Are you talking training, or "training"? Because Hugh Jackman is pretty fine. :)

Wee Folk Art (http://www.weefolkart.com) has a free curriculum and if you look at their book pages, they have some great suggestions. The curriculum itself is science-based and inexpensive to implement also.

We used it for a year. The upside is that it's straightforward, about 15 minutes of reinforcement per day, and costs under $5 at Rainbow Resource. The downside is that it's a bit dry and dull, or at least my kids thought so. I made them finish it that year but we switched after that.

We went with online plus the pages. I figured that then my kids'd be using more than one learning style (helpful for reinforcing since they all learn differently). If you're in the US I'd go for the preprinted option....there are A LOT of pages! It's a great program.

Or you could send it this way. :) What about hosting a quilting bee and making as many as you can for your local foster home? Often thos kids arrive with nothing but what they have on.

If you get them a subscription to National Gepgraphic kids the ball comes free!

I swear that someone has said that word a minimum of 30 seconds apart since 7am and it's 11:46 now (and yes, I have responded each time). I need to hide somewhere. :)

For what it's worth, my 11 year old daughter is getting them too, and my husband said that he got them at this age for about a year. He figures it's hormone related in some way.

Agreeing with those who said to go see the doctor asap. I caught it from my youngest the winter before last and it stuck around, drug resistant, for MONTHS. I was finally told to do nothing but rest and even then it took a while to feel like myself again. Part of the problem was that I waited a few weeks before I saw the doctor in the first place, so go! :)

A few good sites: http://www.education.com, http://www.sparklebox.co.uk, http://www.primarytreasurechest.co.uk We generally have good luck with these three.

1. Teaching Textbooks - love, love, love it. More importantly so do my kids. 2. Discovering Man Vs. Wild on Netflix. 3. Bringing back "Family Game Night".

The Evan-Moor Daily Geography workbooks may be what you're looking for. I know a few people who are using them and pleased with them.

We don't worry too much about grade levels, so every September when the schools go back we just assign her the grade that she'd be if she were in school.

Bumping for you, because I'm curious.

Just another comment to say how much we enjoy their kits. They are a pleasure to deal with and the kits have absolutely everything.

You probably could use just the workbook, but I think it'd be a whole lot less appealing. The cds and animations are great, especially for more visual learners.

Bed for Master 4 - about 7:15. Sleep? Closer to midnight. None of my kids are sleepers, much like myself. My husband, ont he other hand, can fall asleep instantly and sleep through (we joke) an explosion.

I've been a morning person/insomniac my entire life. I wish I could sleep in.

I just wanted to throw in votes for a couple of things. I have graduated one child, so I'm just mentioning a couple of things that we used with him and particularly liked: -Teaching Textbooks. -Movies as Literature by Kathryn Stout....don't be fooled by the title, they do watch "classic" movies but it is a complete lit program, and a lot of fun....we had so much great family time that we're starting it again with my next child down this year!

I'm just throwing in a vote for the actual TT. We use it and absolutely love it.

To put it bluntly, tell your cousin (and your sister) to get stuffed. Why is your sister even passing that nonsense on?

I make a homemade cleaner for my kitchen and bathroom countertops: castile soap 1/4 of the way up the spray bottle, 30 drops lavender oil, 15 drops tea tree oil, fill with warm water and shake well. It smells great. I've also done variations on this with geranium and rose essential oils, or grapefruit.

We have it. We sing along with it in the car! The 4 year old has no clue what most of it means, but he sings along with the rest of us anyway. :)

Homeschool Buyer's Co-op has Kumon bundles on for a great price right now for PK-5. Another possibility would be the Wee Folk Art free curriculum by season. It's gentle (so wouldn't drive you nuts trying to fit it in) and they have suggested books, activities, etc. We are doing their summer one right now (ponds, which luckily ties in beautifully with the Shining Dawn Peaceful Ponds unit that my older students are using). Here's the link for all 4 of their free guides so you can check it out: http://weefolkart.com/content/homeschool-companion-guides Combined with Kumon you'd have a good, non-stressful curriculum.

The basic is for the late-PK-2 crowd but they offer an older learners guide (which is very good too) that you can add on. I think it cost us about an extra $20 and was definitely worth it in terms of having activities appropriate for that age being already laid out for me.