I grow strawberries and sunflowers.

I voted I require it, but they drink it by choice as well. I have one child who will only drink milk or water - refuses all else except for communion.

I'd be very careful about continuing to accelerate him much without having the arithmetic down solid. Sometimes we all need a little break and then the attitude improves. I wouldn't allow calculators at all. Make sure he knows the facts cold and can manipulate numbers well. Somehow you have to figure out a way to get him back to doing the challenging problems. I'd back off until it is easy and then work forward from there.

... everyone has a different opinion. I love AoPS, but agree it is not for everyone. I would buy the AoPS prealgebra book when it comes out and see if she likes the format. I'd bet that it still has some challenge in it for her. From there she'd definately have the background to proceed into AoPS Algebra, and you'll know better if it will be a good fit. I would not push a young kid into AoPS Algebra if they aren't wanting a challenge.

Not IEW writing courses, but maybe IEW's Fix it Grammar - actual grammar instruction.

Looks great. I think we'll wait until a diagnosis, but we're in that process now. I've added it to my save cart for later. I'd love to hear how it goes with your family.

I know that this week we got a letter from the census that our address has randomly been selected for a "long questionaire". We haven't received the questionaire.

I think you get your best classes when you let your teachers pick their curriculum and teach to their passions. Some classes we have loved Kid's chemisry lab, gymnastics, geography, PE, mystery disease (from Prufrock Press), marine biology, critters class, chess, film design, music, art.

I wanted to add that if he is able to work through and understand the AoPS text, then there will be no need to take a local algebra class. I would think most classes would not be up to the same par as AoPS.

Before buying Barton, I'd call and talk to Susan Barton about your circumstance and see what she recommends reguarding her program. It may be overkill for your situation or it might be just what you need.

There are a lot of free downloads of Paul Hewitt's conceptual physics labs on the Arbor Scientific website. http://www.arborsci.com/Labs/CP_Labs_Selection_2.aspx?utm_source=CP%2Bsuppliment&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=CP%2Bsuppliment Some of them require special equipment, but others are easily doable at home. I really like how these labs are set up.

I teach Illustrated Guide to several homeschool students, but they use various chem texts. Sorry, not much help, but I think you can use just about anything and choices depend more on if you want harder/easier math and differences in the level of the text as well as personal preferences. Some you might look at: Apologia Spectrum Conceptual Chemistry Singapore's Chemisty Matters Zumdahl - AP level ... any chem text from the used book store

Math and English - which one dominates depends on the month and mom's mood.

I don't see why they wouldn't be good together. The AoPS PreAlgebra book isn't available yet, unless I'm mistaken, so I obviously haven't seen it. We like both Fred and AoPS here, although my oldest tends more to mix Singapore NEM and AoPS.

Yes, there is a money back guarantee - also just plain good customer service. When I first bought the teacher/student combo, I watched the teacher portion over the summer and come time for school to start I couldn't find my student dvds. I honestly did not know if I had received them in the first place - I called up IEW and said I had no idea if I had misplaced them or if I had never gotten them and they mailed me a new set at no charge. ... eventually I found my copy behind the tv a few months later. Oops! I've loved my IEW stuff and it does have great resale value.

In both the 9th and 10th editions of Hewitt's Conceptual Physics, the answers are also in the Practicing Physics workbook (which is a great supplement as well). HTH

In reading old posts about latin programs, this one caught my eye. What can you tell me about Ecce Romani? What ages have you done it with? What pieces of the program do you need to buy?

Art of Problem Solving with NEM. (mathy kid)

I'm with regentrude in that my first instinct was to solve it as a "phyiscs" problem with real-life gravity. If the math problem doesnt' match up with solving it with gravity then it is a very poor math problem. ... by the way, I'm all for pushing to solve problems that make the kids think and aren't necessarily straightforward.

Art of Problem Solving.

I know she said they were putting the finishing touches on the getting ready for college mp3 and that it should be on her website soon. I plan on buying it at that time - it was a great talk packed full on information.

I agree with AoPS is she is a strong math student that gets bored with the drill and repitition.

Feel free to PM me if you need more info/opinions.

My sixth grader has finished NEM 1 and started NEM 2 as well as working on both AoPS Algebra and Counting and Probability books. Sure you can do both. The Number Theory book looks fun and my math lover is looking forward to working through it this summer "for fun".

I think IEW would be a good fit, but I can't comment so much on the others.