My review of the Apologia high school science series is up at The Curriculum Choice. A question has come up since I prepared this review: “Since the advanced courses are AP level, at what point has a student finished a ‘normal’ grade 12 course?” I’ll be working on that in the next while, and will […]
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Preview: Comprehensive Record Solution
Wow, I’m so excited! Last week I received The HomeScholar’s Comprehensive Record Solution and it looks absolutely great. The Comprehensive Record Solution is a program to help homeschooling parents prepare the necessary documentation for college admissions and scholarships. Record keeping is intimidating to many of us homeschooling moms, especially when we realize that our teen’s […]
Review: Advanced Chemistry in Creation, Second Edition
Do you want your children to learn Advanced Chemistry at home? Are you interested in a textbook that is written for homeschooled students, does not require the parent to know chemistry, and has extensive support? Do you want your children to learn science from a former professor who loves God? If so, Apologia’s Advanced […]
High School Marks
I love homeschooling and its incredible academic benefits. On the other hand, I do not love marking, and the niggling doubts that it brings to my mind. Fortunately, where we live grades are not required, and therefore my younger children never receive them. (They do get happy faces for perfect pages, though.) On the other […]
Homeschool Crew Review: Ray’s Arithmetic
I had to chuckle when I found out we were going to be reviewing Ray’s Arithmetic for the Homeschool Review Crew. This is something we discovered about a decade ago and have used ever since for the early years of homeschooling. I love it because at the beginning Ray’s Arithmetic is entirely oral, manipulatives […]