I sure could, especially when said friend is so wonderful about letting me see her great stash. :Angel_anim:

I really think Fred is the answer for my ds. If we started with Ice Cream say, which is 2 books before fractions, do you have a recommendation for a curric. to use with it or can that stand alone as well? And I'm interested to know why I should keep an open mind? Appreciate everyone taking the time to help me figure this out.

That would be wonderful! We do have a lot of libraries in our area, praying one of them has the whole set. Going to check that out now.

I am thinking about doing this just to give him some confidence in math, as I know the early books will be easy for him.

Thank you for letting me how it would be story wise, that is a big help in making the choice. And it will make him want to work up to Calc... I hope!:001_smile:

I just read about this on Amazon, love that they have a companion website to help with some of the projects, always a plus for me as the teacher. He does like playing games but I haven't had much success with ones that are out right math games. I have to be a little sneaky and pick ones that you need to use math to play but it is not a "math" game, KWIM?

I think that is a great approach. He is my youngest so the books I get will be just for him. It's nice to know that they have a great resale value, that definitely helps in this decision making process.

That describes my son too, he gives up too easily. He is a very logical thinker and Has to know the Why behind it before he will even try. Plus he just doesn't think it is enjoyable so is not interested. I think the ps gave him a bad attitude towards it by making it just seem like work and nothing else.

He struggles with it and thinks he is not good at it. However I believe that since he likes science he probably will like math too, once I find the right approach.

thank you, that is good advice. Buying just one book is a good idea. If the books are a continous story I just thought it woud be better to not end up having to go backwards. He is behind in math, because he doesn't think he is good at it so am trying to find something that will make it come alive for him.

I am on the verge of ordering Life of Fred for my ds 12 who "hates" math (blame that on ps) but loves science. I read him a couple of paragraphs online from LOF and he laughed and thought it was great. The website suggests that some 6th grade students might benefit from reading the last 4 in the elementary series (Goldfish, Honey, Ice Cream, Jelly Beans ) before starting fractions. From what I have read LOF is great for making math fun and that is the aim I am trying for but the books themselves are just supplements. I would like to get all of them but life being what it is, I need to spend wisely. So I am asking for some input here please. Would the Goldfish book be too "young" for him? Where would you start?

Sorry for the highjack here - need some advice on these books for an older child and you seem to know these books well. I am on the verge of ordering LOF for my ds 12 who "hates" math but loves science. I read him a couple of paragraphs online and he laughed and thought it was great. The website suggests that some 6th grade students might benefit from reading the last 4 in the elementary series (Goldfish, Honey, Ice Cream, Jelly Beans ) before starting fractions. As much as I would love to buy all of these, I need the money for other things ( like bills ) So which one would you start with?

found this for IEW code, it's instructions on how to download a code. Will let you know if it works. Thinking I may be a day late and a dollar short as a lot of the discounts were for August....sigh:001_rolleyes: http://www.excellenceinwriting.com/content/adding-updating-download-coupon-code update- No luck with this but I did find that IEW has a clearance tab on scratch and dent items, I can live with that. =]

Thank you, I found MUS 5% off for 2+ students or a free MUS demo tape, which may already be available on their site. Also you can get 3 weeks free Instructors guides for Sonlight core, LA or science so may check that out. Trying to save money is work:)

Thank you, I just joined and am waiting for my confirmation email. Really appreciate your sharing with me. :001_smile:

I went on retailmenot.com and found this "Math-U-See: Use the code OCT11FAM for your next online purchase of Math-U-See before October 31, and receive one free item from Steve Demmes family ministry collection." I wasn't able to find any info on the collection itself though.

So after hours and hours of reading reviews and recommendations for curriculum, (this site has been so helpful!) and then second-guessing myself, I am Finally ready to place my orders. :thumbup: I got as far as filling out the forms on the websites and then ran into enter Promotional code here and I Had to stop (nothing worse than finding out a little later that you could have saved money) KWIM? All this to ask where do you find these sweet little codes? I'm looking for any code for IEW, LOF or MUS right now. If there aren't any that's okay, but I'll wait to place my orders until I hear from all you wonderful people. thank you!

Thank you, I certainly like anything that is free. :001_smile:

Never thought of using Wikipedia for the order of shows on youtube. Great idea!

I like how you have organized it on your computer, sounds like a well thought out system, thank you for sharing it with me. Alas I don't have Excel so I will look into the learning.com. I'm home-schooling one child so that might be the answer I was looking for.

Have fun Sarah! Lots of home-schoolers on there.

Oh I see, I use it like that too and am trying to hunt down the clips ahead of time. Thanks for the other ones, will go check those out. :001_smile:

I really like it too and wish someone had lessons plans already made up. Wouldn't that be lovely!

Is youtube easy to use? I've heard about setting up an account but have never tried it myself. It would be a great tool, as long as I can figure out how to use it. =]

http://www.neok12.com. I finally took the time to explore this website today and was really impressed. Covers all the grades, has tons of short videos, games etc. for Math, Science, History Geography and English. The one for grammar for instance, had about 2 dozen videos of a teacher talking about one thing only, such as "What is a verb?" I can see it being a great supplement with just the right amount of information. So my question to all of you is how do you organize your lesson plans so that it includes online supplements? And if anybody uses this particular website I would love to hear your comments about it. Thank you!