| When we were homeschooling high school, we | | | | combined it with their sports activities to make it |
| used the book "Total Health" as our curriculum. | | | | a PE credit. I didn't list Health separately on their |
| We used both the Jr. High and the Sr. High texts. | | | | transcript. With their sports activities, I did have |
| My boys liked them both. If you are getting just | | | | an EASY 150 hours of PE, and I did give them a |
| one, I would get the one that best meets the | | | | full credit, but they were doing soccer, swim |
| age of your child. If they are 9th grade or under, | | | | team and baseball at the time. |
| or if they are highly sheltered and older, get the | | | | If I had listed Total Health alone on the transcript, |
| Jr. High. If they are over 9th grade, or hang out | | | | I think I would have given it 1/2 credit, because |
| with their youth groups, other secular kids, etc., | | | | even with the tests, I don't think it would take |
| then I would get the Sr. High version. | | | | the time for a full year at 1 hour a day to |
| We chose not to get the workbooks, however. I | | | | complete. In Washington State, we are required |
| wanted them to learn the content but I had so | | | | to teach health at some point in their lives, but |
| many other high powered courses at the time, I | | | | they don't specify when or how much, so I had |
| didn't want to have yet another thing for them to | | | | no requirement as to it being a whole credit in |
| be tested on. We were doing Latin and Biology | | | | high school. If you want to supplement for high |
| and stuff at the time, and it would have been just | | | | school health to make it a full credit, consider |
| too much. Both times I used Total Health, I | | | | taking a CPR or basic first aid course. |