I'm 30 min south of Concord.

My son is 11, he has been in Saxon since first grade. He isn't "getting it" His lessons aren't going easily or quickly for him and most of the mistakes he is making are simple and he's repeating the same mistakes every lesson. Is there something I could try that would make math "make sense" if he isn't getting it with Saxon? I don't know enough about the other math programs to even know how to pick one for him. Thanks

gluten free oats are also available - but you might have to check a health food store or coop.

how funny - I made these same ones yesterday and the same thing sometimes happens to me. I found doubling the batch almost always makes it come out wrong. I find that overboiling seems to make it happen as often as underboiling. Sorry - not too much of a help I know

I don't have advice as we are just starting out, we will be starting German this coming year. My husband's family is German, additionally his Uncle married a German women (moved here from Germany) so we have family reasons. My husband works for a company Osram-Sylvania that regularly sends employees over to Germany for various reasons. While *we* may never go there we saw the process that eliminated some people's option of taking a position that would send them there because they didn't know the language or couldn't learn it in time. I realize that the job thing is probably the same for most languages depending on who you work for but for us it was just one more reason German was a good choice. Like an above poster I think Germany's economic and manufacturing position in the world gives good reason to choose it as a second language.

Wow - that's what I was afraid of. I'll try and find out if it's been used before or if it's still sealed.....but it sounds like I won't be buying it now :( Thanks!

I just happened upon a thread that discussed RS not working for anyone but the initial purchaser. Can anyone give me more info on this? I have an opportunity to purchase German levels 1-5 for 150.00 and Italian 1-3 for 100.00. I'm concerned about it not working for me but I also may choose to rethink the purchase if I cannot resell it later if we don't end up using it or are done with it. Any info much appreciated!!! Thanks

WOW - I'm in Deering :)

We combined the living room and school room. We sit on the couch but took a small kitchen table that we no longer used (too small!) and cut the legs off. That way it's the same height as a coffee table but it's big enough to spread out on. We have baskets under the table with scrap paper and a larger basket for supplies. This table can be covered with a table cloth to dress it up a little and help hide the baskets if we have company. We put in a bookshelf that has the binders for schoolwork and the books they use everyday or often. The rest (think a couple truckloads) of books are in my office and if used a lot we can add them to the living room bookshelf. Since the TV is already there we have our latin DVDs right there, I can work on the laptop while still sitting with the kids. If one child is waiting for me to finish with another child the one waiting can listed to memory work on the stereo while I'm waiting. Sara

I let the kids cook.....then they can complain about it to each other not me. This puts the shoe on the other foot since they love being "big enough" to cook dinner but can only make a handful of dishes. I honestly am stuck between "no, I'll cook so we can have something different" and "sure if you are going to make it we can have the same 3 meals all week" :-) Sara

I found making the sibling the "big helper" worked best. He can be the "big boy". It's really hard when visitors only have interest in the baby - we had that issue too. Sara

We saw it when ds was 6. That was our "splurge" for that year. We had to rent a car and drive to PA but stayed with my sis. I would do it again in a heartbeat. We had spent 2 years on Ancient History (SOTW) since we did it for K and 1st grade so we spent a ton of time on the Egyptians. I believe 100% that the stuff we did and studied with the Tut Exhibit as the main exciting event is why ds now 9 loves history so much. To study all those things in school and then SEE them set his interest for what I expect to be the rest of his life. He thought it was all so cool when he studied it but to see it right in front of him was so awesome. Just FYI in PA you couldn't take photos of anything inside the exhibit but there was stuff around the museum that we made sure to take pictures of with the kids in the picture. Which brings me to the one downside. All the kids remember most of the trip from the pics. I'm not sure how much they really remember of it beyond what the pictures remind them of. So was it worth it? Yes, because his love for history was partially set with that trip and that will last a lifetime.....but I wasn't prepared for how much he would not remember 3 years later. It's not that he forgot the whole thing he just doesn't remember every penny's worth LOL. sara

:lurk5: I love it for the kids but I just watched Dave Ramsey with those horrible condom ads. I can't wait to see if someone finds a solution to this!! Sara

:iagree: This is how I grew up. According to many my Mother is a Christian but I don't qualify. I believe in showing my beliefs with my actions, I want someone to have cause to ask me what gives me such joy, peace, strength etc. The accepted way for others around me is to bombard people with all the reasons they NEED Christ, sort of a scream it from the rooftops approach. This leads to me saying "yes, I am but not like that" a whole lot.