Asynchronous! I should have known there's a name for it. That's so true, re. process. I wish it were easier for a 16 yr old to see that... I think those of her siblings who've gone before her do realize it now. Good tips. Thanks.

OK. Firstly, I hugely appreciate the input. And the humour! Some of the material you've mentioned I'm not familiar with, but that's not a big deal. Just to clarify, she is doing well with all the concepts taught. She wishes she could progress quicker in the lessons and skip stuff. We're using the computer method (thought that might be a drawing card...), which doesn't seem to allow skipping. Can she move ahead to the tests?? And do the lessons as they become unfamiliar?? See? I may need help with the program, it would seem. So, possibly TT 6, skip 7 and go to prealgebra, etc,; or do Lial's, then either TT algebra, or Chalkdust/Larsen/Dana Mosely...am I butchering it? And...hopefully lastly, who is Dana Mosely? Sounds like the Downton Abbey fellow, har har! I like flocking...and Geneva isn't struggling, per se, but I do want to set her up to succeed. She can get discouraged simply because of the "I'm not where I'm supposed to be" thing, which balances out when you look at the things she does know/can do. Nonetheless, if there's any struggling, it's in the area of discouragement. Once again, thanks SO much. All $.02 much appreciated!

Just launch right in...I'm good with whatever you have to say... Or I'll go to bed... It's late here (but not the time it shows on the post).

We have a 16 yr old who, after a couple of very rocky years, is now really self-motivated in her studies, but the problem is her math. She's in Teaching Textbooks 5 in order to get back to basics, but feels she needs to move through it faster than she is able to do in the program. She understands the concepts well, and is getting the majority of questions correct, but I'm really at sea to know if this is the right track for her to take, ie. should she jump into a more involved level and wing it, or keep slogging away? I will probably contact the web site - they are super people and really helpful, but I wondered if anyone out there with similarly aged children (or situation) could offer suggestions? Thanks for any help. Nancy.

You haven't said what you're leaning toward! Here're our girls' names: Noel Elizabeth (yes, Audrey, if you're reading this, we did spell it the masculine way in our ignorance!:tongue_smilie:) - "Noel" we just liked, and "Elizabeth" is mine and my mother's middle name Petra Helena (pronounced Paytra Helayna) -feminine of Peter (loved the sound of it) and "light"; Helena is a form of Helen Geneva Frances -after the Geneva Convention and my dad, Frank (free man) Gwyneth Patricia - after her two grandmas (my mum was Gwendolyn) We also have a babe gone before her time. We didn't know if she was a girl, but only liked the one name: Agnes (lamb) Rose (paternal great grandmother). Please let us know what you pick! Have fun! Nancy in Alberta.

That's so funny. I was the only one, too, and here's a wierd confession: I once wrote the date on one, and kept it in a keepsake box for something like fifteen years! I found it when my dad wanted me to move some of my junk out of their house one summer. And, no, I didn't have the guts to taste it! Thanks for the reminder! Nancy in Alberta.

Sometimes it helps to look at what they've eaten, if anything, once they start feeling better. My regime is to wait a few hours after the last episode of vomiting before even a drink of water (unless they already show signs of dehydration), then sips of water over a period of: one sip, wait half an hour, one more sip, wait 20 min or so; two or three sips, wait 20 min or so, etc. Once they are definitely keeping down water, I wait till they ask for food. When they are hungry enough to ask for it, I give them some apple juice (about the only time we drink juice, besides birthday parties); once they're keeping that down, after a while we move to apple sauce. We don't do bananas anymore because they never kept them down! Once apple sauce is tolerated, I give it to them again, and usually nothing else for about half a day, unless it's the evening and they've been obviously really good over the course of the day, but even then we don't progress to anything more solid than a bit of yogurt. You get the picture. I'm really mean about not going any faster on this to toast or soup (broth) and we avoid any dairy except yogurt for a few days, especially if there's diarrhea as well. Thanks for reading such a long post! Hope this helps. Nancy in Alberta.

Thanks! Interesting comment on how you felt about WS; just goes to show that one size doesn't fit all, and we all have such different ways of learning and seeing things! Nancy in Alberta.

Not to get off topic, but, Poke Salad Annie, what are the Wm. Henry Maxwell composition texts? And what is googlebook? You could email me privately, if this isn't appropriate for this topic. Nancy in Alberta.

We got WS a year or so ago, and both girls using it liked the format (the younger one, about 13 at the time, thought he was quite funny - not that that is so crucial, though) and both were engaged with the lessons. My problem was that we didn't stick to formal writing lessons at the time, so we didn't get all that far into it. Had I made more of a point to do it, I think we could have made progress. So, all that to say: yes, we did like it; we just needed to do more of it. Nancy in Albera.

Wow, Audrey! That's amazing! We've used CHER mostly, simply because we're from Alberta and could go to the store to check out books, if needed. I have ordered the Keys To...math series through the ADS business, I think (in BC?), and they were really helpful. I didn't know they had an online business at any point. We only ever phoned them, which probably is due to them closing down the site. Well done! Nancy in Alberta.

I googled "free printable fairy tale pages" and a bunch came up. HTH, Nancy.

Kim, Our daughter - now 14 yrs - just finished the last one a few weeks ago. She was 13 when she began them, and some time had elapsed after Out of the Silent Planet, but, aside from her comment of the Perlandria being "dark", as most have said, she really enjoyed them and got a lot out of them. I suppose your own awareness of your boy's sensitivity would come into play here, and have him stop if he's not comfortable with the material... Nancy in Alberta.

My 2 cents? I agree with Secular Mom with both paragraphs. I DO worship Him, but, unless you want to identify with a certain group, why the label? Or are you just trying to figure out the boundaries? Nancy in Alberta.

I read somewhere, and agree, that Easy Grammar may not directly mention diagramming - or they don't label it as such - but once you get into the lessons in the Easy Grammar Plus, that's essentially what's being done, because of how she teaches the learner to divide up a sentence. I thought the WTM recommends using Writing Strands after the books you used (?). Good for you for progressing through all of the SWB books. I haven't seen that in other posters yet. Nancy in Alberta.