Oh, my! You tube is full of cute! Who knew?

No. I call it good manners.

Quick! Everyone! Look here!

I would share your ambition, but my abilities are sadly deficient. So deficient, in fact, that even I must acknowledge the fact. But we can share the girl crush. :001_wub:

Do Not Swim in Dangerous Waters! There are Sharks!

:iagree:

People stink. It's a feature. I'm really glad there's a fix for it.

Well, that's nice, but when is he going to begin posting here so the rest of us can vet him? ETA: Fixed an opps!

Wow. This was new here. Thanks for sharing. Oh, and your strength is inspiring. :lol:

It's a great program for most kids, I suspect. But if you have one for whom it is bad, it is very bad indeed. To start with as well.

Okay, that's funny. I just posted the same in response to one of your posts!

Preach it, Sister.

Wise words, indeed. Listen to Jean you should. (Which is Yoda for :iagree: )

Hi, everyone! :seeya: Lynn: My biggest and most helpful revelation this year has been the need to transition slowly here. I would not look at your schedule as "cutting" subjects but as staging their return. Seriously. We are having a light week here for just that reason. I cannot tell you how much more peaceful and productive school has been this year. It has been such a blessing. I'm am only very ashamed that it took me so long to realize this need in DD and me. Saxon: **Pay attention here, Slash** This, IMO, is one of those VERY "dependent on the kid" programs. I hear what you're saying, Slash, about many kids doing well with Saxon; that is very true. But beware: Some kids do very, very badly with it. We tried when first homeschooling and I shelved it after 1 day. Seriously. Then DD had it again in 5th grade at our local Christian school (we put DD in school for 4th grade when we moved-first at a public school :ack2: , then at the Christian school. The teacher for the 4/5 class was so awesome we left her through 5th.) DD's experience with Saxon was awful. She did NOT retain information, she hated the endless repetition, and came home for 6th "hating" math. We spent a semester filling holes and the next semester restoring her confidence. Please note: My child LOVES math and is very good at it. She is happily struggling with AoPs and does the EMF courses for "fun." Seriously. She is quite verbal and is a conceptual thinker. The reason that I am making such a big deal of this is that I suspect little John may share some of the same traits. I guess my biggest caveat is that, while it is great to plan, our little darlings come the way God makes them and we (well, at least me) need to be prepared to change (Hmm. This post is probably more about me; not so good at flexibility here. :blushing: ) Tex: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: People can be wretched.

What thread already?!?

Hey! Stop with the picking on me!

Shut up.

But, but, but... the book says I must!

Are you talking to me? (Insert foot tapping here)

Disregard the earlier rec.

How do I get my High School 4 Year Plan written then, hmmm?

Can you add SparkNotes from the Odyssey and the Iliad, have her write a paper finding classic themes in Percy Jackson, and call it good?

I'm just old.

Ikslo, do you need a hug? <<ikslo>>

I don't EVEN want you to know how many historical facts Dd knows because of Pirate 101. Seriously. :0