I'm bumping this thread from several weeks ago to catch any new responses. Mommyfaithe... Did you decide whether or not to give them a try? :lurk5:

:iagree: You need to read Sayers watching her face carefully for any time her tongue is firmly in her cheek. ;)

Ah! This is usually my favorite answer to any program question... Both! :D

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He's done very well with GSWL, and he loves the sentences to translate. :) It sounds like any of the three could work, depending on how much emphasis we want to put on Latin next year. Thanks!

That does help. Thank you!

:iagree: This series had him in STITCHES! :) Now he can't put down the Redwall series. He's almost read them all.

Can we move right into First Form Latin after completing GSWL? Ds will be in 4th. Henle? LC? :willy_nilly: (<----- Me, deciding our Latin for next year.)

As we approach fourth grade, I'm seriously considering MP's 4th grade package. I've never used lit. guides before, but we have enjoyed CLE Reading Gr. 1-3. I realize they are quite a bit different in their approach, but I wouldn't want to tackle BOTH. Any thoughts? Opinions?

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I see! I thought you couldn't find the program above grade four. I didn't know there were additional flashcards. My apologies. :blush:

Oh! I think I know where to get Study Time up to 8th grade, if it's the same program you mean. See here. Is it the same?

For good old-fashioned Arithmetic, do you prefer Rod and Staff or Strayer Upton's Practical Arithmetic series?

For those who have used the course, about how long each day did each lesson take? Are there 170 lessons in the course? :lurk5:

You're welcome! :)

This might be beyond her level; but it is adorable and has some illustrations to copy.

My ds really likes Dover's Beginning Birdwatching Book. We also picked up a antique copy of Edith Patch's Bird Stories, but haven't read them yet. It's also very handy to have a state or location specific bird field guide, such as "Birds of Wisconsin", "Birds of Iowa", etc. instead of JUST "Birds of North America" or "Birds of Europe" or wherever you happen to live. We're bird enthusiasts here! P.S. Did anyone mention Mowat's Owls in the Family?

:grouphug:Praying. :grouphug:

DON'T feel like pasture-flop!! Good grief! You bent over backwards to provide a fantastic meal. Most people would bend over backwards to be able to EAT such a meal! Sheesh! That poor woman was beyond rude. I truly feel sorry for her. So sorry you had that experience. :grouphug:

Ah, but you know... The lovely Scottish short /o/ is quite a bit different from the American short /o/. :) I think it sounds lovely when a Scot pronounces scone with his lovely Scottish /o/; but I think it sounds equally lovely (and equally correct) to hear an American pronounce it with a long o. (Dad's Scottish.) Oh dear. I hope this doesn't start a long debate about crepe as long a or short e, sauna as an /aw/ or /ou/, etc. :D

"I asked the maid in dulcet tone To order me a buttered scone The silly girl has been and gone And ordered me a buttered scone." Tone/Scone or Gone/Scone? Both are correct :) Whatever you do, don't lose your appetite worrying about the pronunciation :D

We grew up eating scones with our tea, almost as a matter of course! Dad made them, using several recipes (including griddle scones (no leavening-- the traditional Scottish type--BAKED on a griddle), drop scones, baked scones (leavened with baking soda). They were NEVER as sweet as what you see in some pastry shops here; never frosted or with chocolate chips or whatnot; never deep fried. However, we did have them with marmalade or homemade lemon curd, cream, etc. Oh my.:drool: Whenever I visited the U.K. and ate scones there, they tasted just like Dad's. :) (Thanks, Dad.) A few months ago, I was talking about how I missed having scones. Ds8 asked, "What's a scone?" :svengo: I knew then and there I had been remiss in carrying down our family traditions and heritage. Sheesh! A long line of Sundays followed, in which we tried to make up for this lack. Scones, scones, scones! We never tired of them. :) We did, however, go through more pounds of butter than you care to know ;)

:iagree: Thanks for this thread, OP. It's an excellent reminder for all of us.

Well, count mine as weird, too, then! Worms? Math? Much more up their alley. :) We're taking the week off, and the boys spent all morning playing Store and Bank with our play money and such. If it were not so stormy outside, I'm such they would have been outside, picking up every worm, insect, spider, etc. they could catch. :D Ds8 is just now getting into art and coloring, etc. , though it's not a thing he thinks to do on his own free time. ;) Legos and playing with his brother trump coloring pages any time.

I always enjoy your down-to-earth posts, Ellie. :) I'll take this as permission to stop giving myself such a headache about the rather unimportant things in life! :)