They did sell them here years ago. I was so excited when I found them online.

The Bic Orange hex barrel pens are my most favorite pen ever. I prefer a very fine point and these deliver. I usually order red, black, and blue ink from sellers on EBay and have them shipped from South Korea. They aren't available for sale in the US for some strange reason. Plus, I can always tell who has nicked one of my pens ? https://www.amazon.com/Orange-0-8mm-0-2mm-Black-1199110114/dp/B000071LUI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1533138538&sr=8-4&keywords=bic+orange+barrel+pen Susie

This gives me something to be on the lookout for. DD(11) just had a major leap forward in reading fluency and gross motor skills. She has been in crazy meltdown mode over everything as well. A boo boo equals end of the world type pain for her. She has also been eating more than a grown man some days yet is still in the 10-15 percentile in height and weight. Susie

We have to give ours an official name in this state but it never gets used. I chose The Wellington School because DD loves her Hunter Wellington rain boots and would live in them if she could. Susie

Can you tell me where you got the online PDF of the Saxon pages from? My DD loves Horizons and is doing well with it. I wanted to switch her to Saxon for fourth grade math and she did okay with it but I could tell she really wanted to go back to Horizons because of the workbook format. She just isn't ready to write the problems out yet either. I plan on switching her to Saxon eventually and me being able to print out the pages would be a tremendous help. Susie

Here is a link to a variety of noise blocking headphones. http://www.earplugstore.com/ear-muffs-for-children.html We have several pair of the Peltor Kids ear muffs. They are very comfy and they fit me as well. The Alpine Muffy ear muffs block noise really well but I find they run a little small. I have ordered from this site before and have no complaints. Susie

We just started Real Science 4 Kids Focus on Elementary series. My DD is begging for science now. Susie

We have struggled with this as well. I have looked hi and lo for a similar program and have not found it. A&P's seems to be the only spelling program working for DD. At one point we actually put it away for about 6 months before coming back to it. We are going to stick it out till the end this time. Susie

I liked them and so did DD. We just had to cut out science because of her therapy 3-4 days per week at that time. I have 2B and 3A for sale if you are interested. Susie

My DD has been using Horizon's Math for three years now and loves it. She is a spiral method learner and is doing very well. It is a series of two workbooks that are meant to to written in. I have them spiral bound for her and it makes it easier for her to use. Lots of repetition and with extra practice worksheets at the back of the teacher's manual. Susie

I can help you with the -ed at the end of a word. If the consonant before the -ed is a d or t as in the words landed or fitted, then the -ed is the "id" sound. Any other consonant before the -ed ending and the word gets the "d" or "t" sounds as in asked, helped, and called. I found the Explode the Code worked well with Dancing Bears. They had lessons on this very thing. Just can't remember which level ETC it was.

I found that we didn't really need it with 3A this past year. Order the books and see if you could do it without the teacher's manual. You can always order it if you find you do. It was great if you wanted a teaching schedule to follow. I found that I could teach the material without it.

We really like MPH. Unfortunately, we just don't have the time to pursue it with therapy 3 days per week. I don't think you need it in the lower levels unless you just like following someone else's lesson plans. What level are you planning on doing? As for the British spellings and metrics, I used it as an opportunity to explain the differences to DD and it was definitely no big deal for her. Susie

DD just finished up the series in December. It was rough going at times but totally worth it. Take a deep breath, calm down and slow down your pace. I had her repeat several sections and it never bothered her. We repeated those flash cards daily all the way through level three. If I was having a problem teaching a particular sound to her, I would take the book to speech therapy with us and ask her therapist. I kept the books so feel free to ask questions if you need anything :D Susie

Did you ever figure out how to use Reading Street? I bought grade 3 and am quite overwhelmed looking at it right now. Susie