I haven't seen that site, but I've wondered the same about other paid sites. I'm sure like everything it depends on the site and how much you use it. I've wondered about notebookingpages.com.

For 2 reasons...as review is the biggest and the 2nd is because I have the ones from 1B that we weren't able to get to and I still want to. LOL! I've read several times that people do this and it sounded like it might be a good idea for review. Maybe not, we'll see, but I thought I'd try it. I'm not sure why those people aren't responding because in other Singapore threads I've had, many people said that was how they did it. Now they are hiding. ;) What I may end up doing is starting at least halfway through the books though because reading many of the early CWP pages, they look way too easy. But, I guess starting in the middle of CWP would be a half year behind. :) Anyway, that's the reasons.

We tried but rarely got to it. I wanted to. We were playing catch up on math because of my floundering. Plus, we have such a hard time just getting the minimum in because I have 6 kids 7 and under including twin 3 year olds...who are more work than the other 4 combined...and a 9 month old. Anyway, I'm hoping to have time to get those incorporated better this year, especially CWP. We should be able to do that because now we are slightly ahead...we school year round and have till July of next year to finish level 2. It *should* be enough time. We'll see....:lol:

It might be a good idea to stop between 1B and 2A and do CWP 1. Or to stop a little ways in 2A. He really could use some work on word problems. Plus, I wouldn't mind him working on subtraction a bit more before moving on. We worked on it for a while and finally moved on, but having that extra time between to solidify word problems and add in subtraction (and addition ;)) drills might be perfect for him. Hmm...I'm going think on that. Thank you for the suggestion!

It must depend on the child and maybe on the creative outlet. My oldest is still only 7. ;) When he labels things he has drawn, he wants to know it's done correctly. If he makes a mistake and finds out later I didn't point it out to him, he is miffed. I've actually tried to let things go because I want to look back and see how HE actually spelled it or wrote it, but he does not. He is a perfectionist. His 5 year old brother is the same. Both of them usually ask how to spell things before writing them. My 5 year old daughter (twin) will not ask and just does the best she can on her own. I don't point out her mistakes unless she asks. I do have to hold back when it comes to spelling. I am a horrible speller. (see siggy! LOL) I don't want them to pick up my bad spelling habits because it bothers me so much. Because of that, I tend always want to correct spelling. I have to stop myself when it isn't the time for that. :tongue_smilie: Luckily, my oldest and next son both like to know when it isn't right. :thumbup:

For Singapore Math, I've seen a lot of people say they use the CWP and/or the IP a half book behind. I am planning to do that. But, I've also heard a lot of people say they don't use the CWP and IP with 1A or B...so, starting with the level 2 books. My question is do you start them with 2A and use CWP 1 and IP 1B? Or wait till 2B to start those and start at CWP 2 and IP 2A. We are starting 2A later this week. (or we'll wait till next Monday, but I don't tend to wait, I just jump in on whatever day.) I'm planning to start CWP 1 and IP 1B. I do also have CWP 2 and IP 2A, but I'm planning to start with the level 1 books. I think this will be good for my son. We can revisit it if it's too easy or not working. I was just curious how others handle it. :)

Having dealt with recurrent UTI's in myself and my daughter getting them periodically, I would have asked to be seen tomorrow instead of going to the ER or the urgent care. I hope you got it figured out. I know how awful UTI's are. Hugs to both of you.

I've read some of these responses, not all. I've had this same type of thing happen to us a couple times with both sides of our family. We no longer trust my husband's side of the family to follow through because of it. Twice we have made decisions based on on commitments they made and it affected us a lot more than just not having the savings we intended. They were very specific commitments, initiated by them, and clearly broken. Both situations with my IL's left us in a pretty unsettling situation, both costing us a a good amount of money that we would not have needed to spend if they had never made the original commitment, which they initiated. We no longer trust them to keep commitments especially regarding money. The situation with my family was very different and while we were, and still are, a little miffed, we still trust them, but with a grain of salt if that makes sense. The money promised was a gift, absolutely, but it was also a commitment your FIL made, to both you and your son, that he broke. It really isn't the money part that hurts. It's the broken commitment and subsequent loss of trust and respect. It's also a feeling like you are not as important to them as you feel like you were or should be. My IL's also had no reason to go back on their commitment. They definitely could have afforded it, and yes, I do know this for sure. They just decided they didn't want to. The commitment they made to us was not important enough to keep. It hurt our feelings as would any broken commitment from them (and there have been MANY that were not financial and hurt us just as much or more). I just wanted you to know that your feelings of hurt and disappointment are valid. You aren't alone. I wouldn't hold a grudge over it or let it cloud everything, but I would definitely proceed with caution when it comes to trusting them to follow through on any commitment they make, financial or otherwise. Hugs to you.

Could you check books out of the library that pertain to what you are studying (in history and science and whatever else including things that might interest him), then have a set time during the day for him to look at those books specifically? You could start with 15 minutes. Don't tell him he has to read them. He can look at the pictures, read captions. He will probably get interested in some of them and start reading. You can change the books out about once a week. I do this with my kids. It makes them a captive audience with the books I want them to look through/read for a few minutes. They end up finding something to read and enjoying it. Other than that, I got nothing...LOL! My oldest LOVES to read to learn. He reads almost all non-fiction. For his prize book for reading so many books this summer, he asked for the CLP Nature Readers. Ha, ha!

I don't really have any advice, but my almost 8 year old son is the same way. I have 6 kids who are all 7 and under and I can't do anything else while he is working or he won't work. It's very frustrating. But, from my understanding it really is not that unusual for 8 year old boys. I have started something every now and then where I'll ask him to finish the math sheet (or spelling or whatever) while I change a diaper or whatever. If he does finish, he gets a mark on the whiteboard and gets to read for an extra 5 minutes before going to sleep. I did 5 because they could add up quickly and I don't want him up for an extra 30+ minutes, but you could do more. The incentive seems to help a lot. Mostly though, I've just learned to accept this is who he is and I have to sit with him for now. I've tried to relax about it. (Though, I do still get frustrated.)

It's like magic! My oldest would NOT learn his letters. He was 5, almost 6, and I was seriously frustrated when I found out about Letter Factory...a friend told me. Within 3 or 4 day he knew them all and so did his 3 year old twin siblings. All my hard work trying to teach him was such a wast of time. :glare: I pop that DVD in periodically for my 2 year olds now. When they get a little older, we will have Leap Frog boot camp and be done with learning letters! No reason to waste my time trying when The Frogs are obviously superior at teaching letters than I am. :thumbup1: We have the Talking Word Factory too. We like it and it has helped, but it wasn't as magical as the Letter one. We have a couple others too...Math Circus and one other about reading using Fairy Tales...nothing holds the same magical powers as Letter Factory even though we do like them all.

I don't know why, but I feel like their website is lacking in some important/enticing information. Their website is not what drew me in to using MFW. It was the other users. Their site talks very little if at all about the use of the "book basket." It also doesn't mention that being able to use the library is a big plus if you are going to use MFW. Although, neither of those are required, I think both deserve to be mentioned, especially the book basket. Their forum is very helpful. I'm very glad that I took the plunge because I really do LOVE MFW. It has been a huge blessing for us. The content is awesome. I taught my older son to read using K and 1st and my 5 year old twins are learning now. They are using K. The foundation is very solid. I know what you mean about finding something and sticking with it. I'm very much like that. So, I can definitely understand asking questions that pertain to later years. :thumbsup: I know almost nothing about the highschool years, but I've heard great things about it. With oldest being only in 2nd...it's our plan for now. ;) The above ladies can tell you more about it or jump over the highschool board. I bet you could find lots of good threads about it there.

Well, the text, WWE The Complete Writer (rather than the workbooks) is meant to be used that way. It lays out a 4 year plan of how to do it, but you make the reading selections and questions from things you are already reading. A lot of people do that. It's too much for work for me since I have 6 who are under 7 and I just don't have that kind of time. We have read some of the books from the selections as read alouds because my children were very intrigued by the reading selection. Sometimes, I just tell them the basics of the rest of the story...if I know it. And other times, that's just life. Mine don't get too bent out of shape about it, but sometimes it annoys them. When it does, I tell them we will read that book together as a read aloud and they are usually excited about it.

Umm....never mind...it looks like I'm in... :blush:

I try hard to go at least 1x a week...it can be tough for me to get there with 6 kids 7 and under, but I try. I got a dinning room table (for our kitchen) a week ago in pretty good condition. It has 2 leaves and will easily seat 8 people, which we have...$17!!! Holy Good deal, Batman! Love it! I've yet to score any REALLY good curriculum books, but I live in nowhere'sville. I'm planning to start going to GoodWill stores as we travel to bigger areas where more money floats around. :lol:

WooHoo!!! I love scoring at GoodWill. :hurray: I recently found 18 Let's read and find out science books at my library for $.25 each! I was SO psyched. Yay for good deals!! :party:

I used the Magic School Bus DVD's as a jumping off point last year. We would watch one (that I picked) and then check out library books on the topic to learn more. You could also use the Let's Read and Find Out Science series or something similar as the "spine" of the week and go through many of those with secondary books to supplement. Just some random thoughts. :)

I guess I can't really answer because I've only used K, 1st and I'm using Adv. There are not a bunch of books in K or 1st. There are a lot of them in Adv, but it is still different than the cycle years. So far, for the most part, we read several pages of one book over the course of a week or several days and then more on to anther book. We may read from one book for a week and then put that down and read from something else for a week and come back to the first one a few weeks later. We had 2 different books we read from this week, but still only 1 book per day. So far, we aren't reading several books per day...other than having separate books for history and science and then a read-aloud book. We are in week 6-ish. There is book basket books...MFW uses the library and suggests titles to supplement the reading you are doing in history and science. (You don't have to get the exact titles and technically the book basket is optional.) You can read from those, but the idea is for your kids to look through them and glean what info they can/want to from them. There are several long time MFW users on the board. I'm sure they will chime in soon. :) ETA - I love MFW. ;)

Not saying it doesn't follow rules. It was the only word *I* taught as a sight word...meaning one that is known by sight, by memorizing, and not read using phonics even if it could be. He knows it just by sight. And, by memorize it, I simply mean I told him what it was every time he came to it until he knew it. :)

I asked this exact same question when my son was learning to read. We used MFW to teach phonics/reading. I also assumed I was missing it or that I would need to add it. The answer was basically that we are using a phonics program...sight words are not needed. I think the only real sight word I taught was "the." LOL! Everything else he learned using phonics. He is in 2nd grade now and reads great! The words that are often taught as sight words, he picked up naturally with phonics reading. So, I say...don't worry about memorizing sight words. :D

I'm hoping someone with more experience will chime in. My son is 7, almost 8, and doing 2nd grade. He does a good amount of copywork. He does reverse his letters every once in a while, probably only the b and d at this point. But, he will randomly do odd things, with reversals or spacing or whatever. In general, his handwriting and copywork is fairly neat...though not perfect. But, every child is different. How is her reading? Have you seen any signs of dyslexia or dysgraphia (I think that is the one where they have trouble with writing only)? Something I've done is googled to find samples of other children's handwriting. That showed me that my son was on par or better other kids his age. That might help you either realize that it's normal or realize that she might need some other type of help. I hope someone with a lot more experience will chime and give a more helpful answer. Good luck!

Great news! Yes, I'm sure she will want this to be the new norm. But, since it went fine this time, I wouldn't think that would be a big deal. That's just me though. Congrats on a great visit with friends! :D

Did I reply to you on another forum? If not, I'll reply here, but I answered this same question just a day or so ago on another forum...yes, it looks like you have the same UN there. I don't. ;) I stand by what I said there. I'll give you a little bump though. :)

In my opinion, it is not appropriate at all for her daughter to sleep with the boys, especially your 9 year old son. I wouldn't be okay with that. I would talk to the other mother about setting aside an hour or so for the older girls to be alone. Maybe while the youngers watch a movie or play a game. Since they will be here for 2wks, I wonder if you could see if you can plan a get together for just those 2. I definitely see both sides of this. I completely understand your daughter's side of this. I have a sister who is 7 years younger than I am. I get it. I see the other side too. I have only 1 daughter but 5 boys. She feels left out sometimes. And sometimes I have to tell the boys they have to let her play. I don't like it when either side feels hurt by it. Having only 1 girl also means that sometimes, *I* don't get the alone time with the other mothers (or my own mother, her grandmother) that I'm craving because she is lonely and we, the adult women, are the only other girls around. She wants to be with us. Or, I just want to be alone in the house while the kids play, but the boys are being boys, so she would rather hang with me. I have to give a little and have a bit of a compromise in those situations. Sometimes this is just the way it is in a family setting. It is a tough spot for all. Good luck! ETA - I wanted to add that in this situation, if I was the other mother, I would have the 7 year old daughter sleep with me with the 11 year olds get their time and the boys sleep together. My daughter and I would have some special time together and our own sleep over. I would try to make it special by bringing a good book to read or a treat to have right before bed or whatever. And, if she didn't like it, I would just tell her that's the way it is. Life isn't fair. Some things are not age appropriate and we have all lived that. She will get older. Personally, I would want to allow the 11 year olds some alone time AND I wouldn't want my 7 year old to be listening in on their older, more mature chatter before bed. But, that is just me. In the situation you are in, I would try to find an alternative time for the 11 year olds since the other mother has a different way of dealing with things than we would.

I'd walk away and find the book elsewhere. I would assume she doesn't know how paypal works. Bummer!