Thanks for the leads so far, I will check them out!

We are currently studying Ancient Rome and I am aware of the list of corresponding Netflix/SOTW movies and documentaries. The problem I am having is knowing if they are age appropriate for my 3rd and 5th graders. Is anyone aware of a list that breaks it down by age/grade level? I've found several documentaries at our library, but they are mostly for 7th grade and up. We did watch the Ancient Civilizations one with Arizona Smith (our library has those for many of the time periods we've studied so far), but I'm looking for more. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I'd also love to hear of any other Rome resources that you really loved for this age level. We're just getting started.

This is actually one of my favorite things about WWE. The little snippets of books have proven to get my son interested in the stories. They inevitably end with a cliff hanger and then he wants to read the whole book. He chooses a lot of his independent reading books this way.

Awesome, thanks!

This thread has been very helpful! I too am planning for Ancients for next year. My kids will be in 3rd and 5th. We already own all the SOTW stuff so I want to incorporate it, but I'm drawn to History Odyssey Level 2 (and the timeline!). Could you share where you found a list of Netflix videos that correspond with SOTW? My son likes to watch the documentaries.

I had the same issue. We loved HWOT for manuscript, but I didn't love the "style" of their cursive. We are using Universal Publishing Handwriting for cursive and have been very happy with it. You can see sample pages here... http://www.upub.net/Original-Handwriting-Book-D-Prodview.html

My son is 9 and has been doing Scratch for a couple of years. He likes it because he can share his projects on the website and get feedback from other kids. He also attends a weekly "Scratch Lab" at my daughter's school, again because he likes to share his projects with other kids. http://scratch.mit.edu/

How long does this usually take to arrive? I ordered Chemistry for the Grammar Stage over a week ago and have been anxiously awaiting the arrival (I've been spoiled by amazon's super fast shipping!). I purchased all the accompanying books and the materials for the first week's experiment last week and my kids really want to make the ice cream! I wanted to wait until the guide got here, but maybe I should just go ahead and do the first experiment. Any input? There is no tracking number in the confirmation email, so I don't have an estimated arrival date.

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

We were having the same issue. The entire addition board was green for over a week, yet they still kept giving him addition problems. He kept telling me to email the x-tra math people to tell them there was a glitch. ;) I finally realized that I could just change the settings to do all subtraction, or all multiplication, or whatever, instead of the mix (which apparently translates to just addition).

My kids use Scratch as well, they love it. My son has made some video games, and he was on a kick for a while making stop motion animation videos using his legos. They were really cool! It's a great program, he is basically teaching it to himself, since I know nothing about programming. My husband is a programmer though, and he says it is a great introduction.

My daughter is 7.5 and is in speech therapy at her school. When we consulted the speech therapist last year, she said that once she reached her 7th birthday, she would qualify. However, the way she says "r" is different from most kids with an "r" issue. She only substitutes the "w" sound at the beginning of words, but when the "r" is in the middle or end of the word, it sounds like "eye" or "oy." So, for example, "board" would be "boyd," and "star" would sound more like "sty." Apparently, the "oy" vs. "w" substitution made a difference in her ability to qualify for therapy because it is less likely for children to outgrow it on their own. The speech therapist said kids normally don't qualify for the "r" sound until later (I know I substitued the "w" sound for "r" when I was younger and outgrew it at around 7 or 8). BUT, she also said that she sees kids that are now 11 and 12 that still can't say it because they didn't qualify until later. So, I guess my point is some kids do qualify at age 7, so it might be worth looking into.