I normally make them wait until after school time because I can be a little ocd about checking off my boxes. I think I need to look into this Liberty Kids series. It sounds great!

:iagree: I did not take Latin as a student but can see now that I am teaching my son (and learning too) that it would have made other language study easier. Latin is a wonderful base for the romance languages but also for understanding English more. You really can do a lot in two years that will benefit him in his later schooling.

The only thing I've used so far is My Father's World. We are currently doing Adventures and love it. It is structured, uses books and has some notebooking. Not all of the recommended books are included, though. You have to supplement some with library books for the independent reading/browsing time. If that totally isn't what you are looking for, at least this will give you a bump in the list to get more suggestions! :D:D

Another Singapore vote!

So , would you say it is not too much for a first grader to do the 1st grade stuff and join in with the older one(s) or is the 1st grade curr enough?

Does anyone know if the geography game is in the 1st ed?

This is good to know! We actually gave up on PLL after about 12 weeks this year because of the amount of writing/copying involved. My ds was writing enough with other things that PLL was such a "burden." I really like the simplicity of the lessons so will be looking for the workbook.

Thank you, Crystal! My dd in K does join in with the science and Bible that ds is doing in ADV most of the time. She goes through spells where she wants to be involved a lot and others where she can't wait to get out of the schoolroom! Did you ever do 1st grade with MFW?

My dh hunts so I am comfortable around shotguns and rifles. I would like to learn to use a handgun eventually--knowledge is power after all! ;) My dh has talked about getting his cc, but I don't see myself ever carrying. I can barely keep up with my cellphone these days! :tongue_smilie:I do fully support the right to cc.

Thank you. That makes me feel better.:D

After reading some other threads, I was thinking maybe I could save ECC for 8th, 6th and 3rd grade with my first three kids and do Galloping the Globe next year with my oldest two who will be in 3rd and 1st. Any thoughts on that? Please help!

My oldest is doing ADV this year, and our plan is to do ECC next year. That being said, does that mean that all of my younger children will never do ADV? I don't know why, but that part is confusing to me. Won't they miss out on what ADV is all about? Besides the 2nd grader, I also have a K, 3yo and 9mo. Thanks for any help! Diana

We used Singapore this year for 1A and 1B and loved it. We only did the workbook and textbook because I honestly didn't know the others existed. If my ds breezes through 2A as well, I 'll be looking for the IPs. Thanks everyone!

So funny! That had not even occurred to me when reading the choices. Made me smile!!

It sounds like the boyfriend is younger? As others have s aid, I would just keep a watch on this guy. Investigate where you can without causing trouble. I doubt mil will respond well to confrontation so tread lightly. Unless you spend some real time getting to know him and checking up on him, I'd think twice about leaving my kids with mil if he will be there all the time.

I really try not to take my four with me when I have to take one to the doctor, but it has definitely happened more than I would have liked. It sounds like in your situation you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. I think it is completely unreasonable for your 18 year old (adult!) daughter to not be "allowed" to take care of the children. That is crazy. It sounds like another rule in our legal system that only hurts the people who doing everything right rather than the ones who are always causing trouble. I hope you are able to get things worked out. I truly admire you and your husband for what you are doing for the kids!

All the abbreviations are very helpful, but I am so glad to finally have confirmation of all the d's! I'd seen it on other forums and felt pretty certain it was a term of affection for the d, s, or h following but am now affirmed and feel much better prepared to participate fully! Thanks!!

I had heard of meat trucks before moving out in the country but was not prepared for a little pickup truck with a small, chest freezer in the back hooked up to the cigarette lighter. Is that normal? I was picturing a truck or van with a company name on it or something. I didn't buy anything because it was way expensive and I couldn't get over the fact that this guy was driving around with meat in the back of his pickup truck. Really?? Guarantee or not, I could not imagine eating the things he pulled out of that freezer. Yikes!

I'm not a big fan of those lights either except maybe in rooms that I want to be dimly lit... However, one up side is that they made my peace lily bloom. Well, I guess that was the reason. Fluorescent bulbs were the only difference in the room from one year to the next. It does amaze me that the same people who are so worried about our energy consumption and therefore try to force these bulbs on us are the ones who could care less that they are pushing hazardous materials into our homes. I have high hopes for the new LEDs. I've heard good things so far, but honestly anything would be better at this point. :)