Help me pick High School Curriculum Please

[pereztribe]

Hi all,

I am looking for help in picking a high school curriculum. I have only one dd who is a wiggly willy/sociable sue. She is very hands on and prefers unit studies. I am using AWOA now, but I feel like maybe I'll need something meatier in high school. She is only in 5th right now, but if I get an overwhelming response for TOG, I know I'll need the extra time to prepare for the dreaded "TOG Fog." So....

 

What say you, the hive? Will be waiting for responses. Thanks in advance!

[pereztribe]

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[klmama]

I think it's a little early for you to be thinking about curricula for high school. Students change a great deal between 5th and 9th grades. If you want to prepare yourself early, getting a head start on the lit choices might be a good use of your free time.

[Jen in NY]

let alone between 5th grade and 9th grade. :)

 

I have been homeschooling for 11 years, and one thing I have learned to plan on is that my plans never actually happen the way I have planned. I thought Saxon... nope. Saxon led to something akin to a nervous breakdown for my dd. I thought we could do high school science here at home... nope. "Not hard enough!" says dd1. World history? Near death experience for dd2, but European? Heaven! It just never happens the way I think it will.

 

Not to mention, a revolutionary curriculum might be published between now and then that you just cannot live without! That's why I have 3 of every subject here on my shelves! ;)

 

Enjoy your journey!

[pereztribe]

Thanks guys. Ya'll just gave me permission to breathe. I tend to worry too much about the curriculum choices I've made. :blushing:

[Blueridge]

You might want to look at Konos HOW or Diana Warring's history, since at this stage you're just doing some early investigating. :)

[Rain]

I agree. At 5th grade, dd was very wiggly, hands on, did not like to read much or write at ALL but loved to be read to.

 

Now in 10th, she's started writing several books and asked for A Guide to Writing Your Novel (IEW), is doing a modified version of Ambleside Online with no hands on components at her request, and only occasionally likes to be read to.

 

She's loving Aleks.com for math, which she hated 3 years ago.

 

And every 4-6 weeks, we have a check-in where we evaluate what's working, what's not, and what we can change to be more effective. So ... in another 2 months, she may have outgrown Aleks.com or be more than ready to be out of the Middle Ages and want to do an indepth study of the Regency complete with handsewn dress and corset.

[Tohru]

I think it's a little early for you to be thinking about curricula for high school. Students change a great deal between 5th and 9th grades. If you want to prepare yourself early, getting a head start on the lit choices might be a good use of your free time.

 

:iagree::iagree::iagree:

 

When my son was a 5th grader he was the most social, talkative, hyper, bouncy child. Then somewhere along the road, by the time he hit 9th grade he had turned into a stoic, introspective, quiet, extremely intelligent young man.

[vbosch]

My dd - now entering college - couldn't do Saxon Math at all in Grammar school. Math U See was a PERFECT fit! But by 8th grade, she was doing Algebra I in ... Saxon Math! Puberty especially seems to bring on major brain reconfiguring, so wait awhile and see. Good luck!:iagree:

[Momma_Bear]

Kids definitely change between 5th and 9th grades!! Heck, mine seem to change over the summer. :tongue_smilie:

 

However if you're just pondering your options, the first that comes to mind is KONOS higschool.

[pereztribe]

Thanks everyone! Since it is a little while, I will be looking up all the suggestions.