Not France, but England. Packages have been sent to us here, and though they have never been lightened, we have had to pay customs. One time I left all our rain jackets at my parents house. These were well used jackets. My parents mailed them to us and put, on the value section of the customs slip, their replacement value, I think about $100. We had to pay about $30 in customs fees to get our old rain jackets. I tried following up with her majesties customs officers, but they don't answer the phone. I mean it just rings, for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, whatever. Any time I called. Eventually I just gave up. Lesson learned - always put 'gift' on the customs slip.

I respdend no because I never sought certification, but I did teach at a preschool before I was married.

I've never heard of Plato science, so I can't comment on that. I think ACG would be appropriate for a 6th grader. You might want to use a science encyclopedia to supplement (Kingfisher, Usborne, DK, whatever). With a 6th grader, you could easily get through the book in half a school year. HTH

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I'm a Calvary Chapelite too! And I too didn't vote. Non-demoninational or evalgelical would be closest to describe me, but it wasnt' there.

I love Apologia elementary, but I think it's better for 3rd or 4th grade and up. I'm using One Small Square books with my 1st grader this year and enjoying it.

Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy your day. :001_smile:

Praying that the non-invasive treatment works.

I used A Child's Geography. Volume 1 covers lower atmosphere, upper atmosphere, continents, oceans, seasons, climate, weather, structure of the earth, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, latitude, longitude. It's young earth, very readable, color photos, engaging text. You should check it out.

Diana, Which book do you have? The student textbook or the teacher book? Megan

Candace, Praying for your ds and your family. May God give the doctors wisdom and give your son relief. Megan

The nearest grocery store used to be 30 minutes away from me. I used to go once a week, sometimes on an afternoon, sometimes in the evening, depending on what was going on in our lives at the time. I would usually go the same day/time every week for months on end and only change if there was some drasting change in our lives (ie swim lessons changed days, etc) I'm a real creature of habit and can better plan my life if I know that I'm going to the grocery store every Monday night, or whatever. A store opened about 10 minutes away, so I still try to go only once a week, but feel the freedom to go a second time in a week if needed. We've had such a crazy summer (house guests for 10 weeks - 6-12 people at a time in addition to our family of 6) so my shopping schedule was completely off. I was at the store every 2 or 3 days some weeks because my little European fridge couldn't hold enough for so many people. Now that everyone's gone I need to get back on schedule.

My dc actually really liked Caddie Woodlawn. I was a bit surprised. Because it's about a girl, I wasn't sure if my ds's would like it, but they really did. To each his own!

My dc are rarely sick, but I would only cancel for severe illness. I have a friend who, when her dd was in school, said, "If you can't go to school, you stay in bed." In other words, if you're well enough to be up and around, you will go to school, and I've kept to the same philosophy with homeschool, though I would give a lighter day if dc aren't feeling well. For us grammar, spelling, vocabulary, math are generally pretty easy. Those get done every day. Copywork is a major chore, so that would be let to slide. Latin can be tough for them, so again, it would slide. I would do reading for history and science, but wouldn't expect a lot of writing on a sick day. Hope your kids feel better soon.

I did look at this, but it doesn't cover all the math facts. That was really the only thing that held me back from it. It is a lot cheaper, though!

I understand your POV. I actually shared it for a long time, which is why he's in 5th grade and still struggling with the facts. He's very bright mathematically, but not having these facts down is hindering him and making math a very frustrating subject for him. He's in Singapore 5A and completely understands the concepts, but gets so frustrated with the workbook exercises because he has to struggle to remember the multiplication facts. I had him memorize skip counting. We played lots of 'multiplication war' card game. I now have him working on Quarter Mile Math, but he still takes 2-3 seconds for most of the math facts. He does know them. He just needs to search him memory for almost every product. I'm at a point of desperation to consider spending $30 on math facts. I just don't want his difficulty with the facts to make him completely hate math.

If I were going to buy this for my 5th grader who is struggling to remember his multiplication facts, which items do I need? There's a teacher book, student book, cd, student workbook, and flashcards. Do I need all that? Or could I maybe just go with the teacher book and flashcards?

How about The Rescuers series and the Winnie the Pooh books? Also The Borrowers series are good books. And, not exactly a series, but all by the same author - Trumpet of the Swan, Charlotte's Web, and ... yikes, I can't remember the name of the third! The author is E. B. White, though, so you can check Amazon.

My ds went through a short period when he was interested in stamp collecting. There's a stamp collectors club called Young Stamp Collectors of America or something like that. You can e-mail them at ysca@stamps.org to join. I think they have a website, but you'll have to google for that.

Thanks for all the responses. I've been using it with my 12yo ds and just wanted to see how others were doing it. Thanks again.

Oh, I'm going to have to find that schedule. Thanks.

Thornton's. I don't know if it's available in the US, but it is, hands down, the best chocolate I've ever had.

I like OhE's idea. Have the mom buy pre-packaged curriculum and laptops for each dc. Then you charge a babysitting fee - though I'd go a lot higher on that - probably $5/hr/kid. So if they're with you full time, for 36 weeks, you'd make nearly $10,000 in a year. If she wanted you to watch the dc during 'summer break', then it would be even more.

How old are your dc and how much of it do they do on their own? Do you go over the lesson with them and have them do all the exercises on their own? Do you do some exercises with them and let them do some on their own? Do you just set them on it completely indpendently? And how much do they do each day? Thanks.

Most of our favorites have been mentioned, but a few I haven't seen on the other lists... Mr. Popper's Penguins Detectives in Togas Caddie Woodlawn Grandmother's Attic series