Are there any Canadians, on here, that use the K12 curriculum?

Question

What is your experience with it? We presently use Sonlight and we love it. My eldest child recently expressed a desire to move more of his schooling onto the computer. He's almost two grade levels ahead and he's a really good independent learner. There are online programs in our area, but he really likes the flexibility of being able to choose when he does his schooling. Thanks and please no opinionated comments on homeschooling. I already know it works for us.

Answer 1

What do you mean by the flexibility of when he does his schooling? Do the online programs in your area require a specific time to be online? (That seems so strange to me because the ones we have here in Alberta don't, afaik.)

I can't say I've heard of anybody using K12 in Canada. Have you looked into something like the A Beka DVD program? Alpha Omega? You'd have more control over it that way.

Answer 2

I'm not in Canada, but I've used K12 for over 5 years.  That really says a lot, because many HS'ers change curriculum each year (for the same child).

It is an incredible program!  You would have to adjust some courses, such as the American History courses.

Here are all the K12 courses we've used:

Language Arts - 1st-5th

Math - 1st-PreAlgebra A (6th)

Science 1st-Advanced Physical Science (8th)

History - Kdg-5th (American History Before 1865)

Art - Kdg-5th (American Art A)

Music - Kdg-Intermediate 1

After Pre-Algebra A we switched to Algebra I with Teaching Textbooks because it was a much better fit.  My son was 8 at the time he started it, and K12's wasn't as visual in middle school as it was in 1st-5th.

K12 has awesome depth and breadth.  Just take a look at the scope & sequences for the courses at this link:

http://www.k12.com/curriculum_and_produc...

I've recently been looking for high school science & math courses.  Many of the books and materials K12 uses in elementary are for middle-high school courses in other curricula.  In looking at K12's English A, it has many literature selections that other curricula use for high school.

BTW, my son is anywhere from 1-5 years ahead, and K12 is such a perfect fit, b/c he can go at his own speed in *each* course.  So one may only take 6 months, and another may take 12 months to complete.

In the upper grades, K12 is a mix of offline and online work.  It's all pretty much self-sufficient starting in 5th grade.

Let me know if you want more input.

EDITED after Glurpy....

You have FULL control over K12 when you purchase it as an independent HS'er.  It's a curriculum just like Abeka, Sonlight, Calvert, Alpha-Omega, etc.  It's just that the planning & progress tools, and parts of lessons, are online.