Has anyone done a whole high school curriculum or most of it without textbooks. My child was in 9th grade last year and used almost exclusively textbooks. She worked for 7 hours straight and still had times when she spaced or got things wrong. I try to mix it up for her but she just wanted to work and work until it was done. I can't stand to see her go thru that so much again. Not that her schooling has to be 'all fun' but there have got to be some courses we can do that aren't just with her nose in a book. Any suggestions?
sos is where we are going this year. It is computer based so less book work but on the computer there is still reading etc, I find my kids enjoy it more and I have control over what they are learning more too...
We did a bit of SOS when dd was in 4-5th grade. I felt like we weren't diligent enough with it and she wasn't learning as much as she could. Maybe the high school versions are more detailed? I'll have to check them out. Thanks. Wondering if a unit study type learning would work with high school?
oh yea, we did 9th grade last year I noticed that with my dd too, but I did put a few research paper in and let her make a couple lap books, and things she loved that.
the highschool levels are supposed to be more detailed but also I know they are created in a way that they are self taught. The teacher checks up to be sure they are completing assignments and grade the ones that need Teacher grading.... but the new Sos has games and more enhanced stuff too. We loaded it up, are waiting till September to start though.
We were in 9th last year and used text books for math (Saxon) and geography (Bob Jones). All else mainly reading great books and outlining or writing essays from that. More details at our personal site - link in signature. I don't know how you'd do Math without some sort of textbook, but all else is better with real books.
You could do something like Beautiful Feet for history and do various lit guides for English. Not sure what else you are planning on doing this year.
Have you read "The Well-Trained Mind" by Jessie Wise? It's more along the Great Books line. It's very detailed, and you'd want to fit it to your specific student, but if you're interested in classical Lit type work, that'd be a good place to look.
