They're talking about a different one ... In Kentucky, I think. Glen Rose dinosaur park, however, is a fun destination :)

... trying to read that newspaper clipping. I couldn't make it fit anyone. I have NO idea who it is. I thought and thought and thought, and can't think any more :) And I'm not going to be able to watch tonight. Grumble. It's my oldest's birthday, and he wants to watch a Star Trek movie. Silly child.

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Literature, beginning literary analysis, and vocabulary. It does have writing assignments, but it is not writing instruction. It does not cover grammar or spelling.

We generally did a problem set a day, and worked over the summer. My oldest finished through 6B by the end of 5th grade, and that's *with* taking an entire year on 3A. 3A is tough for my kids. It takes a very long time for us to get through. After that, the books fly right by. (Until we get to the area of circles in 6B ;-)

My oldest started with Miquon, then we switched to Singapore (in 2nd grade, I think?) and used it through Singapore 6. It is an excellent program. My main problem with it is really *my* problem, not Singapore's. I found that it was just so easy for me to hand my kids the workbook and say "go," that that is what I was doing. I was not making myself spend time on teaching the concepts well, or on drill; and if you're going to use Singapore exclusively, you've to to teach it, and you've got to manage more drill. I switched to Right STart for our main program for my 2nd son. Right start teaches concepts similarly to Singapore, so I still have that; but I *have* to teach the lessons, and use the manipulatives, etc. There's not a ton of drill in RS either, but there's more than in Singapore, and together we get a good bit. We use them together now for the extra drill, and for the word problems/problem solving, which Singapore does better than RS.

We played Munchkin Bites. Now bedtime stories are over, and dh and I are trying to figure out if we're awake enough to watch the Lost recap, or to watch a House (we're catching up), or if we need to just sleep. Laura, if you read this, the den meetings stress me out too. Ugh. I am so glad we're having a field trip in February, so we'll only have one den meeting.

We did not start Homer A until mid-year in 5th grade, and are just wrapping it up mid-year in 6th grade. I had hoped to "catch up" to the CW schedule, but just isn't going to happen. We spend two weeks on each lesson, otherwise our workload is too great. Although he actually could manage the A&I and the writing project simultaneously, it really helps him to have a week's break inbetween A&I.

We use Cosmos, as well as Walking With Dinosaurs, etc. With my oldest children, on my first run through history, we did prehistory before beginning SOTW. We read about the Big Bang theory, universe formation, Solar System formation, planetary formation, etc. We read about the origins of life, evolution, and dinosaurs - lots and lots and lots of dinosaurs. We used our various history encyclopedias, and library picture books. With the second run through we didn't really do that, but we tend to watch shows like Walking With Dinosaurs frequently, anyway. On our third run though, I plan to have at least the oldest children read creation myths from various religions and cultures, Genesis, and Darwin. We will watch Cosmos, Walking With Dinosaurs, and Walking With Cavemen. I hope to include a Teaching Company lecture series on prehistory. We'll also throw in 2001: A Space Odyssey for fun :)

Co-op assignments are wonderful learning experiences. I love it when they have assignments due, on a date, to someone else. If reading is assigned, you bet my kids read. Assignments are done. And if for some reason they are not, I make them go to the teacher and apologize.

I can't watch it until DH is home and the kids are cared for (no, no one's in bed yet, one isn't even home from Scouts yet). Silly kids.

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I cut out all of the notebooking stuff. I may have him try a biography. But that's pretty much it.

Let's say I'm taking $50 a month out of the family pay to pay that down. If I get $1000 from the stimulus package, and pay off that debt, that frees up $50 a month for me to spend. What bugs me about the package is that people who do not pay income taxes are getting it. I pay income taxes, and am not getting anything, lol. It's easy to see where the money for this package comes from.

Would you mind sharing? :)

"Tales from the Mabinogion" by Gwyn Thomas and Kevin Crossley-Holland. It's a gorgeous book!

The only one I know of is WTM, and it won't include some options like Lively Latin, or Galore Park, or Latin Book One.

This year I am reading Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths to my K and 1st. For my 4th and 6th, we're just doing medieval studies this year. Last year we read FMoR and FMoG, and D'Aulaire's. Next year we may try reading the Iliad. For medieval studies, along wtih general medieval history and literature, I am making sure they read Favorite Medieval Tales, Tales from the Mabinogion, Norse myths, and some fairy tales.

I forgot my almost all-time favorite move! Galaxy Quest! I love a good drama. I love art, and literature. But mostly, as you can see, I like to laugh.

It's usually labeled as yeast. However, although I've been doing this for six months, I didn't know about xanthan gum. Are you serious?? That's the only stuff that makes me gluten/dairy/egg/yeast free bread work. Argh!!!!!!!!

Oh! I. Am. Jealous! That must have been ... fun :D

They still eat yeasted bread. I just don't eat it myself. You can have tortillas, or unleavened bread for yourself. I use lemon or lime juice instead of vinegar. The only reason I'm not completely yeast free is because I still drink a little wine :) I've seen improvements, though, even keeping the wine in my diet. You also need to cut back on that which feeds yeast - sugar and simple carbs. Check labels, because yeast is EVERYWHERE. It's on all kinds of meats, even.

... who has already had quite a bit of Latin. I didn't like it very much. It's on the shelf, and I've put him into Latin Prep, instead. He'll move through the first book, at least, quickly, but that's okay. I like the layout, presentation, speed, and the amount of exercises better than SYRWTLL.

Classical Studies = the study of Classical mythology, history, literature, etc.