Donna asks…Can a home schooled student do student exchange at a real school in a different country?I am currently enrolled at the Distance Education Centre Victoria in Australia. I am in year 10 this year and I was thinking that I would like to do exchange for a term or two at a school in the U.S. at the start of next year. I was just wondering if this is even possible?
Not so much student exchange I meant just a one way thing. Worded it wrong :S .Sara answers:Check out www.planeteducation.info/.it is in almost all major cities provides all [...] Continue Reading...
Michael asks…How fast can I finish one year of regular public school but home schooling instead?Right now I am a sophomore in High School. Next year I would like to be home schooled through Florida Virtual School (FLVS). http://www.flvs.net
In regular school, it takes around 10 months to finish junior year. I want to know if it's possible to finish junior year of high school in 5 months? Thanks in advance.Sara answers:If you were in public school you'd be wasting about 65% of your time waiting for such non-academic moments as settling down, taking attendance, watching papers get passed out, [...] Continue Reading...
Robert asks…What is a good homeschool Math curriculum ?I do not like saxon math. I would like some other ideas for math curriculum. Links to where I could read up on it would be very helpful also. If you have tried the curriculum, please tell me what you liked and didn't like about it.
I have a kindergartener. So I want a curriculum for kindergarten and first grades.
Thank you.Sara answers:We used Saxon for one year and we didn't like it, either. We then switched to Horizons and it has worked very well for us. We also really [...] Continue Reading...
Carol asks…What is the best christian homeschool curriculum?I am a successful work at home mom of 4 kids. I have been checking into different homeschool curriculums but was looking for some testimonials of ones that have worked for other parents.Sara answers:I use several curriculum's, a different one for each subject basically.
I really like Abeka for Language Arts, it is very thorough (I had to get used to the concept that they don't have to do EVERY problem in the book).
I use Math U See for math this year for my youngest. Chalkdust for my oldest in Algebra [...] Continue Reading...
Maria asks…Should i transfer from home school high school?OK well i'm 15 and have been home schooled all my life and I've been feeling really depressed and lonely lately, i feel like i'm missing out on stuff the "normal" kid's get to experience, i could use some more friends too as well. SO my question is should i start high school next semester? Please some reply this has been really getting to me lately.Sara answers:Well, it's a good and bye idea. You might to consider your parents first and if they say that it's your call, you need to [...] Continue Reading...