Awe, those are the best kind of gifts:001_smile: Dd made her sister a Teddy bear for Christmas and sewed the head on sideways and one arm is so long it looks like a third leg. It's precious. Lisa

Darn!

Sure:001_smile:

Happy grace posted on the other thread. Is she in your group? Tx Lisa

Ok, this is my list so far: Jonibee (1) Canadianmumof4 (2) heritageofthelord (2) Joyoflearning (1) Shawneinfl (1) If there is anyone I forgot, please pm me. I'm okay to keep going for now. I will be taking one slot, so that is 8 so far. Thanks! Lisa

Can you pm me with your child's info and I'll put you on the list. Thanks, lisa

Sure:001_smile:

Pm LittleWMN to see. If not, you can have a spot in mine. Lisa

New thread here, head on over! http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=333418

Thanks LittleWMN for coordinating the first group of 12! I already have 8 in my group, but I don't mind going over 12. Not sure how big I'll go, but I don't want it to be too monstrous; maybe when I get big enough someone else can take the torch and start a new group. For anyone interested, please PM me: Your full name child's full name child's DOB full address Course to enroll Registration is due by 2/1, so I'd like to get payment in by the last week in January. I will post deadlines and payment details later. Thanks! Lisa

Starting new thread now . . . Lisa

That was just fascinating. What great, innovating thinkers this world has! ETA: I just signed up. ETAA: am I the only one who never knew what a captcha was? Lisa

Sure, come aboard:001_smile: I believe LittleWMN has on more spot, and I have some as well. She has a separate thread down board a bit if you want to check with her. She will close her group at ten, but I will still have slots when she's closed. Lisa

Pm'ing you:001_smile:

When your slots are filled, I will start a new thread and begin a new group:001_smile: Lisa

Yes, absolutely. Lis

Awesome:001_smile:I will volunteer for another group of 10 if we have enough. So far between myself and a couple of local friends, I have six. Lisa

Hmm, I don't see it either. I would call and ask. Hopefully they still offer it. Lisa

People will need to send it as a gift, then you will not have a fee:001_smile: Lisa

Not a silly question at all! I was debating this myself, but I am leaning toward combining them (not sure if that is officially endorsed by VP, though:001_smile:). I don't really care about the record keeping aspect, I just thought older dd would be annoyed having younger dd sitting in with her. You can go back and rewatch the lessons, though, but just can't retake the quizzes and tests. I think that's what I may do. Lisa

:D He sounds awesome :D

I called VP to clarify a couple of points. We would need to sign up by February 1st, and each member can pick whichever course they want. Each member can pick their own start date, but a date of August 31st or earlier must be selected (so it can be for the 2012-2013 school year!!:001_smile:). I would be happy to help with this as well. Maybe, depending on how many are interested, we can break into groups of ten or so to keep any one group from becoming too large. My ten can paypal me their share and I can use my credit card to pay. I would want three slots, one for dd10 for this year, and two to begin in August. I'm floored at this excellent offer. VP self-paced has been a huge hit in our homeschool this year and I was planning on spending $750 in tuition between the three classes, so this is a huge savings! Lisa

I would definitely want to enroll. Dd10 is doing self paced Exp to 1850 at an accelerated pace, so I would get her the next one. Lisa

Since you plan on having dd attend school in a year or two, have you thought about a program like WWW? I love CW, but with your goals maybe having her focus on more modern writing would make sense. Do you know how they handle writing at the Catholic school you're looking at? Just a thought . . . Lisa

LOVED reading Narnia out loud. Some books just lend themselves so nicely to reading aloud. One of my favorite all time read alouds is "The Tale of Despereaux". Lisa