I'm glad to hear that; I wish I could see some previews! I was looking at them on Amazon earlier.

Thanks , Kareni!

It looks like you can get a number of Tey's books possibly free from this site. I read Brat Farrar last year and liked it. I'd like to read some more, but my library hasn't any, this might be my only chance :)

My two older kids are going to finish Memoria Press' States and Capitals next week. I asked them what geography topic they wanted to learn about next was. M-girl said "India" and N-boy "China." Help! Are there any living book style books that look at physical and cultural geography for either of those countries (or Asia - which is too huge for one book I'd imagine)? They are both strong readers and can handle a longer book - but I'd rather it not be one of those "here are some facts about the country" books.

If a student has finished FLL4, could level 2 be a good place to start?

Wordless: Crayon Art - my kids found a different ways to use crayons ... Wordy: Encountering Him - about how our homes can reflect His hospitality.

Watch SWB doing dictation with her son. It'll encourage you!

I haven't read the first two ... I have an anthology including them and Madam, Will You Talk sitting upstairs on my bookshelf. I think The Ivy Tree was my first Mary Stewart. I've said it before, but This Rough Magic is my favorite. I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it so much :)

Crocheters welcome? I'm there.

I don't think so because I chose the lighthouse and got Jane Austen <3

Awesome! I've been hoping it would be soon and was just thinking about it this morning while showering LOL.

While we don't follow a church calendar in my tradition, I do wish you a blessed Lent.

I agree with Tara about 3. I like 1 and 2 and definitely don't want to gouge my eyes out. My last little one is almost done with 2 now. I do understand the frustrations with it 1/2, but it ended up being really solid for my kids.

Sorry you're having a bad day. Ours didn't go particularly happily either. [sigh]

Finally.

Well, at least you're ahead of me, I'll just wait till you figure out what you want to do. I must admit that AOPS and some of the other Middle Grade options look enticing. Thanks!

Stripe, I've been meaning to ask you where you plan to go after you finish 6. I'm confused about the progression in Years 7-9 and then the secondary program? Any pointers? OP, sorry for the hijack.

I'm using MEP ... two kids in different parts of 3A (Lessons 20 and 69) and one in 2A (Lesson 61) today. I love MEP because: the logic problems, number sense, understanding of how numbers work together, the weaving of past and future ideas into current learning, the focus on knowing math intimately before learning standard algorithms, the patterning, the challenge to my kiddos. I love how it teaches two digit subtraction. I love how it teaches multiplication and division. I love that algebra won't be scary because they've thought about how it works since the beginning. I love balances, inequalities, order of operations. It uses money, time, and metric measurement to teach how to figure place value. Fractions, my verbal third grader isn't afraid of fractions because it teaches fractions with words first. It comes at teaching the same idea in different and interesting ways so the student practices over and over and over without realizing they're doing the same thing and getting bored. It doesn't hurt that it's free. It's a beautiful, true, good program. I don't like how teacher intensive it is ... but that's because I have to teach three lessons every day and it just takes time to do all the stuff I love. I do think it is somewhat weak in story problems, although the story problems are supplemented by doing the problems in the teacher's manual. We do supplement with Primary Challenge Math from Zaccarro. I think the teacher needs to be strong in math to teach it, the lesson plans are excellent, but there are some errors occasionally and I can easily see why people need more support from the teacher materials. I was always good at math, but didn't love it. I can now say that I love arithmetic. I see patterns I see the arrangements I see the interconnectiveness that I never, ever saw before.

Cindy at Ordo-Amoris and several of my favorite bloggers did a Book Club on this book (I started but did not finish) several years ago. Here is a link she created for all the posts. It was a fantastic discussion.

Husband hates those. We're watching Return of the Jedi.

I don't know if they're making more, but they are very nice! We just finished the Monet one and will do the Van Gogh next. Otherwise, here's a bump :)

Sarah who blogs at Amongst Lovely Things has a great list of Talks ... some free and some for pay. Also, if you're looking for Classical Christian Ed talks, the Society for Classical Learning has a treasure trove. Finally, there are good talks available through WordMP3 ... I like this one: Mathematics:God's Invention, Man's Discovery.

I really, really like Georgette Heyer's books. However, I can only read two or so close together ... she is known for her character types in the Regency books and I tire of them if I push to that third book. This is not to dissuade you - she is a favorite author- just a warning. I am finally focusing on That Hideous Strength. It is very good and getting engrossing. The back and forth between following Mark and Jane is a fascinating way of building the plot. For my non-novel reading, I'm continuing to work on The Liberal Arts Tradition which, in the part I'm reading, is using quite a lot from The Abolition of Man (which I read a couple of years ago), and which ideas parallel the action in That Hideous Strength. It's fascinating to *see* what Lewis is talking about in Abolition through a lens of The Liberal Arts Tradition and worked out in That Hideous Strength. I've also been following (though not participating in) the poetry discussions you all have been having, so decided to try something new. Wendell Berry's A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997 has been lying about, so I started it. Pretty good so far ... I even copied one in my new Commonplace Book.

Maybe. I've written all over my copy. It's fantastic. On the kindle, I'd underline a lot but my joy would be in sharing with my friends.

Me too. Only we're all working on W&R together. It's quite a stretch for my little one (I'm scribing for her a good bit), but the other two are doing pretty well so far - on Fridays and very slowly. I do think we're going to go to the WWE Strong Fundamentals book with our History, Science, and Literature readings (the hard part is coordinating that for three kids in three different places) and do W&R a bit more often.