Yes, but it takes some zooming and trial and error to get text on the line properly. You can also select the text and delete it if necessary. There are options for circling and making arrows next to things too which is handy for pointing out where to sign.

This is my 6 yo dd's first letter to her new pen pal which I found on the boards. It was hard but I resisted the urge to help/correct much. I told her she needed to start with Dear Sylvia, and the second line had to start with a capitol letter and the rest she could do on her own. I am amused to know she has "a rather tannish skin" and that she felt the need to tell her new friend that she has ten fingers and ten toes, one nose, etc.:lol:

It takes a little getting used to and I'm pretty sure there's a whole bunch of functionality I'm not using but now that I'm used to it I love it. One thing that buggs me about pdf expert is that there's no way to change file names. You can do that in noterize.

I can't remember which tablet we looked at that was 7" but when we actually started playing with it in the store it was just too small for us to work with. I would definately say try before you buy. I think RegGuheert already orderd the Fire and plans to review it soon. It may be fine but I just find the ipad's convenient for us because it's almost as big as an actual sheet of paper.

FYI I use PDF Expert if I need to type in a document for business purposes because it works better for typing. I also use it for recipes when I shop because there's a strike through option to mark out things I've already purchased. If I want to write on something or let dd write on something I use Noterize. There is a nifty feature in the app which allows you to click the screen twice to switch between annotation mode and whatever you call the mode where you can't annotate but you can zoom in and out. It is extremely beneficial to be able to do this while taking notes and/or working on worksheets. Also, it allows you to easily add an additional page to your notes. The page can either be a lined yellow or white pad sheet, plain white paper or several other options. One of the cool things I do with the app is to use it in conjuntion with pdf convertor app which allows you to convert photographs in to pdf's. Whenever I'm in a setting where I'm handed a page of notes (like Bible Study or a business meeting or when I am away from my scanner but need to get a math sheet to pdf for us to work on) I take a picture of the page. Convert it to PDF in PDF Convertor then Open with Noterize. I can then take notes on the sheet plus add additional note pages as necessary. Noterize works well for writing in cursive with a stylus in zoom mode. I may never take notes on an actual piece of paper again.:lol:

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Have you seen the Fire yet? I'm leaning towards an ipad for dd but planned to look at the Fire first. I'm wondering about the screen size compared to the ipad. Several other tablets we looked at just weren't big enough. Even with the IPAD dd can't write on the screen small enough to work on the whole page at once. We have to zoom in which works well in noterize. I find the noterize app works better for us for her writing than pdf expert and it's free. I realize I didn't answer your question but you might confrm whether there is an android noterize app.

It's always nice to know that others have the same issues we do!

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Yep, they could hang out. My dd also read fluently and has a bad habit of correcting pronunciation when listening to others read. Unfortunately this includes the teachers. This provides excellent character training lesson material.:glare:

...or just now when I asked dd if she wanted to listen to music while doing her math test and she said, "No, I would like to listen to Jesus loves me in Greek. Put it on repeat please."

...and when you have to have a meeting with your child before Sunday school every week reminding her that it's not okay to answer every question without raising your hand even if the other kids don't seem to know what's going on. We have a regularly scheduled pep talk about being polite before every class.

When your 6 year old gets in this tense discussion at church with an 11 year old: dd6 "look, I colored my picture to look like the Green Knight" 11 yo friend "you mean the green hornet" dd6 "no, I mean the Green Knight" 11 y0 " there's no such thing as the Green Knight" dd6 "of course there is! You are silly. Haven't you read about King Arthur? What do you study in history? Who ever heard of a green lantern, anyway?" 11yo...confused look:confused:

I should add that I said read together on purpose because that way you could tone down some of the more detailed descriptions of horrible things as you are reading.

I would think that if you have been reading any OT Bible stories you would be able to read Anne Frank together. If you read and discuss the book together it will be a great opportunity to deal with the reality of sin and evil in the world but also Romans 8:28. I would also keep in mind that reading is better than watching. The images on screen would be too disturbing imho but reading it doesn't have the same impact.

Someone posted this link recently and I've been using the free printables under each continent along with the geography songs cd. There are also library book recommendations which I use and also pick up other books on whichever country we're working on. http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/2009/05/galloping-globe-resources-top-picks.html

:iagree: My daughter was ready to read well before her handwriting was even close to legible. I was doing handwriting informally but her frustration with trying to write the answers in the ETC book actually pushed me to get HWT which worked great for us. She liked to try to write some of the answers but we covered the concepts orally and focused on handwriting during handwriting time. I think we covered at least books 1-3 during our K year and she definately wasn't writing well enough to move through at that pace.

I definately vote ipad. There have been numerous threads recently on all the things you can do with the ipad. I had a reader (literati) before the ipad and hardly ever used it. Now that I have the ipad and use it so much I also find myself reading on it. I do agree with pp who said the rest of the family will always want to borrow it. Since you opened the thread with "if cost weren't an issue" I'd say get more than one if you don't want to share:) We bought our first ipad last month and plan to get another one or by Christmas.

We have internet based phones at our office and received a notice that they would be down for 5 minutes on Wednesday. I'm not sure if that means the internet will be down also because it wasn't mentioned in the email from Comcast.

:)Here are a few of our regular lunches: Peanut butter rollups with wheat tortillas and a little granola and blueberries inside. Hot turkey & cheese sandwiches. We use the 100 calorie bread rounds and put a piece of cheese and some deli turkey inside. We wrap the sandwich in a paper towel and heat for 20-30 seconds. Long enough to melt cheese but not make bread soggy. We also make black bean burritos which dd loves I buy sliced pepperoni and hard salami from deli and some days she "makes" her own lunch by eating the slices and cheese. This is not the healthiest option but she likes it and we eat healthy most other meals so I figure it's okay occassionally.:)

The reason I knew to mention being a slave to the schedule is because I struggle with it.:) DH has to remind me often to relax. Just this afternoon as we were leaving the office after a particularly hectic day where schoolwork was pushed aside he had to remind me of this. We didn't get to schoolwork until 5pm and then only worked together for an hour or so. She did Bible on her own this morning and we did math, cursive, latin & history together tonight. I've started working on more of a rotation. History and Science were getting skipped too much so based on recommendations from members here I'm starting with a different subject each day. That way if we don't finish the daily work we're still getting to everything during the week. FWIW I have pretty much resolved myself to schooling year round. I don't do a full schedule year round and will often take a week or two break at different times of the year because of travel or other interruptions. When most people were starting this school year dd went to Colorado with my parents for 12 days. I just take a break when needed and pick back up where we left off. This has allowed me to relax a bit and think about getting subjects done over the entire year instead of stopping before summer. I also find that dd struggles with getting back in a groove if we take more than 2 weeks off. When things are really hectic I pretty much just do Bible & math and let dd read a lot. I make sure to have lots of varied books like WTM suggests and make sure at least 30 minutes of her reading is non-fiction. Hopefully this message makes sense because I'm typing while playing Scrabble with dd and watching the football game.:)

My daughter was hating math recently so I started doing less per day and spending half of our scheduled math time reading living math books and life of fred. She seems to have a renewed energy for math and even spent hours doing Life of Fred on her own. I think for my dd who loves to read the worksheets were just not engaging enough. We still do our MUS but I stopped making her do every page. If she demonstrates the ability to do problems correctly the first day after watching the DVD I let her take the test and we move on to the next lesson the next day. Part of our problem was boredom so she was taking worksheets that could be completed in 10 or 15 minutes and stretching it out to 2 hours of unfocused stress for both of us. I answered another thread similarly today but my main advice would be to avoid feeling like you are a slave to the schedule or the curriculum and spend some time reading living math books and figuring out how the two of you can enjoy the process again.

I also work while homeschooling. DH & I have our own business and I bring dd to the office with us and she "works" on school while we work. Our schedule is hectic and I don't have much time to make lessons fun. I was going through a similar spot with dd on her math and decided to make some adjustments. I didn't switch curriculums but I started getting library books about math. I searched this forum for "living math" threads and received some suggestions from other posters. I did this after a day where my dd spent 2 1/2 hours on her math test:001_smile: In her case, I realized she understood it and she was taking a long time and making mistakes because neither she or I was able to sit and focus on the work for 30 minutes straight. Now we do 15 or 20 minutes of focused math time together and then I let her read about math for the other 30 or 40 minutes we were spending on math. In some cases this means we take a few days more to complete a lesson but other times because we're focused she does more than one lesson a day. I also got the Life of Fred Elementary books and she's doing those on her own. She loves them. She also seems to have a restored joy for learning. I think I was killing her joy with my stress over "getting things done". I guess my main advice would be don't get overly stressed about what gets done on a particular day. If he's struggling with the test after 30 minutes table it for the next day. The next day spend a few minutes working problems together to check for understanding before you start the test. Maybe watch Khan Academy videos or find an online game to use for drill before attempting the test again. I've had to remind myself lately that the beauty of homeschooling is that I can take the time to make sure dd "gets it" before moving on. I don't have to be a slave to the schedule.

I skipped level 2 for my dd because she was ready for more of a challenge. We are about 20 lessons in to level 3 and so far it's reviewing a lot and we are doing simple diagrams. We are actually doing a few lessons at a time when we do it and I plan to finish it in 6 months or so and move on to a more difficult level. So far, level 3 is pretty easy for my accelerated 6 year old so I'm pretty sure level 3 would be fine for your daughter.

I did insanity earlier this year but the infomercial for asylum scared me away. What's it like compared to insanity I'm in decent shape and made it through insanity with some minor modifications so I'm wondering if I should attempt asylum.