We've been using the free resources at the National Council for Geographic Education for the past 3 years. There are lessons for each month along with answers. My kids have found the activities fun. http://ncge.org/geography-club-resources

I love to spread either fig butter or chilli jelly onto toasted Trader Joes Tuscan pane, top with ricotta, salt, pepper , and a few sliced almonds. Delish!!!

The Hampton Inn on W 35th St is good. We've stayed there twice. The rooms are small, but recently remodeled with great beds and dark wood cabinets in the bathroom. The free breakfast is also a plus. Also they will store your bag for free before check in and after checkout. Not that far to walk to Penn station.

My kids liked the Van Gogh museum. We went 3 yrs ago and they had a special take along brochure they could fill in as we walked around the museum. We also visited the kinder museum part of the Jewish historical museum- very awesome and they were able to make and bake a tiny loaf of challah! Amsterdam is very beautiful- have fun!

My eldest is starting 9th grade this fall. We started homeschooling 1/2 way through 1st grade- wow can't believe it's been that long !

I used it this yr with my 5th grader. Basically, I had him read a section- say the one on expository paragraphs, and then I would have him write a paragraph based on whatever book he was reading at the time. I did like this method, although trying to tie it all together did take a little planning. We did this after we had gone through writing strands so I didn't have to come up with ideas for the whole yr! Overall, I recommend it!

My kids and husband will watch with me and we'll be snacking on scones and tea. My son wanted an English breakfast but I told him it was a bit too early to do all that cooking!

Amazing!!!!

I love Chipotle- especially the rice!!!

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I'm black, my husband is white, and our 2 kids are biracial.

You would be very close to the North End and also to the downtown area. The North End is very fun with lots of great places to eat-it's also close to Fanueil hall. Hope you have a great time.

Both my sons have used it from levels D-H. I liked the variety of skills that were taught. Basically we did one page per day for 4 days and did a test on the 5th day. I usually had them skip the writing part but sometimes they went and ahead and did it anyway! I would say they are natural spellers so I can't say whether the program will help improve spelling as much as it introduces new vocabulary to kids who already have spelling basics down. HTH

I've had good luck with contactlensking.com

I have a 9 yr and 12 yr old and they totally use it independently. I would say we had to explain very little in terms of how to complete an assignment. HTH

That's a great site. Thanks!

Last year my son used Glencoe Grammar and Language Workbook- Grade 7. It is has 340+ pages and covers diagramming. The only downside is there doesn't seem to be an answer book available - or at least not one that I've seen. HTH

We've used Abeka 1 through 7 and never used a teacher's manual. We just expounded on whatever was presented as the main lesson. I'm sure it helps that both my husband and I are "mathy" types but I think the average person could easily teach book 1 w/o a manual- HTH.

I voted Wendys, but then I saw Panera bread and I have to agree. Everything there is delicious!!!

I just received the new version and compared w/ the older one it seems the layout is cleaner in the new version. There also seems to be fewer writing exercises and the paper quality seems to be better in the newer version. Other than that, they seem to be pretty much the same. I have to say that overall, I do like the new one better though.

I live in Boston and all the major grocery stores here double coupons.

We normally do between 36 and 40 weeks of proper school and then a very light schedule during the summer. In between we take several breaks.

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We start our regular school year the 1st week of September. We normally do about 40 weeks of school broken up by holidays and then do a very light schedule during the summer.

I love this list. Books are sorted according to history periods and then by grade levels. http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html