I just had to say, after reading the comments in reply to this moms concerns about changing math that I was overwhelmed by how much I love this posting and how gratefully I am to have found it. This solid, informational, real life information , to me, is priceless. Thank you so much for taking the time to write about your experience with BJU and MUS.. along with all the other helpful things you all share from your experiences. This is the one place I feel like I can learn from others experience/ mistakes... without having to make my own! YAY!:001_smile:

Oh, I see, so she is suggesting that they read and evaluate these primary sources for information about the subjects, (ie. The American Revolution) and then provide feedback from those writings? In fifth grade? Im not sure but this sounds like a dry way to study these events. ?

I was reviewing the academic excellence section of SWB workshops and got all the way to , duh, 5th grade, and am stumped already...I dont understand the primary source premise... Can anyone please tell me what this means, (preferably without judging me for my ignorance?):confused: Use and evaluation of Primary Sources Jackdaws The Mayflower and the Pilgrim Fathers, nine primary sources, five Broadsheet Essays The American Revolution, eighteen primary sources, five Broadsheet Essays (a good one!) The Making of the Constitution, nine primary sources, five Broadsheet Essays http://www.jackdaw.com, American Home School Publishing.

Well, I have two boys and I had grown accustomed to this and, like someone else said my husband always said, "leave him alone, its his":glare: Now however, I have a duaghter, and guess what, she wants to go in her room, shut the door, and ... well,,, check things out? ya, awkward. Shes only 6 so its way too early for the "discussion" and I am without words. Ya, the unpublished joys of parenting

The Thief Lord I've read this outloud and then listened to the audio and daydreamed about Venice. And my FAVORITE BOOK to read aloud is Boy and Flying Solo (they are the biographies of Raul Dahl . My 16 year old told me the other day that he re-reads those at least once a year. :001_smile:

LOVE books, I too needed curriculmn rehab... the answer, shopping for the lowest price... yup, that did it for me. I got so sick of being scared to over pay, as I had such a LONG list of things I wanted... so I was going site to site, and sale to sale. Of course one place would have a great deal on a geography book I wanted, but wouldnt have any of the other things I needed. So paying shipping for one book here, one book there... :001_huh: Thats what slowed down my buying frenzy. I spent countless hours online the second year I homeschooled on veg source, and amazon, and, well.. you get the point.

When my son turned teen we did a scavenger hunt for him, starting at home, then to his friends house, a suprise picking up several friends, then intown they all joined forces and did several more stops, including mcdonalds, etc.. (they played along with some preplanning), then the hunt ended at a paintball range and we broke into teams for a "war"... he loved it.

I Tried using MUS, for 8th grade with my very math challenged son as I am also very weak in this area. His Stanford achievement test that year fell way below grade level. Granted, he never scored really high in this area previously, but never below grade level. I have a girlfriend who uses it, she calls them all the time for support, and thats ok for her... she loves it.. My point :I hated it, and am glad mid way through the year I resisted the temptation to buy the next level for the following year. But what works for U doesnt always work for me... vice versa.

Tator tot casserole... Share the recipe?

So, if I can ask, if you are using, say SOTW and ds and I are on Middle Ages its ok for dd to just start were we are and go on with us? I'm really trying to get a grip here. :chillpill: I'm stressed about doing two totally seperate curriculmns with each child and doing them one on one. Right now I sit with my son throughout all his school work, working with him except for a spelling workbook he does on his own. Because of his reading delays I cant see anyway around that. So, that said... can I just add her in to some of his subjects? (they are almost the same reading level even though she's 8 and he is 10.)... So all that said.. I know that teachers in a classroom teach lots of kids, all at once, on different levels, what I'd like to know is .... How:confused:

Hi everyone.. Happy Spring from Maine, were we desperately need spring! I'm sure this has probably been covered, but I sure would appreciate some real life advise. This year and last I h.s'd my son, age 10. He had some delayed reading issues, some of which were sight related, and even though he was "diagnosed" with learning disablitlities at the p.s. I believe some were that mom was not always consistent (honesty, sigh:001_huh:). Anyway, I made some adjustments last year, backed off the "pressure" and started from the begining. He's made lots of progress, and his other subjects are right on track. :) We are going along well, just he and I. His older brother is in high school (a private school)after homeschooling him until 9th grade. And his sister, who's 8 and reading way ahead of her grade level is in p.s.... See were this is going? She wants me to homeschool her next year. She does well in school. Shes very social but its not kidnergarden anymore (1st) and the kids are less nice and, well its p.s. My dilema... If I look at what my schedule is like now, how much one on one time I spend with the 10 year old, and my honest look at if I could even do two at once, I have to say, with an overwelming, guilty sigh.. NO.. How can I possibly be two people at once? She, being a beginning reader, and he were he's at.. Can it be done? Effectively? I'm torn. In a way I want to be that supermom, and say, sure, I can do it, burnout, nope, not a problem. I mean look at S. Baur, she does all those kids, manages a house, a full time job and writes books in her "free" time....But I'm not her or any of my other overachieving friends and as I get older I want to be wiser and more honest with myself as well, and I think I have limits as to how sane I could stay if I was overwhelmed. I have to work very hard to be disaplined enough to consistently do the work I set for myself in a week. So... Anyone willing to share an honest view? I appreciate the feedback.

We are Sabbath keepers, not Jewish, just following the directions, keep the Lords day holy. No t.v., shopping, anything we do on any other day. We go to church, hang out with our church family, relax, read, mostly rest.

This is the subject my son BEGS to do. I have no creativity, and really, I burnt myself out early on in h.s'ing searching for creative ways to teach when Susan had done all that work for me, just the way I would have if I was a super genius too. :confused: So as Im not, its my humble opinion that it doesnt get any better than this!