Right, the Intro to Algebra book covers extra topics, but those topics don't take the place of Algebra 2. You can do Intro to Geometry after the first 11 chapters of Intro to Alg, and then do the second half of Intro to Alg,then Intermediate Alg, then Pre-Calc, then Calc. The Intro to Number Theory and Intro to Counting and Probability can be used anytime after the first 11 chapters of Intro to Alg (although some have successfully used Intro to Num Theo concurrently with Intro to Alg), and I believe the Intermediate Counting book is best used following the Intermediate Alg book, though I'm not as sure about that one. However, the Number Theory and Counting books are not essential, and not part of a typical high school sequence. I wouldn't cover those unless the student were particularly keen (so I hope mine are, because discrete math is my thing).

Don't even talk like that. Why do you hate me?

Yours are 10ish, too, right? So is my son, and yesterday he ''forgot'' how to add fractions. Like, Armageddon descended upon my living room and all hope was clearly lost. Then I made him a cup of tea, and the horsemen retreated, and he suddenly ''remembered'' that he's been doing this for years. It's making us a little crazy, too.

Oh, no! Is it the cartoons and such that he misses, or the interesting problems? My DD listened in some when her brother was in Pre-A, and loved some of the problems, so I'm hopeful that the interest will mostly mitigate the loss of the Beasts.

The examples you gave are exactly the kind of thing that a conceptual approach would address, and I'd highly recommend Beast Academy. Regarding the bolded: conceptual and spiral aren't mutually exclusive. Miquon is an example of a program that's both conceptual and spiral, though most conceptual programs tend to be set up as mastery programs. But lots of people who use BA turn it into a spiral program by saving the starred challenge problems to use as review while proceeding through the rest of the book. FWIW, I was exactly like your daughter, and am now a grad student in math. Your daughter's lucky to have a parent who discern what's really going on for her; I had to figure it out myself as an adult taking algebra.

What a year you've had. I'm so sorry about the diagnosis, and am sending so many good thoughts your way.

I've never understood this. Most non-medical (and non-tech, I guess) science manages just fine as non-profit. Why is medicine different? Why isn't it treated the same as NASA, the National Labs, etc.? I've heard the argument that in the absence of market competition there'll be no incentive to innovate, but that's nonsense in the context of scientific research as a whole.

It doesn't sound like AoPS's Pre-Calc would be a good fit for his background, but if he needs video instruction at a more rigorous level than TT, what about this free online class from UC Irvine? The description recommends using ALEKS (not free) for practice and individualized work, which seems like a great option.

My daughter's starting Pre-A with AoPS online next week and needs to start on the homework for it, so today will be the day she finishes 4D. She's been stretching out 4C and 4D while mostly doing Jacobs' Mathematics: A Human Endeavor, among others, but the time has come. I ordered 3A and 3B the day they were released in March of 2012, and my son used them through 4B, then started Pre-A last year because the wait for the rest of level 4 would have been way too long. So we've had BA as a part of our homeschool for 3.5 years (longer than anything except SOTW, which we finished a while ago), and I'm a totally sappy nerd who's feeling all bittersweet about it. But I'm definitely keeping it all--and ordering BA 5 and 2 when they're published--for (hopefully) #3 someday.

I'm so tremendously sorry for your loss.

The Story of 1 is excellent and there was also a NOVA episode in the spring about whether math was "discovered" or "invented".

I'm sure that's exactly what she meant. As seen here, she clearly doesn't think a man should never put his arm around a woman. It's that very particular, almost ape-like (because how unnaturally long the arm looks) woman-lock thing. I mostly see it with fairly young people, and I think it's no accident that she specified their youth and the fact that they're actually leaning on the women.

It's important to learn capitalization rules partly *because* you can then break them for effect. If a person randomly--truly randomly--capitalizes, then it's useless and makes reading their work difficult. Well-chosen unusual capitalization, as in Winnie-the-Pooh, serves as a form of emphasis that is fundamentally different from italicization, and better suited to the purpose in that particular work. Some of the wit would be lost without it, and that would be tragic.

Nudity is a complete non-issue in our family. I treat nude art exactly the same way I treat any other art, pointing out technical aspects like light and composition, etc. A painting/sculpture/whatever is a painting/sculpture/whatever. Re: Van Gogh, my handling would totally depend on the child in front of me. Mine were sad but fine, but some would be freaked. We're geeks and also watched the Doctor Who episode featuring Van Gogh, which is really quite well-done. It does have a monster in it, which is by turns a bit scary and then sad.

My son went from 4B (the most recent BA at that time) to AoPS Pre-A, and my DD8 is starting Pre-A in a few weeks, having finished 4D. I did supplement with Khan Academy for exposure to some topics not yet covered by BA for my son, but now that 4C and 4D have been published, the only topic I'll need to fill gaps in for my daughter is decimal multiplication and division. We'll do that alongside Pre-A, since decimals don't appear until Ch. 6.

If you choose a black skirt and a cardigan that isn't white or navy blue, it won't look like a school uniform. The Children's Place has a nice a black pleated skirt, and you could pair that with a nice top under a cardigan, tights, and black flats. That's what any student would wear, and won't emphasize her age.

Acne can have many different causes, so what's good for one person's acne-prone skin won't necessarily be good for another's. Ulta sells both drugstore and high-end products, and they have a great return policy on products that you try and don't like, so you can go through a lot of trial and error without losing money. I'm also extremely fair, and can't wear the lightest shades sold in the US in any drugstore brands. If you're in the same boat, try MAC Face & Body's white foundation. You mix it with other foundations to create your perfect shade, and while the bottle itself is expensive at the outset, it lasts forever and is actually cheaper per oz than most drugstore foundations, anyway. I've mixed it with Revlon Colorstay, which is a great full coverage drugstore foundation. I recommend mixing a small amount on something exposed to air, and let it oxidize. If it's still the right color for you, then mix a larger amount in a bottle in the same ratio you used before. After you've used it a few times, you'll know for sure whether you need to tweak your ratio, and then you can mix the full amount in the bottle. Another nice thing is that you can keep adjusting on the fly if your shade changes with the seasons. For reference, I ended up with a ratio of 2-3 parts white to 1 part of the lightest Colorstay shade.

My original due date for DD was xth of a month, then it was changed to the (x + 4)th, and she came on the (x + 3)th. I have to go through that progression in my head every single time I write down her birthdate, and if I get cocky and skip it, I put down the wrong one. So people ask when her birthday is and I'm standing there staring for a minute. I only have two kids, so I have nothing like your excuse.

In our case, we've done very little formal science because my husband is a physicist-turned-engineer and I'm in grad school for math, so they're surrounded by science. They've spent summers in the physics and astronomy labs, and learned a lot of chemistry along the way. They've been steeped in the scientific method for longer than they can remember, and they've really hit the ceiling on what they can do without the math they haven't taken yet. I need a curriculum for history because it's not my area, but the science happens on its own around here.

Have you tried using another resource to teach the concepts he's having trouble with? When a student can do problems on a topic when it's fresh but not do them when it isn't, after going through several cycles, it's a big red flag to me that the student is only learning the procedure involved, and not the concept itself. When a concept is truly, deeply understood, the procedures can be derived when forgotten. But if the procedures have been taught and forgotten repeatedly, there's a good chance that the concept has never properly been learned. If you've used the same materials (Saxon) every time, I would certainly try another approach. I wouldn't keep him in the Pre-A book if he's otherwise finished it, but I would hit those tricky concepts once a week, from different angles.

DH came home and said ''Oh, good! It came.'' If it had gone the other way it would have been a cute baby announcement! Fairly unlikely that he'd be announcing it to me, though. wink emoticon (Nor is there anything to announce) I'd thought it seemed like extraordinary odds that Amazon would have accidentally sent that particular book to me.

Your confusion is outdated! My husband took my last name.

This book is hilarious, and adorable. It would make a great baby gift for a geeky family. Slightly OT: it arrived addressed to me today, and I didn't order it. I'm in grad school for math, so I don't think it was just a warehouse mix-up. Most mysterious!

They just sent out an email about a new section for Prep for Rhetoric. If you move quickly, you might be able to snag a spot!