If you are looking for a way to teach math with words rather than worksheets you might check out Verbal Math. Www.Mathlesson.com I am just starting book one with my son who hates pens but is good with numbers. I also like the I Love Math and Math Smart series for introducing topics. But it does take more energy then just doing the next page/lesson in your book. The extra work can make a world of difference depending on the child.

My copy isn't missing any pages. Odd.

Thank you for that list LuckyMama!

Thank you for all the suggestions. I had never even heard of the American Experience. Apparently, I have been living under a rock. The other two look good as well. I wasn't looking for a distinctly Christian bent, just a one respectful to Christianity. So these definitely will be on my library wish list soon. I'll preview them and choose which I think we would enjoy most. There are sooo many US history options out there I really appreciate a few really good ones to choose from. Momling, that spreadsheet would be wonderful. Thank you for offering to share and for putting the effort into organizing the information. Katie, thank you for your spreadsheet too. I will look at those mentioned in there too. I think all these will make a very enjoyable history spine!

I am interested in a video series that covers US History in an interesting way. I would like a balanced view. Not every founding father was a devout Christian but not ignoring or insulting the Christian influence either. I was thinking a video spine would be better for my science loving, history tolerating, auditory daughter. She'll be in tenth grade but younger siblings will probably end up watching too. Any suggestions?

How about Hot X: Algebra Exposed! by Danica McKellar? If you do apps - DragonBox 12+ is worth the price and would be a fun break for a week.

We tried some of the Geurber books. Couldn't tell you how accurate they were because I couldn't get into them enough to read them. Even my history loving, book inhaling daughter didn't care for them. But we actually prefer a more concise spine and then spin off with biographies and shorter topical books. Those were the only "vintage" spines we ever tried.

There is Danica McKeller's book for algebra and Algebra Unplugged. They describe the concepts of Algebra but don't have much in the way of practice.

My non math daughter is going through Math and You by Ron Larson right now and it is a good text. I also had her go through The Cartoon Guide to Statistics and The Manga Guide to Statistics. She did do Algebra and Geometry. I personally feel statistics is much more valuable for a non stem minded student (actually I think they should take it as well) than higher math.

Ouch - that is very unfair! I'll admit for $10 I would want a hard copy I could mark in. :sad:

I found this cool new ebook on Kindle. The Harvard Classics in a Year: A Liberal Education in 365 Days It covers a 10 minute reading from the Harvard Classics each day of the year. You're not going to read all 52 volumes, just snippets, but it a convenient way to get in some higher reading each day. Depending on how the year goes I may add it to my high schoolers book list. I have looked at the first four days and they have a piece from Benjamin Franklins Autobiography, poetry, Cicero, and a Grimm fairy tale. So it seems like it will be a nice variety from day to day. I don't know the author, just thought I would share a resource for others who might want to broaden their reading but don't know where to start. The book is only $1.59 right now. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OF9SEYG/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I totally day dream about tiny house living but I don't see it happening until we graduate at least four or five of the kids. So I guess I will be day dreaming for at least a decade. Lol

We just got the Scripture Talk Dvd. Mine like watching the children do the verses and they work on each verse separately or you can watch the whole passage together. It's nice to be able to have someone else do the repetitive practice while I let my voice rest from reading aloud.

I agree with you Hunter. I love the idea of the concise vintage books, but never really got into using them and finally let them go. An updated Strayer Upton math would be wonderful. Living Clutterfree With Kids is a good ebook for 2.99 on Amazon.

We keep things as simple as possible with six kids. I have two large book shelves and that is where all the books live. If we get something new, something else has to go. I usually don't buy what I can easily find at the library. All papers and projects are either scanned or a picture is taken so I don't have to keep them physically. As others have said, we only keep what really gets used/read. It's been a process getting rid of the things I wanted to use in my "perfect" homeschool but never actually did. Kids can enjoy life with fewer toys than we think. Although I am still trying to convince my middle two of that. :) I find it helps to focus on quality over quantity.

We decided they were too expensive when my girls whipped through the one set we got in a couple of hours. They were nice but I wouldn't pay full price.

Grand Junction, Colorado is the junction (a grand one if you believe the name) of the Colorado River and the Gunnison River.

You could go to the library and down load what you need onto a thumb drive then print at a copy shop. Or print it at the library. Not as cost effective but at least you could keep using what you like.

On my computer you see the student page then the student page with red answers filled in. Not sure why you wouldn't see the red answers?

These worksheets are like the ones mentioned up above but each page has an answer sheet. http://www.harcourtschool.com/teacher_resources/math04_ancillaries/index.html I was just fiddling with the page and found that if you click Edit, then Copy File to Clipboard you can paste into an email and it looks correct. It pasted only the one page and I couldn't get the answer key for some reason but it might still save you some work.

Not exactly real life math but Ko's Journey covers middle school math in a storyline about a native American.

We have gotten half a dozen from the library to see what we like, but I will keep Sayers and Tey in mind for later. Thank you.

Wow, so many options! I knew there had to be quality mysteries out there but didn't have time to slog through the not so good stuff. I am sure we will find something amongst the suggestions. Thank you!

My older girls are well past Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys but do enjoy reading a good mystery. They have read the original Sherlock books (well my oldest has read them all). We all would be interested in a light hearted mystery series that isn't murder every single time. I have read the Cat Who mysteries but even they get quite the body count in a few of them. We have read Murder on the Orient Express but I don't know a lot about Agathe Christie other than what I have seen on BBC. Teen level or adult doesn't matter. We would rather skip really gruesome descriptions and lots of foul language. Thank you for whatever suggestions you can throw my way!

Some language kids really like Life of Fred. Some find him weird. See if the first book is at the library and give it a try. You are supposed to start at the beginning to get used to the new way of doing things and starting out super easy might build confidence.