Is the Pre Calculus (as opposed to the Pre Calculus with Limits) the one that is actually the same text as the college algebra and trig text? I know I've read somewhere that there are two student texts that have different titles but are page for page the same and the teacher's guide has both titles. Thanks!

I've scoured the board and need help figuring out which of these to get for Pre-Cal A Graphical Approach to Precalculus with Limits: A Unit Circle Approachhttp://www.amazon.com/Graphical-Approach-Precalculus-Limits-Edition/dp/0321356969 or Pre Calculus http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321528840/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I would appreciate any guidance!

My 13 year old daughter writes a blog based on our history lessons. We are in Vol. 3 of MOH. Here is a link to her blog. thisgirlisgeek.blogspot.com and the blog also has a facebook page...if you like her blog, be sure to like the FB page too! https://www.facebook.com/Thisgirlisgeek

She still needs 6 more!!!

Come on! She only needs 16 more "likes" Check out the blog, it's funny!!! or just like the FB page and then hide it until later!

My daughter writes a blog for her history notes following along with Mystery of History. We are in Vol. III now. She is nearing her 100th post!!! Her blog has a FB page and I'm trying to help her get to over 100 fans before she makes her 100th post! This is not her personal FB page, it her her blogs' FB page! She only needs 18 more likes!!! I thought some of you might like to help and might enjoy her blog as well! https://www.facebook.com/Thisgirlisgeek :)

DD just finished up with Horizons Pre-Algebra and has, what I believe to be, a pretty solid foundation. Wouldn't the beginning and intermediate book be a combination of Alg. 1 and 2? With just over 1000 pages, and the number of problems in each section, it seems like more than a book used for a review. I guess I'll start looking for an Introductory book. ack!

I picked up Lial, Hornsby, McGinnis Beginning and Intermediate Algebra (4th edition) and my daughter took a look at it and said it was fine with her. If I understand correctly, this is Alg I and Alg II combined into 1 text book. Is that right? If so, should I just thake the 1st half of the book and divide it out through out school year? I don't have the answer key so she will only be doing the odd problems :tongue_smilie: Thoughts, suggestions....HELP :confused:

I posted this a while back but thought I would give an update. DD continues writing notes via blogging while I read MOH Vol. III aloud to her and her younger brother. She is a bit quirky and certainly has an interesting and humorous style (depending on the reader's taste). If you would like to check it out, please "like" the FB page at https://www.facebook.com/Thisgirlisgeek She is currently at 50ish fans (with the the MOH author being one of them!!!) If you have FB, feel free to check it out. If you aren't on FB, you can go to the blog at http://thisgirlisgeek.blogspot.com/ The nice thing about FB is that she post on FB when a new blog entry is made (usually once to twice each week) so her "fans" can follow along. Comments, critiques, and general thoughts are appreciated....but, to quote my daughter, "You're getting your blog in my judgement!” “Hey! You're getting your judgement in my blog!” One thing's for sure, I am the parent of a teenage geekster daughter :D

My dd is getting close to finishing Pre-Algebra. We have used Horizons since 1st grade and I was please to see that they published Pre-Algebra just in time for us to need it. Sadly, they don't have Algebra and I'm having trouble figuring out where to go from here. I want to find a program that will be a good match and would really prefer it is a program with a DVD or online teacher that (like TT) works out every problem when they get it wrong or at least works some of the problems. I looked at TT and felt it was not really as advanced, but I only looked up to lesson 40. Alot of what I saw was review of what she has done in Horizons Pre-Alg. We have had to google and use Kahn and youtube videos several times which I don't mind doing but I would like to have a more exact match for the problems, types of problems, and exact method being taught. I would appreciate any suggestions or guidance. Thanks!

Here is a link to her facebook page she set up for "fans" https://www.facebook.com/pages/Modern-Geeks-Notations-of-History/253813017992417 Thanks for all the positive feedback! Please feel free to "like" her page! It really is very encouraging to her!

TY!!!!! She will be thrilled to know that others out there give a nod of approval. I'm sure that not everyone will "get" it but she would much rather take history notes this way. (I give her credit for maintaining a blog and for creative writing. LOL) By the way, she also remembers this stuff WAY better than if I did have her taking "notes".

Well, I've never been one to do all the narrations and we did all SOTW our first go around and now we are back around to Middle Ages. I still use SOTW but mostly used MOH. About two months ago, I told my DD that she would need to start taking notes on the laptop while I am reading the lesson to her and her 8 yo brother. I explained to just put the Topic and some bullet points of the main facts. So, after a few lessons, I asked her what in the world she was typing. She said notes. I asked if she was chatting or writing emails. She said no that she was writing notes. A few weeks passed and I was telling a friend what we were doing with note taking how we keep it "in the cloud" using google docs. So, I pulled it up to show her. This was the first time I had looked at the notes. When I saw the titles, I cracked. That night, my husband and I read every note she had written. The next day, I told her to start a blog for them. I've had a few family members take a look and a couple of good friends, but I'm curious what members here, at the hive, might have to say about what she's done....so without further adieu..... Modern Geek's Notations of History

well, we have signed up for one so I'll let you know how it went.

These are usually 3-4 day programs and aren't merely "encouragement" and "strengthening" conferences, seminars, or getaways. They are more intensive than that and geared toward helping marriages "on the brink" or in serious trouble. I really would be interested in finding out if anyone has attended one, which program specifically did you go with, and what your impressions of the program are after having gone through it. Thanks!

This year, 6th grade, we are going to use The Fallacy Detective and The Thinking Toolbox as a sort of intro. Next year we will move into a formal curriculum.

Has anybody used this? I'm looking at getting it for my dd (7th grade). We may want to use it in our newly forming co-op, but we are undecided at this point. The whole "license" to use the program is bugging me a bit. Any feedback would be appreciated. I would not be too happy to drop $200 on a product and then find out it isn't that great!

Has anybody used this? I'm looking at getting it for my dd. We may want to use it in our newly forming co-op, but we are undecided at this point. The whole "license" to use the program is bugging me a bit. Any feedback would be appreciated. I would not be too happy to drop $200 on a product and then find out it isn't that great! (I think I need to cross post this on the HS board too.) My dd is in the 7th grade though.

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First of all, my heart goes out to the OP! I can't imagine having to deal with that day in and day out. I am blessed with 2 children who would rather go out and eat sushi than get a happy meal. (And yes, sushi cost a lot more than a happy meal.) Here are a couple of things we have done over the years. For one, we tell the kids that if they don't want to eat it, fine....then that means there is more for us. No lie, we do tell our kids that! We also tell them that your taste buds change every seven years. I have no idea where that came from! So, based on that theory, you never really know what year your taste buds started counting! This really cracks me up when my almost 8 year old tastes of a food he did not like and decides his tastes bud had maybe another year or two to go or when he says that the seven years was up and he now likes the food! Another thing we do is we accept that there are some foods that the kids don't like. If they don't like it then they don't have to eat it. We sort of have a list and if I cooks manicotti then my son does not have to eat it, but he's welcome to (if not, it's more for us). ;) A couple of things we also tell our children is that we appreciate it when they at least will take a "no thank you bite" to have manners and that even sometimes a second bite is needed to just make sure your taste buds and stomach were thinking correctly if you didn't like something. Now, with that said on to the hard part. I see a very similar thing with my sister and her kids. Also, my husband grew up in a family that "forced" him to eat food he did not like. Please, please, please don't! What is happening here is that it is becoming a power play and a control issue! Your child is being positively reinforced for negative behavior. If you prepare a healthy dinner and your child won't eat at least some of it then don't force him to eat it and then have to deal with the traumatic (to the whole family) episode that will follow. You can just send him to his room. Of course you will need to get some food in your child, but consider the foods that he will it, it probably isn't going to be too bad if he doesn't eat dinner or only has a piece of toast (in his room). It sounds like it is time for a "family meeting". I would have him make a list of 10 foods that he WILL NOT eat and tell him that these are the only foods that you will not serve him and then in 6 months he will need to cut the list to 5. (you could start higher on the list of food or go a longer period of time). I would set some "rules" and tell him that you will no longer "force" him to eat but that you expect him to. If he does not eat then he needs to go to his room. I would tell him that he will be limited to the processed stuff (fish sticks, etc) for lunch only and that dinner time he will have real fish and real chicken. I would also say to take "baby steps" and eventually limit the processed stuff too, but let's take care of this bigger problem for now. I would take every opportunity I could to point out how "variety is the spice of life".

I would try to call the reservation line first and when they tell you the price, you should state that you need a better price and ask if there are additional discounts they can offer if not, just say ok and thanks. Then, try to call the hotel directly and speak to them about booking a room. I've had great luck in getting discounts on hotels by just talking to the person in reservations or calling the hotel.

Here's my Ham and Chicken Carbonara. It was a BIG hit with my family! recipe=1128040http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1128040 Also this salad. My 8 year old LOVES it! http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1148594 A great slow cooker dish: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=419756

pull ups (night jammers or good nights) My dd wet the bed until she was almost 9 and we put her on ddvap (a nasal spray). We used a variety of things from the time she was about 3 to try to train such as limiting beverages at night, waking her up and taking her, setting an alarm, etc. Since you dd is still very young, I really wouldn't worry too much about it. I also wouldn't kill myself or my back by waking up multiple times in the night to get her up and to the bathroom. When we did that, it only made my back hurt and made both of us tired the next day.

Avast is great! I would also suggest adding malwarebytes and spybot.

well, yes and no. I know the Bible talks a lot about reaping and sowing. The Bible does make it clear that the fruit you reap will be commensurate with the actions you have performed. It also states that the sowing you perform in this life will affect your reward or punishment in the afterlife. I do not believe in reincarnation. The Bible is very clear on this.