This is the only forum I check daily. There are a few others that I call on as needed (collegeconfidential, etc.).

I personally find this to be hardly out of the ordinary. Admittedly, I've never been a teen girl myself, but all six of my kidlets are gals. Crying out of frustration - especially when it's not full-blown sobbing, and even more especially when you add hormones and such to the mix - is fairly typical for my oldest (age 13) and not unusual for my-second oldest, either (age 12). You might want to make sure there's no underlying stress or anxiety issue, since both of those can trigger frequent tears, but if I were you I wouldn't be too worried. JMHO.

Hmm. Have you considered these?:MEP,Miquon, ALEKS, Math on the Level, Life of Fred, Saxon, Making Math Meaningful, JUMP Math, Ray's Arithmetic, Shiller Math, TenMarks, Khan Academy, Destination Math... that's all I can think of at the moment. I also 2nd the manipulatives suggestion.

:iagree: I wasn't nearly as impressed with B4FIAR as I was with FIAR.

:iagree: entirely, esp. the "ps wants quantity of quality" part. It's ok to pad it and use fluff. That's what the ps teachers expect, in my experience. I still think you should talk to the teacher, though.

Hmm. Talk to 8Fill, maybe?

Yep.

That. Or you could take it up with the teacher. Personally, I find the assignment absolutely unreasonable, especially given the circumstances you described.

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:iagree: to both of the above. I've always thought of division as "sorting"- IOW, dividing. Easy peasy. Throw subtraction in there, though, and you're taking a simple arithmetic concept and teaching it as though it's calculus.

Well, for learning French, I generally recommend Pimsleur and Breaking the Barrier. Both of those programs offer a Spanish product, so it would be worth looking into those. Also, ask around and see if it is a all possible to set up tutoring with a native (or, at the very least, fluent) Spanish speaker. Working with a native speaker is a good way to replicate some of the aspects of immersion and is a good step towards fluency. No matter what you do end up using, regular practice is, IMO, the single most important key to language mastery. For your brain to learn a foreign language, it needs to be exposed to it regularly, and ideally daily. For this reason, I highly recommend working on the target language for at least 30 minutes per day, 5 days a week- and on the two days off, just spend five minutes reviewing. I also recommend making flash cards bearing words of common objects, and tape those cards to that object, so that your brain will begin associate that object with that word. I am not hugely familiar with Spanish - I know more about Semitic and Indo-European languages - but I hope that some of these tips will help. You might want to PM a WTMer who speaks Spanish. HTH, SuperDad

Online/distance schools, Sonlight, AP Homeschoolers... that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Hippocampus has a nice set of videos on it too.

:iagree: I sort of had the same thought process that you did... until realizing that there was no way I could possibly even TRY to teach calculus to my poor mathletes. OK, so why don't you try an approach that works with that "weakness"? You could do unit studies, or you could use the Waldorf-esque "main lessons" theology. Work WITH your problems, not against them... or else you'll go bonkers.

Same here. I am finding gaps like this all the time in my own knowledge! If I had just been left to my own devices, I would have learned way more than I did being in ps. As it was, I had to fight what seemed like a full-blown legal battle with my school district just to enter an early college program. :glare:

When I hear my kids yelling "ARGHHHH!" at the computer screen, I only feel slightly inadequate. :lol:

Sure! I suggest going through every lesson twice to really get the vocabulary down pat. I personally know little about German, though, so you might want to try the Bilingual board, or maybe PM regentrude (?).

Our library offers it too. I like it as a great supplement and drill/review. We've never used it as a standalone, though.

Just a tip, no advice here- you'll get more answers for your second post if you put it in a separate thread.

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Background (AKA: bragging about my credentials): I am a native speaker of French and English. I learned Modern Hebrew later on and now speak it fluently. I am also a linguist and have extensively researched the process of "artificial" (anything other than full immersion, which truly is the best way to learn a language) language acquisition. So, I've reviewed a lot of language-learning curricula. I don't love RS. I've examined and used their product for Hebrew and while it was a solid product, there's better out there. Using RS + practicing with native French speakers is definitely a fairly effective combination to learn the language. I think in RS it is too easy to just get the answers right without actually understanding the language. As for Mango - I use it for review and reinforcement for myself and my kids. I do like it as a supplement. I'm not so sure about using it as a full program. No matter what you decide on, as long as your dd gets lots of practice speaking with native French speakers, she'll be well on her way to proficiency. PM me if you have any other questions - I LOVE talking about languages (seeing as I'm a linguist and all...:D). HTH, SuperDad

Time for a QUIET :party: Good luck!

So just to clarify: The biggest difference between introverts and extroverts is that extroverts actually are energized by being around other people, while introverts can enjoy being around others but really need alone time too. AIR?

* phew * I'm normal! Yippee! :D :glare: