[Can someone explain 'My Pals are Here' to me?]

We did without any of the teacher's editions and were fine.... The only things I see you're missing are the workbooks. Basically you read from the text, do the labs in the activity book, and do exercises in the workbooks. Some of the activities are workbook-y, but that's the general idea... and they all go together very neatly. There are also "Higher Order Thinking Skills" books for some levels, but they came out after we were finished with the series, so I don't know any details, except that they look great!

 

Hope this helps!

 

We use the textbook and workbooks. I bought the activity guides as well but haven't used them because I feel the other two sources are enough. HTH!

 

Thank you both for your help. :)

[Need resources for doing our own taxes]

Another vote for turbo tax, they have different type of programs depending on how complicated (or easy) your info is. For us, we don't have any major assets aside from our house, so we used the $14.95 version. Also you although they charge extra filing or your state refund you may want to check your state's tax website, where I live (VA) they have free filing online.

 

ETA: Turbo Tax also saves copies of your taxes for ever year you do it with them.

[About those 2008 Federal Tax Rebates...]

I also believe that the list of dates is an old list from the last time they did rebate checks. Can anyone verify this? The IRS website still says "Checks will arrive starting in May, payment schedule will be announced soon."

 

There is no specific dates on the irs website, only that they will be issuing payments in May. It also says that if you filed electronically you will receive your payment electronically via direct deposit, and if you mail in they will you mail a check.

[About those 2008 Federal Tax Rebates...]

The last I read they were not being issued until May. I know that the irs sent letters out to people saying they would be receiving a check.

 

Here is a blurb from the IRS.gov website about the rebate checks:

Starting in May, the Treasury will begin sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million households. To receive a payment, taxpayers must have a valid Social Security number, $3,000 of income and file a 2007 federal tax return. IRS will take care of the rest. Eligible people will receive up to $600 ($1,200 for married couples), and parents will receive an additional $300 for each eligible child younger than 17. Millions of retirees, disabled veterans and low-wage workers who usually are exempt from filing a tax return must do so this year in order to receive a stimulus payment.

 

Maybe she is mistaken?

[Singapore math questions which level?]

Do you have access to 1A? If so I would let him glance at it. My older son was in school before we pulled him out again, and I found that 1A was beyond where he was. When we looked at 1B we saw the intro to multiplication and division, he is still flying through it, but he is learning concepts we would have missed if we just skipped level one all together.

[Can someone explain 'My Pals are Here' to me?]

I'm trying to figure out how much I should be budgeting for next year's curriculum. I am thinking about purchasing My Pals are Here for our science. Looking at the Rainbow Resources site I was left a little :confused:.

 

So I need at minimum:

Student Text 3A and 3B

Activity book 3A and 3B

 

Do I need to buy the Teacher text and the Test manual as well? I'm pretty confident in my primary science if that makes a difference.

 

Thanks.

[Do you take summers off?]

We keep it very light during summer time. Reading is an everyday thing here and we do the review book to our math program 2x a week. We spend most of our time at the pool, museums, and doing day camps.

[Any Upstate NY'ers here?]

We are moving to Allegany County, to a smaller township near Wellsville. There are homeschoolers down there somewhere, right?

 

My in-laws live in Wellsville. It is very very rare to see anyone familiar with that area. :D (We visit a few times a year, we live in VA)

[Anyone in the Hampton Roads area of VA?]

We live on the Peninsula. We've lived here for about 8 years now and love the area. Sometimes I think every one is on the southside.