Ligtning Lit 7th grade refers to denouement as another name for resolution - we just came across it this week in the Rikki Tikki Tavi unit.

I can help with this one. http://www.glutenfreediva.com/2007/03/the-cinnamon-roll-of-your-dreams/ They are easy to make and taste great too.

Short answer: Yes, I have used it. No, I didn't like it. No, dc didn't like it. This was my third time teaching High School level Biology. I was looking for something to use with my 10 year old who had breezed through Apologia Physical Science the year before. I bought it because it was cheap and it covered the human body (Apologia didn't) without going into too much detail (for a 10 year old) on reproduction. We found it very dry. It assumed that you were teaching it in a classroom and that the teacher was also presenting additional material that wasn't in the book. I had skimmed through the end of section questions and they looked good, but a lot of the answers weren't found in the book. Very frustrating. After 4 chapters DS asked if we coud please go back to Apologia. I must say I now really appreciate having books that are written to the student, teach vocabulary, provide (answerable) review questions and testing. Trying to save money didn't work for us in this situation.

I voted yes, but I've only been to Cairo airport. Hoping to get back soon to see some more of Egypt.

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My sister had these kind of questions, especially when she found out that she had two older full sisters. As an adult she met her birth sisters and they shared with her what their childhood had been like. They told her that if she had a good childhood then their mother had done the right thing giving her up for adoption. Both the older girls had been abused by their stepfather. Loving a baby does not necessarily mean that you are equipped to care for them. Yeah, I know, you can't explain that to a five year old, but it might help later on.

I think the issue with kindle books being inferior is in regard to some of the free classic books. Some are scanned and not proofed, making them hard to read. Often there is a 99cent version of the same book with the errors corrected. I have not heard of problems with books that you pay for on kindle.

I tried this once, but with the consistency of the GF dough I couldn't get it out of the pan without losing all the air out of it.

I haven't used that one specifically, but I have made GF bread for years using a breadmaker. Apart from the cross-contamination issues if you have also used the machine with gluten, the other issue is motor strength. GF dough has a different consistency and is very hard on the motor. I mixed all ingredients by hand first before putting into the pan then just used a standard bread setting. I can't remember now anything about motor size, but if you compare differnt models you will want one of the gruntier ones. Even so, I have never managed to get more than two years out of a machine. I was baking GF loaves at least three times a week though.

I keep some of these cinnamon rolls in the freezer. http://www.glutenfreediva.com/2007/03/the-cinnamon-roll-of-your-dreams/ Once you get the hang of making them they are quite easy.

There is a Yahoo group that has them http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Apologia_Science You will need to join the group, then go to "files", then "Physical science" HTH

Thanks for sharing this. We have just started Modern Times level 2 and the Teachers Guide sample looks good.

It has been a while since I used these, but from what I remember the child grades only the PACE and the self test. The corrections are done so that the completed PACE has no incorrect answers in it. There will be markings on the PACE (red pen) to show which questions were incorrect on the first attempt. When it comes to the PACE test, the child does not mark this. It is given to the supervisor to grade and no corrections are made to it. This is the grade that counts for the PACE. Hope this helps

Depends on the child here too. My first two needed parts to whole and my current student needs whole to parts.

I wouldn't worry too much about the spelling. Kiwis are familiar with American spelling and unless they get a really old school pedantic teacher they should be understanding. There aren't too many words that are different and the kids will pick it up quickly. With math the major differences (mostly just in sequence) come at the high school level so there won't be any issues there. At the 6th grade level the system is very spiral so any gaps should be picked up quickly. As far as metrics go, we used the "Key to..." metric measurement workbooks as a supplement since we had used a US math program. I think that would be a big help in the transition for the 6th grader. I wouldn't worry about the little one, they will pick it up as they go. HTH

I'm not American and haven't used any other American math programs at that level so I can't compare. I went to school in New Zealand, using a very similar system to Singapore math and LOF has way more geometry than I ever did at school (I did math through to Calculus and Statistics). My DS has a solid understanding of geometry, including proofs after using LOF and is currently part way through the Trig book. It has been all good for us - no bad, no ugly. :D

We are also in the gulf and have had the same experience. I put it down to someone at customs here not liking the word "Christian" plastered all over the box. I never had any problems with boxes from CBD when we lived in New Zealand. And I would consider 3 weeks excellent service. It always took the full six weeks for ours.

You can also get them from Rainbow Resource

We are using LOF on its own and went from Beginning Algebra to Geometry with no problems. We are now doing Trig and having no problems there either. LOF Statistics can also be done without Advanced Algebra. We chose this route to give DS a break from Algebra. He did fine on Algebra but he is a visual learner and so geometry was much easier for him than algebra. I am expecting that we will have to do a bit of review when we do start Advanced Algebra, but we are finding quite a bit of Algebra review in the Trig book. HTH

I'm not familiar with that title but we have read some of his others - the bird book and some of the animal ones. You can read some of them online here http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/b#a717 That would give you an idea of the level and writing style.

As with everything else in life, it is what you make it. My younger sister died when I was six and my parents adopted two more girls so that I wouldn't be an only child. So I grew up thinking that being an only child must be this dreadful thing to be avoided at all costs. But the reality was that with siblings eight and ten years younger than me, we were never close. My mother was busy with littles and I was sent off to play with friends all the time, so I may as well have been an only. I now have only one child, not by choice. I would have loved to have four kids but it didn't happen. We have worked hard to make sure that our son is not indulged and interacts with people of all ages. Yes, it takes effort to make sure that he gets that balance, especially with him being home with just me all day. But we try to look at the positives too. I have been involved in alot of voluntary work over the years - things that I could never have done with four children in tow. We were able to take in our teenaged neices for several years (and homeschool them) when they needed a family and an education. Last summer we moved from New Zealand to the Middle East (DH is teaching at an international school). We could never have done that with four kids - they won't employ anyone with more than two children because they have to provide accommodation, insurance and airfares for the whole family. As well as getting the experience of living overseas, we are able to travel in all the school breaks and see even more of the world. Yes, my son's life experiences will be different from those of a child growing up with lots of siblings, but I don't think he is being shortchanged at all. I've seen posts here from mothers of many complaining that they can't give each child they education they would like to, and I've seen mothers of one ask how they could possibly make homeschooling work. I think the important thing is to make the most of whatever situation you happen to be in. You can look at the negatives, but instead of dwelling on them and letting it eat you up, you just do what you can to counteract them. HTH

This. Phonics will prepare him for SS.

I can do this in my head too, but I don't get his logic. I think the 90 was a lucky guess. (Open to being proved wrong though ;-) )

I start by having him make a list of all the things he hasn't had time to do on school days. Then we come up with a rough schedule using these things, family things and things that I want him to do. As he has got older I have given him more input into the list, but he knows that he needs it so he is happy to have it. We often have to do this on Saturdays too so that he knows what to expect and doesn't get upset. Sometimes instead of a week off we will do two half speed weeks so that there is still some structure but more free time. Talking about changes in routine in advance and having things written down have definitely been life savers here.

We started out doing Fridays with Fred but DS got frustrated at losing the flow of the story. So then I let him do Fred every day until he got stuck and then we would swap to something else for a while and then come back to Fred. By the time we got to Algebra he didn't need anything else along side Fred so we have used Fred exclusively since then. I have some other things on hand "just in case" but haven't needed them. Fred is perfect for DS because he is a visual learner who doesn't need (and hates) the repetition of other programs.