I got a kindle too, I can't find the top 100 free link.

I think AAS is newer, I would not be surprised if it shows up whenever the WTM is updated next. We love it and are really happy with it.

I hope that everyone has a great day.

Borrow someone's copy, or see if the library has it and read the chapter on Geography. It is REALLY good. Other than that I am sticking with the WTM

I am an English Lit major. I am that strange girl that actually read and finished every book assigned to her. Except.... Moby Dick, I only made it about 2/3 of the way through the book. When I got to the second chapter that was droning on about the whiteness of that ridiculous whale I tossed the book across the room and watched the movie. I do not care that it is a classic, you can not make me read, no how, no way. It was dreadful. I also do not care for Picasso when it comes to art. I like pretty pictures!

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Thank you I will look those up. I really need hand holding on this part. The language, history, writing, science etc... I am doing fine with. Math and anything with drawing I just need help. Those sound great!

Oh good, I am so glad. I am one of those people that tries to rise above, let it slide etc... Problem with being that way is sometimes it just boils over. I am so glad to have this community that is so understanding, and great at problem solving. Yes, my new guide has the maps, and you are right they are horrible. What I am wanting is even more simple, I have no artistic or computer skills. I was hoping for a printable with just the 5 great circles, like what is on page 125 of the core. Most map outlines I see have the world or something else with it. I want just the lines so I can blow it up and photocopy and start doing the continent blobs. I am going to try and convince my husband to make it for me over Christmas. Then I am going to work on the map drawing with my kids. I think they are both going to do better than me.

Angela, I am fine with LB promoting her own things within her own book, in fact I expect it. Have you looked at the public library on the classical community site? There are free resources on in that you do not have to subscribe to. Here is a link for anyone that wants to see it http://www.classicalconversations.com/registered/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=198'>http://www.classicalconversations.com/registered/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=198 What I have a problem with is this Direct quote from page 225 in the geography resources section "Classical Conversations Connected Community also has a lot of maps to memorize, along with history facts and stories, multiplication tables, and much more. The public library can be accessed at http://www.classicalconversations.com/registered/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=198 IMO I found that misleading. I was surprised that when I wrote to their customer service that it was a hard sell for a community. That said, after exchanging a few e-mails with them, I was frustrated and I needed to vent. Thank you for the words of support, and I am sorry if my frustration offended some people. I am going to take the good pieces I can and piece meal them into my own system. Take the good and leave the rest. Thanks for all the suggestions on how to implement the geography program. We are really excited to start that in January. Cheers, Nicole

I will look up Uncle Josh's Maps. I do really like the concept of the Geography, I was just really disappointed that in both of the 2 books, it really sounded like the maps were available to print on those pages. Also, I was surprised how all or nothing they were. That either you join a community, or good luck. If their customer service was better, I might have ordered a few things with them and used certain parts. Yes, I wouldn't spend as much as if I was in a community, but I would have bought a few more things. Oh well, live and learn. There are more resources out there. I will take the geography and be happy I read that. Thank you for reading my vent. I was just so irritated that I had to get it off my chest. I guess I am just really more of a SWB fan.

I got the core and read it. I really liked it, not as much as WTM, but it is the first guide I have read that I found more than one thing I would like to try on my own with the kids. However, I had a few frustrations right from the start. 1.) It didn't give all the information needed. You HAVE to buy some things from them in order to know what they are talking about. The history chapter in particular. 2.) When I looked into it, it is really not meant for people to read and pick and choose what they want, it is a sale of CC Now, I still like enough of it that I bought the foundations curriculum guide. 3.) I found these to be more evident when I went to the public library of the CC community that is listed on page 225 of the core to get the maps that they say are there. They aren't there. So I wrote to them, twice. They told me that they only way to get the map outlines that they say are public in their book, is to get a paid subscription to the Foundations program. Is it just me, or is that total misrepresentation. Anyone else who has the book let me know. The curriculum guide also says they have printable maps available on page 110. Just the whole marketing of The Core as something to use at home. This is a exact copy of the e-mail I got today. from Shelley Johnson. Is it just me, or is this dishonest? Nicole, I did refer to the previous ticket and see where Michelle Walters, our foundations program director did reply to you referring to the Classical Conversations resource. The connected community to which you refer is an on-line subscription that anyone can subscribe to that wishes, however it is greatly discounted to those participating in a licensed CC group. The Classical Conversations program is designed to be used in a community. Although it can be and is done individually in some cases, it does not work best that way. Thank you for listening to my vent, I just get really frustrated when people are not as ethical as I would be with them. Nicole

You are about 5 min from me. Enjoy the concert.

I am still new to this, so I usually say that my kids and I are learning together, and we really like being together. However.... Another mom told me this one, I tried it once and I think it will be coming out more and more often as the shocked look was great. Before they get to that, when they ask why my ds is not in school. I kept a straight face and said "Oh, we quit, I don't believe in school" and walked away. It was great, she was being a nosy parker in a rude way and nothing I said would have been good, so I had fun!

I have just printed this off to put next to my computer. Thank you, I needed that.

I would leave out the ****, but the rest sounds like a good idea to me. Sometimes I need to not see or hear my children for 10 min so I can go talk to them with a happy heart.

cool, thanks!

Hi, I am about 6 months into home schooling my 3rd grade son. He did K-2 at a private school. I would start with ancients, but do it over two years. With most things look at where you want him to start 5th grade on. I have been having to stop and fill in gaps so much this year. Another home school mom told me to just slow down. It has been a learning curve, and I can see why people quit early on. I know 2 other people that started at the same time as me who have already put their kids back in school. It is so different than what you are used to. Not only are you taking on a new role, but your child will most likely go through a 100% curriculum change. Learning the new ways that your chosen courses teach the subject, the language that they use etc... When we got totally bogged down I wrote on here, and then took a two week break. It made all the difference. We are now going at a slower pace, and planning on year schooling at a slower pace. This board has really helped, when I have asked for it. We are really enjoying the Story of the world. It is nice as my 3 year old likes to listen to the chapter and then she does the coloring page too. I have not read the WTM for a few months now, but I think what SWB does is even when she has a product, she usually still gives resources for other options. She also supports this board and has no problem with us all talking about different products. I have never seen them remove a thread when someone is complaining about a product. I really like most of her products, for me they are teaching me how to teach. Nicole

We did cave in, kinda. My son went to a private school for k-2 and he had a hard time with the fact that a lot of the kids not only had everything in their house, but an extra set in their rooms. One child had a TV/DVD/Blu ray, plus Wii, Xbox and whatever sony does and a DS. It was crazy. I think what made it even harder was that these children were not well behaved and they had all this stuff. My ds is such a well behaved and sweet boy (my ds is not so I have no illusions that my children are perfect cherubs:tongue_smilie:, but ds is pretty darn close). We made a 2 part compromise. 1. When DS goes away to a four year college and is in a dorm room, We will buy him whatever tv/blue ray thing is the thing at the time. 2. Over a year we set various tasks for him to earn his own DS. He did them all and more so he did get ti. We monitor the games and time. He is only allowed to play it when he wakes up, if it is after 6am. He does his morning routine and then he may play until breakfast. He is so proud that eh earned it, and takes good care of it. We have not had him ask for anything else electronic in over 18 months. This was enough for him. He probably only plays it about twice a week, at the moment playmobile with his sister is his main morning activity. The DS only comes out if he is up before her.

I think part of what I like about the flash master is that it just does Math. We keep it with our Math things, and it isn't used for anything but Math. For my ds he needs to focus when he is doing Math, I find things that are used for multiple purposes are just harder for him to focus on. Even if he was doing a drill on the itouch, he would be thinking of what else he could be doing. If he could ask to do something else as a treat after he finishes his Math etc...

We love it. There are so many times when you are not around a computer, ie the car. Flashcards are cheaper, but I find I have to sit and do them with ds. I just assign the level, and it does the rest. DS, grumbles less with the flash master than with flash cards. For me, the time it saves me is worth the money. Nicole

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My 3rd grade son volunteers at an autistic school once a week. These schools usually love volunteers and my son loves it. We also volunteer together at the local food bank.

I second the Getty Dubay. My son is 8 and his handwriting was horrible, the switch to italics was so worth it. They talk a little about it in the teachers manual, I guess manuscript and italic use different paths in the brain and some kids just can not do manuscript(and vice versa). I noticed and change within a week of changing with my son.

North and South is wonderful! Another good one is a TV series from the 1970's called the Good Life (sometimes Good Neighbors in the US) About a couple who quit the rat race and go for self sufficiency in suburbia. It is really funny.

We have Latina Christiana on DVD. We were warned that they were not very good, but I needed 1 subject that I was not teaching or I would go crazy, so we thought we would give them a go. I watched the first lesson, and I saw what the other parents saw, she was annoying. However, my son loves them, and I am not watching them. He likes having someone else teach. He watches a lesson one day. The second day he does as much of the workbook as he can, then the third day he watches the lesson again with his workbook to finish. It is great, totally complete. All I do is add the flashcards to his ring each week and occasionally quiz him, and check the workbook. It is our easiest subject, and one of his favorites. He wants to do Latin every day. Hope that helps.