We went to Seattle last summer because my Dd attended a ballet intensive there. It was our first family trip in years...

Good grief.

Would love to see the replay!

So grateful to have had the opportunity to homeschool my girls through 8th grade.

Yes, we moved forward. We used WWE, FLL, Spelling Workout and lots of read alouds for language arts in those years.

He requested pasta with a creamy sausage and tomato sauce with garlic bread. Brownies for dessert.

Yes, however the child needs to be under 13 years old. It's interesting that, for student loan purposes, the government sees your children as your dependents until they are 23 years old. But for a dependent care deduction? Once they turn 13, apparently they are totally self-sufficient. eta: changed reference from IRS to govt.

$250 per week sounds reasonable to me. I've not seen any around here priced that low that would actually be worthwhile. The cost of decent summer ballet intensives makes me :svengo:

This probably doesn't fall exactly into the category you are looking for, but around the time my dds were reading AG, they also loved Gooney Bird Greene. I think there only 3-4 books, though. Other suggestions: All of a Kind Family and the Penderwicks, maybe? eta: I just checked Amazon, and there are about 6 Gooney Bird books.

Yes, mine do school in the summer willingly because it's what we've done from the beginning. However, we definitely do less in the summers than during the regular school year. Each summer is different, but we always at the very least do math and lots and lots of reading and discussion. This year is the first year they've noticed their friends' break times. They don't seem too bothered by it because they know we take breaks of our own whenever it's convenient for birthdays, family visits, busy times during dance rehearsals, etc. They know schooling in the summer helps keep us more flexible during the regular school year.

Or maybe the PSA should be: Parents -- Don't hire nannies, or babysitters. If you do, make sure you think of every possible thing that could ever go wrong while your child is with the nanny/babysitter and do something to prevent it from happening. Don't ever trust a nanny/babysitter because he/she could fall asleep while watching your child. Better yet, just don't ever have anyone else watch your kids. It's not safe.

Wow.

Ok, I get that. You had just used the word "apartment", so I was confused. In any event, this just supports the point 8circles was trying to make. Lanny's post was critical of/blaming the parents' behavior.

This was a hotel room wasn't it? The Hotel Intercontinental?

The only thing for me that has changed is my plan for high school before college. From the beginning, I was determined to homeschool high school. I would still love to do it. However, the reality of what colleges expect of homeschoolers (all the hoop jumping) is much more than I want for myself or my kids. All the extra testing to verify homeschool grades, etc. We found a very nice highschool for them which only requires 2 days per week of attendance, so it will be a nice compromise for our family. Community college for dual enrollment is likely in their last two years of high school, and then, college. Where they attend will be entirely dependent on where they receive the best merit aid package.

Yes, he was well aware of the alligator story.

The Hobbit is such a fun read aloud! Enjoy. We are kicking off our summer read alouds with 1984. After that, I think we will go with something more lighthearted like The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax.

This is a nice kit.

I'm not familiar with MM, other than that it gets fairly good reviews here. Hopefully someone who knows better will chime in.

If I was going to do a free resource, it would be Khan. I'm not sure doing Saxon Alg I after already having done another Algebra course will give a deeper understanding. AoPS Intro to Algebra, or Singapore Discovering Mathematics would be a better choices for that, imo. I like Saxon, but I don't think it will go any deeper than Tablet Class.

First, are you really going to do Saxon Algebra I next year after having taken Tablet Class Algebra I? Or was this a typo? Have you had him take a Saxon Placement test? As for summer, are you looking for free things? I'm not the biggest fan of Khan Academy, but if you are just looking for some free, easy review, it's fine. No experience with MathHelp. I love AoPS, but I'm not sure how you can do AoPS without the books, unless you are just having him watch the free videos online and Alcumus?

Wait, am I reading this correctly? The UC schools want you to write 4 separate essays??? What in the world?

We are not part of an online charter. For privacy reasons, I will not identify the specific school, but we are in California. Our charter has physical facilities, including a library for both reading materials and curriculum, and various sites where enrichment classes are taught and available for any families who opt to take them. My dds take Spanish language classes at our charter. All other classes are taught by me, at home.

Apparently, this family was from Nebraska. Not many gators there. I'm surprised Disney wouldn't have a warning posted about alligators, however rare an attack might be.

I'm not saying you need calc for linear algebra -- just that the cc may have it as a prerequisite, so one should check.