I got the AP supplies from MisterArt.com. I tried to do it piecemeal with Michael's coupons, but it was *never* going to happen if I had to do all that. (I have no art experience/knowledge and it was just too much trouble trying to figure out what was what.) MisterArt.com and DickBlick.com have kits for the different AP books. There's a link from the AP site to MA and to DB. Once you click on the AP set at MisterArt, you can modify the quantities of any of the individual items to fit your situation. (I got three times as many brushes, pencils, etc because I have three kids who'll be doing it.) I thought the prices were comparable to Michael's and the convenience was more than worth any minor, additional cost for me!! hth yvonne

I've been wondering this too. Also, how would one go about finding out how candidates have voted in the past or what they've actually done in the past... what groups they've belonged to, etc.? Actions speak louder than words, esp. words spoken in a political campaign! Any ideas? yvonne

If anyone has any other ideas, please post them! Thanks for the link, Chris. Pictures really help. Thanks, Sophia and Tina! I'll check out the EM book online and HoaC. yvonne

Thank you, thank you!! yvonne

Hello,again, Karen! Thanks for the link; I'm off to read it. I'm not on the TOG forums, but that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. I'll head over there after I read the above thread and try to find it, but if there's any way you could link me directly to it, could you post the link? But if it's a pain to do, don't worry about it.... I'll ask again if I can't find it on my own! :) Thank you so much!! yvonne

Thank you so much, Karen! I knew you'd have some ideas! I've never heard of Absorene before. Can't wait to get it and try it out. Where do you find out these things? If you've seen any exceptional books on cleaning/keeping old books in good shape, please send me the title! >>I do stay away from books with mildew stains, as much as it pains me sometimes, LOL I can relate to that! Now, if I find a book with signs of mildew, however much I'd love to have it in my library, I resist buying it because I just can *not* part with it once I have it in the house. I was so excited yesterday... I just found out that a large library nearby is keeping a collection of "antique" children's books, "antique" meaning anything before 1960! Maybe that'll help curb my desire to collect them before they disappear into the landfills! Thanks, again, for your help, Karen! yvonne

Has anyone looked at both Omnibus and TOG? Why did you choose one over the other? Is the big difference that TOG is mostly history-centered and Omnibus is more Great Books centered? I guess TOG has a Protestant slant and Omnibus has a Reformed slant, but I don't know how much that permeates the two curricula. My oldest are only 7, so this is not even on the horizon for me yet. I've been looking at TOG or Omnibus more for myself, but I'd rather choose the one that I'd be more likely to use with the children when they reach that age. From reading posts of moms of grammar aged children vs posts of moms of high school aged children, it seems that there is so much more time for self-education when one's children are younger. Or there would be if I didn't spend so much time comparing/researching curricula. (It's so much fun, though! But at this point, in the end, it yields relatively little for me, since I've pretty much figured out what's out there and what works for us.) By the time kids are high school aged, homeschooling moms have to really run to keep up with them. So I was thinking I should put more time into actually reading something than reading *about* how to teach that something. :) Oh, my, long & rambling again. Perhaps the best use of my time right now would be a writing class! :) yvonne

Would you happen to have any photos you could post? :) My boys love myths, and it seems something like this would lend itself well to a lapbook, but, lacking even the tiniest bit of creativity, I'm hoping someone can give me a starting point! :) But it has to be really, really, really simple or I'll never get around to translating it into action. I so love the idea of lapbooks, and I'm sure my kids would love them, I just can't push myself to actually do one. Thanks for any ideas & especially any photos!! yvonne

Hi Karen, I know you love old books, as do I, so I was wondering if you've come across any good ways to clean soiled pages? Pencil marks are easy enough to erase, but it seems that crayon and ink marks are there for good. What about just plain dirt or stains? Is there any way to make them fainter? Also, do you know of any way to clean covers that are made of what seems to be almost a fabric. Hm. I'm not sure what exactly it is. The old Thornton Burgess books, for example, have a dj and those fabric-like covers. Is there any way to clean those up? And, just one more... Do you just abandon any book with mildew stains, even if it doesn't smell mildewy? Thank you so very much for any ideas!!! yvonne

Hi, You might check out twinslist.org. There are some faq pages about twins and sleeping. Also, their list is active and full of moms of twins who've btdt and are happy to share what's worked for them. I have 7 year old twins and found twinslist to be the best source of information and suggestions. yvonne

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