This is one of my favorite Killgallon threads; I think it'll answer some of your questions. There was a recent thread, too, where someone asked about using it as a main curriculum or supplement, and most people responding said "supplement."

The Washington Post is saying that the slain police officer was a homeschool dad. (See the 9:52 am update on their live update post on this story.)😔

I *was* praying for you but then I got to “Dear God, please watch and care for Mrs. Tiggywinkle” and then I just stopped ‘cuz my mind’s eye saw the object of my prayer as Beatrix Potter’s hedgehog🤪. I hope you get some rest!

Their physical, paper catalog should have that information (symbols after each book description.) Or... look at the big expensive packages of books. It tells you the title of the main books are that you’d need.

Wonderful! Consider it a small token of my appreciation for all your helpful advice on the LC board through the years!

At least they are considering and valuing your opinion!

Could your parents just pay the family’s current rent (or other monthly expenses) for X months to allow the family to save money for a house? To persuade your parents to not co-sign, you might try the church angle again by saying that wise church people had their reasons for not helping the family in this way. Perhaps the church leaders could give suggestions to your parents on how best to help.

Somebody Feed Phil Quantico Sherlock Comedians in cars getting coffee

My baked oatmeal recipe uses 3c of milk. seconding breakfast gravy or freezing the milk to use in future baked goods. Just remember to leave headspace.

While you are waiting to find out more details, you could watch Rick Steve’s travel videos to whet your appetite and start making hooks for those mental connections. also, as a BTDT tip - sometimes the books you pile up to read in preparation for the trip can be just as meaningful , if not more meaningful, when read upon your return. Some people *ahem* fail to execute their grand reading plan before the trip and thus read lots after the trip ... or on the flight over ...or on the train in the middle of their trip. *cough, cough*

Maybe nursing homes or senior centers would take them. (I've never tried this route, though.)

Donate to the Friends of the Library or some other library auxiliary group? Maybe your library would have other ideas.

@KeziaHere!!!! I found a place, thanks to Google: https://www.exodusbooks.com/all-american-history/5830/

I figured it was an unacceptable price 😉

Looks like one might be on eBay ... (see second search result): https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a4_t2_7&qi=OG0AQW0lXU6xpc3YAis2qLWfOds_1497963026_1:38:138&bq=author%3Dnot%20set%26title%3Dall%20american%20history%20student%20activity%20book%20volume%202%20by%20bip%20-87%20%2A%2A%2A%2A%20condition%21%20quick%20%26%20free%20delivery%20in%202-14%20days

yes - there are quite a few science podcasts for kids!!!! Wow in the World Brains on Earth Rangers But Why? Tumble science

This isn’t exactly analogous to SOTW, but nature lore books teach quite a bit to young kids. The Burgess Bird Book amd the Burgess Animal Book come immediately to mind. It’s on librivox, IIRC. You might also check out the Ambleside suggestions for nature lore. I think many of those are on librivox. Also see what Simply Charlotte Mason has resources for. The Pond one is on librivox too ... IIRC. It’s been a while since we did listened or attempted to listen to it. ETA: David Angus has “scientists and their discoveries” and “inventors and their inventions”. I didn’t listen to them. My kids listened to it without complaining but weren’t enthralled with them. ETA2: Kathleen Krull has a book on the lives of scientists that one of my kids enjoyed.

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Battlebots (on Amazon) covers the older 3, but maybe the younger two will enjoy it? Great British Bake Off Shaun the Sheep Court Jester (starring Danny Kaye) (on Amazon)

My kids enjoy a gold membership at Chesskid.com. It *is* screen time, but they seem to get a lot out of it. There are occasional group buys to get it cheaper than advertised.

Another idea ... A resource for the student to make an electronic timeline. Historical timelines are a big deal In homeschool circles. But I personally hate all the paper and handwriting and finding images and glueing and cutting that involved with creating a physical timeline ... not to mention needing the space to store the timeline. I’d much rather hit CNTRL-C and CNTRL-V to produce a timeline and store it as electrons. Last summer I could only find a couple of websites that allowed the user to create their own digital timelines, and one of those was completely in French!

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I’m always short of time and energy. While you may not be able to assist with energy, you might be able to develop some things to help with the time aspect .... (1) educational online games for the kids. Sometimes I use these games as a review or for practice when I need to be teaching another child. I noticed that one of our favorite websites for online games, Sheppard Software, is basically obsolete due to the end of Flash. If you could create your own website of games or help revive old sites, that would be helpful to the education community. (2) apps/websites to help kids learn to manage their own time/assignments. Productivity timers, calendars/planners that are kid-friendly, or just blurbs that kids can read and learn about study skills and productivity. If kids can effectively manage their own time and assignments, it takes a huge burden off the parent.

Rather than doing repetitive levels, I’d suggest considering using the time for something else (deeper lit studies, creative writing, or something not LA related at all) .... not buying other material. If he’s ready for the MCT literature selections*, I’d guess that he’d be ready for Caesar’s English. There aren’t a huge quantity of words to learn in each lesson of CE. But you’re right that it’s quite the jump from Building Languages. And FWIW, we didn’t really use the Writing strand of MCT. *MCT literature selections - I’m not sure that I agree with their leveling. I like the Mud trilogy and the APM level. But after that .... eh .... I thought it was too advanced for my kid’s age. (This might be more of a problem with me though. I didn’t have the time to preread the classic books, nor did I read them as part of my education.)

re: magic lens books My DC is a grammar-y kid who did island, town, and voyage levels without much trouble. DC and I worked through ML1 last year (for 7th grade) and just finished working through ML3 (for 8th grade) . I’m not done processing all my thoughts about ML3, but my initial reaction upon finishing the book was that there wasn’t much new material between ML1 and ML3. We’re starting the 4Practice3 book, and I’m hoping that will be worth our time. I was disappointed with 4Practice1 because the sentences were just a bit over-the-top with the vocabulary and all the sentences seemed to be about Ancient Rome. Book 3, however, seems to be sentences from literature, so that has me hopeful for a more enjoyable practice book. I’m not positive how I would do it different the next time around for a grammar-y kid, but perhaps just buy ML3 as the instructional book but work through 4Practice1, 4Practice2, amd 4Practice 3 each year?!?!? However the vocabulary could be troublesome/distracting, especially if you’re not using Word Within a Word concurrently, like how we ended up being asynchronous. also - I skipped the literature level (and tried and failed with another curriculum) because I figured the series was highly respected before that level came out. I also skipped ML2 because some online provider (maybe G3?) skips it. They thought ML2 was too repetitive. I don’t doubt it.