I have "500 Prefixes, Suffixes, and Stems Super Fun Deck" from Super Duper Publications. They have a picture for every one. Maybe that would work? https://www.superduperinc.com/products/view.aspx?pid=FD88B&s=500-prefixes-suffixes-and-stems-super-fun-deck#.XJzJc5hKiUk

Did you try School at Home? Somebody took that, I forget who.

Yes! I totally want to own and teach again Abeka Phonics. It was so colorful and fun! Alas, my dd is 18 and when she has kids, she plans on sending them to private school. So much pretty curriculum I'll never get to play with again...

Also, I think it comes down to ... do you have more time or do you have more money? It will take time to modify MP to be colorful and fun. It can be done, but that's a time suck for you. What do you have more of? I can tell you that my dd absolutely cannot learn without color (right brain learner needs color, pictures, stories, humor). The one time we tried MP, it was torture. YMMV

Do you have allergies? My allergist said that headaches are the first symptom to come and the last symptom to go. Maybe if you treat the allergies? My headaches have improved significantly now that I am on both zyrtec and singulair and an asthma med.

I think starting at the beginning or jumping in at the required level depends on your kids. For my dd, I always had to start at the beginning. Always. That's just how her brain works. She could not jump in at a higher level and understand. Also, a lot of us, (I think even Susan herself), do a modified classical education. You do what works for your kid. If you see holes in their education, you fill them. If one resource is not working, you modify how you use it or you switch to something else. Curriculum is your tool not your master. HTH!

I think it's worth it to keep her in this school for the friendships and good education, and just figure this homework situation out. Is she a morning person? Maybe you could do the homework in the morning before school when she is fresh? It took my dd half the time when she did homework in the morning as opposed to after school. Also, how long has she been at this school? My dd was in classical school for the first and only time in 8th grade, but it took her from August until February before she figured out the homework situation. She eventually got most stuff done at school in free time and she rarely had a ton of homework any more. Since your dd is little, it might take her longer and require a lot of trouble-shooting from you, but it sounds like it's worth it. She needs little girl friends, and it is a good school where she is learning.

We have been dairy and egg free for 17 years, and I am wondering why she doesn't just use soy milk and Earth Balance margarine in her baking. Earth Balance isn't a franken-food. It's a great butter substitute and works fantastically well. If she wants no eggs, too, well, then I recommend Bakin' without Eggs by Rosemarie Emro. Their No-Cow Brownies are delightful. You do have to be able to buy semi-sweet chocolate chips that don't have butter in them, but they exist. I currently buy HEB Organics brand, but there are other brands. https://www.amazon.com/Bakin-Without-Eggs-Delicious-Food-Allergic/dp/0312206356

For bedrooms, I would do 2 and 3 and call it good for now.

Classic Crocs. They are awesome. Get them in a color that makes her happy, and she won't mind them so much. Mine have grown on me, and I now own several colors. No foot pain anymore!

Ah, resurrected thread, but FUN! I remember Don the Mouse. Did anybody else learn with Don the Mouse? And we had a girl in our class named Dawn and everybody started calling her Don because I guess they couldn't tell the difference. Don the Mouse. Might have to look that up.

My dd has had a credit card attached to our account since she was about 12. She used to go out to lunch with a group weekly, and it was just easier than making sure we had cash to give her. She is 18 now. Never any problems. (We did, by the way, get her a state ID when she was 12 in case they wanted ID with credit card. Obviously now she has her driver license.)

I don't think I would have gotten mad, except at myself. He was trying to be helpful. Intentions matter. But always check things because, well, husbands.... He really did mean well.

For my reluctant-but-can-do-it-fine writer, what I found that helped the most (after knowing the structure) was remembering to use transition words AND reading the page about Continuity from Jensen's Format Writing. It's about repeating a word, idea, or phrase to make your writing flow. HTH!

We are currently using MUS PreCal. We are at lesson 23 out of 30. For us, it works great. Mr. Demme does skip a lot of steps in his video presentations now, but we just pause and write down the steps that should be there. I did Alg II also and don't recall the problems that you had. However, my degree is in math and I am very comfortable assisting my dd in her work. And I need to. I do think it is easy to use, but it does not remove me from the equation at all. I work problems on the board that my dd doesn't understand. This happens every day. HTH!

I found that my dd needed to have completed through Algebra 2 with Mathusee PLUS several chapters in Mathusee PreCal which included functions (important!) and radians. (We actually had to skip around to cover those before she took the SAT as they fall a bit later in the PreCal book.) We are also now hitting graphing sine and cosine curves which she just mentioned would have been helpful on the SAT.

I only grade tests. If it's a class where I don't do tests, then I grade something else or I give A for effort. PE? A. Theatre? A. English? I take grades on vocab tests and final drafts of papers. Math? I use Mathusee which comes with tests. I take grades on those.

There's a lot of talk of ions and things moving into and out of cells. You could probably get away without having had chemistry if you were prepared to cover stuff he hadn't seen.

There are some excellent Catholic English workbooks. English 5 by setonbooks.com. Language of God D by Catholic Heritage Curricula (chcweb.com).

I miss the sun. There is no sun in our ten day forecast at all.

In his case, it seems like it truly is a step forward, as he would just be in a holding pattern at university since he can't get the classes he wants in the field he wants.

Pinched nerve? Sometimes when I have random leg or foot pain, I adjust how I'm sitting and it fixes it. I don't know that this is the case for your dd, but since no one else has responded, I thought I'd mention it.

Oh, man, I hear ya. I'm so glad February is almost done. DD had wisdom teeth removed the first week of Feb., and what "they" said was only a two or three day recovery (lies!), turned into a full week, followed by an infection, which added another week and a half. So we basically threw in the towel for three weeks of February. I need me some March and some sunshine.

Gently, does she know that you think that? It looks to me like you've decided that since she has no other goals than to do the next thing, that you won't pay for 4-year university. It's your money. But does she know that unless she shows some enthusiasm and picks a direction, that she won't go? Have you told her and is she okay with that?

You know, only you know your financial situation. If you can afford the 4-year university experience for all of your children, and you think your dd would thrive at a 4 year university, and she is not opposed to it and even plans on it, then I think you should start visiting colleges. Education has value. University education has value. Most 18 year olds don't know what they want to do. Many of them figure out at least what subject they like and are good at at college. If it is financially feasible, proceed with college visits and plan on sending her. Education has value. Start visiting colleges. Now is the time. Yes, it may be up to you to help build excitement. That's okay. That's what a lot of us do. And do SAT prep to raise those scores. Math scores go up by a lot if you've had more math. My dd didn't take her SAT until senior year because I wanted her to have the most math possible.