We have the Wii and XBox with Kinect (and original XBox, but it's rarely hooked up anymore). They do different things. In order to game with other people online, you need to have a subscription to XBox Live. I know my husband has played with some friends of his via Live. Our son has also played with my father via Live. You use headsets and talk while playing. I'd say it depends on how you're going to game and what your approach to gaming and electronic time is. Around here, we rarely (never) watch tv (other than DVDs or Netflix) but the gaming systems are often in use.

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It's not great, since I generally show how multiplication works, then the word problems involve numbers that are negative, but I can't think of any in texts that just have two numbers (and not algebraic expressions), but here's an attempt.... You spend $5 each day. How much did you have 4 days ago? So ($ spent)*(# days) = (-5)(-4) = 20

Our library (it's really great) apparently has them cataloged under professor name and also using Teaching Company as author name. We've got a ton! I'm excited. Just requested one on Mark Twain.

Thanks! Here's their site for other lurkers :) (Yet more to add to my list for investigation...)

Aha! We've got them! Thanks so much. I'll have to take a closer look! (Love these boards!)

I really like All About Spelling. It has been clicking with my son and I've seen a lot of improvement in his spelling since using it.

CPO stands for what? I've been thinking of Science Explorer and am following threads on it.

How are they cataloged at your library? I'd love to see if we have them, but looking under Teaching Company, nothing's coming up. There are so many titles, I don't want to spend much time checking...

We use Singapore, but I generally work with my son with the text and let him just say the answer. If he needs to do scratchwork, he writes out what he needs. On some occasions when he's written out all answers when he's worked alone (some review sets from text), he puts the problem number, the answer, and any work he may need.

What motivated my son was Calvin and Hobbes. :lol: He was a bit older than your son though. My son didn't start to read until he was 6 - then he self-taught himself. AAS has been great for us since he didn't get any phonics (or reading instruction). You might ask the children's librarian if they have some recommendations. We did a lot of read-alouds where I'd have my son do one character's lines on occasion (Winnie the Pooh). The Dragon books by Dav Pilkey were good. (I hate Captain Underpants though.) Max and Ruby (and any other Rosemary Wells books) are also good.

When ds was in first grade, we put this puzzle globe together. The globe is pretty sturdy. I like that the pieces are numbered on the back (really necessary for the oceans!). I wanted something that I can take apart if I need to.

Grew up ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) although at the time it was LCA, I think). I had a similar experience with Catholic friends. Think it's more just the liturgy which is probably similar with Missouri Synod and ELCA. I definitely wouldn't say the ELCA views the Bible as just a "collection of stories", but it isn't taken literally. You do have the issues of which translations and how words are translated. ELCA is much more liberal than Missouri Synod - so saying "Lutheran" really has a wide range of worshipers.

I've been liking the pronunciation at dictionary.com (and being able to hear them). They only give one accepted: rooz

I'd think for cultural purposes, I'd go with King James.

I've seen people post here to get solutions. Some people are good at drawing bar models in this browser! I've started working through the CWP to get the bar models. You can also post on the Singapore boards for help with any problems.

You can read the reviews on amazon for them. They are not done by anyone connected with Singapore math. It's a way for US workbook publishers to grab on to the Singapore name. There have also been a few threads on this by people here who have seen the books. (They're a lot older - came out when the books started coming out.) The new CWPs are available here. I haven't seen them (bought the old ones as soon as I heard they were going out of print), but the reviews here from people who have have been pretty positive. I don't know if they have complete solutions at the back or not. If you want extra practice with mental math with how Singapore does it, the Math Express Speed Math books may be good. I like the iExcel books as additional workbooks that do some demonstration of the bar model approach and some general problem solving. (Looks like they're being replaced with a new series.)

Schoolhouse Rock works well :)

:grouphug: My husband was working from home some days our first year of homeschooling. There were lots of tears on my son's part and on mine. My husband intervened quite a bit. We've finally hit our groove though! (Just took us 3 years... apparently we're both pretty slow learners in some respects. :001_huh:) You're not alone! We tried many different things. What's working now is the daily list of subjects on the board that we cross off as we go. I did learn that I couldn't leave ds alone - even for a worksheet (sigh). If I'm prepping lunch, he's in the kitchen with me. Have you talked with your husband about what he'd like to see? What would be his ideal day? Having similar expectations is good.

We don't have a culinary program at our cc. It'd be yummy if we did! :tongue_smilie: You may want to check prereqs though - for the computer course and chemistry course. Be sure her math meets those requirements. Some chem classes are fine with just Algebra 2 - others will want college algebra. Generally a placement test will be used to verify. I don't have any text suggestions, but for business, being sure she can balance a checkbook, understand interest (both for checking/savings/CDs etc but also for loans). Maybe have her "help" with taxes (if you're comfortable showing your finances - if not, giving some made up data for her to fill out paperwork for). You could see if the cc has a business math class and if the syllabus is posted, use it to check out the text. (I always encourage people who are good in math to keep going. It provides so many more options. I worked in the tutoring center in college for extra money since I had the math background.)

Nope. Not in Levels 2 or 3.

Article I read here. (Not trying to break political links - just a cnn money link where ex Shell president makes prediction of gas over $5 by 2012 and someone else disagrees but says it will be there by end of decade.) Still under $3/gal here in SC - but not by much. Glad we're driving a Fit :)

There's also an onus on the borrower to know what they're doing. I don't think ARMs are a good idea for many borrowers and I'm generally unsympathetic to people who chose to overextend. I don't deny that there are many unethical banks and loan practices. But also, borrowers should read the fine print.

I'd double check the college requirements and maybe see if you can talk with an adviser. I'm not aware of any AA degrees at our cc that don't have a math requirement.

Or the department chair with an eye to a formal grade appeal. Your son doesn't really have grounds, but if he had a copy of the email... then he does.