Ugh , I am sick and I've broken my big toe.

My accomplishment for today is keeping the kids away from the TV til 5 pm. I've found an urgent care that makes appointments (!) so I'll be showing them the ugly bruised lump that is my toe and trying to convince them to listen to my chest on the side.

So I just remind myself, we're on break, we're on break, we're on break . . .

But I do want to do some shopping (naturally) so that we're ready to go. Right now I'm leaning towards Saxon 5/4 with Singapore to supplement in math (basically I want to try them both and see over time what works), Inside Stories to go along with reading and writing (this is from Prufrock Press, which has lots of great stuff for gifted and talented learning), and Rosetta Stone Mandarin Chinese. That goes along with our Finding God curriculum from Loyola Press that we've been doing with families from church, and our Yamaha music studies.

We'll take some science museum classes this summer while I mull over what to do in the fall for science and social studies. Our science museum has homeschool science clubs!

But this is all preliminary: I'm still in the info-gathering stage. So anyone who has experience with these or other curricula, your input is welcome!

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Posted by Emily23

MAN I so want to take my son there this summer. Just don't know if we can manage it. I went when I was in PS and it was awesome. I'm sure things are better now...lol.

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Posted by carleyross

Oh my. I hope you feel better soon----cold and toe!

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Posted by quotfu

Shaun,
I use Saxon with DD, and I taught it (levels 1 through Algebra 1) when I was teaching. I really love it, but I do find it needs problem solving supplementation. We use the
Math Exemplars for that with great success. Here are some other great problem solving links too.

MathWorld Interactive: http://mathforum.org/mathworld/

MathMagic: http://mathforum.org/mathmagic/

MathCounts: http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=142&z=16

ComputaionProblems: http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/math_problems.htm

AuntyMath: http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html

Exemplars Samples: http://www.exemplars.com/materials/samples/index.html

Oh, and while I’m at it,

The Franklin Institute of Science: http://www.exemplars.com/materials/samples/index.html

Paragraph A Week Writing Prompts:

http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/par_week_program.html

You have probably seen all there already, but just in case.

I hope you feel better soon and that your toe doesn’t hurt too badly.

Peace,
Jo

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Posted by SusannahCox

I'm having sympathy pangs--broke my toe last year. Hope you are not hobbling too badly! Maybe they'll give you something to take the edge off. Happy shopping! I love that part!

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