You're welcome to read my Mapping the World with Art Review. We used it more as an elective on Thursday afternoons and did not rush to get through it. My 8th and 6th grader handled it well, and my 8 year old enjoyed it when he was able to go at his own pace.

I'm sorry. Now that it's been found, it can be dealt with. Hugs to you.

Congrats! (I also help tutor a fellow homeschooling friend's daughter with her college math; it's rewarding.)

We're going next weekend. Looking forward to it! :)

The only new thing we're starting is KidCoder Visual Basic Series for my 6th grade son. He just finished his Scratch programming book which he started last year. Homeschool Programming had a sale going on on Black Friday, so I'm glad I waited. Another thing we're starting which I already own is Philosophy for Kids. It looks interesting, and my kids seem excited about it.

I think that when people choose to homeschool, they must make education a top priority. A few years ago when we moved to our current house, I know our lives were more stressful. But we still managed to get in our most important subjects. It's really a question of priorities and time management. Personally, I would not take a whole year off from school. I disagree with the article author's overall solution. While I agree that it would be wise to offer support to those who are struggling, taking a year off, I think, would only multiply problems.

I posted the quilt in the thread you mentioned. I wanted to say that I gave up on that quilt several times. I started in several years ago, and I would often think that I'm too busy to do it. Or that I'd do it next summer when I had more time. I thought to myself several times that I should have just bought my five year old a quilt. It would have been cheaper, and it would've been given to him two years ago. But now that I'm done, I miss working on it. I'm planning for another quilt for my older son now. But I do realize it may be years before it gets done. My advice is to take a class of the hobby you're interested in, or get a book from the library to get started on something. It's okay if it takes several years, or that you quit for awhile. In my experience when I finally made up your mind to get it done, it got done. Good luck. :)

I love the colors of your scarf! Snowy, cold days are a good time to work on crafts. I'm in the process of planning my 8 year old's twin sized quilt, and I still haven't decided which pattern to use. Most applique patterns are time consuming, and I'd really like to be able to finish it in the next year. Here is photo of my 5 year old's twin-sized Colorful Cars quilt I finished a few weeks ago. It was simple to piece with rectangles and squares, but the hand-quilting took a long time (about two years total for me to finish).

My daughter has done both of the books you asked about, and if I were to pick only one I'd choose the Counting and Probability. She found the Number Theory book to be mostly review. Also, she thought what she learned in the C&P was more useful to her on the AMC 8 exam she recently took, but she has a pretty strong base in Number Theory. There is nothing wrong with doing both, of course, but if I had to pick one it'd be C&P. Good luck!

A quilt my grandmother made me is special to me still. I've made quilts for all my children, though I barely have enough time in the day. I somehow still find the time for that. ;)

Most chocolate makes me sneeze. Donuts are too sweet for me. Regular coffee tastes awful; I can only tolerate flavored coffee.

This is what my son did, too. He also did the IPs and does the CWP in the summer months. He's currently on Chapter 7 of AoPS Pre-Algebra, and so far it's been going well for him. He will occasionally spend a whole day on just reading a section, then the next day he does the problems. He often takes several days for the Challenge section problems; sometimes an extra day or two really makes a difference in understanding them.

I'm planning the next quilt for my son. He wants a North Woods theme which would require a bit of applique, and I'm trying to decide if I'd actually finish this project if started it. I'm also looking into other patterns and hoping to start on it after the holidays.

We start with journaling together at about 8, and then our morning session is from 8:30-12. (Our more important classes happen in this time frame.) Lunch is from 12-1. (Everyone helps clean up after lunch. Each child has his/her own job.) Then we have an afternoon session from 1-3 for my older two (6th and 8th grader). I grade everything sometime between 3 and 4 pm Any mistakes from earlier assignments get a second look in the late afternoon if necessary.

Is anyone playing this holiday week? Wordless: A Hand Full of Legos :) Word-filled: Wrapped up in Art

This is a great thread. I'm glad I saw it. I just finished a quilt I started for my son (now five years old) over two years ago. I'd been getting up an hour before everyone around here wakes up to finish hand quilting it. For me, it was a big job: Wrapped up in Art.

Though I often revise it, you're welcome to view mine: Northwoods Classical Academy

This is my daughter's first year in NaNoWroMo YWP, and I'm letting it replace her regular Writing curricula for November. She works on it when she has free time, also, since she enjoys it. She is still doing her other Language Arts. I wasn't aware that there is a workbook available. I'll have to look into that for next year if she wants to participate again. If you are interested in her opinion of how it's going, she contributed her thoughts in this blog post: Notable November.

This would be our week 12: Notable November.

Created from Clay

Just saw this post. My daughter did take the AMC 8 (for the last time) as an 8th grader this morning. She took it at a private school, and from what I saw, there were very few seats available. I was impressed by the numbers; it was mostly boys, but I also saw a few other girls.

My son uses it now (he's currently in Chapter 6), and I would not combine it with another curriculum. There's plenty in there. Some of the sections are wordy enough that it takes all his math time for one day to read a section. Then I'll assign him the problems on the next day. As for reviews, I plan to write one for AoPS Pre-Algebra once we finish the book. ;)

Word-filled: Forming First Impressions: Kindergarten Math

My daughter took the AMC8 for the first time last year at the age of 12. She was able to take it at a private school with other 7th and 8th graders, and she really enjoyed it. One thing you could do is have your daughter take it just for the experience of it, and use it in preparation for future years. To prepare her you could go to this website and time her for 40 minutes to see how far she can get. I did this with my daughter when she was younger. I'd record how far she got in forty minutes time, and then I'd also have her finish any problems left after time was called. I'd have two scores: timed and non-timed. Over time she was able to finish within the forty minutes. In our case there were a mix of mostly boys and about five other girls. Good luck. :)

I think what you are doing sounds very good in developing the concepts of addition and subtraction. You could also write out some of these math facts on flashcards to show him how they're related. I just wrote a post about how we do Kindergarten (and 1st grade) math where I mention c-rods, Singapore and Miquon Math. It sounds similar to what you're explaining. Forming First Impressions: Kindergarten Math.