I have used it for about 4 months and never notcied any British rule issues. I tried to use the other EPS book and I just could not get it, :001_huh: maybe it was just me. I love that AP you can just open and read and takes very little thought on my part, I have severe insomnia and some days I am just not there. IT has helped my dysgraphic son so much. Does that help any? blessings lori

Jenn... I would love to hear some of you salmon tihngs you make and your asian inspired Ideas :D I am big on Mexican type food but would like to expand our horizons for variety :D thanks lori

ohh I will play along I miss Hi-Ho Cheerio too and chutes and Ladders

That is what we are doing

mine is up

Yes this is us too minus the retirement plan.... we seriously have nothing left to play with, and most of the time nothing to work with to begin with. We live in a major metroplex we have no room for a garden and what room we do have we pots of herbs that is about it. We also rent and are constantly reminded we are at the "mercy" of our landlord, our paycheck is dwindling and dwindling and we are very thankful to have a job at this point. blessings lori

We went to Scottish Rite :) hope that helps

We are using with my 2 dysgraphic sons (9th and 7th grade): Apples Spelling Drill (9th grader who had therapy) Apples and Pears (used in 6th and now in 7th grade) Jump In (finishing it with my 9th grader it will takes us about 2 years to get through it but it is wonderful I will start using it with my 7th grader this year) Wordsmith Apprentice (it is being finished up with my 7th gr. it is okay) for Grammar I have used easy grammar and daily grams...right now we are just doing DG only, I have decided to not focus on having a "Grammar" program... we will add in editor in chief (for my 7th grader..we have it in the house and therefore I do not have to buy anything) and we will also add in Langauge Smarts (with 7th grader and I have it) Hope that helps :) blessings lori

This has worked wonders for us... Apples and Pears has been a huge help to my dysgraphic youngest son :) hth lori

wow this is great... I will use it next year with my 12yo... money is tight and I can't get what I want so this is very close, how did you plan it out thanks lori

ohhh I want to play this week.... it is a slide show of our really weird trip to the park for a hike. I made a slide show, I promise it is weird http://sparkshomeacademy.blogspot.com/ blessings lori

My sons is doing (and I will preface by saying we are going to more of a textbook-y approach because it works for us and my LD son) BJU Pre-Algebra Abeka Geography Abeka biology (at co-op) Jump In Writing/ Daily Grams/ Apples Spelling Drill Abeka Themes In Literature (LOTR lit class in co-op also) Informal Logic AO Bible Foundations For Living Homemade History of Med (my son wants to be an EMS) we will start spanish about mid-year maybe that is it :D

that's okay yesterday I was so happy to learn I was not a potato... I was really uncertain for awhile:lol: blessings lori

http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com I am planning on using this next year and have been working with it for planning my year

I don't know about life science but we are using he 8th grade Earth Science next year with my 10th grader and high school credit. I know I wasn't much help but there you go!

I would love to see it too sparkshomeschoolmommy@yahoo.com

this is my new favorite, it is a homeschool planner, tracker and scheduler it is free :) http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com/HomeSchool/displayLogin.do I have been using it all week to enter in our lessons for next year and it is fairly easy to use. hth lori

:lol: that is too funny

Yeah I think so the earth science is used by some for High School Credit. I would look at abeka 7th grade, I did that this year with my science loving 6th grader. hth lori

Jennifer I sent you bmail

Both my sons have dysgraphia and my oldest (13yo) has been using Jump In this year. He just finished his persuasive paper, it is posted on my blog. He did a real good job.. Jump In is worth a look and try. We love it

mine is up... it is a scan of something my 13yo LD son wrote and I am so so so proud of him. hope you enjoy! link is in the siggy

I know I was :lol: all over the place, I just wish I had the joy and ability to do the same thing sometime. You know like when you kid starts something, you could just delete his words like it was never said and move on with your day.:D

WE took a big paycut also... and this is our lean time and we are really feeling it. But in a couple of weeks (spring) it will start to not be as bad.

mine is up :) it is how you carry around a guinea pig when it is cold :)