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I have been praying for guidance & wrote my homeschool education philosophy:
1. To know her Catholic faith.
2. To understand math, not just plug numbers into a formula.
3. To express herself eloquently in verbal & written form.
4. To read and enjoy discussing good literature.
If we don't continue with MODG enrollment, this is what we are planning.
RELIGION:
1. Seton. (Not crazy about it but admits she learns the most from Seton).
2. Homeschool Connections: Middle School Apologetics course. 6 wks (she's looking forward to this).
MATH: MUS
ENGLISH:
1. Home2Teach: Because I cannot teach any writing.
2. Easy Grammar.
3. Literature: Kolbe Jr.High Lit. Answering the questions & writing the papers. I'm not very good at literature discussions but I figured I can ask the questions in the guide. (I already own this course).
SCIENCE:
I don't know. She said today she hates Science & doesn't want to learn it at all. I guess I need a "just get it done" Science curriculum.
HISTORY: I don' know. Would like living books to keep her interest. Teaching Company? Maybe Mater Amabilis suggestions?
Latin:
Visual Latin.(wants to eventually take Spanish).
She has been taking piano lessons, sings in Jr choir, cantors at church. Will begin private music lessons this fall. Currently attending summer choir camp. She is really interested in furthering her education in this field.
I want to provide her with a mix of online classes and books. She can't do either one too long or she gets bored.
So, what do you all think? Too much English? Is it well rounded? Am I on the right track to fulfill my HS philosophy? Any ideas in furthering her music interest?
Thank you! 
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Hello,
You have great ideas! Your education philisophy is wonderful.
We use Seton for religion. The kids usually read the lesson on their own and we discuss the questions at the end of the section together.
I think English is good, but you are worried it might be too much. I think it might be if you have two writing programs (Home2Teach and Kolbe). If Home2Teach is a guided course, Kolbe can be the literature part for reading and discussion. If you want her to wirte about what she has read, maybe she can write a self-directed essay or paragraph of a topic of her choice or an idea that came through from the discussion questions.
I have an idea for science. I did this for my entering 8th grade daughter. None of the science we saw interested her, so I remembered someone mentioning they use CHC's Science in a Nutshell guide (from the CHC middle school lesson plans) to plan science. We looked at he guide and she picked what are of science (sociology) she wants to study. Basically, this guide breaks down science into three branches: natural science, social science, and applied science. From there, it lists many types of sciences in each category. She selected one that interests her. You could do an internet search, I imagine, to find detailed breakdowns of these areas.
I don't have ideas about the other subjects, but it sounds like it will be a great year with all of your planning and forthought!
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Based on what others have posted, I thought with MODG she would be doing a lot more writing than combining Kolbe with H2T, but I do not really know since we have not done H2T nor MODG. Maybe that is not the case.
Yes, I think I can use Kolbe as the literature and use the literary guide to guide into discussions. H2T is a six week course, I could do the Kolbe after the course is over. Hmmm...
Was it a CHC Science book? Which grade?
Thank you Mary for your response.
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I have not used MODG, so I do not know which route would be more writing intensive. I did not know the lenght of the H2T course; I assumed it was year long when I made my recommendation, but I shouldn't have assumed! You have a good idea to do that first then Kolbe for writing. Kolbe has guidelines for writing the essays for each book, but then the student needs to complete it, if I remember correctly.
The CHC (Catholic Heritage Curricula) book I'm referring to is their (now discontinued) Middle School lesson plans for grades 5-8. There is a section of 20 or so pages that breaks down the fields of science as I mentioned above. It is not a text itself, but more for reference or as a jumping off point to study more specific fields. I was helpful for me to pull it out for my dauhter to look at. I tend to think chem., bio., zoology, earth science, etc.--in larger categories. This listing breaks the larger categories down into smaller ones, ie. sociology, electricity, etc. I don't know if my explanation is more or less helpful this time around!
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motherheart wrote:
I have not used MODG, so I do not know which route would be more writing intensive. I did not know the lenght of the H2T course; I assumed it was year long when I made my recommendation, but I shouldn't have assumed! You have a good idea to do that first then Kolbe for writing. Kolbe has guidelines for writing the essays for each book, but then the student needs to complete it, if I remember correctly.
The CHC (Catholic Heritage Curricula) book I'm referring to is their (now discontinued) Middle School lesson plans for grades 5-8. There is a section of 20 or so pages that breaks down the fields of science as I mentioned above. It is not a text itself, but more for reference or as a jumping off point to study more specific fields. I was helpful for me to pull it out for my dauhter to look at. I tend to think chem., bio., zoology, earth science, etc.--in larger categories. This listing breaks the larger categories down into smaller ones, ie. sociology, electricity, etc. I don't know if my explanation is more or less helpful this time around! |
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Motherheart,
Your post made me realize that both programs are full writing courses. I have a hard time determining when enough is enough thus adding too much. Then it dawned on me that I could alternate Kolbe and H2T. Unless... we use Kolbe for Reading only and have oral discussions with no writing.
I have a friend, which I think has the old CHC Middle school LP. I may ask her if I can borrow the Science pages.
I'm excited this is coming together for me. Thank you, Motherheart, for helping me "talk" this out.
Wheatheartacademy
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I understanding about determining when enough is enough or too much. You are right that we need to strike the right balance. I'm still struggling with that myself. I like your idea of using one program for writing, not alternating between two. Using one will make life so much simpler and easier for you and your student, too. So, if H2T is a how to type of writing program, I'd say go with that and use Kolbe's reading lists so you have guides and discussion questions at hand to refer to as needed in discussion of the books your daughter is reading. Otherwise, if H2T is not a guided writing program, you could just use Kolbe for both reading and writing.
It is exciting to see our goals, research, discussions, come together into a plan. I'm happy to help you "talk" it out. 
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