stephanie Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Last night our school house caught on fire and we lost everything. We've schooled for 8 years now and all curriculum was in there. I do not want want to re-order all our stuff since we're nearing the end of the year, but I definitely need to use something because we still had quite a bit left- At least 12 weeks left. I was hoping y'all could give me some suggestions on what I could use to get us through? I was thinking I would combine our spelling with history and geography, but I have no history left. We used SL Eastern Hemisphere and I lost all the books. Unfortunately, our local library isn't the best. For Latin we may just focus on Latin roots for rest of year. We used FLL for all 3 kids so I can prob find a used one at our Homeschool store in Houston. We used WRite shop for writing so I may just have to re-buy that since we were on our 1st year. Rainbow Science was our science program so I'll re-buy that for next year. I think I can wing it on Science and writing until next year, but I'm most concerned about Math. We used TT for all 3 kids. Our Home school store will not have that. So math is what I'm hoping for some good ideas for. They are in TT5, TT 7, and TT pre-alg. Sorry if I'm all over the place in my writing. I've got a ton of things I'm trying to focus on. Thank y'all for any suggestions or ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russiantwins Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I am so sorry this happened to you. I do not know what to tell you, except to think of what I'd do in your case. I would try the used curriculum forums, or even craigs list or ebay to see if there is anything cheap to get me through to the end of the "year". Also if you have a co-op or group that meets locally, maybe some of them have some materials you can borrow or have...once again, very sorry for the loss of your room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiegers Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Oh dear, that is terrible. I can't imagine losing all those books. For math you can try looking for online sites that provide games and practice. Like IXL, maybe. I'm sure if you do a search you will find lots of sites. My kids like to play on Dreambox.com, but they are 4 and 7, so not sure if that specific site will work for your kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I live near Houston and have some old Saxon 6/5 and 8/7 books. You can have them if you want them if it will help you finish out the year. :grouphug: for your loss. I would be a sobbing mess :crying: ETA: The books are actually in really good, like new condition, so they aren't junk! I made it sound like they were falling apart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom2011 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm so sorry this happened to you. :grouphug: The Book Samaritan may be able to help: http://www.thebooksamaritan.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm sorry! Perhaps Khan Academy would work for math? It's a free service with lots of great videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm so sorry, too - hard to imagine what you must be going through. What about using Khan Academy for math? If your kids have been using TT, the computer lesson presentation/exercises will be familar to them. They have recently rearranged the website so that it's easier to follow a logical progression in arithmetic (the video portion, I mean). It could be a good filler until you are ready to start next year's curricula . . . and it is free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Is your home owners insurance paying for anything? I am so so so sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Will your insurance cover the materials? With your kids at varying ages where you could pass materials down, I would rebuy them. If you didn't want to rebuy math, I would use ixl.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Have you tried contacting the place you bought TT to see if they could help out at all? It is worth a shot to see what they would do. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Another vote for trying out Khan Academy for math. You might be able to use MEP or Math Mammoth for the one who was in TT5, too. Could you do something like Ambleside Online for the rest of the year? Most of the books are in the public domain and can be read online or an e-reader, or you could order them from Amazon or HPB.com pretty inexpensively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Kiddos Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I am so sorry that you lost everything. :grouphug: I will be praying for you and your family! Have you heard of "An Old Fashioned Education"? She has a whole curriculum made with free public domain books. She has organized it so well.There are some wonderful books there that we have used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfamilygal Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 If you've registered your TT with them, they will send you new discs for free or cheap. We scratched one badly and they replaced it for free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 :grouphug: I can't imagine. I'm glad no one got hurt. I agree with Khan Academy for math and even science. Do you have a good library? I'd say TV documentaries would be my history and science for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 For Math you can buy for a few dollars MM sections. MEP is an outstanding math and it is entirely free online. The first 10 weeks of Writing With Skill are available for free at Peace Hill Press and if you haven't done them then I would highly recommend it! There is something in there for all of your dc. Earlier this year SWB gave us the first 15 weeks of ALL free when we emailed Peace Hill Press. It is a grammar curriculum with diagramming and is very good. It goes right along with WWS. I am sure she would be happy to share it with you given the circumstances. Also KISS Grammar is excellent and free as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I would also take time to do historical fiction books for the time of history that you were studying. You should be able to get those books as well as other classics from the library. ;-) I am so sorry that happened!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Lastly .. for LATIN, SCIENCE and other things there are a TON of free resources at Ellen J McHenry's site online. They could keep you busy for 10 weeks for sure~! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriecs Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I am so sorry but very glad you and your family are safe! I am sending you a PM with some books I'd be happy to pass along if you could use them. ~Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.W Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 You DO have a lot of things to focus on, so I'd wait a few days or more before purchasing anything. Give the homeschooling community a chance to help you out. Have you reached out to your local groups? I would think they'd be able to help you get most of your materials for free from other homeschoolers or vendors. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanie Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Everyone, thank y'all so much for the ideas. I would like to respond individually, but I'm trying to process it all and prioritize what is a necessity. I will get back with y'all as soon as I can. Please keep the suggestions coming. I'm going to check out some of the sites y'all suggested. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Oh, dear, I'm so sorry. I'm glad you are all okay. How scary. You could check out CK12.org for some science and math, I think they have middle grades up. Edited February 22, 2012 by elegantlion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm so sorry this happened to you. :grouphug:The Book Samaritan may be able to help: http://www.thebooksamaritan.com/ :iagree:This is what I was going to suggest That's cool you had a separate school house. Do you know how the fire started? How horrible to lose everything in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Oh no, so sorry to hear what happened. My kids are younger than yours so I don't have much advice, but just wanted you to know we are thinking of you. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 :grouphug:Steph, I am so sorry to hear about the fire. I am glad you are safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvaleri Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Praying for you and your family.:grouphug: Ambleside Online has lots of free resources. For free classics/reading materials: http://www.gutenberg.org/ http://www.mainlesson.com/ http://www.brightstorm.com amazon has free Kindle books which can be read from your desktop. Please post a list of what you need. I'd be happy to send you books if I have any which would be useful =) In Him, Teresa in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm sorry! Perhaps Khan Academy would work for math? It's a free service with lots of great videos. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygrrl Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Everyone, thank y'all so much for the ideas. I would like to respond individually, but I'm trying to process it all and prioritize what is a necessity. I will get back with y'all as soon as I can. Please keep the suggestions coming. I'm going to check out some of the sites y'all suggested. :grouphug: Send me a list of what you lost- I am cleaning shelves this week and perhaps have something I could send you. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I'm so sorry. Just wanted offer that up. I'm useless otherwise. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HejKatt Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 :grouphug: Thankful you all are OK, but sad to hear about the loss. Looking forward to see your list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 :grouphug:So sorry, Steph. That's just awful. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Can you use older copyright free literature from online sources as your resources for the end of the year? Maybe there's one book about world cultures or history that you could use as a comprehensive study? I keep a list of free resources sorted by topic here: www.HWTK.net but it's an old list so a few of the links are out of date. You'll want to hit "Links for Schooling" for the free educational resources. Then if you go to the sister website Books@hwtk.net there are links to free online print and audio books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Send me a list of what you lost- I am cleaning shelves this week and perhaps have something I could send you. :grouphug: Ditto! I am actually going through my books right now with you in mind. My DD is close in age to your two youngest, but I have a lot of the LCC literature and history books that I could pass on to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllaMinnowPea Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I don't have any suggestions beyond what has already been offered. I just wanted to say that I am so sorry and I'm glad you all are safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Send me a list of what you lost- I am cleaning shelves this week and perhaps have something I could send you. :grouphug: Or, post your list here.... it's possible that folks here have things they could help you with. How many times have we tried something and then changed? It's hard to sell something with a few pages written in, but very easy to give it to help you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Blessings Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I'm sorry that I have no suggestions . . . Just wanted to say how sad I am for you! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansamy Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Library? If you have a decent public library in your area, you can finish up your year without spending much at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetzi Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I'm so sorry to hear that! We lost our curric for this year in a flood caused by Hurricane Irene. It was so sad to lose all of those SL books, but books can be replaced. I know you'll make it work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I'm glad everyone is okay. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I am so sorry!! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanie Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi, everyone. I'm sitting here reading all of your gracious offers and I'm about to cry. :crying: I feel so very blessed by all of you taking time out of your lives to think about my family. The good news is that our insurance company called and they are bringing out a nice advance on supplies to get whatever I need to get things going again. I will probably save that for school in the fall and just go by home school store if I see I need something. My main concern is math with is TT. I called TT and they said I could purchase individual cd's for $15 each so that's doable. Honestly, I'm just not sure of anything yet. There are still parts of my school house that are smoking. :crying: I can't even go back there and look at it all just yet. It just breaks my heart. Thank you all so much for being so sweet to me and my family. I'm so thankful today for my family's safety and protection. I'm so thankful my neighbor who got up in the middle of the night and called 911 so the fire didn't spread to our home and neighbors homes. Very, very thankful tonight. :grouphug: Thank you all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I'm sure there are a few of us who could easily equip another homeschooler without missing a beat. :tongue_smilie: I'm one of them. I started clearing shelves recently and currently have three boxes of books I was about to donate to the library (and I'm just getting started!). I know I have a good many Core 5 books here for instance. With 12 weeks left, it would be a shame to bail on that one if your kids were enjoying it. Post a list! ETA: Just saw your recent post. That is great news!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I am so sorry. :grouphug: An IRL friend lost her home and school supplies in a fire. :( Please send Laughing Lioness a PM. She has been through this recently, bless her soul. She will have wise words for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 for Lent, i'm decluttering 15 minutes extra each day (giving up "stuff"). i start on the school room tomorrow. when you're ready to post a list, i'll see what i can send to you.... i'll just box it up for now. :grouphug: what a scary, traumatic thing.... ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 :grouphug: I'm glad that everyone is safe. I'm sorry for your loss, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awisha. Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 All I can offer are :grouphug: and my condolances. Happy to hear that no one was hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmami01 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 So glad you guys are ok and sorry that this happened. Praying for you and your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michelle My Bell Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/ Check to see if your library has inter-library loan. You could get books that way. Edited February 24, 2012 by Michelle My Bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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