A second vote for Traupman's dictionary. This is the dictionary that my daughter's Latin instructor recommends. My teen has been using it for four years of Latin and it has served her well. Regards, Kareni

I had to chuckle at your subject line; it made me think of math timestables ... i.e., one times one is one through twelve times twelve is one hundred forty-four but all in Latin! Regards, Kareni

SparkNotes: http://www.sparknotes.com/ and PinkMonkey: http://www.pinkmonkey.com/ Regards, Kareni

Congratulations to your son and your family! Regards, Kareni

I can't answer your question having no first hand experience with the World Lit syllabus; however, there is a Yahoo Hewitt group where questions are answered by one of the LL authors. Here's a link to that group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hewitt_Homeschooling/ Regards, Kareni

Hello Stacey, As others have answered Hewitt is a Christian company. However, most of the Lightning Literature courses are written from a secular perspective. There are a few that do have a Christian perspective. Regards, Kareni

Lightning Literature from Hewitt. The highschool programs are one binder per semester plus four paperbacks. (I think that LLATL might add up to more poundage!) See this link for more information on Lightning Lit.: http://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/book/blight.asp Regards, Kareni

The Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary, Revised Edition by John Traupman. My teen has been using the earlier edition of this since Latin 1; she's now doing AP Latin and it still serves her well. It's hard to beat the price too. It's $5.99 at Amazon. Or buy it at your local bookstore and use your educator's discount! Here's the link to the Amazon listing: http://www.amazon.com/Bantam-College-English-Dictionary-Revised/dp/055359012X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208739039&sr=1-1 Regards, Kareni

My teen also loved it. In fact, she loved it so much that she ended up reading about six of the sequels! Regards, Kareni

Gwen, So glad to hear that things are going well for your daughter as regards her diabetes care. And congratulations to your son for having made his decision. How exciting! I think your audience tonight will benefit from all your hard won expertise. I'd love to hear your talk too. Regards, Kareni

however, two subjects that I think would be better dealt with continuously are math and foreign languages. I do think the idea of concentrating on one or two other subjects at a time could add some enthusiasm and variety to the schedule. Regards, Kareni

Hear, hear! Your descriptions are much appreciated! Regards, Kareni

Likely summer events for my current 11th grader ... Summer reading assignments for a couple of AP classes, Working on essays on the Common Application for next year's collegeapplications (wow!), Researching colleges, Possibly a language course (mention has been made of Arabic), and A summer job Regards, Kareni

and I definitely concur with both of these ideas as well as with the plan to read voraciously! Regards, Kareni

In French 4 (lo, those many years ago) I remember reading Le Petit Prince as well as an abridgement of Les Miserables. Have fun! Regards, Kareni

Here's a link to my question on the Admissions Advice board: http://admissionsadvice.mywowbb.com/forum11/1854.html The moderator there gave this link: https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet.srv for schools that require the Profile. (Presumably all schools that require the Profile also require the FAFSA.) Regards, Kareni

I found that you can edit a post for up to seven days. Regards, Kareni

This is a fun book which I had my daughter read too. There is also a Gonick book that covers American History. Regards, Kareni

Sending good thoughts your way for a positive surgery, recuperation, and outcome. Regards, Kareni

The above book and The Power of Now by Tolle were two books that made a major impact in my husband's thinking and in our lives. Regards, Kareni

Just began Fat Envelope Frenzy about five students seeking College admission to Harvard. For my book group, we're reading Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb. It takes place, in part, in Ethiopia where one of our members is currently doing a term abroad in an Ethiopian orphanage. Regards, Kareni

The Complete Book of Questions: 1001 Conversation Starters for Any Occasion by Garry Poole See: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Questions-Conversation-Starters/dp/031024420X and The Kids' Book of Questions: Revised for the New Century by Gregory Stock See: http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Book-Questions-Revised-Century/dp/0761135952/ref=pd_sim_b_title_3 and Food for Talk: Bringing Families Together One Conversation at a Time! (Cards) by Julienne Smith See: http://www.amazon.com/Food-Talk-Bringing-Families-Conversation/dp/0762427256/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_ex Have fun! Regards, Kareni

One of the Lightning Literature syllabi that Hewitt Homeschooling puts out is for Speech. See this page for a list of all the choices for Lightning Literature which can take you to samples and the like: http://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/book/bsrch1.asp Regards, Kareni

A couple you might look into are Hewitt Homeschooling and Seton. Regards, Kareni

BrendafromTenn said, "By the way not "just visiting"..... as my name says.....Just am not very computer savy....and haven't had the time to figure out what I need to put under my name on these posts..." As you make more posts, your label of "Just Visiting" will change to something else. Something to look forward to! Regards, Kareni