Next year will be the first year I will be home schooling my daughter who will be a Junior. Is this a good courses list? Pre-Calc- 1 year Chemistry- 1 year Chem lab- 1/2 year American Literature- 1 year Grammar- 1/2 year U.S. History II- 1 year Astronomy- 1/2 year Art History- 1/2 year Health- 1/2 year Italian III- 1 year Is 7 1/2 credits good for a Junior? Also, if anyone had experience with LifePac Selects: Astronomy, a review would be appreciated. Thank you. We were going to use a college text for Astronomy for a full year course but decided against it.
Now I am starting to think I should make Astronomy a full year course again with the college text. Cheaper and gives more credit.
Well, it is way too hard to comment on a schedule just by seeing a schedule. It depends on what type of child you have? What does the child want to do (future career, not everyone is college bound). Personally, I think 7 1/2 credits is too many. Does your son agree with this and can he handle it and not get stressed? That would be the biggest indicator, not how much credit he can earn IMO.
I would kida agree with CabsMom40 a little. Start out the year that way and if it's too crazy for your daughter then drop some things. Some of those will need alot of independant study time, so make sure you allow for that in the day as well as some extra curricular activities that she may want to do. I would also agree to maybe curb the curriculum to what she wants her career path to eventually take her. Maybe drop a course and let her volunteer at a hospital, daycare facility, or what-have-you. Know what I mean? Also, if she has a job, she will need time to go to that as well and also fit in her schedulefor school and study too. In short, pay close attention for stress indicators, talk frequently about work load and classes, make time for the extra curricular/job related time, and have some fun!
If your daugher is interested in going to college, see what those colleges require. Also, if she has an interest, gear her studies towards that. 7 1/2 credits is a lot. If she is college bound, then it might be fine. Our daughter had about that many credits per high school year. Unless there is a reason to do more than one year's worth of study in history, science, and English, you may want to do one year on each subject and then pick up one or two electives. It may be just me. I know not everyone agrees with me. But why load a child down with science and history and English unless that is their interest. There are so many more things to learn. IMHO. I understand that Chemistry with lab can be 1 1/2 years worth of work. My daughter's Chemistry and lab was counted as 1 year (credit).
Below is my daughter's schedule for her junior year in high school. Looks like she did do more than one year's worth in certain subjects. BTW, in her junior year of high school, she changed her emphasis. She was planning to do a German major in college; by 11 grade, she decided to do a biology major. We had to play catch up on her math. She is currently finishing up her third year at a university and is majoring in biochem. Algebra II - 1 credit (1 year) Literatue and Composition - 1 credit U.S. History - .5 credit (1/2 year) Geography - 1 credit German III - 1 credit Wordview (social studies) - 1 credit Biology Evolution vs. Design - .5 credit (not sure why she did .5 credit. She did biology with lab in her 10th grade, and chemistry with lab in 12th grade) Typing - .5 credit AWANA Bible - 1 credit Physical Education - 1 credit Art - .5 credit Total credits - 9 Hope this helps.
could you post how much time will be spend on each class per week? That woudl be helpful thanks! having been there with a hunger for learning child I know you can do all you have, but the child must want ot and it depends on how much time youare spending.
