I'm using Winston Grammar and AAS alongside LLATL, otherwise, I mostly read those subjects in LLATL orally and move on. OTOH, just depends on the concept and if they need more practice or if my kiddos understand it from LLATL's perspective..then I might have them do the extra work in the student activity book. You can go to this link to download the skills index of each book and it'll show the progression of each book and the skills it's focusing on--> http://www.commonsensepress.com/learn.htm Click on a "book" link and then click on the highlighted "skills" link. It will then bring up a PDF of each book's skills index. HTH. :001_smile:

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I thought I was buying the TM (used) only, but was surprised when the cards and vinyl case was included. Now, I'm wondering if I have all of the cards or do I need to buy a set, which was my original plan. I have 13 of the small cards: noun, article, personal pronoun, adverb, preposition, coordination conjunction, adjective, interjection, helping verb, verb, 2 gray cards trimmed in blue and 1 orange card trimmed in black. 11 of the larger cards: cards 1-8, tricky words, tricky word clues, & verbals Are they all there? Thanks.

Sorry, for the confusion...my question was aimed at young *couples*, not young single men/women as YP's..that could spell disaster IMHO...it's bad enough to hear horror stories of the married male YP getting involved with young girls. Thanks for the various perspectives. I hadn't thought about the YP being viewed as an "entry level" (= low pay) hiring position in the ministry. :glare: That's sad. This age is just as important as adults, even more so, as they are still learning to apply truths and learning to use their rhetoric skills. Back in the day, my "youth pastors" were an older couple (same ages as my parents) and volunteered their time--not paid. They were wonderful and a lot of fun as well as encouraged the parents to stay involved with the various activities. Many of the parents had just as much fun as we did. :lol: Our youth leaders helped us reach for a more mature lifestyle (just like my parents, who were steering us in the same direction).....not that we didn't have fun fellowship times, but there were times for serious study and then there were times for fun. It was balanced and not like this constant entertainment I'm seeing in church youth groups of today. I guess my age is showing. :001_smile: Thanks for taking the time to post a response. :D

I'm just really curious and have never had a good answer to this question. Can anyone supply info as to why some churches choose young men/women to be the youth pastor? Thanks.

:iagree: America is an exceptional country! I fear many take for granted the freedoms and liberties we have in our great land until like you, they have gotten a chance to see what it's like on the other side of the fence.

I'm 48 and going longer without a period. I've been averaging about a week or two later than the date I should start. I've noticed I'm a lot more tired than I used to be and that's not good with 9 and 11 year old boys who are on the go! :tongue_smilie: I know I'm premenopause and getting closer to "THE" day I'm done. The women on my mother's side of the family were in full menopause by their early 50's. The former Dr. John Lee published two books that I bought that has been very helpful for me: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause (and PREmenopause) http://www.johnleemd.com/ HTH. :grouphug:

This thread cracked me up.:lol: Yeah, I know the Duggars and they are real in every way and a great family. Does the TV show represent their whole idea of family life? Nope. TV is designed for entertainment. :tongue_smilie: I remember getting to see Michelle's organization in her home when it was a 2000+ sq. ft. home at the time they only had 12 children. It was a constant work in progress back then and Jim still helps her out a lot. Btw, He's made his money in real estate and other investments--he's a real entrepreneur. Currently they do a lot of speaking engagements, as well as write books. Both Jim Bob and Michelle are on the same page in all areas of family life--parenting skills, financial decisions, goals for the family, etc, and they are consistent in these areas, too--that's the key to a strong family--being consistent together. They started their married life by having the same goals. Michelle doesn't leave the child raising to the older kids. Any woman (or man) with a child or several children on their hands always appreciates another pair(s) of hands to help with any type of workload. "Many hands make light work"--John Heywood, English Playwright and Poet, 1497-1580 :D

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Much of the main stream media fits into this category, but that doesn't stop me from watching the news and I pay for cable to watch the darn stuff. :lol: Besides, your children are in public school aren't they? If so, why would you advise a HS'er to not give a nickel to them? That makes no sense to me, b/c it's a non-viable option for you.:glare: I've been an HSLDA member for 14 years and I'll keep my membership with them. I may not follow every report or "fall" for every report, but they are there to bail me out of a bind with a stinkin' social worker and they have given me sound advice on HSing matters over the years. That's peace of mind for me. As with anything including HSLDA and the Internet-- eat the fish, spit out the bones. Just my $.02 for what it's worth.

Sounds like overkill, but I'm all ears :bigear: to other responses. :D :lurk5:

As easy as the Astronomy book is, I've seen my 9 and 10 year old boys zone out a few times and asking, "huh? what does that mean?", but they've picked up a lot, too--like someone said, above, the experiments help cement facts and I take pictures of them doing the experiments. I read the textbook aloud for them so that we can all share in the memories of the topics learned. I also read library books to go with the topic from our local libraries and some I check out to just look at pictures (there's a few book lists on the yahoo group for the elementary Apologia series). I went with the lapbook method by Knowledge Box Central knowing the Notebooking Journals would be a bust with my boys who are allergic to writing.:D But even the lapbooks have been daunting for them at times, so I implemented an idea from Sue Patrick's webinars (author of the Workbox method) where I type up answers into text boxes in a Word Doc and have the boys glue the answers in each mini-book. I know writing helps to remember, but in my situation, learning was not happening when they couldn't "shorten" the answer when writing. It has helped to provide a review of what we've learned in addition to narrating. My motto is making it easy and fun for the younger years--I did that for my kids that are now graduated. For a younger child, I'd just let them listen in and if they like to color or draw while listening, then that's all I'd have them do in addition to the experiments. You could keep their coloring pages or drawings in their own notebook so that they feel like they are "working" too. Just some of my ponderings to help out.