We use the ikea spice racks and they hold 5-6 picture books easily. ETA: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40070185

We did only FLL1 in 1st grade. We continued with FLL2 and picked up WWE2 in second grade. It worked perfectly for us.

They're pretty cool when it comes to returns. I don't think it will be a problem.

I wear mine almost all day long. Then snuggle up to him at bedtime. :001_smile:

Love Jessyman Charlotte with a T last name.

Penderwicks!

No student pages. It's mostly oral. If we wrote at all we used regular paper or a whiteboard.

I do mostly open and go. As far as planning goes, I basically follow TWTM suggestions for how many times/length a subject should be visited a week. We "do" school four days per week with one day for overflow or fieldtrips. Basically, on Saturdays I sit down with my planner and say day 1 is (and then go through and type the "next" thing for each subject) and do the same for day 2-4. By planning weekly I don't ever have to rearrange a ton or even feel behind if life happens. As far as SOTW goes, I plan for two days per week. We cover 1 chapter per week. Day 1 we listen to audio and read along in text. We go through the questions in the AG and ds does a narration. Day 2 is for a project and notebooking page. We read supplemental books during reading time (ds alone during nap time for littles) or together at bed time.

I haven't read it, but it's free right now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00332EYD6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=entfreebkpst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00332EYD6

I have only purchased one this way and I do love having it on my iPad and there is very little printing (Harmony Fine Arts). I just wish: 1. The digital copies were cheaper. Some are the same price as the book version and I still have to print. 2. That books purchased would offer a digital download as well...at least the teacher manual parts.

I should also add that I don't even use the "assignments" feature yet since my kids are young and easily trackable (I rarely put anything in for the Ker). I think it will be a great feature later.

I was hesitant myself after reading the reviews, but I joined his yahoo group and noticed that he is prompt to respond to any questions. When I first loaded it, it didn't work so I had to reinstall. Now it is great. It took me maybe an hour to load all of my classes. You have to put time slots in, which I don't really pay attention to. So I put 10-10:30, 10:30-11, etc. I changed the headings to my two bigger kids names and there is a class "title" that I use if we are all working together. There is a place where I type in supplies needed and additional books, although I will lose those when I add the other kids (I could easily input them in the subject spot. You can also link web pages. If you'd like me to send pictures of it in use on my iPad, just message me your address and I'll snap some. :001_smile:

I wouldn't be worried about missing most of them at all. I always pick up the What Your x Grader Should Know series at our used book store. I like the social studies section and the biographies. I read ds the ones h is interested in.

I use Planbook and I love it!

We also only did FLL1 in first grade and started with WWE2 in second grade. So far, so good. :001_smile:

Thank you for the information. It sounds doable to me. :001_smile:

I plan on using some of Classical House as we finish up the middle ages, but we won't be doing MTH. My ds hates them. I'll share our reading list in case it helps you out. (1)*Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman (2)*Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (3)*A Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli (4)*Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman (5)*The Castle Diary of Tobias Burgess, by Platt (6)*Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman (7)*Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry (8)*The Great and Terrible Quest by Lovett (9)*A Single Shard by Park (10)Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly and Janina (10b)White Stag by Kate Seredy (12) Proud taste for Scarlet and Miniver Read aloud: (ra)*Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean* (ra)*Castle by David Macaulay (ra)*Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney (ra)*Book of Norse Myths by the D’ Aulaire’s (ra)*Marguerite Makes A Book by Bruce Robertson and Kathryn Hewitt (ra)*Good Masters, Sweet Ladies Tales from Shakespeare* by Charles and Mary Lamb

Perfect timing! If it's secular....

Blank top handwriting paper: http://donnayoung.org/penmanship/blank-top-paper.htm

Yes, my understanding is that after TIG is administered, the patient would be observed for further symptoms.

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Yes, but IF the disease is contracted, THEN there is a chance of death. The chances of contracting tetanus are small. And, as I stated before, the TIG shot is available if symptoms occur. I'm not completely non-vax, I'm more non-alarmist. I'm not trying to cause a vax debate. I'm just offering options since the OP stated she didn't want to get the vax. :001_smile:

There are a bunch of references here: http://guggiedaly.blogspot.com/2010/05/one-thing-that-has-frequently-come-up.html

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:grouphug: I am so sorry. I wasn't familiar with this organization so I googled it and found a whole lot of hatred here in the Phoenix area. Burning swastikas? For real? I am so saddened this hatred exists.