I had my last at 40 - also 2 in my 20's, 2 in my 30's. Very easy pregnancy- I lifted weights/worked out throughout and had an easy delivery. Zero regrets, nada, none. We have had a terribly painful and difficult year and a half and dh and I have often said that if it wasn't for our youngest two (last 2 at 37 and 40) we don't know how we would have made it. They bring us so much JOY. Our 3 oldest have graduated. I still love homeschooling- maybe more than ever. I told the kids today how thankful I was for how cooperative they'd been this year (I went back to work- mostly working from home) and they both said how much they loved being home, loved homeschooling, loved me :) - they make my heart sing.

I think it would be acceptable as 1/2 cr for science unless she goes into a math or science field/ school. Otherwise an elective.

Is she "math smart," and analytical- than Saxon is is the way to go. If she is struggling, I'd move to a different curriculum. My very smart 14 yo practically wept at the sight of Saxon. He is just finishing Learn Math Fast Applications of Algebra (after cruising through LMF Algebra). Leaving Saxon behind was the best gift I gave him this year. My 11 yo mathy girl is still racing through Saxon and loving it.

My 9 yo started FLL IV and did just fine. She had done R & S for a year or two (maybe 2 yrs) and totally understood some basic sentence structure, but she totally grasped FLL IV with no problem.

I did until I gave up gluten. If I eat any gluten at all, my elbows, esp will pop and ache.

We have areas set up for different use: DVD, Mp3, etc. We use a lot of different resources for school; texts, DVD's, CD's, computer games/courses, etc. so the kids work off a list for that. We also house all art supplies in a big buffet. The kids know where the tools are and have total access to them- we re-built a house over the last 4 yrs from a fire, so they have been highly involved in that. We also include them in what we are doing: scrap-booking, gardening, furniture building, painting the house, dry-walling, blogging, speaking, etc. etc. They are product testers for me as I do product and curriculum reviews. When we lived in NM, we had an easel set up on the back-porch. My now 19 yr spent HOURS painting on the porch! I've had 20 # blocks of clay available at different times, too and my oldest 2 spent hours and hours creating with sculpy (using some of the klutz books). We also had a step3 playscape in our house for a long time. I had a friend who had a sandbox in her basement. Ww live in the country and our front porch is constantly strewn with nature "stuff" - feathers and nests and rocks from the river. Not the lovely "nature table" perhaps :001_smile: We';ve had some GREAT co-op teachers over the years- both scientists and artists and often my kids re-create stuff they've done in co-op with art or science. We have had tons of animals over the years- from guinea pigs to horses. Currently we only have kittens, a dog and a guinea fowl, but the kids spend hours with the kittens and dog. We read daily, and read-out-loud. We watch funnies on YOutube together and have pinterest boards dedicated to Star Wars and Star Trek humor. we memorize a lot of poetry and listen to books on tape. We are often quoting funny lines and entertaining each other. I do a weekly report on my blog regularly that lists a lot of what we do.

We really enjoyed the Geography study (using Holling C. Hollings books). It's a great fit with the IEW theme book, and the Horse study (did twice).

9th grade. However, ds took Biology this year (8th grade) and will do bio lab next fall through Bridgeway Academy. I will be counting Bio as a high school credit w/lab on his transcript. Also he did LMF Algebra and Apps of Algebra THIS year, so depending on how far he gets in math, this might go on there, too. He is also doing Shakespeare Camp this spring, and our plans are for him to do that each spring, along with GC Shakespeare, just like older ds. This will count as at least a credit of Lit, but perhaps at least another 1/2 credit of performance or whatever. Our plan is for him to do DE at 16, so we'll just see how it all falls out.

W. Civ, bookII by Spielvogel.

Bridgeway Academy -accredited through the state of PA- they offer honors, AP, DE and NCAA tracks, along with a fantastic LD program (HOPE), Learning Labs, scholarships and more.

No advice, but reading Following Ezra and he does talk quite a bit about hair cutting.

Here is my all in one response: How to Choose a Curriculum; and a few more: Planning and Pedagogy, The Importance of Pedagogy

What are your goals for grammar instruction? In my experience, Easy Grammar doesn't have a lot of stick. R & S is concrete and sequential; it covers the fundamentals of grammar in a way that is thorough. The lessons take about the same amount of time each day between Easy Grammar and R & S. I sit with my kids and do as much R & S orally as possible. Easy Grammar is a decent overview, but my kid who went through it all and love it couldn't diagram at the end of it, didn't have the stuff memorized at the end of it and really couldn't apply it at the end of it. My kids who have gone through R & S can diagram, know the parts of speech and can apply grammar when it is missing.

Dh is self employed and makes very good money. But we do pay outrageous taxes and the paper work is egregious. He gets to work the schedule he wants, where he wants, with the population/people he wants. For him, it's worth it.

Bardology

You'd have a good foundation even if you just did the 3 volumes already published: PHP page includes Ancient World, Medieval World and Renaissance World

Bridgeway Academy- 10 week learning "labs" as well as Compass Learning. -on-line high school.

Throwing this out there: often pd's pair up with complimentary pd's. A "classic" pd marriage would be a narcissist married to a borderline. So, when DP is saying B will die soon it could be his narcissistic wishful thinking because she's really not likeable (to put it nicely) and he'd really just like her to disappear. No excuse for DP's behavior, but perhaps a larger perspective.

I work 3/4 time and dh works 4 days a week at 2 different job sites and 1-2 days a week from home. I worked f.t.. did a grad program the first 3 yrs we homeschooled, took a 20 yr break and am back at it. It's been a huge adjustment. The biggest hurdle is the lack of time and energy. I'm old enough that i HAVE to sleep- just blasting through is no longer an option for me. I have to be on phones/computer set times M-F but available by skype all day. I try to work with kids in the a.m.- I've noticed if I don't touch base with kids on their trouble subjects, they end up feeling very neglected, touchy and snarl at each other more, so I try to get a quality hour in with them at least every morning. Then they work off a list. I have everything on a list- coded- by DVD, Text, workbook, CD, on-line, computer, etc. They work through the list. There is some silly stuff on there, and some easy stuff, but also challenging things too. I try to do a couple of subjects with them -geography and FFLatin each day. They can sit with me anytime, but they know if I get a call they have to be so quiet it's like they're not here. Also, my job is detailed, and I have 3 reference manuals and do generate paper (tons of notes). It feels like i'm always in process with work. So far, I've been working in our open dining room- open to the entire first floor- but I'm getting to the point where I need to move up to our office- which I hate. Because I'll be in an enclosed room 4-5 hrs a day and away from kids. 11 yo almost had a crisis over that this week. But the space needs re-done. In some ways I think it would be easier to GO somewhere to work because it's a discipline at home to DO work and then DO home and not be doing both ALL THE TIME. The last couple of weeks we've gotten a ton of school done- you can read about it here: And I just wrote a 5-day blog series on working and homeschooling. DAy 5 is here and if you click on the Working Woman's Guide in the tags it will get you to the other 5 posts.

No co-op and offices closed for Good Friday mean I finally have a report done before the beginning of the next week: Life at Full Speed I've included tons of links, including reviews and my blog series on working while homeschooling. Happy Easter, Friends !

No co-op and offices closed for Good Friday mean I finally have a report done before the beginning of the next week: Life at Full Speed I've included tons of links, including reviews and my blog series on working while homeschooling. Happy Easter, Friends !

No co-op and offices closed for Good Friday! I finally have a report done before the beginning of the next week: Life at Full Speed I've included tons of links, including reviews and my blog series on working while homeschooling. Happy Easter, Friends !

I went back to wk at a local gas station late summer while looking for a professional job. It took 3 mths of lots of resumes sent out but I landed a job I love in Jan. I could have gone for licensure -mft-but needed cash coming in not going out. I had to look very creatively at all of the homeschooling and volunteering I'd done and thought hard about my skill sets.I did interview but on line and work on line. Its perfect because I still have 2 at home and its in ed. I just wrote a blog series on wotking and homeschooling. I'll link it ltr when we get back on line. Here is day 5 of the blog series. If you click on the tag Working Women, it will take you to the other posts.

Probably A & P because you'll get more bio, but I honestly didn't listen to them myself.

We've used both the A & P and Birds Mp3. If you can get over the kind of pedantic flavor in a few places, they are worth listening too. They'll have Mp3's of all of the eled by next fall. To me, they are worth it because it's another subject I can count while I'm at work and they are'nt spending the entire day reading (meaning they can draw or do legos or whatever while listening).