It will be in the thousands. It's been awhile and our house is smaller (1400 sq. ft) plus we're in Texas. But I want to say 4-6K? And I don't remember if that was both inside and outside units or just one.

Saxon is spiral. Mathusee is mastery. I don't know which other high school maths are mastery because we use Mathusee. hth

BJU US History is super sexist. We're using it because it's more interesting than Abeka, but it is soooo sexist. Examples: In the twenties, divorce rates went up. Why? Women. After World War II, divorce rates went up. Why? Women. And yesterday we read about the evils of rock and roll. We just laugh, but I'm not sure how a classroom teacher would handle this stuff.

Critical Thinking Company has Language Smarts workbooks that are quite good. Totally secular.

We liked Jensen's Format Writing. Writing with Skill just didn't work for my big picture thinker. For research reports, I found that Seton's Composition for High School did a good job. Both were pretty gentle and very straight-forward.

Teaching Textbooks goes through PreCal. Have him take the placement test to see if it's a possibility, or if he is too advanced. Mathusee might work for him, too, but I find at the upper levels, you need someone to be able to help/answer questions because Mr. Demme's teaching gets a little... vague at times. Mathusee goes through Calculus.

Okay, I tell this to everyone, but I don't know that it is available to everyone. We live in Texas, and there is in our city a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center. We went there to ask them about tips to help my dh in meetings at work. Ended up getting free hearing aids and hearing-aid-friendly-phone voucher, from the state's Department of Assistive Services. Good hearing aids. Better than VA ones, certainly. I think it's because it has to do with work, but I'm not positive that's the only reason. So I would say explore your tax dollars at work and see if you have something like this.

You know what I would do? I would just get the LA/English "kit" from Abeka or BJU or Timberdoodle and have her start it. And she gets where she gets by the last day of school in May. Plus set up a book basket with some good novels, and require 30 minutes of reading a day.

Did not use the Spanish. Was very happy with the French for the Galore Park for both French 1 and French 2. Did require me (the teacher) to be familiar with French (I am-- 3 years in high school and 3 semesters in college). Although my dd hated French. But that's not the book's fault.

It's just a week. I would see the MD.

At that age, we had non-negotiable showers every night at 7:30. They became non-negotiable because my dd would try to wheedle her way out of them. So it was became a must-do no matter what. And I still had to remind EVERY night at 7:30, but at least the resistance stopped.

If she likes proofs, a Discrete Math or an Analysis course might suit her. Hmm. She can't take Analysis without Multivariable Calc though, I wouldn't think.

I would pull her out now. It's first grade. She's not going to miss anything academically that you can't make up for. Another six weeks of misery sounds awful.

((hugs))

What about The Story of Us dvds? They get rave reviews.

CeraVe was also recommended by my dd's allergist. She uses the jar of moisturizing cream for "lotion" and the hydrating body wash for showers, but I think it would work as hand soap too.

No, we pay extra to have the furniture delivered. We do not tip.

Scarlett, do you have Find a Friend on your phone? I can't tell you the peace of mind we have with our dd. We don't bother her, we just check where she is and can guess whether she's okay (or in a ditch 🙂 ). I think your ds would have to allow it for you to be able to use it with him, but we have found it's so reassuring and our dd doesn't mind. She is free to come and go as she pleases (although we do recommend not driving after midnight. Stay at a friend's instead if you expect to be out that late because car accidents tend to happen after midnight around here.)

Eczema? It sounds like what you're doing is working. We really like Cerave Moisturing Cream for stubborn eczema, but if the Aquaphor is working, that's great!

My only thought is that you need to be aware of how elevation might affect your ability to hike (says a person who lives at sea level and can't hike in NM or CO mountains before it's time to leave again). I've heard it takes at least 3 days to adjust. Sounds like a great trip!

I was pretty happy with Abeka's 11th grade grammar offerings. It used a Handbook of Grammar and Composition and a Workbook. I picked and chose what we went over, but it was good and worthwhile.

Where: Texas A&M Corpus Christi Why: Can live at home. Beautiful campus. Laid back, helpful, and gentle for terrified students. Good variety of majors. Good career recruiting. And lots of cats on campus! Major: Nursing (for now)

Then, no, I wouldn't allow my child to travel with her. I'm pretty sure I know which major metro area you live, and I don't even like to drive there with my 30 years of experience. Figure something else out.

I believe the third volume of Human Odyssey by K12 covers that time frame. It's very good. https://smile.amazon.com/Human-Odyssey-Vol-john-t-cribb-jr/dp/1601530188/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=2D6SAJ5DUUMCY&keywords=human+odyssey+volume+3&qid=1553786806&s=gateway&sprefix=human+odysse%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1-fkmrnull

Can't the alternative be an alternate route on surface roads rather than the highway? I agree that big city driving is scary, but if they allow more time, they generally should be able to take slower, safer surface roads.