Course Levels on the Assignments Page

The Assignments page is only visible to parents, and it is the most important page in HomeSchool Advantage. On this page you can see the courses that are available to your students arranged by subject. We are frequently releasing new courses and will keep you posted as they are made available. If you have suggestions for new courses, let us know!

The courses are listed in numerical order, the order we recommend that they be taken. The 100 level are the easiest courses and the 500 level the most difficult.

To assign a course in a subject simply click on the check box next to the course name. Make sure you press “save” to save your selections.

If you have a student in lower elementary start by assigning them only 100 level courses.

At middle elementary, 100 and 200 level courses.

In upper elementary 100, 200, and 300 level courses.

Older students are assigned course at ALL LEVELS.

For some subjects, like Geography, even adults should be assigned the 100 level course. The 100 level geography courses contain fundamentals that everyone should know. Older students will complete 100 level courses very quickly. However, it would be a mistake to skip these courses because most students DO NOT KNOW all of the facts covered at the lower levels.

In summary: Your student will have a daily worksheet for each subject where you have assigned courses. Facts are added to the daily worksheet from only one course at a time, the lowest number course you assigned in that subject. We automatically advance to the next highest course when the previous course is complete.

The Curriculum Order

HomeSchool Advantage provides curriculum in a specific order. We encourage parents to assign multiple courses in the same subject at a time, however, we present facts to your students from only one course at a time (for each subject). We start presenting facts first from the lowest numbered course, and when that course has no additional facts to present, we progress to the next higher numbered course.

You do not have to do the curriculum in the order we recommend, and you do not have to do all of the courses in a subject. You may skip any course you are not interested in studying - just do not check that course on the assignments page.

If you want your first course to be a 500 level course, simply select that course and do not select anything with a lower number.

The parent can always go back and select lower courses on another day. However, this should only be done after the higher level course is complete. You are free to skip any course you are not interested in studying.