Thank you for sharing. This is very encouraging. My ds is currently taking Alg 1. We switched to TT when he was in 5th grade also (began with TT 6). Did your dd take Geometry also? Or did she do Alg I, then Alg II? Just trying to decide what my ds should take after finishing Alg I.

Thank you so much. This really helps! Kim

Thanks for the info. :)

If you set up a commonplace book, can you help? On the numbering of the pages, instructions say to write on pg 15 of the commonplace book "Progymnasmata Headers"....and then a few lines down, the instructions are to subdivide the section "Progymnasmata Headers" into separate sections and to write on page 15 "Encomium." So on page 15 should my son write both "Progymnasmata Headers" and Encomium? I'm wondering if its' a mistake and he should skip a few pages and write "Encomium" on page 17 instead. It probably doesn't matter, but since he's taking the time to write in the book in PEN, I'd like for it be correct since he won't be able to erase. He's a leftie and he prefers pen. Thanks! Kim

Thanks for the help!

Deanna, I am getting ready to begin Diogenes Maxim with my son, just waiting for it to ship from RR. Would you mind sharing how long a lesson takes your daughter? We have done Aesop and Homer A and B. I heard that Diogenes is a breeze after doing Homer so I am hopeful he can get his work done in 30 min or so. What was your experience? Thanks, Kim

I love it. Where I'd you get your pianos music stand? I have forever been trying to figure out how to store our piano music for 3 kids taking lessons. I don't have room for a bookshelf but I would have room for what is in your picture! Looks perfect!

We are in Skymountain and use TT. My son who will be in 8th grade will be taking Alg I next year for high school credit. TT is not listed as HQT yet on Skymountain's website, but it has recently been approved as HQT. However, it will need to be supplemented because it is missing some CA standards. From what my ES has told me, we can take ALEX to substitute for the missing standards. I don't know which standards those are yet. But that is what I have been told. I plan for my son to take Alg I and Spanish for credit next year. A student has to take two high school level classes at a time in order to be counted for credit in 7th or 8th grade. Keep in mind that HQT is not a-g. I have not read all of the other posts so this may have already been mentioned.

Very cool. Thanks!

I will try this! Thank you.

Great! Thank you!

Reposting because I posted this on the General Board first by mistake. My ds is currently in TT PreAlg. But we also use Fred as a supplement to TT. He ha done LOF Fractions, Decimals, and now Pre Alg-Bio. In Fred, in the past, he got stuck on the conversion factor explanation. We moved on anyway. But now we are at conversion factors again in LOF PA and he is not understanding the concept still. I am not very good at explaining it either! Does anyone have a link to an online video directed at middle schoolers or another site that might present it in a different way to help him get it? Thanks! Kim

Whoops. I meant to put this on the curriculum board. Sorry!

My ds is currently in TT PreAlg. But we also use Fred as a supplement to TT. He ha done LOF Fracions, Decimals, and now Pre Alg- Bio. In Fred, in the past, he got stuck on the conversion factor explanation. We moved on anyway. But now we are at conversion factors again in LOF PA and he is not understanding the concept still. I am not very good at explaining it either! Does anyone have a link to an online video directed at middle schoolers or another site that might present it in a different way to help him get it? Thanks! Kim

Thank you for your input. Now I gotta choose which one seems to be the right one. Hmmmm.... Is one more interesting than the other? Anyone know? Out of the two, Gen or Physical, which did your dc like best? I'm also looking for something he can do mostly independently. Thanks again. Kim