I believe so, although I don't know how the game works. I just never watch TV anymore. But yes, he was one of the competitors.

But SWB has the highest status of them all: admin! Oh rihgt, she does homeschool the kids of the user with the highest status. Her own...

hey, I had a friend on that show! But I only learned of it after it aired. So I don't know how he did...

Her method of calculating is similar to mine. And it's similar to what my daughter does. However, in my daughter's case, she wasn't born with it. Singapore was a big fiasco for her. So was Défi Mathématique. MUS taught her how to calculate like that! (and pooh! on math facts! LOL :D) That said, I would keep your daughter in Singapore, drop Miquon, and accelerate. My son hit a wall with 4A, where more than one step was required. That slowed him down a bit. He was 8 (possibly 7) when he was in 4A. Go as far as she can go. Then let her mature when needed. Don't be afraid of speed. Honestly, math isn't rocket science when you've got a math-head.

And "Stick the sticker right there"? Mets le collant ici And "You want me to peel up the edge for you?" Veux-tu que je décolle le côté? And "That's right! Grab the edge and pull straight."? Voilà ! Prend le côté et tire. And crayons and colour and colouring book? The crayola kind? crayons de cire colorier if you mean the verb couleur if you mean the noun livre à colorier

My eldest is like that... He totally dislikes hotdogs, processed meats, and any frozen food. While it's pretty nice, it does get on my nerves that I have to prepare fresh food all the time. Once in a while, hotdogs are handy...

Don't worry. If it's too cold, they don't deliver. At least that's how it works over here.

I don't let my children browse the internet. They may have access to one site, and they know not to leave it. They're actually pretty good at this. So I'm pretty sure if I let my kids watch Nasa.gov (or whatever's the URL for NASA) that they won't find porn. But on Facebook? They'll find it without leaving the site.

I go to User Control Panel. It gives me the subscribed threads that hold new answers, and only those. For this to work, go to Edit Options (still in the Control Panel). Look for Default Thread Subscription Mode Make sure that's NOT set to "do not subscribe" Every thread where you post will be subscribed to, and you can even get email notification if you wish.

If the child is a strong reader, Latin could be started. We did, but my son was able to read Harry Potter by then. We did Prima Latina, which he enjoyed greatly.

I have "Modern History Through Canadian Eyes" from Solid Oak. It didn't really grab me though. Not that it's bad, it's just not what I thought it would be. It's basically a list of chapters from other books (that you have to get your hands on) so that you can read through history across many resources. It's not bad, as I said, but since we homeschool in French, it was sorta useless for me.

I didn't refresh the page, and didn't see you posted the links too, Tonia... Sorry!

Here are a few: https://www.ads-academic.com/index.asp http://www.heritageresources.ca/ http://www.canadianhomeeducation.com/index.asp And of course, Chapters, and Renaud-Bray (for anything in French)

Argh! You changed your username! I cannot stand username changes... ARGHHHHH but congrats on getting back into homeschooling!

I wouldn't let a child on facebook. Once you have an account, you get access to all the public profiles. And some are quite nasty to read! Your own account may be protected, but to read about everyone's beer bash, and drunken silliness is not fun. Not to mention all the sex stuff that goes on, like 'find out what's your stripper name' and 'what's your sexual IQ?' It's too bad though cause it's a great application otherwise.

My son did the same with chickpeas. But in his case it was a food allergy.... He was eating a carrot that had TOUCHED a chickpea.. Blah.

It's possible to put your state/country into your profile, btw. It makes it easy to see where people are from! You don't have to be specific.

We'll take you, Karin ;-)

Ok, I wanna try too. I gave you a disapproving reputation. The system answered with "may you get back the same reputation" LOL! Now I wonder if I can cancel it.

My son didn't test gifted when he was evaluated at 4yo. He missed by one lousy point. That single point is the reason we homeschool. He's a late birthday, and would have turned 7 within weeks of starting grade 1. Ah! I can't even imagine what this would have been like. But because of that missed point, he wasn't allowed to start kindergarten a 'year' earlier. By 10 months old, he could recognize his letters. We'd ask him to find a 'd' on a page, and he would point to it. By 18 months, he was reading license plates out loud, but he didn't speak a word otherwise. No 'mama', no 'papa', etc. By age 2 1/2, he could read time on a watch with hands, and calculate time additions to the minute. He also started talking in full sentences. By age 3 he could count up to 10, and back down to 0 without blinking - the microwave taught him the countdown! :rolleyes: By age 5 he was reading Harry Potter - yet not allowed to be in Kindergarten. Now he's 10, finished with pre-algebra. He inhales math and sciences. He's fluent in French - his mother tongue - and English. He's handling his 4th year of Latin (well, year 1 is Prima Latina, so not much meat there, but he handled it at 6yo) and his 2nd year of Greek. He's begging to learn Hebrew, and Mandarin because of the different alphabets, just like he begged for Greek. He's not terribly advanced (usually by 2 or 3 years) because I get resources in French and English. Each sees a subject with a specific angle. So he enjoys learning, but I sorta slow him down as much as I can. My daughter? Well, academically, she's not accelerated. I sometimes feel she's slow, but I have to make sure I don't compare... However, wherever she goes for a sport, like dance, ballet, gymnastics, swimming, synchro, etc the coaches go crazy on her. "She could become professional, make sure she's on the competitive team. She's the best I've ever seen. " Etc... You know, it's weird. It gets annoying after a while. I feel like telling the coaches "can't you just coach her where she is now, and not think about your team????" Anyway, she is indeed on a gymnastics competitive team. At her first competition ever, she got the gold medal (at that age, it's cumulative, not per apparatus). But we're not taking her to national levels. That would be 25 hours of training per week, and we're not willing to do that.

Actually, I just realised you can't edit your title.. Just the body of your answer.

So we are truly "from coast to coast":D

Just a little clarification.. Over here, in Quebec, high school starts in grade 7 and stops in grade 11. There is no grade 12. So Apologia General fits into our high school curriculum. And yes, my son is advanced. I even question whether he should do the equivalent of 'General Science'. He's got such a good background. But I also like the historical references - which he doesn't have. Could live without, though. Singapore Science? Is that any good at high school level? I looked at the samples for grammar school, and gave up on the curriculum... As for SWB's remark, I am in partial agreement with her. However, we *are* a science family. Both parents are engineers, and I did a year in theoretical physics before health reasons forced me to switch. So we can have in-depth conversations with our children, we already have many many scientific discussions. All we need now is a good textbook ... I'll check out this list Prentice Hall Explorer series, Conceptual Physical Science, Conceptual Physics, Singapore science, Zumdahl chemistry, Campbell Biology Thanks for the help!

I found one sample on the Critical Thinking website Mind Benders B2 Are those what you're talking about ? Or another one?

I'm starting to think about next year. My son was scheduled to start Apologia General Science. But the more I think about it, the less happy I am about this choice (which was my choice originally) I really like the tone of Apologia Science. I like that it talks to the student. I like what it covers except the religious point of view. While we are a practicing family, we also believe that religion has no place in science. Science is the same for everyone, whether you are Muslim, or Christian, or atheist. This year, my son is handling the Zoology book. He's taking the mix of science and religion well, but we keep discussing it. Yes, we believe (most of) what they're saying, but no, it has no place in a science book! So... what are our options for next year? I don't even remember what's out there?