One for an 8th grader who has gone to a private shool her whole life and loves to read.
2007-02-27 11:59:50 · 10 answers · asked by Tweek 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Check out Beautiful Feet, Tapestry of Grace, Sonlight.
You could take any quality curriculum and enhance the subjects with living books.
For suggestions and lists, check out Veritas Press, Greenleaf Press, The Well Trained Mind, Heart of Wisdom.
A friend (who LOVES books) sent me a link to a great resource: hslibrarybuilder.com
Homeschool Library Builder. You can buy awesome living books for all subjects there as well, or even get great ideas for books to look for at the library and sales.
good luck!
2007-02-28 01:42:58 · answer #1 · answered by Terri 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, the only one I have seen so far is Abeka. We got the full DVD course. It seems to be very good, but it seems to be more geared to Christian schools where the student has to sit for seven hours, and is not really geared for homeschooling. You might try the individual courses, but I would not suggest the full DVD course to anyone. Abeka also was not flexible with us, and wanted to charge us US$1,000 more than normal because we are missionaries- I just don't understand that pricing structure at all! Because of the shipping time for material to get here to the Amazon, once we actually saw the course and that it wouldn't meet our needs, we had passed the deadline to return the material, and even though it was unopened, they wouldn't take the material back, and wouldn't give us a refund, and were just plain nasty. So now we have some very expensive homeschooling material that we aren't using, we paid for the course where they keep the grades and aren't using it and they won't give our money back, and we still have to send the DVD's back to them, even though they won't refund any money. The whole experience left a bad impression of Abeka, and I would not want to have to deal with them ever again. As I said, I have heard that the individual courses are good, but I would never buy the full DVD course again nor recommend that anyone else buy it either.
(These views are my own, and do not represent the views of the church that sent me, so Abeka, please dont' try to sue, if you are worried about your name, treat your customers better.)
2007-02-28 08:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by HolyLamb 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2013-09-27 17:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on your state and your feeling about on-line school. Connections Academy has a great curriculum and it is totally free. They use Calvert. Check it out at www.connectionsacademy.com
2007-02-27 22:54:40 · answer #4 · answered by homeschool_girlscouts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ambleside Online is awesome for avid readers. It utilizes the Charlotte Mason approach of using living books for most subjects instead of dry text books.
2007-02-27 21:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by Joy in the Morning 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your child loves to read, I would suggest Robinson curriculum.
www.robinsoncurriculum.com
2007-02-27 21:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a school in illinois which i did since 2nd to 6th grad its called CLASS it is pretty awesome and has a lot of reading you can probely google it and find there website look it up i love to read and i loved it
2007-02-28 16:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by smurfett 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was home schooled and sunlight woked well i have all as in my new school
2007-02-27 22:08:07 · answer #8 · answered by Steve Jobs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NOT ABEKA FOR SURE> VERY CONFUSING AND JUMPS AROUND TOO MUCH.
2007-02-27 20:43:44 · answer #9 · answered by bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'abeka' sounds good for your needs
2007-02-27 20:26:42 · answer #10 · answered by bekayake 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋