MY 3rd grade DS just read it for a book report and our school librarian said it was somewhere around a 6th grade reading level. It is a very cute series!

Not a kid, but I have prisms in my glasses. I have been wearing glasses all the time for a couple of years , as opposed to just for driving, etc., and in that time, my eye that turns in, is noticeably worse when I take off my glasses.

Mom to a 9 yo Aspie here. He also has a smidge of hyperlexia, some ADD (Inattentive) and a boatload of anxiety.

My easily distracted son did not at all like MM. He gets overwhelmed with too much on the page. Because of his Aspergers, he could not do just half the problems (he doesn't like to leave things undone), or skip pages. Incidentally, he also dislikes all those DK books with a trillion little boxes and sidebars and things on every page. Every day is an adventure, LOL!

DS1 (Aspie, ADD) has a coke every afternoon to get him through the second half of the day. I do spike it with a 1/2 tsp of Behavior Balance (a liquid vitamin with b6/p5p, b12 and folic acid) This combo has been terrific for him!

I got a few great books at the recent Scholastic Teacher Express Sale. There are 4 or 5 workbooks in the series--Here is a link to one from Amazon, I think you can view most of them there: http://www.amazon.com/Context-Clues-Figurative-Language-Comprehension/dp/0439554101/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334702247&sr=8-1 They had Context Clues and Figurative Language, Inferences & Drawing Conclusions, Main Ideas & Summarizing and Point of View/Fact & Opinion. I likes these because the reading passages were short and you can really work on the skill without getting bogged down with a super-long story.

We love this too!!

A few we like: Oh Say can you see So you want to be president The boy who invented TV The Sir Cumference series The scrambled states of America Now and Ben I know I have more as this is one of our favorite types of books to read!

Are you entering the code in the Discount codes box? It will not work for me.

I agree with what atara said about letting him be himself. I have a gifted Aspie with ADD and I really only put him in social situations where I know he will "succeed" for now. He is who he is. There are a few kids he enjoys doing things with, and we keep it to a specific activity (bowling, swimming). Once I adjusted my expectations about what he "can" and "can't" do, things have been going better.

42 and cavity-free! (knocking on wood, just in case)

Ugh, that LEARNINGJAN coupon does not work for me. Is there a trick? I have 13 things in my cart!

Otterbox!!!

The private school my children attend uses Open Court one grade level ahead. I think it is a great program! About 90% of the selections are good. It incorporates literature, spelling and writing.

For presidents, you have to try Presidents vs. Aliens by the same people that did Stack the States and Rocket Math!

Diagramming sentences. Huh, I never would have predicted that one. We started reading Grammar Island very informally and he said all wistfully, "Mom, do you think there is a whole workbook just for diagramming the sentences?" "Why, yes, yes there is." So I ordered Practice Island and Sentence Island from the website, and got MotH and Building Language from a lovely mama here. He has been stalking the UPS guy every day. The books arrived today and he is such a happy little camper. This, by the way, is my 9 year old, 2e Aspie/ADD boy. Pokemon and grammar. Whatever makes him happy!

OOh, could you link to the pinterest Guess Who?

I was in the same boat, so I decided to start with Grammar Island (which I grabbed on eBay) to see if we liked it before purchasing the whole set. DS and I love it, so now I am picking up the other components a little at a time. I was not going to get Practice Island, but he actually asked last night if there was a whole book of sentences that he could "label". So I will be getting that one too, LOL!

I am 42 with a pixie cut--I have worn my hair this way for years. I am 4'11" and about 115 pounds. I love being able to get out of the shower, comb some gel into it, and voila, good to go. I live in hot and humid Central Florida, and am immune to the bad hair days that plague women all over the state. I do keep the back kind of fringy, not too short so it doesn't look too masculine. The only downside--I can't go more than 5 weeks without getting it cut.

The 39 Clues series We enjoyed Mudshark by Gary Paulson recently as well.

I have a 9yo DS who is 2e with Aspergers, ADHD inattentive, and anxiety. He goes to a small, wonderful private school where I run the office. This works well since he frequently "visits" me. We afterschool/enrich with LOF Fractions (he LOVES this!), Grammar Island, a variety of Critical Thinking Co books, (Math Detective, Science Detective, Building Thinking Skills). He is also working through Zacarro's Primary Challenge Math. I do not require any written output for any of our afterschool work. We do most or all of this orally, I will write for him and he also uses a white board. His reading comprehension is not great (hyperlexic) and he doesn't like to write except for sorting and cataloging Pokemon. Ironically the kid loves workbooks and often has one with him. We also read living math, science and history books since he does not like fiction, and he plays semi-educational games on the iPad a bunch (Stack the Countries, etc). I am thinking of adding in the Linguisystems book on improving executive functioning, since he struggles with that.

Mine has sleep issues and refuses to take melatonin. Grr. We have had some success getting him settled down for the night with a weighted blanket.

He was my drama counselor at a sleepaway camp in upstate NY in the 1980's! He had a very distinctive voice. Cool, now I have to go check out the books!

Rats, nothing in FL. We definitely would have gone to see this.

Recommending Menu Math and Sports Math. They are well worth $1!