Thank you! I was looking for that and couldn't find it!

It looks like the MP e-books for recitation for each grade are no longer available. I should have bought them all when I had the chance. Does anyone know how to get them?

Late 30s, 50 pounds overweight, bad back since childhood. Just a few minutes of standing and I start to feel discomfort and my body is screaming to sit down. Walking is easier.

Can't wait. Loved that movie.

Do you know anything about this company? http://www.tesols.com There's a Groupon for their course, and I was wondering if it really does qualify one for teaching ESL or if it's a scam.

I was 16, my summer birthday kids will be 17, and my December birthday child will be 18.

Perfect, thanks! I think that was in the back of my brain, but I just couldn't retrieve it.

Mathematical Reasoning A has been a huge hit for my 4yo son. I'm probably going to use this series as his whole math curriculum until he's ready for Beast Academy.

If you want an all-in-one English book that covers a similar scope-and-sequence to R&S, but you can't use R&S because your child has an irrational aversion to it, what other options are there?

I use this with my Suzuki students when they start reading: http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Music-Reading-Violin-Book/dp/0874876184/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403470165&sr=8-2&keywords=William+Starr

I didn't think it was that rigorous. In fact, dd hated it at first because she felt like the text was talking down to her. But obviously it worked.

Science was one of those subjects that didn't really get done in our house in K-2. In K and 1st dd8 went to a once-a-week tutorial that did a little bit of fun science. Second grade --nothing. This year, her tutorial did Apologia Land Animals, and I was starting to get concerned that dd wasn't getting a broad base of general science knowledge. So I downloaded Mr. Q life science, bought earth science when it went on sale in January, and gave it to grandma to read with dd (my mom helps with some of the schooling). No experiments, no tests, just read and chat. I just got dd's achievement test results. She got every. science. question. correct. 99th percentile. And her other subjects didn't match up to that, it's not just that she's some awesome test taker. So, if test scores matter to you (I know it's not a big deal for everyone), then Mr. Q is your friend.

My son is almost 5 and can do almost the whole list. Still needs to be cleaned up in the bathroom, still needs training wheels, and still needs supervision to clean his room.

I blame reality tv and Pinterest for all this. My youngest is almost 5, and the gender reveal party is something I'd never heard of back then. But one of my friends found out she was going to be an aunt, and first thing she says? "Oh, I've got to get busy and plan the gender reveal party!" I kind of felt sorry for her, she's a busy single mom, and she obviously felt an obligation to do this. Suddenly this new "tradition" is just as expected as Thanksgiving dinner! Don't even get me started on all these other new traditions like maternity photoshoots! But that's the cold-hearted cynical side of me. The nice side of my brain remembers that in Biblical cultures they threw parties when the kid weaned. So times change and I musn't be a fuddy-duddy.

I don't know how to work the problem, but I got far enough to figure out that's a lot of eggs for one basket!

There was no such thing as parent orientation at my college. Can 1992 really be that long ago?

I tend to assume that as many homeschoolers as I know, some of them are at least reading this forum anonymously, if not posting. So I try to be discreet.

My oldest dd (almost 9) quiet literally feels as though she should have the right to treat adults as peers. She has stated clearly that she wants to be able to talk like a grown-up, and she gets really frustrated at being told repeatedly that she's being rude or disrespectful. She thinks that it's totally unfair that adults can correct children's behavior, but not the other way around. Why can't she ask her dad "Why do you leave your stuff lying around the house?" without receiving a reprimand?*** I empathize with her, having been that sort of kid myself. But empathy does not mean I think she should just get away with impertinence. Unfortunately, empathy also does not give me any bright ideas as to how to help her understand her role in life as a child. As far as I know, she is respectful toward adults who don't live in the house with her. At least I haven't heard otherwise, and she's around plenty of people. Any ideas? *** Not the best example, just happened to be the most recent. Definitely tone had something to do with it.

You win the internet today. Thanks for reminding me why ds4 was my last.

We may or may not be having major upheaval in our lives (dh is so paranoid about secrecy that I can't even say what it is on an anonymous message board), and we are supposed to find out if "it" will happen or not by the end of the month. Except there's the tiniest possibility that the decision will get pushed out later, so we won't find out and the limbo will continue. Argh!!

I am scared to death about raising teens because I was so sheltered as a teen that I have no idea about what are appropriate freedoms to give. I couldn't have been bad if I had wanted to because I was in such a bubble.

Underwear sizes and clothing sizes are not the same. When I was a size 8, my undies were still a 5 or maybe a 6. I'm still flabbergasted that being a size 8 in clothing is something so shameful that one has to avoid swimming. My kids would really miss out on a lot of fun in that case, because my size-16 body is the one responsible for taking them swimming.

Please tell me "size 8" is a typo.

Tennessee.

I need to help my children let go of some of their stuff in a way that is respectful to them while acknowledging that the clutter is beyond what is healthy for our family, especially me. I feel like I have no control over my own home. The clutter is so bad that I don't clean like I should because the pre-cleaning pickup is so overwhelming and demoralizing. I long just to do a sweep and get rid of nearly everything, but I don't want to upset them in a way that will stay with them into adulthood. Any ideas?