My dd11 is working on GWG 7 and DD13 is working on GWG 8.

Like it's no-frills approach and that my kids can work independently for the most part. I LOVE that my kids don't whine when that have to complete their grammar work. Another plus for us is that my kids' SAT scores for language are always high. This will be our third year using GWG and I can't see making any changes.

If I bought the Combo Foundations 1 edition would I need to buy a second student activity book for my other child?

I switched my girls from Saxon (which they hated) to TT. This will be their second year using TT. They love that it's on the computer and they only have to write out the problems they can't work in their heads. I like the immediate feedback and opportunity to rework problems they haven't mastered. I also like that it frees up my schedule to teach other subjects. One of my girls is working a grade ahead and the other is just finishing up her current grade level (will be a grade ahead).

I purchased the Anatomy notebook this year for the girls. They love getting their notebooks out for science. They love that it's colorful and fun.

LOVE IT!! We never live close to family so this car has it all for us. We can easily pack our three kids, 2 dogs and all our luggage in this car. I also seem to always find myself with extra kids so it's nice to have the space. Ours is a 2003 Yukon XL with 115,000 miles and we have never had any issues other than typical maintenance. I hope to replace this one, when I have to, with another XL or Suburban.

This will be our third year with GWG (we've used grades 2,3,4 and 5). I also like the simple, no nonsense approach. My girls don't mind completing their lessons each day. I do have to sit down with my girls on occasion to explain lessons to them (like diagraming). My girls test high in language (fifth grader tests post high school and third grader is several grades ahead) so I will be sticking with GWG. It works for my girls. HTHs.

This year is our third year using GWG. My girls don't mind completing their grammar lessons. They are easily understood and not too much on busy work. Both my girls tested really high in Language so we will be continuing to use the GWG books!.

This is the first notebook we have actually purchased for Apologia and my girls are loving it. We have completed most of the pages we have studied so far.

My kids have a math notebook to work out all of the problems that can't be done in their head. I make them write them neatly just as if they had to turn them in for a grade. It's important for them to realize they have to line everything up correctly as the problems get longer and more difficult.

I didn't even purchase the workbook for TT4 last year. The kids never needed it, but it would have come in handy for their yearly evaluations this year. I did purchase the complete set for TT5 and we print out the sheets for the day's lessons when we have to run somewhere during the day. That way they can work their lessons and I input them at night.

I just wanted to offer up a huge THANK YOU. My household has been kept on tender hooks these past 10 years by my oldest dd and her episodes. It seems we have had issues since she came out of the womb. I took her to a psychiatrist when she was 3 and was told that she is "too intellegent and likes to push my buttons for fun". In 2008 she had a terrible accident which almost cost her the use of her arm and had a year of therapy to regain the use of her elbow and hand. During that time she had several reactions to medications which were severe. One caused Stephen Johnson. The allergist told me, in front of her, that she will die if she has these certain medications so understandably she started having horrible anxiety attacks. We took her to another psychologist and psychiatrist this past year but they only focus on her past injuries and not the fact that we have had issues since the beginning. It's so frustrating. The medication has kept her anxiety attacks at bay, for which I am very thankful, but does nothing with the episodes. I grew up with a bipolar brother, and while she has tested not to be bipolar, that is as close as I have come to explaining these episodes. She can be having the time of her life and then melt down and scream at us for hours on end. There is NO calming her when she starts. My other two children cover their ears and go to another room. Sometimes I find out they have been crying until she quiets. It breaks my heart for all three of my girls as well as their dad and me. And, it reminds me of how my siblings and I used to cope with my brother's "lows". I have just always been very thankful that she can control her outbursts until she is safely in our car or at home and doesn't unleash on other people. Anyways, all that background is to say THANK YOU!! I was reading through these boards when I located the name of some books I had never heard off. I purchased The Explosive Child this afternoon and have already laughed and cried my way through half of the book. It is so my daughter. Finally, something that might be able to help her and us! My family may finally be able to find some peace! She is looking forward to finding a way to control her outbursts because she always feels so horribly depressed after she realizes what she has said and done.

We attend VBS at two churches each year (ours and my youngest dd's school). Our church does not charge to attend but TShirts are $10 ea. Dd's school charges $10 per child with a $25 family cap and this includes Tshirts.

Thanks, I will try that!

Does anyone have a current code for them? I would like to make a purchase and anything would help!