Five in A Row, Before Five in a Row is a wonderful program built around books and easy to implement Emily in IL

Think it was sometime last summer/late that someone on the boards had been gathering names of curriculums to put into a list, thinking maybe a Cathy? Anyone have a link to that posting. TIA Emily in IL

Math U See - Beginning through Algebra 2 Rod & Staff Grammar 3-8th grades Reason for Handwriting Wordly Wise 2-8th grades Apologia Sciences General through Physics seems the history and literature/writing I'm alway piece mealing together and tweaking, even after 2 graduates, thought this last one would be a breeze but I'm still tweaking and fine tuning - reformed curriculum junkie Emily in IL

Cream Cheese Chicken (from here I think) part of our rotation, boys eat it up 2-3 # boneless chicken breasts/tenderize with fork prior to adding to crockpot 1 pkg Good Season's Italian Dressing Packet 1 can cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup 1/3 c water 8 oz sliced mushrooms (optional) 1 tsp minced garlic 1 8oz bar cream cheese ( i use low fat and it works out) Place all but cream cheese in crockpot for 4-6h on low, add chunked cream cheese during the last hour, serve over noodles or rice Russian Chicken (similar to sticky chicken) 2-3 # bonelss chicken breasts/tenderize with fork prior to adding to crockpot 1 small bottle Russian Dressing 1 pkg onion soup mix 1 jar apricot preserves Place all into crockpot for 4-6h on low, serve over rice or noodles Taco Soup 1 # ground beef browned with 1 chopped onion and drained 1 can black beans rinsed/drained 1 can chili beans - we use mild 1 can corn 1 can diced tomatoes - seasoned or unseasoned 2 pkg taco seasoning or equivalent 1 1/2 qt V-8 juice dash or two of lime juice dash or two of hot sauce Cook on low 3-4 hours serve with cheese, chips, sourcream Italian Beef 2-3 # rump roast 1/2 jar pepperocini juice 5-6 perpperocinis 2 tsp minced garlic 2 pkg au jus seasoning 4 cups water Cook on low 6 hours, the longer the better on this one, shred and simmer longer. I usually do this the day before or overnight, shred in the morning and let it simmer during the day for that night's dinner Crockpot Lasagna this makes alot 1 # hamburger browned/rinsed and drained 1/2#-1# Italian sausage browned/rinsed and drained 1 ½ chopped onion * cook above together 12 oz tomato paste (2-6oz cans) ½ c – 1 c water 2 tsp minced garlic 16 oz pasta 12 oz shredded mozzarella ¼ c parmesan cheese 16 oz cottage cheese 2 cans seasoned diced tomatoes - undrained 1 can diced tomatoes – undrained Dash or two of salt, several of pepper 1 ½ tsp italian seasoning Add above, mixed to greased crock pot, bake 3-4 hours on high. Beefy Mushroom Roast 1 can Beefy Mushroom Soup 8 oz halved fresh mushrooms 1 Chuck Roast, Goose Breast, Venison Roast/Stew Meat ½ can water 1-2 tsp minced garlic 1 chopped onion/large pieces Place above in crockpot and cook on low 6 hours, high 4 hours. Serve over noodles or mashed potatoes. Also try www.crockpot365.blogspot.com for more ideas

our closest TJ is 75min away and I was going to pick up some extra's because it's much cheaper there than locally but refrigerator room is limited, lots of freezer though.......can we freeze it and thaw it? Thanks Emily in il

her video and found it very helpful, wished I'd had it in had 17 years ago with our middle son and school might have been alot more fun. A friend has implemented lots of her ideas cheaply from the dollar store and garage sale items and set it up in her home for 3 of her littles, the older ones help out. hth emily in il http://tacklemedia.com/Home_Page.html

my google search is not resulting in much? TIA Emily in IL still working on lesson plans for next year,,,,though getting closer.

might like Jonathan Parks goes to the zoo, my kiddos all enjoy it and we've learned alot as we've "toured" through the zoo. Emily in il

October Sky is set in that time period and the space race emily in il

I second that recommendation, it worked well for us.

http://www.recipesecrets.net/blog/recipes/copycat-applebees-walnut-blondie-with-maple-butter-sauce/ I've made these and they're yummy, also substituted with vanilla extracts and no maple and they are more like a blondie, so you can do them either way. Think maybe that's what I'll make tonight................

We're doing General with 7th grade son - 3rd time going through it, oldest did 45-60 min a day - he's an engineering major now, second son struggled more with the reading of a text format and we did the Knowledge Box Central lapbook with it to help reinforce the reading. This time, we're doing it 1/2 paced, first 1/2 of the book this year with mom and the lap books and some living books thrown in to supplement, 2 days a week, history on the other 3 days - his choice on this one this year. Then next year we'll finish up the General coarse hopefully with him more on his own, leaving Physical for 9th, Biology 10th, Chemistry 11th and Physics for 12th, or an elective or junior college if science isn't his bent. I've worked with Donna Young's schedule and her vocabulary bookmarks and have like the pace it was layed out as. JMTC Emily in IL

http://www.bakerella.com/ I'm thinking this may just be adding more fuel to the fire and we will loose you in the land of flour 8) pictures yet???

www.addacentury.com puts out a nice product that has been at our convention for a few years. hth emily in il

we like this one also, my guys fresh mushrooms and garlic added to it. 8) chicken patty sandwiches with left over hashbrowns, coleslaw tonight - it's baseball season, eat and run time again emily in il

i like our dyson/animal purple one, it's probably 5 years old, and held up the best of all of ours in the past - kenmore, hoovers; it amazes me the amount of dog hair and cat hair this thing keeps getting up. jmtc emily

I too would say Rod & Staff Grammar, probably Level 5. I have a friend you did this with 3 of her olders, 9th grade, 7 grade and 5th all together - worked well and gave them all a foundation. JMTC, but do any of us use diagramming in real life ? If any of your children are bent in the direction of literary, fine arts, english majors than yes go more in depth. If they understand the parts of speech and can write well - some have a knack for it more than others, more of us need reminding that a sentence needs to have a subject and a predicate together 8). We've used R&S 5th-9th with all of mine ( kinesthetic to audio to visual) learners and they've all grasped the idea without difficulty using the R&S materials - and they're not expensive. HTH emily

based upon Pilgrim's Progress, you might want to check that out. I'm looking at it for doing next year during school. HTH Emily

gusto bowls here are fought over 8) chili, spaghetti, stew and soups, the one that comes with the set we use for leftovers, salads, cereal ect....definately the ones with the coffee mugs and not the teacup/saucer.....white works well with everything, we do eclectic, and have a set of each of 12 different colors, i really like the new brown and cream colored ones together though....for serving we have a square one, platters and the oval serving bowls that are used daily here. hth enjoy the new dishes emily in il

wash with tiny spots that look like oil stains. Now, I'm hard enough on my clothes with cooking, but it's my good ones that I purposely don't have on while cooking so I can go out sometimes. We use Gain liquid and oxiclean, everything is dissolved before placing in clothes, and we use dryer sheets....any idea of the culprit or cause and the cure? Thanks in advance. btw we've also done the home made laundry soap with the water, borax, phels napa, washing soda - can't recall if we had same problem then. thanks

so sorry, been there done that, 3x actually - we have an appliance lock/ like from infant/toddler section of the store on our deep freeze after three incidence; Hamburger; i've made meatballs and patties, cooked and refroze in freezer ziplocs, thaw when ready to serve/heat in sauce and the patties when thawed i place in a big pot with some water and heat them up, they stay moister and not so dry the rest of the ground meat i've browned up and then have ready for taco salad, spaghetti sauce, chili, casseroles, soups Roasts; Crock pot, borrow a neighbor or two if you have several, cook up and shred for casseroles, italian beef, shredded bbq/pork, beef n noodles the bacon, cook on the cookie sheets and refreeze as someone suggested not sure on the ham, but you could cook it up and dice up for casseroles and guess what's for dinner the next few nights fish i pitch, fruits usually don't refreeze well, so we baked a couple batches of muffins and froze them up hth emily

Check out the video at www.tacklemedia.com, she easily shows you how to incorporate montessori at home, low budget from the dollar store and garage sales. Definately not all inclusive but works on specific skills for development, i wished i'd seen it 12 yrs ago and it had been there when my middle one was starting school. Definately a kinestic learner and at the time we were doing sonlight with his older brother and i pushed the reading and such, should have waitied a year, he was no way ready for it all - hind sight is a wonderful thing isn't it. my ds is great with handy, mechanical things, but definately not a reader, unless it's a World magazine or hunting magazine, study manual for his hunting license. He has other strengths and quality in character, but definately not a love of learning or reading, which i feel we squelched early on with doing school too soon and not accommodating his hands on needs. try to find a way to work with both your points of view. jmtc emily in il

typing instructor deluxe from Timberdoodle.com is what we used, boys enjoyed it more than mavis beacon, we even had a mario brothers one that i found when they were young emily in il

I second Geography Songs, my 20 and 18 yr olds still remember them and pull them up from memory when a region comes up in question, youngest learned them be osmosis from his older siblings doing them and now when he did geography last year he already knew the songs/tunes, just had to find the locations. Emily in IL

enjoy having your K'er home; work on chores and attitudes, character, have fun and do things together; homeschooling is as much lifestyle as acadamia; read, read, read, visit the library = lots of sonlight recommendations are available through the library; discuss food groups and nutrition while grocery shopping: nature collections and fresh air; drawing,cutting,pasting; letter of the week, phonics, basic reading skills have fun in your new adventure Emily in IL