Hey there! I checked the other threads with similar titles and couldn't find the answer I am looking for :001_huh: I bought MegaWords 1 for my daughter. She is 12 and has some trouble spelling some words, but is usually more of a natural speller. She tested right out of it ... blew it out of the water. (So now I have to sell a completely unused curriculum on the For Sale board. Again.) Google searches have brought up nothing as far as placement tests go. I would hate to buy MW2 and have her test right out of that only to have to sell it and buy level 3. Meanwhile, she doesn't have a spelling program to do until I find the correct level of MW for her to be working on. Can someone help me with placement in MegaWords? Is there a list somewhere of the words that are on the Check Tests for each level? If I had seen the list of words for MW1 before I bought it, I wouldn't have even wasted my time.

Excellent questions! I'm sure I won't be able to remember them all, but I will try... Math Singapore Math - liked it, but wasn't a good fit at the time Teaching Textbooks - like it and DragonGirl is still using it after a year Math U See - liked it, but MonkeyBoy got too distracted with the blocks and just wanted to play with them MEP for math - like it for MonkeyBoy and still using it Social Studies / History Story of the World - didn't care for it History Odyssey - didn't care for it Beautiful Feet Early American History - liked it Science R.E.A.L Science by Pandia Press - didn't care for it Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding - liked it, but we decided to go the unit study route with science Dr. Dave's Science - flipped thru it, didn't like it's approach to science, sold it Language Arts Michael Clay Thompson's Language Arts - liked it Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading - didn't care for it First Language Lessons - like it and still use it Growing With Grammar - like it and still use it Writing Strands - like it and still use it Explode the Code - wasn't a good fit for MonkeyBoy... too much writing for him Plaid Phonics - didn't like it Latin for Children Primer: A - liked it, but wasn't a good fit for DragonGirl Song School Latin - like it and still use it Latin Prep - like it and still use it Handwriting Without Tears - like it and still use it with MonkeyBoy Getty Dubay Italic Handwriting - like it and still use it with DragonGirl Unit Studies Five In a Row and Beyond Five in a Row - liked it We recently started a unit study by Intellego and I reviewed our first week on my blog. I'll definitely be buying more of these! :)

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What a relief! It's almost over! :)

CONGRATULATIONS!!! :grouphug:

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing! :D

The Dragon Academy ~ Those are beautiful cases and beautiful collections! Your son obviously loves what he does! My son is interested in insects, but doesn't like collecting them... yet. I think someday he will be. Especially if I started a collection 'for' him -- I'm sure he'd be more inclined to continue. :D Thank you for posting that photo!

What a generous offer! I already started making the worksheets... LOL... but if you don't mind, I'd love if you can send me a couple samples of yours so maybe I can glean some more ideas! :001_smile: We are also on Level Two with my daughter. Thanks so much! My email addy is: whimsicaltwist @ gmail . com [remove the spaces]

Thank you for sharing this. When I first saw this thread, I didn't even bother opening it because I thought, "AAS isn't meant to be independent." :ohmy: Then I noticed that my daughter hasn't gotten in one single day of spelling this week because her little brother is so demanding of my time. Off to look for this thread! :tongue_smilie: It never even occurred to me to make worksheets from AAS! My daughter (surprisingly) loves worksheets! And she needs to review the spelling rules at least twice a week or she'll forget them. After reading your post I realized that I could at least make worksheets of the spelling rules (blue cards) and maybe we can do the rest orally and on the white board like we've been doing. That would really cut down on the time I would need to stop 'directing' my son and working one on one with my daughter. (I feel guilty about this, but managing my son feels like a full time job in and of itself. :( ) Thanks for the idea!

Thanks for the replies so far! I'm so excited about our field trips that I hope to take this year!

I'm planning a field trip to a beekeeper for our family this month. It got me thinking, "I wonder what the Hive's favorite field trips are." So tell me: What have been your family's favorite field trips?

Wonderful news! I hope you get the answers you need to get resources readily available for you! :001_smile:

REALLY not trying to start a debate. I've tried Googling for this, but it's really hard to get any hits for exactly what I'm looking for. I am thinking about continuing my degree for my RN. I figure by the time I'm done my oldest will be 16, so they can school themselves by that point, or maybe they'll be going to charter school by then. Who knows... Before I really delve deep into applying for college or anything, I'd like to find some resources on how this HCR bill has affected / will affect health care careers. Does anyone have any links to good articles regarding this? Has it been discussed here before? If we're allowed to share our opinions about this, please do! I like to hear what other people think. :) Thanks!!