SDs (every 15) from average (normed at 100) my son scored. That's when I got much clearer idea of how gifted he is. I think something like that would be a lot more helpful to you. It certainly made me rethink so things I am doing right now. This is Hoagie's list of tests. They mention the 3 most commonly used to assess giftedness. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/tests.htm

This would be my kid...I'm always looking for the stuff that does start until mid morning or are afternoon only.

No situation is unredeemable. However, it does mean that real effort is required though since you are at 7th grade. I would be doing a page or two of problems per day even on weekends and possibly more during the summer to catch up her problem solving skills ASAP. The goal is the catch her up to solid skills before she goes into algebra. The problem solving methods of Singapore are really well worth your time as they lay the groundwork for algebraic thinking. The KEY right now is also to do this together. Whenever I work with children in math circle tackling a problem they don't know how to start, I am careful not to show them how to get the right answer. I ask questions like "What do you know about this problem?" "What do you think you trying to answer?" For mulit-step problems, it's important to being to articulate what you need to know/find out to get you towards what you are trying to answer. I often ask them with their bar model or visual representation to label and explain and show me what the model is showing us. Often that will mean explain the mathematical relationship between the different knows. Sometimes I will ask "What do you think you need to do in order to get to figuring whatever unknown they are trying to get to?" Then I might ask, so is that a part or a whole? Or do you see equal parts? Do you think you need addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to get there? This type of process takes time and forces you to slow way down when working with your student. Even when they make mistakes, it is seriously important not to say "You did that wrong, let me show the "right" way." It's backing up with them doing the problem and helping them to learn from the mistake....usually they might have assumed something and if they can see why they assumed that and self-correct with prompting questions, you will get loads more learning and mileage from that.

Since you don't already use Singapore Math and given that she struggles with multi-step problems, I would steer you away from CWP and toward Fan Math's Process Skills in Problem Solving which is SM style word problems with explicit instruction. I love and use CWP, but there is no explicit instruction in there. I would think instruction in showing you step by step how to think and approach a problem with be super important for her. I think I suggest backing down to level 3 and work up from there. Generally speaking, this is the point at which, students really have to be using bar modeling to solve multi-step problems.

This was posted on another group I am in. Pixar in a Box at Khan Academy is new! They are planning for this to be a multi year projects to develop lessons to teach kids about animation. There are a few lessons available now. https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar

Maybe just the Singapore Intensive Practice and maybe Challenging Word Problems since you don't need instruction. I'm not completely clear why you don't want conceptual when it seems like that's what your daughter seems to like.

SeaConquest, I think since you are enrolled in a public charter that you would have to go through your charter since he is registered there. Maybe see if you can put it together for your school? That's what all these parents are doing at the schools by putting it together.

Monique, I got a positive initial response from the parent organizers from the school in our neighborhood. I am waiting to see what the principal will say when they meet in a few weeks.

If you are applying the JHU CTY's programs, you meet the cutoff. It's greater than or equal to 440 for each section. Students in grades 5 and 6 who earn scores on the PSAT 8/9 that are greater than or equal to the SAT score requirement for 7th graders remain eligible for online programs until they complete high school.