We encountered the same problem with the abridged versions. It was mainly with my UG student who is a virocious reader. With many of them, I gave him an unabridged version. It took longer for him to read, but he was able to enjoy the meat of the book instead of just the bare bones with the abridged. I often had to add in other books to supplement if he finished early. In that case, I'd choose something from the SL books or look in All Through the Ages for more titles.

I'm just curious b/c it dawned on me tonight that ds is about the same age I started wearing it. :001_huh:

The Trumpet of the Swan read by the author is excellent. We have also recently liked: The Moffats Matilda Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Tale of Despereaux

Well, obviously I missed the 10% off sale this year. I'll have to try to catch that next year. When I put my books in the cart, there is a spot for coupon codes. Apperently, they send them out in their email newsletter. I've never gotten one b/c I wasn't subscribed to it.

Does anyone have one they can share with me?

:bigear::bigear: I didn't get that email, and I'm an approved tester. Hmm....guess I'll go check my spam box just in case. In any case, that stinks. I really enjoyed testing my kid in a quiet one-on-one setting. He just works better that way.

We've always had a split arrangement, with the kids rooms away from ours. That is common where we are from (OP, you know where I'm from ;)). But here, it's common to have all the bedrooms together upstairs. Kinda weird for me. But I do like it. Especially b/c when a little person needs me in the middle of the night , I don't have to walk up stairs to help.

We tipped on the end b/c our driver and mover were following our stuff from beginning to end.

We are moving to R&S. We will miss FLL too!

Thanks!

Our realtor told us the same thing when we put our house on the market. We put what we absolutely needed in baskets, so we could just pick and move school off the table if we needed to show the house. I followed every bit of advice, he gave us. Our house sold in 3 weeks.

Your PM box is full. Would you mind emptying it? :D

:iagree:These work beautifully together and reinforce each other. I love FLL.

We are doing well. Obviously, it's been an adjustment, but we are getting there. We bought a house and closed last month, so we are trying to get settled a little more permanently. I finally have an area to do school which makes me super happy!!!:D Again, congrats!!!! Tell the board 'hello' from me.

Holy cow! Well, that's kinda big news! I got one a Motherhood when I was expecting the princess. There used to be one in the Killeen mall.

I'm interested in hearing about this too.:bigear:

I'm trying to get my school room together. I've never had one and I'm so excited to now have the space for one! I've decided to go with this system b/c I can get my growing boys and my little one all around it. BUT please tell me about that little caddy in the middle of your table??!!!

My SL cores are labeled.

I actually tried to add SL books in trying to have the best of both worlds. But it just wasn't quite the same.

I thought this tread was dead. LOL. My feelings were confirmed about how my boys were viewing our history and literature studies. My oldest very boldly a couple weeks ago said that he missed me cuddling on the couch with him and reading those good books. He asked to go back to Sonlight. My middle one has asked for a box day. That is what he remembers about Sonlight--too sweet! I've really weighed both options for us, but when it comes down to it our purpose in choosing the homeschooling journey is about having relationships with our kids. Our kids are begging for the relationship, not the classics. Taking that into account, we are heading back to SL. I can honestly say, even I am looking forward to it!

We really enjoyed Our 24 Family Ways for just setting some basic rules and expectations with our kids. We refer to it nearly every day. With my oldest, The Heart of Anger. It has revolutionized how we interact with him. We have seen dramatic improvements in his behavior after reading that book and implementing the heart journals.

My kids love the crafty things when we do them, but really don't ask much for that. As a result, that's usually the first thing to go when our week gets busy. This is sad, but I've found for us, I do just as many hands-on activities as I did with other curricula that I supplemented and came up with myself. We did the lapbooks for one unit. They liked it, but were so ready to finish it by the end of the unit that I opted not to do one the next unit and try something else. I probably could do one now, and they'd love it. Variety seems to be the spice of life.

We got ours from BJU Press too. You can also search your area on BJU Press to find an approved administrator in your area that can administer the test for you. That may also be an option for you.

Thanks. This is helpful even if it was a short time away. I'm not sure that the grass is greener either way, but maybe just a different season of our lives with different needs.