:bigear: I'd love to know this too. I'll be ordering these soon but from what I can tell the student reads it on his/her own. I think I'll read along with my dd just to be sure she's understanding it all.

I ordered ML1 for my dd12 this past year and then quickly backed her to Voyage for writing. She did fine with everything else in the set; she just was not ready for the writing portion.

I bought the Musiq Journey level 1 and keyboard and I have mixed feelings. We have issues with the computer communicating with the keyboard at times and software is okay. We haven't given it as much time as we should so that is about all I can tell you. Hopefully someone will have more experience with it and can be of more help.

This is our dog as well. She is 3.5 year old Springer Spaniel. I think we ruined her by not getting enough socialization when she was young as we are kind of home bodies. I'll be watching some of those videos to see if anything looks like it will help her/us.

Thank you! Thank you! I am search impaired and this is what I needed to see!

SaDonna: Thank you! I think those books look lovely. I wish I had known of them when my girls were younger. I'll keep them in mind for my little niece.

Thanks! I think it was Teaching the Classics. I had forgotten about Reading Strands.... Can anyone compare the three (Classics in the Classroom, Teaching the Classics, and Reading Strands)? I have Suppose the Wolf Were an Octopus for each level my girls are at but am looking for something that I can use with more books or with any book.

:bigear: I'd love to know too. My rising 8th grader loved LL7 but has already read most of the books in LL8. We are looking into LL's Early American Lit. and Mid. American Lit. but I am unsure how big of a jump there is in the program skill wise.

I know I have discussed it, seen it, and even held a copy of it in my hands and yet I cannot remember the name of this program. Can anyone figure this one out for me? E.T.A. that should have read Alternative to... must be getting close to bed time:)

For something totally different: I have done this twice now and both moms loved it and told me they were stealing the idea. We send a big order from Omaha Steaks. Full meals so that they don't have to cook they can just eat. My girlfriend's mom asked if she had a baby would I please send the same gift to her...I said if she could pull that off.... We get a big discount through a corporate program but something along the same lines but maybe less pricey (or more if you go organic)...food...would be my suggestion.

Atheist/apathetic agnostic/believer of fairies family here. (The fairy believer is our dd8.)

I just downloaded the plus version of HST and I am still getting my feet wet, so to speak. How do I find these threads/ tips that will help me use HST to its full potential? (Not meaning to hijack the thread, btw)

1970's (1974 to be exact)

:iagree:and I am related to people who will do this. Send their kids to the most expensive schools just so they can keep up with their social circle.

No problem. I appreciate the response. I heard a little about Odysseyware today and am not hugely impressed but think we will try a class to get the benefits :)

hmmm...that looked different than the samples I saw of Odysseyware. I think the cartoon stuff would drive us crazy! So, I hope they are different just in case we do decide to give it a try. Thanks for the response!

We have the opportunity to join a public school program that would have us use Odysseyware at home and would pay for our wonderful co-op classes. We'd be required to just take one class and test yearly. I am looking into Odysseyware and not sure what it is that is making me not love it. Does anyone here have any experience with it? I'd love to have our co-op classes paid for!

Thank you both!

Has anyone here been to the Oregon Coast Aquarium and have tips for a great trip? We have been in OR for 4 years now and are finally wanting to travel somewhere other than California/Illinois. We'd like to go to Newport and visit the aquarium and do whatever else is fun out there. Where to stay and what to do are eluding me. Also, we'd like to get to Whistler, BC (before or after the Olympics...I am not one for crowds:) And really have no idea about the area. So I appeal to this group, who always seems to have knowledge of every place, to share what you will with me. Thank you! Lise

We had a huge bathroom mirror fall off the wall in a rental house when my 12 year old was about 2. It was about 20 minutes before her usual bath time. We were so thankful that it happened when it did and not when we all in there. No one had to touch the thing--we guessed maybe enough glue hadn't been used when it was installed. Very glad no one was hurt in your shatter experience either :)

We live outside Portland, Oregon. Our neighbor across the court goes to Washington and buys all the big fireworks that are illegal here and sets them off in our court until late into the night...towards our 5 acres of forest. Thank goodness we get so much rain!! I used to love 4th of July...now I can't wait for it be over every year.

We have been using Saxon for years at the pace of about a lesson a day every day. Major burn out set in so I added in Life of Fred for a change of pace and a little dose of "math can be fun." We are now alternating a day of Saxon with a day of Life of Fred and sometimes just taking a day off to play. Don't know if that is any help but I do feel that three days a week, if it works for you is fine. I am of the there is no rush camp. If only my kids would join me :)

Life of Fred Fractions: My dd (age 7) is using this and on p. 74 in the "your turn to play" section: 3. The "number of the beast" as mentioned in the Book of Revelation is 666. What is peculiar is that when 666 is written in Roman numerals, it uses all the basic symbols except M. Express 666 in Roman numerals. I about fell out of my chair! She was clueless and just did the problem. I still like the program...just can't stand this type of thing in a math book! Haven't seen anything in the decimals book that has made me cringe in quite the same way. Lise (who is pretty new here and loving these boards)

Hi, I am Lise. A mother to two girls (11 and 7) who has been homeschooling in a classically eclectic (is that the right term?) style since 2003. We are living outside of Portland, Oregon and loving all that this area offers homeschoolers. I am absolutely loving the threads here. So much to read and so many perspectives represented. Oh, and as my name implies, I love to read and spend as much time as I can with a book in my hand.