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well, you all did alot of hard work! the new look is really cool!

socially i loved school

academically i underachieved and was not pushed to do any better

i take that back...no free zoo days till October

but there's plenty to do anyhow...

have fun Carrie!

i'm no expert, but :lol: Their ages are: Son: 8.5 at start of school year (Bigger) Son 7 at start of school year (Beyond) Son 5 - (6 in November) at start of school year (Little Hearts) Daughter 4.5 at start of school year (Little Hands) Son 2.5 at start of school year (Little Hands) Son 3 or 4 mont...

no confrence for me either, sorry to miss meeting some of you there...

we'll have to plan a Zoo day...i know there's a free day coming soon

we use MUS, sometimes i'll do the math activities but usually i just do the MUS lesson

we just moved to Metro Denver also!

maybe we all need to meet somewhere

how many drops of water did your quarter take?

ours took 49 before it spilled over

it's just plain HOT in Denver

i'm used to being hot and humid...i'm not used to just plain hot

well, HOOOOORAY!!! my hubby found my USB cord for my camera! now i can post pictures of our trip and stuff! not that it has anything to do with school this week :lol: i posted on my homeschool blog today about the Discover America book series, what beautiful books! I'm requesting the "A is for Ameri...

i'll consider buying for the next batch...i wanted to be sure that HOD was a good fit for us because i've been through several curric's before (i plead the fifth )

YAY!!! i got mine today!

it's SO CUTE!!!

Dorla wrote:For those of you dissapointed with Robin not coming out with the next HOW book/unit, she has been VERY ill for the past year or more.
Dorla

yes, and her husband was very ill before her also...they have had a few very hard years physically

HOW is really for older kids...grade 5+ i think it is thorough, and pretty biblically accurate...i'd like to go through it myself :wink: but for many reasons it didn't work for us, although i very much enjoyed Robin's book "Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach" and many of the comparisons that she make...

I am new at this and just curious as to how you ladies schedule your school year. My oldest daughter is in public school and they run from the first week in August until the middle of May. But I just realized :oops: that I don't have to go by their schedule!! :D :D :D no, you don't but in my experi...