Thanks very much! I appreciate your search on my behalf. :)

Yes, that is a good price. The places I looked were way more expensive -- the teacher text alone was over $100. Thank you! ETA: I just checked out Abebooks and only found one copy in acceptable condition, student edition, for around $28. Didn't see any teacher's editions. Would you mind sending the link (s) to the books you found? I'm usually pretty good at finding stuff but have struck out on Abe this time around, for some reason.

The recommendations for Saxon 8/7 are interesting. I have never used Saxon. Is it a curriculum that can be utilized independently by the student with success? Also, is Saxon 8/7 homeschool edition the preferred text? Thank you!

The recommendations for Saxon 8/7 are interesting. I have never used Saxon. Is it a curriculum that can be utilized independently by the student with success? Also, is Saxon 8/7 homeschool edition the preferred text? Thank you!

Dolciani is pretty much out of my price range at this point and I need to redirect her right away so I'm not waiting for the price to ( hopefully) go down. I am willing to "help" -- math isn't my strong suit but I can dredge some pre-Algebra from my memory and aid her in searching for online helps if necessary. So, she will need to be work independently for the most part.

Same here! She really liked the Horizon elementary series but PA has been nothing but frustration. I don't understand the thinking behind expecting a student to understand a concept never taught in anything even approaching a comprehensive manner. It's been a very disappointing experience. Thanks for your recommendation.

Hello -- My daughter is currently about 12 lessons into the most current Horizons Pre-Algebra program and it really isn't working for her. She is generally pretty good at math but is frustrated with Horizons because it is asking her to solve problems without showing her the steps necessary in order to accurately do so. For example, the way square roots were explained was that a square root of any given number is a multiple of that number. End of story. The lesson then proceeded to ask her to solve several square root problems. Occasionally it will ask her to perform a certain task and then explain the necessary steps a few lessons later. Perhaps this works for some, but it has led to lots of discouragement for her. Any recommendations for a program which is challenging but thorough as far as providing clear explanations and examples with each concept introduced? Thank you

Thank you for your help, ladies! I really appreciate your time in answering and I'm looking forward to reading the google articles.

I used Math U See years ago with my kids who are now older. I am considering revamping my math thinking for our youngest and going back to Math U See. However, I have heard that it now utilizes Common Core. I like the blocks and at least what used to be the way MUS was taught. I also know I want to avoid CC. Anyone here with experience using the newest edition of MUS? How thoroughly does it push CC math techniques and standards? Talk to me, please, before I invest any $$. Thanks! Desiree

Yes -- for some reason six points of her math and two points of her English weren't included . The points are there in those sections when they were subdivided, but they weren't added into the total subsection scores, and therefore didn't make it to the composite. So, perhaps I should've said that we can't make sense of how her divided subsection scores aren't accounted for in the subsection totals, and therefore not reflected in the composite. I read the link you included ( thank you) and frankly, I think their method stinks. If a student earned the points, those points need to be credited to them, period. I mean -- talk about fuzzy math. Some points actually aren't points?! They don't really bother to explain that one, do they? Thank you for your answer!

Hi~ My daughter just received results of her first ACT test, which we viewed as a trial run of sorts. However, she was disappointed to see that not all of the points in a couple of sections -- math and reading -- were included in her composite score. We thought that, like her sample tests scores, the composite would be just a simple average of the four subscores. This didn't happen to her cousin or her brother, when their tests were scored. Can anyone explain this? Thank you, Desiree

Hi~ I'm hoping somebody here will have pity on me and provide the student Literature Guide sections for Beowulf and Canterbury Tales, which are missing from the used core I purchased. Please PM me if you can lend a hand. Thank you.

This came to me through my local homeschool group. I think the discount applies only to HSLDA members, if I read the fine print correctly. Hope this helps somebody out! http://www.hslda.org/tour/satprep.asp?elq=7b94d82835584aae81547eb357bfb55a&elqCampaignId=762

Is this the DVD? What instruction does it give -- general, based on the topics being studied? I'm surprised there's only one. http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780030784378 Will it, including the student one-stop CD, work with Windows 7? Is this the book you mentioned: http://www.amazon.com/Holt-Algebra-2-Student-2007/dp/0030358299/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409170832&sr=1-1&keywords=Holt+algebra+2 Or this one: http://www.amazon.com/Holt-McDougal-Larson-Algebra-Student/dp/0547647158/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409170923&sr=1-4&keywords=holt+mcdougal+algebra+2 Thank you!

One more thing about Exede: videos/music can be downloaded from midnight to 5 a.m. without counting against your bandwidth allowance. However, since it really won't work for my daughter to do her math after midnight through the wee hours of the early morning, that doesn't work out for us. Not so bad for mom and dad, but a little hard on the homeschooling kids in the family! If I could download and save Khan Academy lessons, that would be my preferred route, but those can't be saved to watch later.