just to use with the Hakim History of Us books? Thanks Kathleen

Will there be a Writing With Style book similar to the hardback Writing With Ease?

Does anyone know the differences between the first and second editions? Kathleen

Mine have used R&S Math since 1st grade. My 15 yr old dd went from R&S Math to Teaching Textbooks Algebra and is currently working through Algebra 2. She made an easy transition and has not had any problems. My 13 yr old will finish R&S Math 8 this year and begin TT Algebra in the fall. Kathleen

There is one in Maryville and one in Lenoir City. I found them on this website: http://www.tennkidsclub.org/co-ops.aspx

My 15 yr old is working through the Rod and Staff 8th grade book. She has been using this curriculum since 3rd grade. Yesterday we searched some ACT and SAT tests and looked at the grammar sections. She was very discouraged. She felt like all this grammar she has been doing should have been enough to answer most of the questions correct. Do you have any suggestions? I have thought about getting a grammar rules book and letting her read that and work through some kind of editing curriculum. Kathleen

The only thing I have seen is the lapbook journal from Knowledge Box Central. It does have the lab worksheets already filled in with the supplies and procedure. http://site.knowledgeboxcentral.com/Samples/PS2Mod1Complete.pdf

On Ellie's recommendation, we began using R&S math when my oldest was in 3rd grade. If she finished the book early, we just moved into the next level. We did not take much time off from math. She finished the 8th grade book in 7th grade and started 8th grade with Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1. We will continue with R&S for the younger ones and use Teaching Textbooks for the high school math. Kathleen

I will second HomeLife Academy. We have been using them for 4 years now.

This will be our first year homeschooling high school, but our 4th year homeschooling in TN. Dh and I do not have college degrees, so we use an umbrella cover school to teach our children. The one we use is not obtrusive at all, but very available to answer questions and address concerns. Kathleen

This one is great and only $5.

http://www.clp.org/documents/2909/original/English_I_4.pdf Scroll about halfway down to lesson 12. Kathleen

My plan for world history was to divide it into a year and a half. I did not want to cram thousands of years of history into one year and since dd has not had much world history, I didn't feel like that would be overdoing it. I asked my cover school here in TN, if I could give her 1.5 credits for world history. The response was that "Even if a student takes longer to finish a course, she will still only get one credit for it." Maybe I didn't explain myself to her very well, I don't know. Has anyone successfully submitted a transcript to their TN cover school dividing world history into more than one credit (TOG, WTM, MFW)? I sent her an email back asking her if she was familiar with the classical model of education and explained that I could divide it into 2 years and give a different course description for each credit. I also sent links to the TOG website showing the course descriptions for 4 years of history. Kathleen

Is there a world history series similar to Joy Hakim's History of Us? My kids really enjoyed these books and I was hoping to find something like it for our world history studies. Kathleen

Homeschool Enrichment Magazine has a free coupon book http://homeschoolenrichment.com/goodies/coupons/ and it has a coupon for free shipping from Hewitt if your order is $20 or more and contains Lightning Lit. The coupon expires 8/1/10. Kathleen