Don't forget that when you order from Land's End, you can return them to a Sears store. Saves on the return postage, and makes me more willing to order something from them.

We are in level 5. Yes, I'm pleased. I use the placement test in an old version of what is now called SWR (Spell to Write and Read by Sanseri), and give it to my ds and the end of each level for a baseline. He has made exponential progress over the course of using AAS. Now, to get him better at proofreading.....

Yes, if you feel you've made a good faith effort to contact the first person. Sounds like you have.

Love gmail, and we use their internet web platform to retrieve/ store our email...that way we can view it from any computer in the house. You can POP your email to a computer based program, like Outlook, for free.

Yes, my dh gets sick days. He accrues them with each paycheck. I think the accural rate is approximately 4 hrs. per paycheck (they are paid every other week).

:lurk5: Although I've known about NEM, I'd always assumed I'd use a different math program, so I'm interested to here more...

The best place to get an overview of what TOG is is to download the .pdf Simple Start Guide. It is located here, in the middle of the screen...looks like a red pamphlet.

A couple ideas: 1. primary care dr. to request a referral to a good neurologist, educational psychologist, speech language pathologist. 2. Full educational work up from an educational psychologist privately or through public school. The ed. psych. will pick up any subtle language or processing issues and recommend a speech language evaulation to look at further language related issues. 2. Direct referral to a speech language pathologist. A good slp (private practice, hospital out patient bases, or university training program, or public school) can help sort through the issues going on here, and make recommendations for further evaluation.

Here in my corner of New England, no stores double. Wait, Shaws used to...I don't know if they still do.

Thank you to everyone, this is so helpful (we've had a very busy weekend, so haven't signed on since Fri. night). I am (of course) feeling better. I talked with my dh, and he was encouraging, too. Matroyshka, thank you for the BTDT....this is exactly what has happened; he did fine, very fine, in 4A with fractions (and the review we did w/ Key to Fractions earlier this fall). I had him re-look at his fraction work on Sat. afternoon (no, I didn't make him do it, just look over what he had done), and he saw most of his errors fairly easily. I *KNOW* it is all in there! I will look into Life of Fred.

Thanks, ladies. The boys and my dh are home from Cub Scout weigh in for the pinewood derby, so I'll have a talk w/ dh ...some hugs and encouragement, I'm sure. I appreciate your support. It is nice knowing you are not alone!

I just finished correcting my 10yo's textbook review from 4B of Singapore Math. Ugh. He got nearly all the fraction review problems wrong....all the estimating problems wrong. and is consistently getting problems involving the calculation of the passage of time wrong. I just want to cry. I feel like we have to go back and practically redo all of 4A (we used it last spring). I have to look on the bright side....with homeschooling I have the ability to slow down, re-do, and teach to so that my son learns something. If he were in government school (or even private school), he'd be left behind. But, really I just need a hug. I feel like I've failed him. Thanks.

Welcome. I always recommend Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum to new homeschoolers because Cathy has include question inventories that you can use to determine the type of learner your child is. Then, you can use that information to pick out curriculum that will meet her needs. However, she does not include any school-in-a-box programs such as you are leaning towards. She also shares information about various types of homeschooling styles, and encourages you to look at your goals and own learning styles so you can pick materials that work for you, too. If your daughter is highly active, I think I'd steer away from workbooks, I think you will frustrate her. God's best to you. I sometimes think the hardest part of homeschooling is picking out materials.

DS1 had a silent heart murmur diagnosed at age 2. He did end up seeing a pediatric cardiologist. They hooked him up to an ECG machine for a reading, listened to his heart for all of 10 seconds, said he had a benign heart murmur that he'd outgrow and that was it. My guess is that if she has a heart murmur, it is of a similar type. Like pp, they are common and often go undiagnosed - because a lot of drs. don't catch it. Since that diagnosis at 2, it has been heard 1 other time (when he was probably 3 ish), and not since (and trust me, I used to ask about it a lot just to be sure).

About 3-4 days worth of stufff, easily washable (meaning I didn't have to sort colors too much).

Great idea; I like it, too. Heck, I'll make *all* the boys watch and count it towards "character development." lol!

...any gentle advice? DS (10.5) and my husband were playing Stratego tonight before bed. DS usually wins at this game, but dh is getting better, and tonight finally beat him. DS was arguing with dh about the manner in which dh won ("yeah, you won, but..." sort of thing), and finally went upstairs to do his man-cave thing and (probably) cry (I say probably b/c we didn't see him, but it would fit his pattern and they way he acted when dh went in to talk with him). So, what do you do in this situation? We've always modeled good sportsmanship, and we've never been ones to fix a game so that ds wins all the time. DS is very competitive (duh!).

No, it cannot 'hurt.' Early intervention IMHO is better than intervention later. Right now, is it play-based therapy....it is fun. He'll love it. And, a good therapist will involve you and teach you what to do so that you work with your son. After all, you are with him way more than the therapist will be. :party: Absolutely-- you go mom!

As a former speech language pathologist, yes, I'd recommend an evaluation.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I read it to the whole family. We were touched. I"ll be praying.

We used it in K for book 1 and 2. There are some huge differences: 1. typing skill is necessary. If you are a slow typer (what Ker isn't? lol), it will cause your scores to be slightly lower. 2. It involves more auditory comprehension skills vs. reading comprehension than the workbooks. I am glad that we returned to the workbooks for my son.....in someways I think that the online version probably hurt more than it helped, but I think that might be more related to my son's reading ability vs. the program in and of itself. Just my .02. YMMV.

Cinder, that is so reassuring to hear! I do the exact same thing with my son.

I think the pre level is just right. It is always easier to make something more challenging for your older by adding in some extra library books/ websites. :o)

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