I've read The Republic of Love and Snow Falling on Cedars, but wouldn't mind discussing them and having a month off to catch up on other reading. :D Actually The Professor's House looked interesting but not in my library system. Not sure how to vote!!

I find the best teachers use humour. It has captivated my ds, at least.

I don't think anyone has mentioned Rainbow Science yet. We are thrilled with it thus far.

Hey! I resemble that remark, lol.

Yes, results will vary from family to family, of course. :001_smile:

You could take a look at R.E.A.L. Science Earth & Space to see if it would fit the bill. http://www.pandiapress.com/earth_space_level1.htm

Isn't that funny? I saw that it was Colleen who was asking, and kinda had a hunch what the poll would be.

Scope and sequence for old (classic) MUS can be found here and correlation to the new material is here. MUS Intro = Preschool & Kindergarten MUS Foundations = Gr. 1-3 You could go on to Foundations or just jump into Alpha. HTH.

Little House books, E.B. White (Trumpet of the Swam, Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little) and Farley Mowatt's Owls in the Family were some of our first read-alouds with my oldest. At bedtime, I usually read a picture book (or more) to the youngest first, then send her to play quietly (in her room, if she can't manage to do this successfully downstairs - this does not always go smoothly); then read a chapter book to the older two. It's become a habit and has gotten easier.

Cool! Thanks for posting.

We're using SOTW again, along with Sonlight. I'm not sure we'll get to a third rotation as we'll probably focus more on Canadian History.

The younger two are outside sledding on their new saucers. The oldest is reading a new book of hockey facts in front of the wood stove. I am in my jammies getting ready to stop hanging out on the WTM and start folding laundry and washing dishes like the good mom I should be, lol.

There are many free online games. Here are a few you could look at: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathgames.htm http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/apples/default.htm# http://www.bigbrainz.com/ for a free download of Timez Attack My younger ds learned the lower tables playing Yahtzee. Schoolhouse Rock songs are fun.

I agree with Wee Pip - review the old stuff while you keep moving on for a couple of weeks and see if that solves the problem. Something that comes to mind in your particular example is that one hears the "seven" first when you say seventeen. The English language is notoriously bad for confusing place value between 11 and 19. Does she do this with numbers beyond the teens? When my kids have had this same difficulty, I try to follow what Steve Demme of MUS says and sometimes address the teens as 'onety' (for one ten, just like seventy is seven tens);I might say 'onety-seven' a couple of times, as well as the conventional 'seventeen', so they can hear which number to write down first. HTH.

Ooo, guess I should actually order The Man Who Was Thursday from the library, eh? Thanks for bumping, Karin! Good thing I have only >50 pgs. left to read in WiW.

Good for you! Better to actually get it read and have some time for comprehension, than to try to get it done on someone else's ideal schedule and drop it partway through. I'd also encourage you to keep going on whatever plan you end up with, even if your understanding is not perfect. You should have time to read it more than once in your lifetime and get more from it each time.

Yahtzee is excellent for the lower times tables and adding, too.

Thanks for the Ray Fowler link. It looks doable, I might try that one next. I can't believe three of us posted the Bible Reading Plan. I must be in good company! :):thumbup:

This is my goal, too: to read the Bible daily. I use the 52-Week Bible Reading Plan, but don't worry about finishing in one year. If I miss a day, I just pick it up the next. Some days I'm pressed for time, having trouble focusing, whatever, so I read 1 chapter, and leave the rest for the next day; or choose to break up a longer assignment over several days. This way I'm in the His Word each day, with a plan, but can dump the guilt (or try to). I'm just about through the Bible for the second time and wondering what to do next. The link I posted follows the genres: Epistles, The Law, History, Psalms, Poetry, Prophecy and Gospels. If someone has a link to a chronological study I would also appreciate it!

No presents out yet! The kids are in bed, but NOT sleeping. :glare: Another half hour should do it. I'll have a cup of tea, get the coffee cake rising in the oven for breakfast, and start wrapping and sticking gifts under the tree about 11p.m. :tongue_smilie: Why are my children such night owls? Oh well, at least they won't be waking us up at 5a.m. like my brothers did all through my childhood.

I would get the tree. Traditions are even more important during stressful years. Let the kids do as much of the decorating as possible. And then you can always look back and say, "Remember the year when we bought the tree on the 24th? The baby was sick and we had the big snowstorm." We've had a few crazy Christmases and they've become part of our family mythology, you know?

God meets and leads us where we are.

This would still be God working through men, not the other way around. God worked through lone men like the Old Testament prophets, and through groups. Their correction and guidance still came from Him. The church body is His creation, in whatever form it takes.

I don't believe anyone is saying there is no need for an organized church. Rather, there may not be a need for every Christian to always attend a church at every stage of their lives. YMMV.

All human hearts are deceitful. Trusting your peers is not a fail-safe barometer, as they cannot truly read your heart; in addition peers have all the human failings present in their own hearts. The Bible does NOT come from the Church, but is the inherent word of God. To echo lovelearnandlive, are you assuming that all people who stop going to church cut out contact with all of the Christians in their lives? I study scripture more now than in the past. I guess I could quote scripture also. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. I'm presuming that spouses, parents, siblings are uniquely positioned to hold each other far more accountable than relative strangers could. We don't plan to form a cult anytime soon. :D In fact, I feel we have at least a bit more time to spend with others because so much of our time is not committed to a specific meeting. There's my random, late-night .02. Pleasant dreams, all!