I LOVED RS!!! I recommend it to everyone I know. I have 2 boys that went from B-E. I started in B because it's a complete repeat of A with a little more added in. I think A is kind of a waste of time. My boys went to Singapore math after they finished E for a few years and now my 8th grader is finishing geometry and my 6th grader is finishing algebra. They are really good at math and I know that the foundation they got with RS is a big part of that. They can do mental math so much better than I can because that is how RS teaches. It does take a bit more time than handing them a workbook, but we had so much fun playing the games....they still talk about some of the card games we used to play. Karie

Never mind...... :glare:

I'm an idiot. I found it! Duh! My next question should be, how do I delete stupid questions? :glare:

I posted this on another board, but haven't received any answers. I'm thinking one of you will respond pretty quickly. On the old board, I just clicked on a link at the right. On this new board, I can't figure out where to do this. Please help!! Thanks!

How do I search a forum? Can't figure out where to post a keyword.

It's been awhile since I've been on here and I can't figure this out. I tried posting this question on another forum and it didn't show up. Totally confused!

My son enjoys economics and business. He's done a course on economics, and now I'm looking for an introductory book on Marketing for him. Any suggestions? Thanks!!

I've used Story of the World since we started home schooling, but SOTW 1 is too young at this point for my 7th grader. Please list any suggestions you might have for Ancient History-if you have a schedule, feel free to post that as well :001_smile: I appreciate the help!

My son started Algebra in 6th grade and finished in the fall of his 7th grade year. He did really well and understood it. I was concerned about starting geometry because sometimes a child needs more mental maturity to handle it. We started off doing Jacob's geometry back in November and went through April. We took a 3 week break for some other things and weren't able to keep up with it. After 3 weeks, we started again and he declared that all 6 chapters of geometry made no sense to him and he was confused. I decided to give Teaching Textbooks geometry a try because it's a bit easier. He did the first 2 chapters just fine and as soon as we hit chapter 3 with doing proofs, he has melted. He says it makes no sense! I can't just skip math for a year until he matures!! He is starting 8th grade. I don't really know where to go with this situation. Ugh...what to do??? Any thoughts?

I agree with the above posters as well. We did LL7 in 6th grade and LL8 in 7th grade. For this coming 8th grade, my son wants to do Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings. We'll do WttW for 9th grade.

I thought I had bookmarked this, but I can't find it. This person has free notebook covers that she has made, including the 4 years of the history cycle, which is what I'm looking for. If you could reply with the website, i would be so grateful!! Thanks! NEVER MIND! I FINALLY FOUND IT!

I'm trying to compile a list of books I want my boys to read this coming year for 6th and 8th grade. We are doing Modern History this year (1850-present). I've checked out Sonlight, Winter Promise, Veritas, etc, but I'm curious what book lists you have used for this time period and for this middle school age group. Thanks!

Anyone???

I had great plans to do Apologia Elementary Physics and Chemistry this coming year with my 6th grader, but since it's not coming out til next year, that won't work. We've used all the other Apologia books, too. So, any thoughts/suggestions on what to do next? I picked up an ABeka 6th grade student book for next to nothing and have looked through that, but I'm not sure exactly how to use it since I don't have any of the tests, worksheets, etc. I can't spend a lot of money, either, as dh is unemployed right now. Is there a way to salvage the Abeka book, or is there something else out there that might be a good idea to use that I've overlooked? I tried Elemental Science this year and it didn't go over well, so I don't want to go down that path. My son isn't too into science, so I'm wondering if we just spend a year reading science and then move into Apologia General (my older son did that this year).

So, let me give you all an update: After a LOT of talking with our son, we decided upon some appropriate disciplinary measures for him. He has been very good about it and even said that while he doesn't like the things we've implemented, he completely understands. Dh had a good conversation with this girl's father. Between the two of them, they decided that cutting them from each other completely might not be the best idea as that could cause more problems. Since they've never met face to face, both dads thought it a good idea to let them meet but under controlled conditions with parents present. We don't want our son dating until he is in a position to handle a serious relationship with a girl who could potentially be his future wife. We've talked with him about if he gives a piece of his heart to a girl who probably won't be his wife, that's a piece of his heart that won't go to his future wife. So, for now, his ability to communicate to anyone whenever he wants has been squashed. And, any meetings with this young gal will be with parents present in some fashion. While my initial reaction was to go off the deep end and restrict, restrict, restrict, I've realized that he's growing up and I have to communicate with him differently than in the past. It feels like I lost my little boy overnight :(

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. for the record, this is a REAL girl. She was expecting him, too. Dh is going to contact the girl's parents as well. We've spent all morning talking, crying, talking, crying, talking.... Finding the right balance of restricting some of his freedoms (like cell phone texting, etc) and crushing his spirit is hard! There definitely is consequences to be paid for this, but we have hugged him and kissed him and told him that we love him over and over. We have some friends whose 18 year old son killed himself over a girl, so that is always in the back of my mind-they are so fragile at this age in so many ways. I've gotten great advice from all of you and we've weighed everything that you all have said! Thanks!!

I've been away from the computer because we've been talking with me son. When I mentioned dh and I were making a list...it was more for us-for example, call Verizon and remove texting-or at least find out if we can limit who his texts are too, disable is ipod, etc. We are removing his ability to openly communicate with anyone he wants to...we were lulled into a sense of false security...just being honest. This is not a sexual predator situation. This mutual friend is friend's with this girl at the local middle school and I know a boy on the block who also knows both of these girls...so they are real girls. My husband is going to get in touch with the parents. What happens from there we aren't quite sure about yet. We talked with him for quite a bit and it seems that his frustration is not having the ability to have friends that are girls-not even a girlfriend situation, just girls that are friends. The churches in this area are just plain bad!! So, changing churches won't work, and he actually has some guy friends who go there...there are just a few girls, and well, they are strange to put it bluntly. He's not a bad kid, and I'm so thankful he was caught. He told us that he was "kind of" glad he was caught, too. We, as parents, got a wake up call, too. He's not our little boy anymore and we need to change how we relate to him...that became very clear in talking with him. We don't want to put so many restrictions on him that he rebels, so we are praying through this and asking for God's wisdom. I know kids when I was growing up who had so many restricitions on them that they rebelled against their parents. We are thinking that my dh need to go through something like Passion for Purity or Every Young Man's battle with him...he is struggling with some self control in that area and we need to make him more aware of what God wants from him so that he can learn to get his passions and thoughts under God's control. Thank you all for your words and prayers.

Ladies...I so totally agree with what you are all saying. my husband and I have been reading all your comments and they make so much sense. We are sitting here writing a list of disciplinary measures we are going to take. I take NO offense at any of your comments and really appreciate you all taking the time to respond.

We were planning on letting him play football for the middle school and probably put him in high school.

I have friends, and I have home school friends, but I don't have any friends that I can think of that would understand or relate to this problem: My son is very athletic. He plays football, lacrosse, and anything else that is physical. He is extremely social. He just turned 13 6 weeks ago and has always seemed about 1 1/2 years more mature than his age. He has always wanted to go to public school-mainly for social reasons. It's not like he doesn't have activities already, though! Last night, I was having trouble sleeping (which is RARE), and as I was just about to doze off I heard a small noise. Through a series of events that had occurred earlier, I was a bit alarmed and jumped out of bed-normally I would have probably just dismissed it as a house settling noise. I went to my son's room that was closed and checked on him, walked over to him since he had the covers pulled up and discovered that he had put a pillow down to make it look like he was there. I immediately woke up my husband and ran downstairs turning on lights. After a minute of utter franticness, he appeared from the backyard telling us he was just getting fresh air-knew that was a lie. I asked him where his backpack was and he finally gave it to me. We opened up the pack and he had a jacket and directions to a house that is probably 15 miles from our house. Well, after a few minutes, he finally came clean and told us he was going to meet a girl who, from our estimations of the directions, is probably about 15 + miles away. He was going to skateboard over to this girl's house. He's never met this girl, but has been talking with her through texting-met through a mutual friend. Yes, he has his own phone because we have no land line. After talking with him for a while last night, he began telling us that he has no friends. He says he's home schooled and different than the other home schooled kids in our area-there is some truth to this. He is a smart kid, but he's really a jock, and most of the boys in our group aren't-having friends who play sports is really important to him. He says that this girl took an interest in him personally and he needs that kind of friend. I'm at a loss....our church is not very good-so there is no support from them. In a way, he is right, he doesn't have many friends and all the neighbor kids are public schooled and he doesn't know a lot of them-just the ones in our immediate vicinity. He was good friends with a neighbor boy who now just ignores him in favor of playing video games instead and my son is hurt by this. My husband and I spent the night sleeping on a foam pad in the hallway because I was so scared. Honestly, I don't know what to do about the friend thing. I know many of you have run into this issue, but i don't know how to handle helping him make friends. Any advice would be great. I never in a million years would have thought he'd do something like this....he has always been trustworthy and had a good shoulder on his head. Just bewildered at this point....

That would be great, thanks!!

Lisa, do you have some sort of a schedule you could send me or post?

I LOVED CE 1 and 2. I got the WWtW vol 1 and the first 20 lessons are just gobs of roots! My son is going to hate this! Any suggestions of other vocab programs? I'm all for learning roots, but I liked how CE did it with roots one week and words the next week.

I'm doing History Odyssey Modern level 2 this coming year and was wondering if anyone has synced up other resources with it, like Human Odyssey, Learning Through History magazines, History Encyclopedias, etc. Thanks! Karie

I've seen this on the HSLDA website and have been interested in having my son do an online class. If you have experience with them, could you tell me your thoughts? Thanks!