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

I just bough the program yesterday and realized the same thing. I have almost decided just to let her write in the book and not worry about reselling it. Susie

Let someone else sell it for you. They can take it out of your house now and take photos and do a brief description of the items. They list, sell, and ship(if necessary) and then they take a percentage of the profits. Susie

Suggestions or comments are always appreciated. Sometimes it just feels good to get something off my chest and say it out loud :)

My DD is 10 going on 11 next month. Her diagnosis is ASD, ADHD, childhood anxiety, mixed expressive/receptive language disorder, and cognitive deficits with working memory difficulties. She goes to ST/OT twice a week, CBT and social skills each once a week and she is also in language/reading skills twice a week. Needless to say, we don't always have the time to get schoolwork done like I would like. I have her officially in grade 3 although she would be in grade 5 if she were a NT child. I am working with her at whatever level she is in a specific subject. Our levels are all over the place. I have her in grade 2 level for anything language arts but with her expressive language delays she still struggles. Her math skills are much stronger because it deals with numbers. Word problems still are a challenge. Her rote memorization of math facts is impressive. She is halfway through Horizon's Math 3 and moving along nicely. I am doing Lifepac History and Geography grade 3 with her but we read and do it all together. No science currently because of time constraints with therapy. Finding a curriculum that will suite her is definitely a challenge. I can't tell you how many times we have tried something only to abandon it within a few weeks. Definitely need to have a curriculum sale soon :laugh: No pretty/shiny boxed sets for us. Tried that once back in grade K and could tell right away that it would never work. I am seeing all the planning threads for next year and it got me to thinking about what we will be using next. Choosing curriculum is so hard and not to mention expensive. DH has been unemployed since last July with the downturn in the oil field. Good news is that DD "graduated" from ABA lin December and moved on to CBT. We also finished up with Level 3 of Dancing Bears. :hurray: It took quite a while but we made it. She can read but now we just need to get her comprehension up. I don't work with her on that because she already does quite a bit with her therapists. Sorry to ramble on all over the place. Need to finish my coffee and get ready for three more therapy sessions today and then whatever schoolwork we can manage to do. Susie DD 10( soon to be 11)

DD is halfway through Horizon's Math 3 and doing well. The problem is I don't like the teacher's manual. It doesn't show me how to teach concepts. DD really likes Horizon's and it's spiral approach. She is on the spectrum along with several other diagnosis. Math seems to be the subject she is comfortable with. Her rote memorization of facts is strong. I am working on the mental math aspect with her to supplement Horizon's because I do feel it is lacking in that area. I am giving serious consideration to switching her to Saxon math next year. Has anyone here done that after Horizon's grade 3? Was it a smooth transition? Did you go with Saxon Intermediate 4 or Saxon 5/4? Do you feel that Saxon made it easier to teach and/or help with the problems? DD doesn't mind "busy" work and doing more problems. She seems to thrive on it. With her delays she does have a tougher time with word problems. Any advice or thoughts on making the switch would be appreciated. Susie

I'm finding it impossible to get everything done with DD's schooling that should be done. She goes to therapy 3 days per week. We are dealing with ASD, ADHD, anxiety, cognitive delays, mixed expressive-receptive language disorder, and possible CAPD. She is 10 y/o and I have her officially at the third grade level and she is doing her lessons at the 2nd-3rd grade level. We take things slowly because it does take longer for her to really learn something. The things we work on now are math, spelling, grammar, reading, comprehension, and phonics. We finished up with Dancing Bears before the Christmas holidays. We have no time for science or social studies and I feel bad but there just isn't time. Any advice from those who have BTDT? Anyone else in a similar situation as I am? I know that I can do only so much with her with the time I have after her therapy but I do feel bad that she is missing out on something she might be interested in. Susie DD 10 y/o

Dancing Bears is the only thing that has helped my DD learn to read. We are about two weeks away from finishing the series. It is a dyslexic program from the UK. DD is on the spectrum along with several other diagnoses and I found that it worked for us. http://www.soundfoundations.co.uk/en_US/ Susie

Easy Grammar is what we use. We are currently about halfway through second grade. DD begs to work on it everyday. Susie DD(10)

Bumping up because I am in the same situation. DD(10) will be finished with Level C soon. DB's has done wonders for her reading and I can't recommend it enough. She is on the spectrum and has expressive and receptive language delays. She gives up as soon as it gets "too hard" for her. I am hoping to find another program to help her along a bit longer. Thanks, Susie

My child asks to do A&P. I had to modify it slightly in the beginning until she gained confidence and she pushed back at times especially at writing the sentences Now she just dives right in with no complaining. Susie DD(10)