Cortana Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 If you found yourself facing the possibility of suddenly welcoming an 8th grader into your home and needed to put something together quickly and didn't have a lot of money to spend, what would you do? I have nothing on hand for anyone above 3rd grade and I sure would appreciate some ideas. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinD Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 One that my oldest enjoyed at that age (we pulled him out of public school at 12) was named something like "Learning Literature Through Movies". We watched ET, for example, and then there were a great range of things to discuss and practice, more that I would have thought possible. It was a fun way to learn while he was still de-schooling. It was inexpensive, too. If he likes to draw, Mapping The World Through Art by Ellen J McHenry might be a good fit. Barb at Harmony Art Mom and Handbook of Nature Study blogs has some reallygreat stuff for that age range, too, including a free geography program. Math - khanacademy.com, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortana Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Eddie, Thank you for your help, I will add those to the list and check them out. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Do you have a library near by? I would get in the habit of making a weekly list online, then have kid walk or ride down to collect books. You could hit reading list, poetry, history, science, geography, personal interest. I'd check out book, audio books, classical music, dvds. There have been some great threads here on free/nearly free curriculum. Definitely do a search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Christian Liberty Press has some pretty inexpensive kits for grade levels. They are also having a sale right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 http://welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109114 I love this list and use it often for ideas and such. It's worth a browse through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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