Hi, Thanks! I'm looking for something similar to Startwrite or ed. fontware. Not sure such a thing exists. Is there anything like that at Donnayoung.org? Do you have a link? Thanks again! :)

My ds loved it and learned a lot from it. I can't think of any cons, it was all good. I would warn you to be very careful if you try the homemade ant farm, though. Silly me, I dug up some fire ants and they ate right through the pantyhose. Needless to say they were everywhere. I should have left that experiment outdoors. :)

If so, please let me know where I might find them. I've searched and searched and can't find a thing. Thanks!

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No offense to anyone who loves them, but I honestly don't see the logic in them. I just received A1 today and am terribly confused as to how a 10 year old child could make any sense of the activities, even I don't get it. Are there any alternatives that are geared towards something that might make sense? Thanks :)

These sites look great, I've never heard of any of them. :tongue_smilie: Now I have more places to search. :) Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0894554832/ref=dp_olp_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1216077346&sr=8-4 What are people thinking? Ugh! :confused:

Thanks :)

I'm looking to buy the book and the activity cards. Either 3rd or 4th edition would work, I'm looking and looking but this is not a cheap curriculum is it? I know it's worth the money, I'm just running short at the moment :) Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!

Is anyone familliar with this book, The American Journey? I stumbled across it at Amazon and it looks promising. I know it's a textbook, but the way it's described makes it seem like it could be really good. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0131500937/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books I'm just looking for something to go along with SOTW like I used CHOW till it ended. What do you think? I'd love your opinions. :)

I'm genuinely interested in why you feel the way you do. Would you please expand on why you wish you had gotten the Mott Media set instead of the other one? I'm sure your answer would be valuable in my decision making. Thanks!

for the well wishes and prayers. We appreciate it :)

peace be with you, your ds and the boys family.:grouphug:

we've been using them online for a long while, but I really prefer to hold the book in front of me or my dc, but wasn't sure which set to go with. :)

What a neat story. :)

that was very helpful. :)

I'll check into these. :)

does anything exist? Something that would sorta pick up where CHOW stops and sorta the same style ? Thanks!

the original or the revised. Why? Thanks!

I appreciate all the feedback and need this even more today as we just had another setback having spent 5 days in the hospital this past week with ds 7. Reading through this thread gives me a lot of encouragement and hope. Thanks again :)

Thank you so much Dr. Grace, after getting your advice here I called his dr.'s office and they said take him to the ER. And so we went, we were very lucky and didn't have to wait more than 5 minutes to get in to a room and see a dr. They ran some blood and urine tests and did a ct scan of his appendix and sure enough it was appendicitis of the gangrenous type. He had surgery and came through just fine, but the first night we had an awful nurse who was not doing what she was supposed to do for ds and he developed lung and kidney problems and the dr. advised us the next morning that he was on the verge of having his lungs and kidneys shut down, she told me and ds what needed to be done to correct the situation and we set forth with lots of walking, drinking lots of fluids, and doing two different types of breathing treatments three times each hour. by the next day he was showing marked improvement and the day after that he was at normal capacities for those organs. We spent 5 days in the hospital and it was the scariest thing i've ever been through in my whole life, but he's doing great now and glad to be home. Thanks to everybody for the advice, words of encouragement and prayers, it means a lot to me. :)

My ds 7 1/2 woke up feeling fine yesterday morning, but about an hour after breakfast began complaining of his stomach hurting, so he laid on the couch for a while and then he had to vomit and he said it hurt too bad to walk. I asked him how the pain felt and just where it was located and he showed me a fairly big area around the belly button and said it feels like when somebody punches you in the stomach really hard except the pain is constant and doessn't fade.Most of the day he just wanted to be in a quiet dark room, no tv, no lights on, he seemed pretty miserable, but I was thinking it was just a stomach bug. He vomited quite a few times throughout the day, I kept trying to get him to eat and drink throughout the day but he only wanted little sips of water. Late last night he finally ate a biscuit and a chicken leg, but he vomited those up about 10 minutes after he ate. Now this morning he says his belly feels better but now he has a pain in the lower right side under the beltline. He doesn't want to eat and I gave him a glass of orange juice , but within 5 minutes of drinking it he vomited it all up. He complains that he hurts worse if he tries to walk. I'm going to take him in to the dr. if he doesn't start feeling better pretty soon, but I'm wondering if I might ought to go ahead to the ER. Any BTDT advice? Thanks!

I was simply passing this info along for anyone who might want it or find it useful. For us, we're pinching pennies more than ever, so saving a good bit on any of our books is a primary goal at this time, not convenience. Sorry you didn't find it useful.

its too late to order for their sale, but I mailed a request to have a sale flyer/order form sent to me in time next year. The sale prices are usually around April or May, can't remember for sure.Anyway its way less expensive than ordering from anywhere online including R&S, because it's directly from the publisher and even when they aren't having the sale it's still cheaper Here's the contact info if anyone would be interested: Pathway Bookstore 2580N 250W LaGrange, IN 46761 You have to mail your request via snail mail because they are Amish after all. :)