Saxon Math History Odyssey, Human Odyssey, History Portfolio (ancients) elemental Biology for Logic Stage Logic: We’re going to pick a couple of the casual informal logic selections from the WTM book Latin for Children ELA: Hake grammar, Vocab from Classical Roots, Ancients booklist from WTM, Writing & Rhetoric Bible/Religion: World Religions study, Grace and Grit devotion Composer & Picture Studies from Simply Charlotte Mason Artistic Pursuits

Saxon Math First Language Lessons, Writing With Ease, All About Reading/Spelling, Handwriting Without Tears, WTM ancients booklist Story of the World 1, History Portfolio Jr Elemental Biology for Grammar Stage Telling God’s Story Song School Latin Music: Composer studies from Simply Charlotte Mason along with youtube videos Art: Artistic Pursuits

Beef Stroganoff French toast crock pot casserole shake n bake pork chops and sides of some sort meatloaf and sides of some sort Tika Masala Roast beef & mashed potatoes Taco pasta skillet

History of the Medieval World Apologia science? Essentials in Writing/ Essentials in Literature—not sure what level yet. I’ll probably look at the novel selection to decide. Continue Winston Grammar series with siblings Talkbox Mom Japanese/Japanese from Zero Everything American Government book AO riches, free reads, etc. Blacksmithing

History of the Ancient World Medieval Apologia General Science Essentials in Writing/Literature plus Winston Grammar Advanced or Word Works Finish up Rightstart then maybe Jacob’s Algebra? We also own CLE Algebra so she might pick it. Talkbox Mom Japanese, plus Japanese from Zero Thinking Toolbox AO riches, free reads, etc.

Rightstart Math E/F Real Science Odyssey Astronomy and Berean Builders Earth Science Spelling Workout F/G Winston Word Works and GUM Drops 7 Essentials in Writing 8 Essentials in Literature 8 History Odyssey Middle Ages Thinking Toolbox Ambleside for fine arts, free reads, etc.

This is my youngest. Age wise he’ll be a 3rd grader, but he has ADHD so skill wise is working more on a 2nd grade level. Rightstart Math B/C All About Reading 3 First Language Lessons 2 Zaner-Bloser 2c Spelling Workout B History Quest Medieval Real Science Odyssey Astronomy & Earth & Environment

Thanks! Your response was very helpful! I just got the letter today and was wondering if I should fill it out. I guess I should take the chance. She turns 18 this summer, but does not have all the credits she needs. 😩

Does anyone here have experience requesting their child’s Social Security survivors benefits to continue after 18? Everything I read sounds like it’s hit or miss for homeschoolers. I was curious if anyone had experience. Also, when it’s discontinued, how does that affect the amount our family receives? Thanks!

I’m wondering if there exists a government course that is Christian, but not overly conservative? Every one I’ve looked at is extremely conservative, and my daughter is not. I feel like it’s one subject I’d like to have God included in, but I also want a program that is politically neutral or even left leaning. Does such a thing exist? A tall order, I know. 😂

I read that article like 5 times trying to find that information. Apparently I need to get my ADD checked out. 🙄. This is exactly why I generally avoid online discussions like this...and usually stick to the k-8 or general homeschool page. 😉

According to the numbers he stated, he was making a small profit from each sale ($4). I assume everything I buy online is marked up many times before it gets to me, as a consumer, so a $2 item with a $4 profit doesn’t sound ridiculous. I do think he’s a jerk for leaving people without resources—I’m not praising his actions at all. But everyone is saying he sold them for $70, and I don’t see that anywhere in the article. In his own mind, he is reselling the item for a small profit, and I’m questioning whether this fits the legal definition of price gouging. Either way, I think he is in the wrong from a moral standpoint.

This is the part I was thinking of: Mr. Colvin does not believe he was price gouging. While he charged $20 on Amazon for two bottles of Purell that retail for $1 each, he said people forget that his price includes his labor, Amazon’s fees and about $10 in shipping. (Alcohol-based sanitizer is pricey to ship because officials consider it a hazardous material.) Current price-gouging laws “are not built for today’s day and age,” Mr. Colvin said. “They’re built for Billy Bob’s gas station doubling the amount he charges for gas during a hurricane.” He added, “Just because it cost me $2 in the store doesn’t mean it’s not going to cost me $16 to get it to your door.”

I thought he said $20, and it cost him $16 to list and all. I must have misread. That is quite the markup! 😱

He wasn’t making a huge profit from it, after shipping, listing fees, and all...but it does bother me that he left those areas with no sanitizer and other supplies. It’s hard to feel bad for him.

I just started a loaf of bread in a brand new machine. After starting it I noticed it says to run a bake cycle for 10 minutes then wash it out again, before the first use. 😩 Would you eat this bread? throw it out? I think it’s something about residual oils.

I’m using it with my kids, all ages. You can do as little or as much as you want. I mostly just use it to guide our outdoor nature time. We use her mini lessons and schedule and skip the extras. Once in awhile we do an activity. We are also using SCM’s Journaling a Year in Nature.

Change of plans ☺️ History: Beautiful Feet Early American Primary, but I may have him participate in some of the BF/SCM ancients with my older kids. I just really like the idea of starting with American history and the D’Aulaires’ books Bible: Catherine Vos Child’s Story Bible SCM Enrichment 2 Math: Mathusee Alpha—this will put all my kids in MUS Language Arts: Delightful Reading 2/3, Delightful Handwriting, Pathway readers Science: Rod & Staff’s “Sampling Science and Social Studies” booklet and scheduled readers; we may add Outdoor Secrets later in the year once we finish the R&S guide Spanish: the Learnables Continue R&S ABC series to work on motor skills

Simply Charlotte Mason for most subjects history: Beautiful Feet, supplemented with SCM’s ancient guides SCM’s Enrichment 2 guide for literature, fine arts, etc language arts: Spelling Wisdom/Using Language Well Book 1, 2nd half math: MUS Delta science: R&S 5 Spanish: The Learnables Latin: Minimus Secondus

My youngest—we’ll be using pretty much all Simply Charlotte Mason History: SCM’s Genesis-Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt; Visits to Africa SCM’s Enrichment 2 Math: SCM’s Arithmetic 1 Language Arts: Delightful Reading 3, Delightful Handwriting, Pathway Readers Science: Outdoor Secrets Spanish: The Learnables

History/Bible: Beautiful Feet Ancients supplemented with Simply Charlotte Mason guides Geography: Visits to Africa/Middle East Science: R&S Grade 8 science Math: MUS Pre-Algebra? Language Arts: Spelling Wisdom and Using Language Well 2 (second half), written narrations Latin: Cambridge Latin Unit 2 Fine Arts/Literature: SCM Enrichment 2

Novare would be a good curriculum to consider. Earth Science or Physical Science would be the best bets for 8th grade.

My daughter had complained that we've only covered ancients and pilgrims (which isn't quite true, but maybe not terribly far from the mark). We also switched curriculum or joined a co-op where we were limited by the time period. Two weeks ago I switched us to Modern Times. 😊 We are now studying the Civil War and everyone seems to be enjoying it. History will always have gaps, no matter what curriculum you use, you can't cover it all! I think this is one of the safer subjects for curriculum hopping! Math is another matter. I regret switching curriculum as often as I have over the years, but sometimes it's made all the difference. It's a fine line. I always say I've switched for the last time, but here I am again with a new curriculum two months onto our school year. 🙄 Technically this time I switched back to an old curriculum that I've previously used.

I'm so excited about this site that I just came across. It looks promising! https://bilingualkidspot.com/learn-spanish-for-kids/

Heart of Dakota has lots of crafts!