Ditto.

We had a filter, but the screen retriever brought some issues to light and has greatly benefitted our family.
Sandra

My oldest will be starting AHL soon. He has been using IEW for writing, and it's really been helping a lot. I hate to switch since he's been doing so well with it, but I also don't want things to be totally crazy for him when he starts AHL, since it contains its own writing program. Does anyone use...

I am going to suggest redwagontutorials.com

Wonderful teacher who teaches from the apologia texts and is a personal friend of Jay Wile. Dr. Jay comments on Mr. R's facebook posts alot.


Anyway, it's worth checking out. We LOVE redwagon.

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Sandra

Lucy, thanks :) That's pretty much what we are doing, we just move the next Monday to Friday to make it work. We are really enjoying week 3 literature. The kids had a blast with the Eleanor Rigsby comparison. Not only did they read the lyrics, but listened to the song (which they liked the music of,...

Just thought I'd pop in and update how it's going. We finally got going. We are on week 2 of US to 1877 with both of our children now. We opted to combine them so our DD 14 is doing US to 1877 first instead of AHL. Her older brother has done AHL and WHL. Well, on week two, we are so far, so good. Ha...

Because our schedule is nuts with cross country, football, boy scouts and american heritage girls, not to mention, National Home School Honor Society, and volunteering, we give them till Sunday evening to get the whole week done. If it isn't done by that time, the following week they don't get phone...

Thank you Crystal!

Page 2, 2nd paragraph labeled (3) of "Solutions and Tests for The Humban Body" give precise instructions on how to grade the tests.
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Sandra

My upcoming 8th grader did All in One English last year. Prior to that he did ILL for 2 years. We have done some formal grammar in elementary years, CM in the middle school years, and then formal grammar in 7th grade. He worked on All in One independently except when he needed my help which was not...

Sniff, sniff... I'm crying with you! You have had a rough time for quite a while. Your family will be okay! God can fix anything. I promise. By the way, it is okay to scream. I find stuffing my face in a pillow with my door shut, giving a good scream into the pillow, followed by crying out to the Lo...

We'll be doing AHL and K this year. ODD is eager to start, so I handed her the box of AHL and told her to start, investigate, dive in. Okay, take my suggestions for what they are worth, which isn't much! I'm sharing my experience as it relates to a similar situation. Not saying you did the same thi...

I know you will be happy with AHL, it is an incredible year! My son got so much out of it, and to be honest, I wanted to do it with DD this year. She originally wanted to do it. But, she asked to do this with her brother. She has an amazing gift of compassion and love. She is willing to do and capab...

My dd15 (sophomore) is just finishing WHL. LOVED it (well, I did...she probably just liked it ;) ). We have US1 for her for next year. I have an upcoming 9th grader who has yet to study American History in depth...little snippets here and there and some early american with HOD RtR). He REALLY wants...

Well, I will have a 7th grader next year. :) And, this is our first year in MFW. I looked through science last night and can I just say how excited I am about the General Science for him! And, I do not usually care for science! :) God is so good and will bless us! :) My daughter loves using these w...

Have you tried out any of the typing/keyboarding programs out there? Let me know if you have one you like or dislike. We are in the research stage for this. it will be for ds who is 10 Thanks! Rhonda (mom2h) One of ours used Mavis Beacon, the other preferred Typing Instructor form timberdoodle. Our...

1. Earth/Space - I really haven't seen much on the market for this on the high school level - recomendations? 2. Biology 3. Physical Science - which I believe Chemistry and or Physics will cover. Apologia - the combination of General, Physical, Biology, Chemistry and Physics will cover all of the a...

http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/homeschool-physical-education.html great site to read about PE book to get from the library: The Ultimate Home School Physical Education Game Book by Guy Bailey Great list of wonderful resources: http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/schoolroom/physed.php have fun! ...

It just hit me a few weeks ago that it would be time soon to check out the 7th/8th grade recommendations and supplements for my DD. Of course, I've been checking into Apologia online and at fair and just can't see her (or I ;-) doing this. Has anyone else done something different when they get here...

Yes, just have them diagram and label all of the organs etc.... then write it up a lab report. Documentation is key! We've done rabbits, deer, opossum, raccoon, squirrel! We also do all of the apologia labs, but these are extra practice!

Just my two cents, but I see no reason not to switch to the MFW suggested items. Singapore far surpasses abeka in fostering understanding, and the PLL is just more fun and less busywork. The biggest difference would be PLL vs Abeka; Abeka teaches the formal terminology, whereas PLL teaches the conce...

Hello and welcome! When we began with MFW, I too was worried about college prep. In fact, I posted on many, many forums, took some flack from a dear friend who said from looking at the catalog, MFW was too "light". Well, we chose to go with it and 4 years later are very happy. Our son has thrived ac...

Don't need advice, no complaining, just a happy post and sharing! Due to an injury, I've had ample time to pour over the MFW US to 1877 materials. Talk about an exciting year! The Literature Supplement is incredible! It will DEFINITELY be a challenging course. So much so, that I actually had a panic...

I'm new here! :) We are finishing up our first year educating at home with K12, but it's not the right fit for our family, so we are SUPER excited to start next year with ECC! We have three daughters, ages 10, 4, & 8 months. Our oldest daughter will be using 6th grade curriculum, and I'm doing the ...

At my house, I guess each day is different, but in general I expect about an hour a day per class. Some usually take more and might be finished in the evening (math, English) and some usually take less (French, Biology, Bible), and History is probably right in the middle? I think this is it! Becaus...

Yea! Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I know this is not to say, "look at my son", but hey, he did great so I'm saying to your son, "CONGRATULATIONS!" He's earned it and so have you!

Blessings,
Sandra