Posted on 06/28/2006 4:20:41 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
We found an excellent satellite program attached to a private school. We homeschooled under their "self-directed study program." It worked well for us all those years. For all the state knew, our children were enrolled in their site school. Never had a problem with the state interfering.
Good plan! Practice is very important for beginning math students. I like to print out worksheets so the kids can do them at any time or place. There are lots of online sources, but having a program to make them on your own PC is handy. I like the free version of the Worksheet Factory.
First, my favorite homeschool store: http://lovetolearn.net .
Second, my oldest will be in 7th grade next year. Since the district I live within doesn't start high school until 10th grade, I decided I will have that long to decise if he will do distance learning, got to community college, or just continue on. I am wanting to start making a transcript. Partly for practice, partly so my husband doesn't worry about what he is learning. So, any good links on how to keep a good transcript?
If they would like to do their drills online you can always check out http://www.aaamath.com
Congrats ... my oldest two (home-schooled) sons will be at UAB this fall ... one as a frosh, the other as a sophomore.
Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, CA)
www.thomasaquinas.edu
Christemdom College (Front Royal, VA)
www.christendom.edu
Franciscan University of Steubenville (Stubenville, OH)
www.franciscan.edu
All of these Colleges are extremely home schooler friendly.
Nifty!
I'm a Math major. What are their majors?
>>> "So, any good links on how to keep a good transcript?" <<<
The Donna Young website (under "Recordkeeping" above) has some forms for transcripts:
http://forms.donnayoung.org/planners/hischl.htm
But I don't know much about them. We haven't gotten to the point yet where we have to keep transcripts.
I can't believe I forgot to put these next two on the list!
*** LEGAL ADVICE ***
HomeSchool Legal Defense Association
http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/default.asp
*** FREE, ONLINE - LESSON PLANS & STUDIES ***
Discoveryschool.com
http://school.discovery.com/parents/
Bookmark
ping for later
Our daughter is finishing up her Senior Year work and will graduate from North Atlantic Regional High School. She has already been accepted to, and received a nice scholarship from Ave Maria University in Naples FL.
I can't believe I'm not on the ping list! Please add me.
More recommended on the older thread:
*** PHONICS & WORD STUDY ***
Word Journeys
http://www.wordjourneys.com/
Words Their Way
http://literacyconnections.com/WordsTheirWay.php
*** VIRTUAL SCHOOLS ***
Florida Virtual School
http://vsa.flvs.net/Default.aspx
Switched on Schoolhouse
http://www.aop.com/sos/
Congrats on your decision. The most important thing we've gained from homeschooling is just the time spent with the kids. You learn a lot about them, being with them all the time, and you get to enjoy each other's company.
Congratulations! :-)
Believe it or not, I found some great books at Sam's that I used for homeschooling. They're somewhat along the line of the activity books my kids used to love to do as preschoolers and they are very inexpensive. They would be great for that kind of review. I actually really liked the science one for 1st to 6th grade. I have a degree in science and found them quite accurate and concise. They had good activities in them for experiments.
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