My library doesn't offer it. ?

Not a spine, but get The City Under the Back Steps. We listened to this a few years ago and the kids still talk about it.

I emailed just to be sure. This was the response: In response to your question sent into info@spoonread.net, the answer is that we use unabridged books in any case possible. Many of the ebooks we use are downloaded through Wikisource; the following link is an example of "The Jungle Book" downloaded through an EPUB format: http://www.feedbooks.com/book/162/the-jungle-book. So yes, the title we have in our application is unabridged content. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask or call myself at (831) 600-6665. Thank you,

The one thing that we’ve lost is backpacks and it was when I was sick (emergency surgery ectopic pregnancy disaster). The kids went to other people's homes while I was in the hospital. A friend said they had one backpack, but I’ve never gotten it back. It was a cute skiphop bag we bought at Barnes and Noble. The other backpack was a brand new Jansport Goodwill find. I am sad, but they aren't as essential as shoes. We'll replace them.

This is excellent. This seems like a Brave Writer assignment.

MCT Building Language teaches Latin roots, I believe.

Do you have any idea if these books are truly unabridged? I just downloaded it to check it out. My son would like to read The Jungle Book, but I don’t want to assign him an abridged version.

My parents found a little art studio in our wee town when I was in elementary school. I spent many Saturday mornings painting there. This was very formative not only by getting to paint in a real studio, but seeing a real artist at work. https://www.tpt.org/postcards/video/postcards-tammy-degruchy-grubbs/

Following. My husband is teaching grammar at the moment (RS English 4) but we have long term Latin plans and hopes starting this fall—3rd grade.

Have you looked at the MENSA Excellence in Reading list for his grade level?

I read your OP about the materials you were using, but have you looked at math test prep stuff? I haven't had my son take any prep, but we are also not planning on doing any math competitions at the moment. This is something I might look into if you want to do more competitions: https://outschool.com/teachers/Cleo-Borac#abjeyz5v0k

That sounds great, but I am a weird non Facebook person. I deleted my FB account I had had since like 2004 or so in college more than five years ago after major family drama.

I think most of my tables have come from Craigslist.

I grew up camping all over. all the time. That's just what my family did. I had never heard of this camp group and just googled it quickly. The first picture I saw was a beautiful scene of a tent near some water. The first thought that popped into my mind was the incident a few years or so ago where a small child was attacked by an alligator on the Disney property. I don't know if I would be brave enough to camp here.

What sections would you say are inappropriate? I have this book on the shelf, but it has been a long time since I’ve read it.

My dh is a prosecutor and for his last interview he did a PowerPoint presentation. He got the job. I don’t recall if it was a required for the interview or something my dh decided to do on his own, but he was very excited to present it.

Has your son been diagnosed with a reading disability/dyslexia?

Do you really need to review all elementary maths? Could you give placement tests to pinpoint gaps or areas that need review/remediation?

I spoke with a Fulbright Scholar in Physics over the holiday weekend. He was talking about the importance of being able to recall math facts without hesitation in about a second for each problem. He requires his children to know addition/subtraction facts to 20 and multiplication/division to 12. Once they have these down (able to answer about 55 problems in a minute) they move. They also practice prime numbers and some squares beyond the basic ones to 12. For basic operation math facts he does a minute math facts on paper. He said not to do them on a computer. We have done XtraMath in the past. We would often stop for a time after my son was left frustrated. He said to do the daily math facts on paper and to do flash cards perhaps twice per week, but can't recall his recommendation for time spent on this. So what say you, hive mind? We haven't used the mad minute math fact sheets, but perhaps this is done in schools for a reason.

This series looks fantastic, but is appears very expensive. Ugh.

What are your ‘lighter math options?’ I have been trying to keep him occupied until BA Online is available.

Could we possibly form a thread or group where we could ask for help on those sections or questions where we are stumped? My son could not solve the last three questions in 3A. For example on 113 he found he could make a single cut that left a polygon with the same area, but not the same perimeter. Then I showed a friend who was visiting last year and she asked for graph paper and set about solving it. This led to talk of tanagrams and later Henri Picciotto’s tanagram problem books.

Yes this is me too. I would like to find a tutor/mentor to help my son. I know my son could move a LOT faster if there was someone who could help him. I’ve had him skip sections because I honestly don't understand it. I was not a total math failure in HS either.

What about a class through CLRC?

I pulled the book back out today after it being in our maths drawer for months. Robby zipped through a few pages without me helping him at all. I guess I shouldn’t be so apprehensive about math.