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My oldest ds doesn't have Asperger's, but otherwise your ds sounds very similar to where mine was many years ago. What helped us was "Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons" and lots of patience. We were homeschooling so we could continue to read aloud and not stress about his reading progress.
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My ds is doing "Your Body in the World: Adapting to Your Next Big Adventure" right now. We're counting it as part of his health credit, and he's actually enjoying it.
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My ds is going part-time to the public high school this year as a freshman. I think he's going to do the same next year, but if he can't get the classes he wants, we'll either find an online substitute or do them at home.
At school:
honors 10th grade English
A.P. US history
Spanish II
band
At home:
A.P. calculus probably B.C, but haven't figured out what to use yet
physics (haven't worked out what kind yet)
maybe music history/appreciation
maybe another elective?
Extras:
jazz band
debate team
swim team
National History Day
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My younger ds is using Spectrum now, in 7th grade, and my older ds used it before. I agree with 8 that you don't need two lab kits. We needed to reorder some stuff because my boys did not do it simultaneously, and older ds used up some of the components.
Is your DS2 advanced in math? I think it would be hard to do the chemistry without having had algebra.
It's actually my dh who has done the hands-on teaching, so if you have any other questions I can ask him.
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I used "Biology Matters" with both my oldest ds when he was in 6th grade. It is fairly readable and definitely less dense than Campbell. Actually oldest ds is now doing a second round of biology using Campbell, but he's in 9th grade now. This is a different edition than we used, but I'm assuming it's similar.
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Hey TrixieB, were there any games from that company you DIDN'T like? Did you try Caves and Claws?
I'm not TrixieB, but my family used to play lots of family pastimes games. We have Caves and Claws. It was fun and got played a good bit, but my boys preferred Sleeping Grump. They liked A Beautiful Place a lot too.
We still like cooperative games, but they've gotten older. My younger ds likes Pandemic now (my personal favorite), but my oldest ds doesn't like it. They play Castle Panic sometimes too.
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I'm wondering the same thing. My ds is very interested in this, but I really don't think it's worth the money.
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Philosophy for Dummies style books help a lot. Check your local library, they often have a lot. I did LD debate in high school with a fairly unhelpful coach as well. Once I learned who the various famous philosophers were and what they were known for, it helped me a lot when I was attempting to organize my arguements as well as to break down the arguments of the opponent. Most all famous philosophers have weaknesses in their logic or places where the fallacy is signficant. Memeorizing those (or having note cards - some versions of LD won't allow notecards like CX and PF get to use) will help your son be able to break down the issues the other person is presenting. That might be what the coach was refering to. Knowing the issues can also help him think of how he is going to come back at the opponent when the same issues are brought against him. Very rarely will there be a different argument than one of the more blatant refutes.
Thanks, I've requested a Philosophy for Dummies book from the library. I think they are allowed to use notecards, but I"m not totally sure.
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My dd doesn't do LD; she does PF and Extemp, but she said she'd be glad to take a look at your son's arguments and offer suggestions if that would help....
Thank you so much! This is very helpful! I'll have my ds read your reply and see what he thinks. I think he has some interest in PF, but doesn't have a partner. Maybe he should try that.
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My ds joined the public school debate team and has been to two tournaments so far. He hasn't done badly, but he'd really like to improve.
His debate coach has not been very helpful. He has a few weeks before his next tournament, He's gotten some suggestions to work on logical fallacies and to read more philosophy, but those are very vague. It seems like reading philosophy is a very long term way of improving, which is not bad, but I think it will take a while to have any effect.
Does anyone have any short-term (or long-term) suggestions for him?
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The Freddy books by Walter Brooks were a big hit when my dc were young. The first in the series is "Freddy Goes to Florida."
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Depending on your situation, you might look at, "The Highly Sensitive Child."
Jean
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The Korean alphabet is not hard to learn. Google Hangul.
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Wonderful! I loved it! Kudos to your son and his friends.
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Have you looked at the PASS test? It's put out by Hewitt. They have a short "placement" test, which determines the level of the rest of the test. You can administer it at home, too.
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I had this 4H curriculum in mind for my ds, but he has since changed his mind about veterinary medicine:
http://www.4-h.org/resource-library/curriculum/4-h-veterinary-science/
I have no experience with it, since he lost interest, but it looked interesting
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I'm finishing a hat that I'm knitting, and I'm contemplating what I'm going to start next. My sister's birthday is coming up, and I'm looking for crafty ideas.
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We're still working on 9th grade plans, but this is what I've got so far:
At home:
Science : Biology Miller/Levine with labs
Math: probably Lial's Precalculus, maybe with LOF trigonometry
Spanish: not sure
Health: combo of Red Cross first aid & reading stuff at home, still working on the plans
At public school:
9th grade English
AP European History
band
Extras:
swim team
debate team
maybe robotics
orchestra
jazz band
The guidance counselor at our public school told us that ds could either work towards a public school diploma, or he could just take classes "a la carte." The counselor encouraged ds to start out part time, and transition to full-time next year, since he hasn't attended public school since kindergarten. DS isn't sure if he's going to want to go full-time next year, but luckily he doesn't have to make that decision now. We'll see how this year goes first.
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Really, it is not my intent to call the class "AP" without covering the expected material. DS is already planning to go to public high school part-time in the fall. If either lack of money or teacher time makes the course really impossible, he'll just take it at the high school.
There is big difference between tweaking a schedule that has been approved as an AP course and doing something completely different. Listing a course on the transcript as AP implies you actually did an AP approved course. I wouldn't have a problem with covering material faster, slower or rearranging the order. You can add more without a problem. The problem is if you don't cover the expected material and then still want to call it AP approved.
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You do realize that you have until sometime in January of next year to submit your syllabus for approval, right? Why not wait until you have the time to focus on what you really want to do before submitting the syllabus since you will have to do that at some point anyway. No need to "ruin" your summer!
Nancy
Well, I've actually got lots of time now, since I was laid off from my job last week. I may be back at work in a few weeks, but maybe not. So I'm having a hard time figuring out how much money we have to spend on things like books and lab equipment, and how much teacher time will be available. I figured the AP audit was a "hoop" I could jump through now, while I'm not so busy.
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Sigh, I fear I should make another pass at the syllabus and get it to where it is mostly what I am planning. Then I won't feel bad at all if we have to make minor adjustments. It will still need tweaking as we go, but at least it will be closer.
Thanks!
Jean
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I'm trying to put in a syllabus to the college board for AP biology for next year. However, I really don't have the time right now to figure out exactly what I'm planning to do. Can I put in a kinda sorta syllabus to get the course approved, and then alter my plans?
I realize that I don't have to get course approval, but for long and complex reasons, I'm going down this path.
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I bought Descartes' Cove about a year ago. My boys played it some, but really weren't very into it. My younger ds is the one who is more attracted to computer stuff. I just asked him what he thought of Descartes' Cove. He said that he would give it 3.5 out of 5 stars. He thought it was pretty hard. Just FYI, when we got it he had completed Singapore Primary through 5B and had started on AOPS prealgebra. I'm now inspired to go find it and get him to try it again.
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At my university if you had a minor in a different area than your major, then you didn't have to take certain distribution requirements. I majored in biology and minored in music, so the only other required courses I had were foreign language courses. Technically I also had a chemistry minor, but I did not manage to get it approved by the university because I took one class at another (Ivy League) university in the summer.
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My ds liked the K12 "American Odyssey" book. It is very inexpensive if you buy it used.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Odyssey-Zeitz-Holdren-keller/dp/160153034X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394485114&sr=8-1&keywords=K12+american+odyssey