Hi I am looking into using Saxon Math cds/dvds from stage 8/7 onwards. I see there are several options between the DIVE cd, Saxon Teacher and The John Saxon Way. Are there any others ? Can anyone recommend any of these ? I was hoping to get something which follows the examples in the books ( I think ?) If you have used any of these would love to hear what you liked / did not like about them. We live in the UK and my husband is coming to the US on a trip so am wanting to be able to buy several years worth for him to bring over to avoid extra tax charges. Many thanks

Hi job will be near Dulles, I think we were looking in the Ashburn area to live, not really sure to be honest. Loudon county or somewhere like that. Somewhere where he can get to Dulles although not necessarily in town. Sorry I have no knowledge of the areas at all, keep looking on maps, but am abit clueless as to distances. :)

My husband has been offered a job in Virginia. We are trying to decide whether or not to take it and wanted to understand the homeschool situation there. We are currently in the UK where we home ed two boys aged 8 and 6. Both boys have high-functioning autism, though only the eldest is diagnosed officially. We follow a structured approach and use mainly US curriculum so no worries there. Here in the UK we are totally left alone by the authorities. I understand in Virginia that there is a testing or proof of progress requirement. This idea I find rather worrying. My 8 year old is ahead of his peers but put under the pressure of a test he may well just fold up ! How does this testing work, who undertakes it, is it written or oral, at home or somewhere else ? My 6 year old is a very slow starter and am worried he would not meet their expectations. Does the child have to be at a certain level ? IS the testing just on English and Maths, or is it on other subjects too ? Is there an alternative to testing, could we just show work completed throughout the year ? Any information would be greatly appreciated. We have very little time to make the decision. We like the idea of living in the US, but I feel I need to know we can continue to homeschool right through their school years. Many thanks

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Yes, the yellow book which is titled Elementary is to go before book 1, its very simple, just words, mainly colours, numbers and lots of songs with a cd (which I have not listened to). I bought mine before the publisher partnered with Galore Park, and I think they updated them slightly. Just checked on the site, mine are what they call now Old Format, not sure what is new is in the new format except a larger price tag !

I have got both Nallenart and Skoldo, first level of each for my boys, although we have not used them yet. The Elementary Skoldo is much more colourful (which is actually something my two hate (age 7 and 5). It has a cd with words and songs, most pages are matching french words to pictures and the songs written out in full. Books 1 and 2 are still quite colourful but there are less songs. There is again a cd (although we won't use this as I speak fluent French). Book 3 has no colour and no CD and I find the pages quite crammed with various different grammar topics. There is not the repetition element that I find appealing with Nallenart level 1. We only have the first level of L'art de Lire so cannot really compare with later levels. Only recently has Galore Park started to advertise Skoldo on its website, before you could buy from amazon or from Skoldo themselves (and you still can). I think they are hoping they will give people a "taster" of French before moving onto their own Galore Park French books. On the plus of Skoldo they are cheap for foreign language workbooks, and I do think they are good value for money. Hope that helps abit. Sarah (very new to the hive and not done a signature yet!)