The Thompson series has numerous supplemental theory books written for children. They're really cute in that old-fashioned Thompson way, and they teach some serious theory. The books are: Theory Drill Games, Books 1, 2, and 3 Note Speller Scale Speller Chord Speller

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That's wonderful, and I hope that I didn't offend you by even suggesting it. It's too bad that the teacher doesn't encourage her interests rather than trying to squelch them.

Well, it's good to be an independent thinker and to read widely, but it's also important to not be disruptive in a classroom. I'm **not saying** your daughter is like this, but some people are. If the class is talking about Ancient Egypt, they'll talk about something a little off-topic that they're interested in but no one else is. Or if the teacher is all set to lecture on mummies, the disruptive student bursts out talking about crocodiles in the Nile River. If the class is reading XYZ textbook, they're reading something completely different and claiming that XYZ is boring. It makes you wonder why they signed up for a class in the first place. Again, I'm not saying that your daughter is being disruptive or taking the class off-topic, but you might want to ask the teacher if that's what she's perceiving. It might not be; it might be something very innocent, for example, your daughter might be answering questions a little too often for the teacher's liking. But in any event, you might want to ask your daughter to tone it down just a bit, for the sake of good manners. She'll probably be very glad to get back to being homeschooled after her taste of a classroom environment!

I see that in the ladies' locker room at our rec center. It's usually middle-aged and older ladies who walk around undressed, and they're not very attractive, either! I get grossed out looking at them and their shameless exhibitionism, and I don't like inflicting that on my young daughter. Thankfully, our rec center put in a family locker room a couple of years ago. It's really just young kids who use it; I've never seen parents changing in there. Maybe you could have a dad around to watch over the swim-team boys in the locker room and be sort of an island of sanity?

I'm going, Chris! I live close enough to attend both days, and I'll try to arrange my visits there around TWTM speaking schedule.

Oh, my goodness, these are beautiful! THANK YOU for posting them!! I'm going to bookmark them and hold onto them forever.

Thank you! What an incredible opportunity! Susan and her mom are so faithful about attending the NOVA conference every year. I have -- several times -- walked right by them, too shy to even introduce myself, but very glad to see them in person. I'll look forward to the workshops!

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