:iagree: I also thought of tidal homeschooling when I read the OP. Check out what Melissa Wiley has to say at this link: The Tidal Homeschooling Master List.

Who in the World Biographies Has anyone out there used these books? They're supposed to coordinate with SOTW2, but a search of the archives pulls up nothing. :confused:

Enki K - not a good fit, very expensive mistake :(

Yes, the half books repeat the content of the whole books. But they're not identical. The words presented in the half books are more challenging than the words in the whole books.

What application are you using to view the PDF on your iPad?

This may not help you now, but if you have the PDF it isn't hard to shrink the pages before printing to get better-sized lines. :)

I hope it works for you! But I worry that you're going to run into a problem with screen size, especially with a book like BFSU. I use my Sony e-reader (7" screen) for some PDFs, but my iPad has a much better screen size for viewing most PDFs.

In case you haven't gotten to it yet, there were two passages in the chapter on aliens that DH had to edit on the fly. I think both dealt with historical and contemporary accounts of non-humans (aliens, succubi, incubi) performing sex acts on humans. It was less than a half dozen sentences, so not hard to skip. DH is reading it to our science-minded 8-year-old, and they're both enjoying it a lot.

I direct houseguests to the coffee maker and filters, or to the deli/bakery across the street. If they want something drinkable, I should not be involved. :tongue_smilie:

Call the OBs office and report it to the triage nurse. They may wish to do some testing to rule out a clot. I might not even bother mentioning the foot pain. Just tell 'em what you're feeling right now.

Cross-posting my question to Ruth from the K-8 Curriculum board, in case she checks here first, and in case anyone else using KISS has thoughts! Would it be a good idea for me to go through the self-paced course before starting with my 8 year old? Or the master books? Or should I just start working through the 6th grade Level 1 book on my own? My own grammar education was pretty pathetic. I avoid most of the common grammatical errors, but that's only because the errors look & sound wrong to me, not because I know why they're wrong.

Another vote for Nora Gaydos' books. I also like the Primary Phonics decodable readers, published by EPS. I bought several levels used from other WTM'ers.

I disagree. Diarrhea is a food poisoning symptom too. My lab group once got food poisoning from a seminar lunch. Various people had differing symptoms. Some vomiting only, some diarrhea only, some had both. The food poisoning was confirmed by the local health dept, because of course the grad students all had leftovers in our fridges, and we submitted them to be tested. Another anecdote: my husband routinely has lower GI trouble after eating the chicken (cut up leftovers from the previous day's chicken entree) at the salad bar in the cafeteria. He never has that problem with chicken anywhere else. I keep telling him he should save some every time, and then send it in for testing if it makes him sick, but he doesn't want to raise a fuss. I also keep telling him he probably shouldn't eat the meat on the salad bar anymore, but I guess he likes to live dangerously. :glare:

I'm planning on making the leap to KISS after we finish up GWG 1/2. I know everyone says the website is awful, but it looks fairly straightforward to me. Pick the correct level, download/print the materials, and go! Ruth, would it be a good idea for me to go through the self-paced course before starting with my 8 year old? Or the master books? Or should I just start working through the 6th grade Level 1 book on my own? My own grammar education was pretty pathetic. I avoid most of the common grammatical errors, but that's only because the errors look & sound wrong to me, not because I know why they're wrong.

Easy labor vibes and positive thoughts heading from New England to A2! :thumbup1:

I don't know if this'll help, but read a few lessons forward, and then try it out for yourself with an open mind. I was uncomfortable with it at first, but it really is a fantastic algorithm, and my daughter has no trouble using it. :) I like it because it helps my daughter remember what she's trading (thousands, hundreds, etc.) and why.

You might look at Right Start. It's hands on, conceptually solid, and uses card games for reinforcement. It's great for kids who grasp math quickly, because there aren't a ton of repetitive problems on worksheets. With a mathy kid I'd go straight to Right Start Level B, rather than A. Miquon might be another one to look at, because it'll allow for exploration....

The only time our reserved seats have been split up is when a plane has been changed or a flight canceled. When that happens I make DH go haunt the check-in desk, and usually they take care of it before we board. When it hasn't been taken care of before boarding, I explain it to the flight attendant, and then break the news to the person whose seat(s) I'm going to need to commandeer. No one has ever been unpleasant about it. The only semi-annoying thing about it is that they usually can't put all 4 of us together. Usually we end up with 2 and 2, which is fine. But twice it's been 3 and 1. Guess who got the 1? DH of course, because the little one refused to sit anywhere but next to me. *sigh* Now that they're older, if it ever happens again, I have decreed that DH gets to sit with the kids, and I get to pretend I'm traveling solo.

Just ask who the reader is. If it is Jim Weiss, then it is the newer edition. The older edition was read by Barbara Alan Johnson, and I believe the copyright was 2003. Mine is the newer version, and it does say Revised Edition on the front, right above the illustration. Edited again, in case this is helpful: the illustration on the box for the Jim Weiss recording is the wolf with Romulus and Remus. The older version has an illustration of two children reading a book, with a warrior and a goddess in the clouds above/behind them.

Yuck. Fortunately, I can't see any of them. With Mozilla Firefox, I use AdBlocker Plus and NoScript to avoid ads. They're free add-ons. :thumbup1:

I stick in a chapter from a read-aloud just before anything I suspect might be a struggle for us. We always finish read-alouds feeling warm and snuggly, and that helps us stay patient during whatever activity comes next.

OP, if your daughter loves the intrigue of Egypt, wait 'til you get to Rome. :D Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Octavian, oh my! (Highly recommend this book.) You have no idea how happy this makes me. :) DD and I loved Ancients, and we're finally, reluctantly, moving on to Medieval. Glad to hear we could end up loving it too!

If your son didn't struggle with ETC 1, feel free to move on to ETC 2. :) ETC 4 1/2 was the only half book I used with my older daughter.

Yep, lots of celiacs are anemic at the time of diagnosis. (Though anything that harms intestinal function can eventually result in anemia and other deficiencies.)

Agree with the recommendation to make an appointment with a ped GI now. No sense waiting any longer than necessary. While waiting to see the ped GI, check to see if your son's tests included IgA EMA (Endomysial Antibodies). If it didn't, in your shoes I'd request that test now. Some physicians believe a properly done positive IgA EMA is as good as a positive biopsy. In other words, if my child had a positive IgA EMA, and we trusted that the lab knew what they were doing, we'd assume our child has celiac disease and go gluten-free immediately, without bothering with a biopsy. Note: a positive IgA EMA means the likelihood of celiac is extremely high, but a negative IgA EMA does not rule out celiac. In the meantime your son must keep eating wheat. If he halts or lowers his consumption of wheat, it increases the chance that his biopsy could come back false negative. The damage is often patchy anyway, so a negative biopsy doesn't actually rule out celiac disease. It just means they didn't find it on that day. Good luck getting more answers, and soon too!