Thank you so much!

Thank you ladies so much for jumping in and talking this out with me! A little bit more background, she was tested several times in Elementary School ( public school days) and we went through speech therapy, right brain training, play therapy, ect...until we were all burned out! Her IQ testing showed that she would never read above a second grade level and we would have to take care of her through out her adult life (like give her baths). I ignored those results, pulled her out of public school after she failed K, 1st, and 2nd grade and we began homeschooling. I am happy to say that the test were wrong....she reads on a high school level, she has been showering on her own since she was 8, and she shaves her own legs! LOL I had no idea that colleges have programs for kids with LD! I didn't even realize special accommodations were an option. She would need extra time on test, the ability to record lectures and re-listen to them, and one of my greatest fears is that they would fail every paper because of her dyslexia and the fact that putting her thoughts down on paper ( or expressing them out loud period) is VERY confusing. She doesn't think on a deeper/analytical level at all...everything is surface level, even her friendships and relationship with her family. I remember college including a lot of analytical thinking. Despite her dyslexia and struggles with putting her personal thoughts on paper....she EXCELS at writing fiction! She can spend hours typing up a fantasy fiction novel. I like the idea of her taking one class per semester and slowly working towards a two year degree. She would definitely want to start out with a creative writing class. Her imagination is incredible and she finds it therapeutic to write fantasy fiction. I have never pressured any of my kids to go to college. I have always told them I believe no matter what they should all start with two years at a community college to mature more before heading off to a larger university. For a long time her main goal in life was just to graduate high school, but she now hears friends talking about college and that has her feeling like she NEEDS to go.

I don't know how the years passed so fast, but here we are homeschooling 10th grade. Nothing has come easy for my daughter over the years, every subject is effected by her learning disabilities. What I struggle with the most is encouraging her to "reach for her dreams" and being realistic all at the same time. Honestly, she would drown in taking ONE college class at a community college. Somedays, reality sets in for her and she realizes what a mountain it would be for her to attempt college. Then other days she walks around with her head in the clouds and talks all about her future career and getting her degree. I don't really know how to handle this. I am a realist at heart, so my gut instinct is to prepare her emotionally for not getting in to college, prepare her to work somewhere like a movie theater or bookstore. Does anyone else have a child this age where college is not a real possibility?

All Through The Ages is an excellent resource of History books from K-Highschool. http://www.nothingnewpress.com/books/all-through-the-ages-2/

Have you heard of Biblioplan? http://www.biblioplan.net/p/welcome-to-biblioplan.html They also have a 4 year cycle and a lesson plan that includes SOTW, MOH, and some others. We are using a combination of Biblioplan Ancients, SOTW Ancients, and All Through the Ages.

All three of my kids use Teaching Textbooks ( 10th grade, 8th grade, and 3rd grade). I have a Visual, a Auditory, and a Kinesthetic learner....this program seems to work well for all three learning styles. My oldest has dyslexia and is a visual learner, seeing and hearing the lessons has worked so well for her over the years. We do order the book for her as well as the CD's so she can have a visual of the lesson to read back through when she is struggling with something. My strictly auditory learner does all of his lessons online only with scratch paper for working out his problems. He loves that the lesson is read aloud to him and it is a set amount of problems daily.

I just ordered this to go with out SOTW Ancients! Checking the mailbox everyday for it. My youngest is 100% Kinesthetic learner so I think he will love the daily experiments.