He is 9. Facts with in 10 but also he knows some of the upper. We do MUS & just started Math Reasoning. We have also done facts sheets for practice. He has a lot of them memorized or can think of them with in a decent amount of time. But when I was talking with the MUS people they said memorizing them is with in 3 seconds. So he cant do all of them with in 3 seconds. I just talked with him about it and he said he feels overwhelmed with so many in a row. That he would like to do less at a time OR a game. I would love it to be "fun" for him so I can do games. I will look up the ones up above and any others you all may know of. He learns really well by watching something. So MUS works well for that. But he said his hardest time is with 6's & 7's. He says that he can do 8's, 9's & 11's really well becasue they are close to 10. So he takes 8 + 3 and will add 2 on to the 8 which makes 10 and then only has 1 to add on. SO, does this mean he has learned a "trick" for those and maybe needs to learn some for the other numbers? He said MUS didnt teach much on 6 & 7 like it did for the 8 & 9's. SO I guess Im confused on wheather or not to try to teach him concepts and tricks for the numbers so it makes sense in his head or just keeping him memorizing? He could figure all them out in his head (1-10 ) so it confuses me.

My son is hating memorizing his addition/subtraction facts. I have tried printed practice sheets, flashcards, flashmaster & Xtramath.com. Im not sure what to do now?? He can figure them out with time but is having a hard time getting them memorized. He says xtramath is making him worse.... And when I look at his scores he is getting worse scores. I know he is trying but getting discouraged and dreading doing them. Does anyone have any other thougths or options they have used?

Thanks for that! I've been looing and relooking throught all the samples and just cant decide. I was thinking of going throught to level 6 of EM and then 7 - 8th grade going over the MCG? Would that be overkill, or doing the same thing twice?? Maybe it would be good to review again.

I should of wrote it would only by used for review. They both look so similar and Im not sure which one to choose?

Ugg, I thought I decided on EM Daily Geo but now I just seen Maps Charts & Graphs. Anyone have input for these two?

Has anyone used both of these and prefer one over the other?

Are you ever learning concepts in LOF that you have not covered yet in MUS?

Those of you who use these two together..... Do you skip around in LOF since MUS is taught in such a different order than average curriculums? OR how do you do them together?

My plan is to read through Grammar Island and Sentance Island. My question is do I begin both at the same time or should I read throught grammar island, finish and then begin sentance island?

Okay good, sounds like I accidently did a good thing :) I got one for each ds (2) I probably only needed 1.

Is there a differnce between the teacher edition and student practice workbooks. Daily Geography and Daily Science have both options? Im kind of upset because I bought them on amazon and ebay for what I thought was a decent price until I just seen the student practice books for 7.99 on evan moor website. Ohh I think I messed up. I hoping someone says there is some great reason I got the more expensive ones.

Did you like this science for this age/grade group.

What is knowledge quest? Or how can I look it up is what Im meaning. I typed in Knowledge quest into google and got a lot of different things.

Those are all great ideas, Thank You. When we study a country I wanted to get some details on it with out having to buy a book for each country.

Is there a good geography book that hits on a lot of different places and cultures?

Victory on the walls: A Story of Nehemiah Within the Palace Gates: The King's Cupbearer Both seem to be about the same time and thing?? Would I want to read them both or pick one?

Has anyone used both to tell how they compare?

Yes it does, thanks!

Not sure which one I think is better for sure, but if I had to pick think I would go with the online version. They still have some of the books that you can read online and they have it so well put together.

My two LOVE VP online history. Always ask me if they can do another lesson. We still do read some of the books together and go over the VP cards but that is mostly just cause that time if just fun to sit and read!

But I still would love to know the original questions answer :)

The Spartan & Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker If you have read these did you like them? Which one is better?

Is this book all about war? Probably a dumb question, I know nothing of history (YET) :) Could someone please fill me in who has read it? Thanks

Thank You everyone this has been really helpful!

Thank You, that looks like a great list.