Is anyone currently doing LCC for High School?
I think it's too late for my oldest 2 children, but I would like to try with my now 8th grader. There are some state requirements I must meet for graduation, such as American History & Government, and I will try to fit those in. But I like the idea of studying the Great Books and rhetoric. Does anyone have any experience with high schoolers in these areas that they could share?
Also, my daughter has had an introduction to Latin using LC1 back in 5th grade. Should I just start her in LC2 after a little review? Or is that program too "young" for a middle schooler?
Many thanks,
Kris
Oops, I think I ignored your question
Sorry Kris,
I got so carried away knowing there was someone else out there in the "is is too late" category that I didn't even really pay attention to your question. We also have an "American History and Govt" requirement. I've got no idea on how to meet that requirement using LCC suggestions. I was going to use MODG as they have that subject slotted for 9th grade, but I really like the sequence of history in LCC.
Regarding LC2, I'm kind of at that same crux, however my daughter will just be finishing LC1 over the next few weeks.
Hopefully there are some suggestions out there???
Bless you,
Kelly

LCC for High School
Hi,
Maybe we can help eachother out here. My daughter is now in 9th grade(just started)and I was pretty much set to use the curriculum from Mother of Divine Grace(Laura Berquist's program)but had seen LCC and needed to look it over before I went ahead. Well, needless to say, I'm very attracted to the suggestions in LCC, having read Climbing Parnassus by Tracey Lee Simmons.
I'm using some of the LCC suggestions and ordering some things from MODG. Their 9th grade science syllabus seems very comparable to LCC as far as projects go, and they have a daily breakdown manual, which I really want for dd so she can work a bit on her own, and really know what to do. I was actually really looking forward to using much of MODG's curriculum because of the daily breakdown manuals, but I really like what I see in LCC. Oh, the confusion of it all!
Here's my questions:
My dd is up to Lesson 17 in LC1 and will finish the book in about 5 weeks doing two lessons per week with reviews and tests. She is using the DVD along with the book and I like having Leigh Lowe in my house teaching her! I'm not sure if she should go on to LC11 or move directly to Henle 1.
Since Henle is not on DVD, it will make it a bit harder, however, MODG does offer a daily breakdown manual for Henle based on a 4 day week.
She is behind in Math but has just started using the DIVE CD's for Saxon 54 and it is going fantastically! She completed 7 lessons in just 3 days using the CD's and the scheduling Drew suggests for time in Math-although she will do math every day until she is "caught up" .
I'm still totally questioning what to do for English Studies/Modern Studies. I love the LCC suggestions. Not sure if I should use one of the progymnasmata programs suggested and/or if I could even keep up with it since it is not self teaching and I've still got to spend some time with my other children, most notably my 4yr old son. And not sure how to schedule the readings suggested for these subjects and what guides are available to help her read critically. Should I just divide the readings up by the number of days she will do school?
Again, the temptation of the MODG curriculum is the syllabi which have daily breakdowns for the student. I want to see her be successful at this, and it's been kind of NOT successful up until now, except that she reads, reads, reads, and reads! Oh, BTW, did I mention that she reads?
Looking for a few good answers,
Kelly, Mom to 4(ages 22 dd, 14 dd, 11,dd and 4 ds)
PS, Oh, and did I ask the question about starting Logic, since she hasn't mastered all of the Latin grammar yet?
And did I say just how ecstatic I am to be able to discuss all this with other people who even think it's relevant? Believe me, I've gotten that "you've got lobsters crawling out of your ears" look when I've mentioned these things to other folks who don't think about this stuff!