My dd and I loved this one too.

Hi everyone, I've been doing a lot of lurking since summer and am trying to spend less time on the computer :tongue_smilie:, so just found this new board a few weeks ago. Age of dc: I have 5 kids, ages 7 to 16. My Logic age boy is 13. How long homeschooling?: We're in our 9th year of homeschooling. I can't believe it's been that long! Have you taught these ages/grades before?: This is my second time though Logic stage. Even though it was just a few years ago, it will be very different this time. My 13 yo has a much different personality and interests than my oldest dd, and my thoughts about learning and education have evolved too. Do you follow a particular style of education? (WTM, LCC, CM, Electic,): As an earlier poster mentioned, I got very excited about the WTM when we first started homeschooling, but burned out pretty quickly. Since then, we've been doing what I sometimes call "WTM-lite". Lately I've been reading LCC. The less-is-more philosophy is appealing, but I'm not sure I want to spend so much time on ancient languages. Do you plan to homeschool high school? We're doing it with our oldest. We'll evaluate what makes sense for each, but probably will continue for all five. Any favorite quotes or wisdom that get you through the day? Tomorrow is another day.

I'm no math expert, but when my dd got stuck on proofs we briefly used Geometry for Dummies. It gave a good summary on how to build an "old-fashioned" proof. I think she just used that one chapter to get the general idea, then returned to the curriculum we had chosen (Jacobs). Good Luck!

I use http://www.math-aids.com/ in addition to Math Fact Cafe, which was mentioned previously.

Wow, thanks for posting this. The Great Books as part of History is very timely. Looks like the sale starts today - can't wait to start listening!

I've got several books from which I pull words. Angling for Words (brown and green) How to Teach Spelling Spelling Power I set up a lesson which I think would be similar to how AAS does it, meaning that I pick out up to 12 phonograms or patterns based on what I've seen them misspell in daily work on on the last spelling list, then pick out words. I didn't realize AAS posted all their lists on the website. Now I have another source to check out.

Has anyone used The Founding of Christendom, by Warren Carroll? I see that MODG uses it for 10th grade Ancient History and it sounds appealing.

I've also got a few courses where 1/2 was completed in one year and 1/2 the next year. For us it's math because dd started Algebra in Jan of 8th grade, and that put Geometry mid-way through 9th grade. Throw in my grandma's illness and death last fall and some things just got out of whack. As you said, I don't want to end up giving too many credits for the same subject in a given year, so I'm giving the credit in the year the course was started. And since she's actually done the work, I don't see anything wrong with formatting the transcript in a way that is familiar to admissions folks.

I'm debating between SWB's History of the Ancient World, Spielvogel's Western Civilization, and the original WTM recommendation, A Short History of Western Civilization for Ancient History. I thought I had this figured out, but after getting the SWB from the library, I don't love it, and I'm looking for other options. Maybe I should just stick with it a while longer before deciding. We're 6 weeks in, the schedule is still not going smoothly, and yes, I have a tendancy to second-guess myself. I haven't seen the Spielvogel, but have seen it recommended in other places. Can anyone tell me how these compare in terms of readability, interest, length? Thanks!

Thanks ladies! He'd probably be fine if he were OK with the low-rider look that seems popular, but that's just not his style (thank goodness!). I'll check into the Levi's. And keep feeding him. :lol:

I'm having trouble finding jeans for my long, tall, almost 13 yo boy. He's currently in need of a 29W 32L, and I am having trouble finding them in stores. I have found some at The Gap online, but I'm not happy about paying $50-60 and up for jeans that might fit 6 months. Especially when he really prefers to live in track pants. I'd be really happy to find just one pair for those occasions when sweats just won't cut it. Any ideas? Maybe I just need to keep feeding him until he grows into a 30" waist. :001_smile:

I think Famous Footwear is still running a buy one/get one half off special. I've had good luck there for the kids and myself.

:bigear: I'm looking for a good canned salsa recipe. Have lots of tomatoes waiting for me!

IEW - The price kept scaring me off, but I've been able to find some used, borrow some, and just bit the bullet on the rest. It's definitely been worth it. R&S English - Just for the grammar, since we do IEW for writing. With the oldest 2 I tried Abeka (boring), then actually used R&S, went on to try Analytical Grammar (probably my biggest bomb), Winston Basic (w/ ds - that was fine), Fix-It, and now going back to R&S for the youngest 3. Why do I mess with something that's working?

I used this with oldest ds. He didn't like it much, but then he really doesn't see the point in doing grammar so that isn't much to go on. :D I thought it was a pretty good grammar program, and I've used quite a few (R&S, Abeka, Winston, Fix-It). I liked how it has the child use cards to help identify the parts of speech in a sentence. It does not cover diagramming, at least at the Basic level. There is an Advanced Level too that we haven't done. I'm sorry I can't compare it to Grammar Ace. ETA: Winston does not cover capitalization or punctuation if that's what you mean by complete. It covers parts of speech, modifiers, and noun function.

Here's a link the the International Dyslexia Association's Fact Sheet Page. http://www.interdys.org/FactSheets.htm There is one on "Is My Child Dyslexic" and one on testing and evaluation. IME, kid's tend to give themselves labels like stupid or dumb in the absence of other label's. Helping your child understand what they need to do to learn best doesn't mean they need to expect other people will make their life easier. Good luck.

Hubby has had several root canals (4?), and on one he had pretty severe pain afterwards. Turned out that when the dentist did the filling he left too much material, so the tooth was higher than it should have been, causing him a lot of pain when biting down. I'm so sorry this happened right before the holiday weekend. If there's an emergency number, I would try that.

Do you have any support groups in your area? I've done both a weekly co-op and 2 different support groups. The co-op was a lot of work and I found it tiring to be out of the house most of the day. My kids were a lot younger then, so that made a big difference. The support groups have been great. The group I'm in currently has a mom's (or dad's) meeting about once a month and organizes field trips, occasional classes, and other activities for kids and adults. Everyone is asked to volunteer, but commitments range in size and it's just much more doable. I've make some great friends there who've really helped me over some bumps in the road. I couldn't do it with out them.

I do chuck roasts in the crock pot a lot, but will a rump roast fall apart? Maybe I haven't cooked it long enough when I've tried before? Or do I need to untie it and cut it up before cooking it?

I have a couple of rolled rump roasts and sirloin tip roasts in my freeze. They're about the only things left from our last side of beef, and they're still sitting there because I really don't know what to do with them. We're getting another quarter in a couple of weeks and now that it's cooled off and I'm willing to think about using the oven again I'd like to use them up. I know there are great ideas out there. Please share!

I got this article too. I think she brings up some things to be aware of, but we still plan to have dd take some classes at the local cc starting next year. We think it will give her an opportunity to explore a wider range of classes/interests than she could otherwise and honestly given how college tuition is going up we'd like her to get a few credits under her belt. I have several friends who've graduated kids in the last couple of years. They feel the cc classes are valuable in preparing kids for college course work because they are more rigorous and the kids had to work more independently. It also gave their kids added confidence. I have no doubt you can run into instructor's dropping f-bombs and assigning problematic material. In fact I know one student who did run into some pretty borderline stuff in his cc Lit class. And it's certainly true that the other students are older, so it's definitely not the avenue for every kid. However, I know enough homeschooler's who have sent their kids to the local cc that I feel able to get feedback about teachers and coursework. Another perspective is that this is some of the same stuff kids are likely to run into in college, and I feel more comfortable walking through it with her while she's still home.

It's in the Education Building. We talked to one rep from a school that had caught dd's eye, and she was really helpful. There weren't a lot of schools there, but it was a good place to start. I think we'll also check out the one in Oct.

Singapore offers 3 computer games to go with levels 1-6 of the Primary Math series. Rainbow Rock covers Levels 1-2, Vroot and Vroom covers Levels 3-4, and Wiggle Woods covers Levels 5-6. I think I got mine from Rainbow Resources. The HIG tells you which activity on the game correlates with which section in the text. Not all chapters will have a game activity suggested. My kids probably used Vroot and Vroom most, followed by Rainbow Rock. Here's a link to Rainbow Rock on the Singapore Math site. http://www.singaporemath.com/CD_ROM_Rainbow_Rock_Grades_1_2_p/cd1.htm

Thanks Michelle. This will be a good reference.

:iagree:I love my cast iron omelet pan. IME you have to be careful not to cook the eggs too hot, but I don't have any trouble with sticking. I've had mine 20 years and did have to reseason it once, but it's easy. Here's a link. http://www.kitchenemporium.com/info/castiron.html