I'm so sorry, Susan. Haven't been on the boards in a long while, but news travels and I just want to let you know that you have lots of "old regulars" praying for you.

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We file privately.

Hey Chris! I miss you, too. Don't hang around the boards much, but I happened to see this post and had to say hi. Wish I still had the pic on our computer, but I can't find it. Someone posted one that looks very similar, if not the same. We're in CA, now. Probably headed back your way in a few years. Are you on facebook? Look for me, I'm there. Laura

Great Books 1. Here is the book list: The Iliad The Odyssey The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories Aeschylus 1 Sophocles 1 The Landmark Thucydides The Persian Expedition Plato: Six Great Dialogues The Basic Works of Aristotle

My dd will be taking Great Books 1 with Schola Tutorials. We're planning on using TOG for History/Bible. Has anyone done this? If your dc is taking a Great Books tutorial (with anyone), do you use anything "extra" for History? If so, please share. TIA!

This is one of my dd's favorite books! We've made the bread from the recipe in the back of the book several times!

Thanks for your input, Kate. I have all of the d'Aulaire books and have been thinking of using Beautiful Feet with my youngest. I think we'll be doing this next year! :)

Praying for you! :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

My dad has colon cancer and should find out Tuesday what stage, etc.. I'm looking for book suggestions about colon cancer. They need to be available on Amazon since I live overseas. Thanks.

Love the picture, Chris! Miss you!

I think it's a year-long course. The TPS website does not mention it being only a semester long. HTH

I can look around when I'm out and I'll let you know if I find any. Which set are you wanting to buy? I would have to mail them to you via USPS Priority mail or it would take about 2 months for you to get them. It may be a week or so before I have a chance to look for them.

I love to run to Toby Mac or Relient K.

:grouphug: That's wonderful, Chris!

We used one of the history books for a very brief time. I'm not sure if it was 4th or 5th grade. Since Rod & Staff is a Mennonite curriculum, it focuses quite a bit on nonresistance, and this focus deterred me from continuing with it. Have you looked at the Table of Contents for the 8th grade book? There are a lot of chapters that have sections covering nonresistance during each time period. It may not be an important factor for you, but I thought I'd share. HTH

It's been about 5 years since we used it and we did not buy a kit. I don't recall there being anything that I had a hard time finding.

I believe the clear majority believe it *is* helping the child (and perhaps many other children), by alerting the authorities. Allowing the child to be in a home where this type of behavior is occurring, is most definitely not "helping".

I would call the police and tell them your concerns. Too many red flags for me to ignore it. You mentioned that the same thing occurred 5 years ago, which means there is still a problem. The child is at risk, in my opinion.

I posted several quotes where they spoke of such things in Aubrey's thread.

Lots of families use SOTW secularly. Have you had a chance to see the book? I would not classify SOTW as specifically Christian.

Here are a few quotes from 2 of the 3 books I checked out of the library. I really don't want to read the 3rd book, but if anyone needs even more quotes, I may oblige. Progressivism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal (1901-1941) p.22 "By 1900, if not before, it had become obvious to many thoughtful people that too many Americans were not getting their fair share of the growing American prosperity." p.30 "Although there were some improvements, farmers, laborers, and the poor were still not getting anything like their fair share of the nation's wealth." p.31 "But there was another side to the 1920's that was not so glamorous, for the prosperity was not equally spread..." p.59 caption beside a photo of Harding- "...he proved to be weak and incompetent.' P.58 of Coolidge- "He was a silent, unimaginative man who did as little as possible to disturb the seeming prosperity of the 1920s." "Hoover was intelligent and a good organizer." pp. 60-61 FDR- "one of the most dynamic president's the nation has ever had..." p.82 "...despite New Deal programs, the nation's wealth was still unequally distributed- ordinary workers and farmers, who made up the majority of consumers, were hardly getting a fair share of the nation's income..." p.84- "Thus Franklin Roosevelt, in America's greatest economic crisis of all time, saved both democracy and capitalism by reforming the free enterprise system." The Middle Road: American Politics 1945-200 p.32 "Americans began automatically to see as enemies any nations, no matter how small, with communist governments, when hindsight has suggested that it might have been better to try to work with them. Cuba presents a good example of this." p.63 Iran hostage situation "(Carter finally managed to get the hostages released on the last day of his presidency.)" - Are you kidding me??? They were released because of Reagan coming in. p.65 "Ronald Reagan was not an especially thoughtful president, given to pondering ideas." So thinking about ideas isn't thoughtful??? p. 69 "His confident, winning personality and actor's skill on television caused many voters to overlook problems like growing budget deficits and questionable armed forays in Grenada, and elsewhere." pp.81-82 regarding the Bush/Gore election "As it happened the governor of Florida was George W. Bush's brother. Both sides appealed to the state and federal courts to resolve the issue. Ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court (where two of the justices and been appointed by Bush's father), in a five to four decision gave the election to Bush."

I looked at the sample on Biblioplan's site and I would just use the maps in SOTW's activity guide. :)

Seriously?