Thank you for the welcomes.

Thanks especially for the app recommendations! Hopefully it will encourage them to try a little harder because it will seem more fun. Just looked at the xtramath website. This is exactly what I need. Thanks again!

Not to change the subject of the OP, but how could you tell me how you used Sonlight with such an age range? I have always wanted to use SL with my kiddos, but I am not sure if I could handle reading all day long and using different cores at the same time. Thanks!

I live about 40 minutes north of Dallas. Been living in Texas for the past 12 years though hope to move back home to Florida at some point.

My children (9yo and 8yo) struggle with learning addition/subtraction/multiplication facts. My fourth grader still has to count on her fingers to do any of those. We use MUS and I am wondering if the dependence on the blocks is part of the problem. Anyway, I have tried buying CDs that teach them the facts through song, continued repitition with mom, worksheets, etc. They just don't get it and I am baffled why my children can't learn these. Any ideas or suggestions?

Hi all, I have been reading these forums for a couple of years at least and signed up for an account a couple of months ago. I am grateful for the discussion and advice that I have found through reading the posts. I have yet to read WTM though I hope to do so soon. I am mother to five children, ages almost 10-2, and #6, our last, due in August. I was a homeschool graduate myself. We are currently using MFW as our core curriculum. I am considering changing to something else when we finish this first year. I am not happy with their science (comes from AiG) and I am not sure that my fourth grader is getting enough history. Anyway, enough for now. I look forward to getting to know you all. Kelly