Old thread I see, but we do American School. I don't really do it for the education, though. I do it more for that external transcript. I don't bother with the college prep as distance foreign language just doesn't work well, IMO. We do our regular homeschool thing and co-op classes but AS is that basic transcript with some life courses: childcare, food study, car care, consumer economics, just stuff like that.

Did anything change on the CDs or is it just an updated package? I'd hate to rebuy everything just for an updated label.

I can't find any reviews that are not from TOS from 2010 no less. And even free curriculum couldn't guarantee a good review. Anyone?

I know that my son would love robotics. Is this my best choice? Thanks, Kim

Yeah! Thank you. Off to shop!

I had to reduce the size. I finally got it. Thanks. :)

Who makes this set? My son wants more but I have no clue what it is. Thanks, Kim

Anyone have one in their email that they won't be using? Thanks.

My son was like that. He cannot decode. He did have convergence insufficiency and finish vision therapy, but that didn't do a thing for his decoding. My COVD agrees that he is dyslexic. Also, he used to look at a word and give a synonym for the word. He couldn't decode it but he had learned what it meant by looking at it. The vision therapist even gave me the technical term for that diddy as well. Check out Barton and Dianne Craft materials.

I've purchased CLE a few times and then sold it. And I am within driving distance, too, so it is very frustrating for me to wait for Paces. I am thinking Paces because one of my boys is dyslexic so reading is a complete challenge for him. I need something that will give him a task that is not too overwhelming for him to complete. They still want to do SOTW and FLL and their other stuff, but I need something that gives them something to do, to keep them always moving forward.

I am having a BOY problem. I am looking for straight-forward, true/false, multiple choice, matching etc worktexts. We do other stuff (when we do it) but I want a daily, structured, scheduled system that will keep the boys moving forward (even when I am not.) And how does it compare to CLE?

Last week we picked up 70ct notebooks for .17 each at Staples. The kids are thrilled but I didn't have time to go back. Hopefully they are still at that price. Anything look promising?

I was actually considering that pasta maker. I have a small Krups ice cream machine but it can't possibly make enough.

Title says it all. I have a Kitchenaid (big guy) just sitting on my counter. I would only use it to shred mozzarella (so that we don't eat cellulose.) But I just picked up a Bosch Compact with food shredder attachments, juicer, and food processor. LOVE IT!!! I have a Bosch Universal for big batches and flour sifting, but this little Bosch will force that KA into retirement. I NEVER use my pasta or ice cream attachment but I need to change that. We go through 11 gallons of raw milk each week so I need to start using that heavy cream before my husband drinks it all (no joke.) And now that I am making my own sauce, pasta is in higher demand and I want to stop buying the processed stuff. Who has something that they just LOVE?

Wow! Just popping on here. I use a COVD fellow. When I looked for a VT, I did use the COVD list. Then I searched my insurance database to find an in-network provider. Once I found one, I applied for the gap exception so that my out of network doc would be covered. There have been a few changes in my insurance protocol. At first, they reimbursed us in full and I only needed to take to National Intake once per year for approval. It has now changed to my submitting claims once I have the therapy appointment and 90-day National Intake approval windows. So this takes a bit more work on my end, but still worth it. I currently have one who graduated, one who is about to graduate, and 3 others (including myself) currently in VT. Anyone who has depth perception is also on a home-based computer program (so they don't have to do that part IN therapy.) I just had an end of unit visit with the doctor. My depth perception is beginning to come in, my eye is not turning off hardly ever now and my eyes are fusing much better. When I walked in the door, I could barely track well enough to read the second line on the eye chart. Yesterday I read the bottom line with no problem whatsoever.

Pros and cons? I am thinking about upgrading. I bought the flour sifter (yeah, I know, $90 for a flour sifter, but I think it will save money.) But I don't want to put money into in previous model. I'm sure that I could sell my originial Universal but is it worth the extra money to buy new? I picked up a cheap Compact with juicer, shredder, and food processor so that iw my little project machine. Since I will only be dragging out the big Bosch once a week or so, is it worth it?

This particular example came from my college daughter who nannies a child in school. This was her homework assignment. She was appalled at the assignment. She mentioned over and over again how stupid the assigment was until the girl asked why then did she have to do it. So she stopped ranting (in front of her.) lol My SIL's example had to do with the way that they do fractions. There are check boxes that you mark off and then you turn the paper on its side and check boxes the other way. I have no idea what this was nor do I want to learn. I have no plans to change what works. Out of my 4 high school graduates, 2 have their Master's, one graduates next year with a 3.9xx GPA, my recent grad has 42 credits of college, again with a 3.9xx GPA.

They are saying how Common Core will give 5 explanations as to how a question can be answered and you have to find the fallacy in each (except for the correct one.) So while we are teaching for accuracy, we are not teaching them how to do it in convoluted methods so that they can find the error.

We visited family over the weekend and they were talking about the horrors of Common Core and their PS child. Up to date, I haven't been all that concerned as to how it would affect ME. But they are saying it will affect the SATs and college and that it will seriously affect me if I don't teach Common Core. What do you think?

Whenever you drop one eye below the other eye, the brain turns off the bottom eye. My bet is that he is experiencing some double vision and he is learning how to deal with vision issues. I have 2 kids in vision therapy, another kid in prisms, another kid waiting to start as well as doing vision therapy myself.

Since it is the consensus that TT is a bit off the mark when it comes to grade level, is it feasible to start a younger child on it (with mom help the whole time?" Thanks, Kim

OK, so my insurance is going to cover my therapy. Today I brought my 24 year old daughter in for an evaluation. He said that when the body has to work so hard with this type of vision difficulty, it tends to cause issues when you hit your 40s: this thing called adrenal fatigue. Wow! I was treated for that last year and I just started treatment for it again last week. And here I thought that it was the 8 kids that did it to me.

I just bought level 2 today. Maybe it is just that we are using a lower level right now. But I thought in the tutorial that the instructed us to go back over to the tiles for a couple of the sections. We were on Lesson 3 and the app jumped to about the 5 or 6 word on the list rather than the top one. And since some subsections weren't covered with the app, I just made do with the next screen. I have the tiles and I even bought a second set of tiles that I put little magnets on so they stay on our magnetic board. I'm 50/50 right now about the app, but I'm sure that I will grow to love it as the levels progress.

But you can not buy the tiles and only use the app. How does that work if you have to go off the app and use the tiles? I am approved to buy the apps. I just have to find a good deal on iTunes cards. :)

So, I decided to buy the app for Level 2. Well, they won't sell it to me UNTIL I send them a picture of myself holding the manual and the tiles.