I honestly don't know. She hasn't pulled it out of the wall yet, but I'd rather not push our luck!

How old is your daughter? We anchored a round bannister rail into the wall. She's hit 100 pounds now, though, and we're looking at building a free-standing barre out of pipe.

Our financial situation did not allow us to provide music lessons until fairly recently (my kids were 11 and 9 when they started piano), but as soon as we could afford it, music lessons became mandatory. We require that they practice/study for an hour each day; anything over that time is optional. I can hear my daughter practicing her arpeggios as I type this. :)

My son started wearing swim trunks, a rash guard, and water shoes. He tipped his boat often. :lol:

We're living here now. I'll PM you. :)

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Our after-Shark's-Cove place is Round Table Pizza, but Ted's would be good, too. :lol:

Anything on Mrs. Mungo's list would be a good choice, though I haven't tried Aloha Salads or Hula Grill. (Yet. :D ) I second Romy's as the best shrimp truck. If you've had one plate lunch, you've had them all, but my favorite "puka place" is North Shore Grinds. (It's in Palolo, not North Shore!) We've had just about everything on the menu, and it's all delicious. Another favorite is Nico's at Pier 38. The food at Ono's is just okay for me, but your server will hang out with you and teach you about the food. Don't forget the malasadas at Leonard's - I will miss those when we leave here! And Bill is spot-on about the poke. I can't get enough of it. :)

We use Henle with the MODG syllabi and the Loyola teacher's guide. (No, you don't need it, but it is helpful.) I wrote about how we prepared for the NLE in one of your other posts, but here it is again for those who may have missed it: A Walk in Ancient Rome by John T. Cullen (history) Cambridge Latin Course Book I (culture) Lingua Latina (vocabulary, geography) Over the years we have also used: Famous Men of Rome Lingua Angelica Bullfinch's Mythology Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency; John C. Traupman X-treme Latin; Henry Beard The Aeneid And my son is using the following books this year as part of his great books study: A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium; Paul Veyne, ed. Desire of the Everlasting Hills; Thomas Cahill Metamorphoses; Ovid Annals of Imperial Rome; Tacitus The War With Hannibal; Livy Plutarch's Lives We have also enjoyed Evan der Millner's Latinum videos on youtube. I don't think any supplementation is necessary to do well on the NLE, if that is your goal, but if you're looking for a perfect paper, you'll need to supplement a bit, at least in history and mythology. The easiest way to determine what you should study is to look at the previous exams posted on the NLE site. It's really up to you to determine how much time you want to devote to the subject. I supplement as much as I do because my kids get a kick out of learning classical languages. If they felt the same way about Latin as they do about, say, math, I'd just have them use Henle and give them a few handouts to study before the NLE. They'd still learn their Latin, and they would do just fine on the exam.

I taught my children early math myself, then started them in Saxon 5/4. We've been using Saxon ever since. (My 9th grader is doing Advanced Mathematics this year.)

Oh, I know. I was only having a little bit of fun - I guess the winking smilie wasn't enough to convey my light-heartedness. (I read much more often than I post.) I'm sorry. :001_smile:

We are long-time Saxon users despite my having read Liping Ma. ;) I've supplemented with Singapore and AoPS, mostly to satisfy the curiosity stirred up by reading these forums - I just had to see if the kids could handle math outside of a Saxon book. :lol: (They can, in case anyone is wondering.) I do not use supplemental math materials on a regular basis because my children's interests lie elsewhere; they'd rather spend their extra time on languages.

We have these pronunciation CDs from Seton, but we never used them. The materials we used specifically to prepare for the NLE were A Walk in Ancient Rome by John T. Cullen (history), Cambridge Latin Course Book I (culture) and Lingua Latina (vocabulary, geography). The following books are a portion of my 9th grader's history/literature studies for the year. A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (selections); Paul Veyne, ed. Desire of the Everlasting Hills; Thomas Cahill Metamorphoses; Ovid Annals of Imperial Rome; Tacitus The War With Hannibal; Livy Plutarch's Lives (selections) And you'll not want to miss the Aeneid.

My kids are teaching themselves Latin with Henle. My son scored a 39 on the Latin II exam and my daughter scored a 40 on the Intro to Latin exam. (Just thought you might like to hear a different experience. :) ) If I were you, I'd continue on with Henle at home. It sounds like he might already know the material contained in Units 1-5 of the first book; have him look through units 6-7. If he knows that material, he could start the second book if he likes.

My kids and I were just talking about this the other day. It's hard to remember what was assigned and what I read on my own, but I know I wrote papers on the following: Oedipus Rex A Midsummer Night's Dream Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Julius Caesar Beowulf Wuthering Heights The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Deerslayer The Scarlet Letter Catcher in the Rye Of Mice and Men Lord of the Flies We also read the usual short stories and poems. I attended an Alaskan high school in the early nineties.

We're military. We would write October 13th as 13OCT11. You've got your proper d/m/y format and zero confusion, no matter which population you're dealing with. :D Actually, my favorite is the YYYYMMDD (20111013) format. I use it to organize my digital files.

Here are a few examples of what I do when I don't know what I'm doing: I had only read selections of The Histories, so I thought I'd go ahead and read it before my son started it. I read Books 1-3, skimmed Books 4-5, and decided I could probably find better things to do. :tongue_smilie: I handled it by purchasing Elizabeth Vandiver's lectures on Herodotus from the Teaching Company (she is wonderful!) and backing off on the writing assignments - instead of assigning essays, I had him keep a reading journal. He also wrote 1-2 page summaries of each book. He's reading Thucydides now; I read his History of the Peloponnesian War years ago, but can't remember much past the plague of Athens. So, again, I'm going with the journal/summary approach, and I chose a short selection (Pericles' funeral oration) to serve as the focus of an exercise in rhetoric. (We're working through Classical Rhetoric With Aristotle.) If my son wants to know more, I've got plenty of Donald Kagan on hand. :)

That does help. Thanks! I ordered a used copy to peruse over the summer.

I base my evaluations on labs and essay questions. Once a month or so, I have my son write an essay under test conditions.

No, you're not the only one. We don't acknowledge mother's day, father's day, or Valentine's day. I think my husband did something for my very first mother's day, but I can't remember what it was.

My son will be in 10th grade next year. Math: Saxon Advanced Mathematics, lessons 60-125 Latin: Henle Third Year Latin Greek: Athenaze Greek, Book 2 Rhetoric: Corbett's Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student History/Lit: Great Books (medieval history as per TWTM; haven't yet compiled reading list) Science: Astronomy (The Teaching Co.'s Understanding the Universe plus The Cosmic Perspective. If anyone knows of a better text, please post it! :) ) Extracurriculars: piano, drama, scuba He'll continue studying Hebrew on his own time, but I seriously doubt he'll do enough to earn a credit on his transcript. He's also making noises about taking Japanese at the community college, but I'm not sure I'm willing to jump through all the hoops this year. He still has a few months to wear me down, so he might get his way in the end. :tongue_smilie:

My son read Mere Christianity in 8th grade, and my daughter will read it in 7th grade. (My son took just a few days to get through it, and I'm budgeting two weeks for my daughter.) I think it just depends on the child and what he or she has already studied. It can't hurt to try - there's always next year. :)

If money were no object, I'd hire a housekeeper. I'd also hire private tutors for math, drawing, Greek, and French.

:lol: She's really enjoying Transitive Vampire; it's a hoot to diagram those sentences! She was complaining about R&S, and since she is already doing book 8, I figured she has time to take a break. She'll read The New Well-Tempered Sentence next, then it's back to Brother Bob and his apple. Doesn't every family have at least one? :tongue_smilie:

I haven't read the article, but I require anything written for school to be in cursive.