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I would be very interested to see how high schooling homeschoolers like their science curriculum.
I teach a coop class on chemistry and biology to homeschoolers, and have been using apologia. But I have to admit I am not happy with it. It’s too “conversational” and very week on outlining and clarity to me. I was looking at Bob Jones, which seems strong on basics.
Within the next few weeks we need to purchase biology. We have microscopes and lab equipment, but I was having trouble figuring out exactly how they conduct labs from the BJU website. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Any ideas?
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This ping list is for articles of interest to homeschoolers. DaveLoneRanger has asked me to take over the management of this list. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping List. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added or removed from either list, or both.Where can I find good information on making high school transcripts? My son starts freshman year this semester.
We have been discussing ways to fast track kids through high school to avoid the liberal agenda and other idiocies:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315730/posts?page=84#84
Proposal for the Free Republic High School Diploma.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316882/posts
I have been using the tag “chspe” to remind myself & others about the articles that have discussed this approach.
How about the Calvert curriculum?
Although we no longer use the entire package, it’s a great, rigorous boxed curriculum, especially for early elementary school years.
Here’s my best advice, get your kids involved in one or two activities and excel at them. Don’t get so “socialized” that the kids just touch on 50 different groups and things. As you’ll see from my tagline, I’m involved in Boy Scouts. Find a home school friendly Pack or Troop for cub and Boy Scouts and get involved. It teaches young men the correct things of life.
On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.
My daughters were in Girl Scouts for a while, but it wasn’t the same. However, a new Christian centered organization is coming on strong. If you have young girls, find or start an American Heritage Girls troop.
A good site for used curriculum is vegsource. It’s vegetarian site, but for some weird reason they have a huge homeschooling swap board.You have to search for it, I never can find the link when I need it. But I’ve bought lots of cheap curriculum from there.
Also, as I said I teach science. I’ve found older editions are MUCH cheaper. People hold over from their college days, when they found if they had a early edition it made problems. But if you are doing the work by yourself, it doesn’t matter if the pages or problems don’t mesh with others.
I actually tell kids to bring in older edition books to my class, and we just share the problems. I’ve found the text doesn’t really change that much. Just the colors and page numbers.
Introduction to Ancient Greek History (thread by SunkenCiv):
“Academic Earth” (website with free courses)
SunkenCiv’s thread on FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2192115/posts
Direct link to Academic Earth:
http://academicearth.org/courses/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history
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(Thanks for the suggestions.)
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Books about economics/capitalism for young people:
Calumet K (by Merwin, Webster), written in 1901, free online:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18154
The Incredible Bread Machine (by Susan Love Brown)
http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Machine-Keating-Mellinger-Catriona/dp/B001EZSVW4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236313037&sr=8-1
which is based on this R.W. Grant poem (read free online):
http://www.vex.net/~smarry/oldbbs/bread.html
Book “The Incredible Bread Machine: A Study of Capitalism, Freedom, & the State” by R.W. Grant:
http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Bread-Machine-Capitalism-Freedom/dp/0930073312
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It is free, and welcomes homeschoolers specifically on the splash page. The page consists of Mrs. P, a kindly Irish-sounding lady reading books in what looks to be her living room.
The books seem to be mostly fairy tales and other children's books which are now in the public domain. The ones I've listened to so far were from the early years of the 20th century.
There is a read-along option for new readers, and books can be chosen based on subject or audience. Clicking on various objects in the room bring the things to life - the dog will play hangman, for example. There is a dictionary to define words, etc.
I can't wait to share this with the kids tomorrow (and y'all right now!).
Mrs P(^).
And yes, that's Kathy Kinney (Mimi Bobeck from The Drew Carey Show) as Mrs. P. She has a lovely reading voice.
Thought you might like to know about a new online show called the School Sucks Podcast which talks about the problems with public education and alternatives - including homeschooling:
http://SchoolSucksProject.com/