My grandchildren have been home schooled for a number of years, but they are getting to the age where they seem to need a little more structure. I'm hoping we can find a curriculum that will offer an online skills test that will tell us where they are, grade-wise, in various subjects, then we'll know where to start with the learning materials. We're looking for an online-based curriculum with related printed materials. There is so much information "out there" that we are a bit overwhelmed, and are hoping someone has some good suggestions. Thanks!
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Ambleside Online. It great! I am reading Ivanhoe, In Freedom's Cause, King Arthur, and other classic EASILY! My younger sister (6th grade) is reading Robinson Crusoe without much difficulty. It's great stuff.
Hey there, This is a good link for downloading King Arthur Gold for free: http://bitly.com/1qXIDgp
it's completely free and it's very fast to install King Arthur’s Gold is a game set in the time of legends. There are castles that need to be built, and he meets that need to be destroyed, and of course gold that must be mined. It's surely the leader game of its type.
It sounds like you are wanting K12, which actually has HORRIBLE reviews. http://homeschoolreviews.com/reviews/curriculum/reviews.aspx?id=180
Here are some private school options: Keystone http://keystoneschoolonline.com/ NorthStar Academy http://www.northstar-academy.org/ Indiana University http://iuhighschool.iu.edu/diplomas/index.shtml University of Missouri http://muhigh.missouri.edu/coursedisplay.aspx?l=h Laurel Springs http://www.laurelsprings.com/ Oak Meadow http://www.oakmeadow.com/ Texas Tech University https://www.depts.ttu.edu/uc/k-12/
Learning online gets old fast. You are far better off teaching the kids out of books. I've heard good things about Oak Meadow, especially for younger kids.
I recommend picking and choosing curriculum from different sources. All in one curriculum packages rarely work for all kids.
Many of the available curriculum packages have placement tests and sample lessons on their websites. We've homeschooled for a lot of years. We tried many all-in-one curricula and didn't like any of them. We've done very well with picking and choosing for each kid.
We too went from an all-in-one to picking and choosing different materials based on how well a particular student does with them, and how they seem to learn.
Try a demo of anything you'd like to try; and most of them have "placement tests," so to speak.
FYI, don't rely on standardized testing (ITBS, Stanford-10, etc) to put a grade on your kiddos. Yes, the tests give grade levels, but the meanings are different. If a student scores at 3rd grade level for spelling and 8th grade level for math, it does NOT mean you need 3rd grade spelling and 8th grade math. It means the kid understands this particular spelling test at a level they would expect most 3rd graders to reach, and this particular math test at the level they would expect most 8th graders to reach. If the kid is around 3rd grade age, that probably means he's really understanding math well, but would fail if you put him in 8th grade math...and that he's pretty average in spelling. If the student being tested is in first grade, you have a kid who understands both subjects really well. If the student is around 10th grade, there are clearly problems in what they know, and remediation is definitely in order. (Truly awful scores may also indicate learning disabilities. The kid who scores in the 98th percentile in math may score in the 25th percentile for the language portions due to dyslexia, for instance.)