... program do you use for your High Schooler? I am thinking of changing from Alpha Omega to something else for my oldest. Just looking for the names of your speech, writing, reading, and listening programs. Thanks.
BJU ENGLish.. depending on your ages , we are using it for second year 5th and 6th, and ds loves it! it is really good!
Rod & Staff English, one to two levels below my kids grade levels. We bombed with some we tried, so were behind. But R & S has really helped my kids catch on and do so much better in English!
Rod and Staff has done great for us this year. My DS is in 3rd grade and L.A. was not his favorite subject and all the sudden this year it just clicked for him. That in itself is an answered prayer! Hope that helps
Thank you for your answers! My dd will be in 9th grade this coming school year. TeacherMom...At a banquet I attended recently, the speaker was BJU graduate and the speech teacher at a Christian College. He worked at homeschooling conferences selling BJU material during his college years. I have friends that use Abeka, the local Christian School uses Abeka. Kris, do you use the DVD system or textbooks? Deena and Sparkalea...I have not looked at Rod and Staff... thank you for the name and the recommendation!
Dawn, My ds really turned around with his English using BJU, he was really lagging and everything, Last year we did BJU 5 and this year he asked for it, next year we have to use something thats more in parts but I am leaning toward the BJU just because he seems to do well with it and this year I tabbed out our weeks so the whole year is tabbed, I had thought we had a whole month of lag time. I was right! We are one week ahead still but Easter is coming!
Good to know, very good to know. I have their catalogue and will be looking at it a little closer. Thanks much! *high-five*
I have been very impressed with their stuff in the past and I've tossed around the idea of getting BJU for English but I'm just not sure the reading would hold his interest. Would it be a waste of money if I used my own literature program instead of their required reading? Or is that not an economically feasible choice? They are so expensive that I would hate to buy it and then realize that I'm modifying so much as to make it pointless.
no, In fact I have not used thier reading, we have gotten a couple of books from the library that they wrote a bit about, but I just do my own literature stuff too... for reading I mean! Not sure how we will get next year all taken care of but like I said I will only have one home then so it should be a breeze? Eheh
