We live in the PNW as well. Blackberries were here when we moved in. We tore a ton of it out and it all came back the next year and them some. We pick as many as we can before the dog eats them. She loves them too!

I have seen it on multiple sites, posted by various sources and have seen both white/gold and blue/black. All on my computer. Don't know what the deal is.

Thanks for all of the input. This is a very mathy kid who loves to learn new concepts and gets things quickly. (I am not mathy whatsoever so Saxon has served us well.) If and when she goes to high school: the sequence for my older daughter was Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calc and then she went for AP Statitics because she is not a math lover. My younger one, the school has said can take higher level classes at a nearby private college during highschool but the logistics of that make me nervous. (They have to get to college and high school classes on time--not sure how preious students have made this work.) I would like for her to enter highschool at no higher than Algebra II so she is not at the college any earlier than Senior year if that is the route she wants to go. I'll see if I can get a copy of Jacob's to look at and see what we think. I do think there is time for Alg.II and at leat 2/3 of Advanced math at the rate she is going but just not sure if that is enough. They do test for math placement so maybe just keeping her moving forward is all I should worry about.

Thank you for your response. I had forgotten about Jacob's being recommended. Best of luck to you as well. Lise

My 7th grade daughter is about to finish Saxon Algebra 1. Is the Saxon Geometry needed if she plans on going to a brick and mortar high school? I am under the impression that she would have to go through Advanced Math to finish geometry credits if we don't do the geometry book. Is this right? Thanks for any advice.

No advice, sorry. However I will be following ths thread to see what others say as we have a 7 year old English Springer Spaniel who has the issues you describe and she freaks out at the dorbell as well. She is generally calm and sweet but spooks easily.

I'm thinking Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, only because' in my house, he's known as "my boyfriend") who has been featured in more than a few of my dreams!

I'm back to homeschooling! (Thrilled to be back to homeschooling one of my daughters after a two year break.) Older daughter is a junior in a Catholic Prep School and the younger daughter we just pulled from a our K-8 Catholic school at her request. I didn't use to post too much but I sure learned a lot from everyone here!

And, almost get caught by your children while sneaking a spoonful during the day :001_smile:

Thank you all for responding. I'll have her try the online ones suggested today and look into purchasing one or more of the others in the next few days. Thanks again!

Can anyone recommend a good Latin-English dictionary? My dd is not satisfied with the online versions we've found and would like to purchase one. Thank you for any and all ideas.

I've been reading and not posting very often for a year or more. One of these days I'll get my posts up high enough so I can sell/swap :001_smile:

I'd be there. We are secular homeschoolers but use curriculum based on quality not the religion of the vendor.

We have http://http://my.villagehome.org/ here in Portland, Oregon and it is just what you are describing and wonderful. Started by a bunch of moms who wanted it to happen :)

:bigear: Having a similar problem here and would love some help.

:ack2: Our public schools are terrible and I truly would never want to send my children there. But as it has been said...there are those days when I would love to wave good-bye to them as they speed away on that big yellow bus.

We use it. We were burning through workbook style spelling programs and my older dd was getting sick of having lists of words that she already knew, but loved the puzzles etc. So we use it like this: we test 10 or so words a day and any they miss go on a list. When the list has 15 or so words (only 10 words for my younger dd) they study those and I make puzzles with them for fun practice. They love hangman as a practice game as well. dd13 finished the book a while ago and I am now pulling words from her MCT vocab books. It has worked very well for us.

:bigear: I have a 13 year old here too. I have not figured it all out yet but here is what we have so far: Math: Saxon Algebra I and Life of Fred Beginning Algebra Language: MCT I, Lightning Lit. 8 and either Early American or British Lit., a bit of Writer's Jungle Spanish: continue with Rosetta Stone Philosophy: Sophie's World with guide and whatever else I can find that interests her. Undecided: Logic Latin History/Geography Art Can't wait to hear what other great stuff we need :tongue_smilie:

I went through something similar late last year with my 8 year old. She had been a gymnast since she was tiny and was supposed to be competing and she decided she was done. We talked a lot about it and then she quit. She is now in full time soccer (she used to play but not as intensely) and still swims twice a week. She doesn't regret her decision so far (it has been about 7 months).

hmmm...we are going into our 7th year and I have had more days lately where I could very easily put then on the bus each morning at 7:30. I thought it had to do with my kids getting older and it getting crazier around here but it is funny that it is at the 7 year mark.

We have 5 acres, a good acre or so was planted very high maintenance when we bought this place. We had crew come in weekly for a year or so until we decided to save the money and do it our selves. Now it is a couple of years later and we are just about finished tearing out the hard to manage stuff and replacing it with lower maintenance items. We do still go back and forth on the gardener issue. It would be nice but I'd rather save the money right now.

Mostly lurking, but here...probably a lot more than I should be :D

I haven't been in there yet. I keep meaning to as I have bunch of curriculum to get rid of. Hope they have what you need.

Have you tried Kingfisher Curriculum? Their web site carries Apologia. You might be able to see it in the store as well.

I need to be taught how to search the forums! I cannot figure out how to find all of those great threads about planning. Specifically 8th grade. Thank you for any and all help.