I've been looking for baseball books, too. I'm more interested in non-fiction for my 8yo. I haven't found too much except that there are several biographies in the Childhood of Famous Americans series like Jackie Robinson, Joe Dimaggio, Roberto Clemente, and Lou Gehrig.

Me! I'm hooked. Pick blackberries Make blackberry jelly Complete a load of laundry Clean bathrooms Sweep/vacuum floors

I've never participated in your threads before, but I like the idea of accountability. Sadly, it seems that accountability is the only thing that ever gets me motivated! P90X Legs and Back -- finished! Laundry -- started Clean wood floors -- finished! Grocery shopping Clean two pantry shelves Sweep and mop entry-way floor ETA: Instead of cleaning the entry-way floor, I vacuumed and spot-cleaned the stairs.

Thanks! I'm book-marking now!

Same here. My son did it longer at first and got a little burnt out. He will do it one or two times a week with no complaints.

If you have a Mardel near you or if your are willing to watch for on-line sales, they carry the science and scientist cards. Mardel has better sales than CC itself usually does. I don't think they carry the history cards, but I'm not 100% sure on that. I don't own the CD, but I think most people do. Many I've talked to like the fact that there is one CD with the memory work by week and the other arranged by subject. That flexibility would be nice. Also, the CD has the new songs on it already!

My family has been in Foundations for four years, so I can speak to your questions on that. We haven't done Essentials yet, so I'll save those questions for someone else. Since the timeline is in included in your Foundation's Guide, it is not necessary to buy the cards. They are pretty and have extra information on the back, but if you are concerned about your budget this year, you will be FINE not owning them as long as you have your Foundation's Guide. Regarding the tracks on CC Connected, you can search by track. There is a lot of information on CC Connected, and it can be slightly frustrating sifting through all the files. I find it helpful to search by file extension type for the MP3 files if you're looking for the music. Also, I recommend the MP3 files provided by a user mom listed under "NoGreaterJoy5". She has put the science, geography and English grammar memory work to music. Combine those with the songs produced by CC for math, history, Latin and the timeline, and YOU'RE GOLD for the year. Although there are CC-produced audio tracks for science, geography and English grammar, they are only spoken. Also, be aware that the songs for Latin have not been updated on CC Connected to reflect the changes to the Foundation Guide. So, wait to download those until the new songs are available, which I heard was to be some time this month. Hope that helps! Welcome to CC. My family has really benefitted from it.

We started AAS about half way through OGPTR. My daughter is now 3 lessons away from finishing OGPTR and two "Steps" away from finishing AAS level 1. I think they complement one another well, even though spelling and reading are separate skills. I see AAS as a slower reinforcement of many of the phonetic rules introduced in OGPTR. For my kids, the rules didn't entirely sink in while going through OGPTR. AAS has helped them solidify the information in their minds. The overlap is good!

That was excellent! Thanks for sharing.

I just followed the lessons, because I didn't see any need to rush through it. Five and six year olds thrive on repetition. It's adults who have a problem with it. This may come across smart-alecky, but (to answer your question) I guess the authors would say it is necessary to cover just nouns in 30 lessons. If you find it too repetitive, I'd accelerate through 1 rather than skip it altogether. The recommendation from SWB is to skip the copywork and narration in FLL if you are doing it along with WWE. I don't have a new addition of FLL, but in past editions there is no writing in the level 1 and 2 book itself so you can use it with all your kids. With WWE, just use this (or the PDF equivalent) UNLESS you want to find your own passages to narrate/copy, in which case use this. Don't use both. The text gives an overview of the program for Levels 1 - 4, but the workbooks contain all you need to do the program unless (again) you want the freedom to pick your own passages. I bought both because I didn't know better. Although the text gave me an idea of where the program will take us over the next few years, I consider it unnecessary because I prefer just using the 'open and go' workbook. The workbook provides pages for writing, but I prefer to use our own paper. Hope that helps!

I had gestational diabetes while pregnant and was, therefore, really careful what I ate. After my son was born, I weighed less than I had in a long time.

The neighbors ask my kids for snacks who share freely. :glare:

For the kid's violin music, which they memorize, we keep a list of songs. As we review an old song, we put a date by it when it's been re-mastered. Then we search for a song on the list with the oldest date by it and review that one next. Maybe a simple list like that would work for your memory work.

This is our fifth year in CC Foundations, and we don't use their history sentences as the spine of our history studies. Cycle 2 starts in the Middle Ages but goes into modern times. Its focus is on European history. While it is basically chronological, it covers a wide span of history. To me, its more helpful to tie your history to the timeline, and use the cards as a supplement to whatever else you're using, such as SOTW. Whenever you do happen to read about one of the history sentence events in the course of your history studies (even a year or two later), it's fun to see their excitement as they make the connection.

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The FLL and CC definitions are very similar but not exactly the same. I agree with the previous poster. I use the CC definitions of English Grammar with FLL.

I'm not an expert, but I put a drop of Thieves essential oil in my sons ear when he complained of it hurting. He said the Thieves felt hot, but that the earache went away in about 15 minutes.

I just put in my order too! This is timely. I usually am able to resist buying the new shiny toys books, but this is too timely! We're going to study Shakespeare in the fall, and I didn't know how to approach it. My Shakespeare education did not get past Romeo and Juliet.

We are finished with our PR1. I'm going to go down the AAS/WWE/MCT route for the next level as I find the grass to be greener on the other side. I'd be willing to sell our PR1 (the complete package) for $75. Please PM me if interested.

My older is in C now, with about 25 lessons to go. We started on May 15, 2012 doing math 4 days a week. My son enjoyed the drawing portion. I think it is good because it exposes them to the beauty of math. I wanted him to fill in the shapes with paint so that I could frame the result for my office (haven't quite gotten around to that). My daughter is starting B. They are different kids, but they both do great with RS. Math is their favorite subject.

"Easy peasy lemon squeezy" AAACCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!

Thanks for the suggestions, ladies!

I was recently introduced to Francine Rivers when my book club read Redeeming Love. I'd never read Christian fiction before, but realized this is a genre my mother would like. I'm going to buy her some books for Mother's Day and need recommendations. She does not read much, but I recall that she used to enjoy light old-fashioned type romances like they used to publish in the Capper's Weekly (anybody remember that publication? lol). I'm vaguely aware that there are some books in this genre involving stories of the Amish. I think she would like something like that.

I'm tearing up too! Thanks for sharing.

I'm practically a hermit ,and I'm generally not around people who curse. I seldom watch TV. If I read a book or see a movie with curse words, it physically startles me. Gratuitous cursing does offend me.