> We have only one child.  Caitlyn is 7.  We live in
 > western WA.  We have
 > a local tribe.  I hadn't thought so specifically to
 > isolate "our" tribe.
All the talk has reminded me that when I was in school, we learned about the 
Plains Indians. I guess that's quite logical...we lived in Illinois at the 
time. Arizonans might study the descendants of the Anasazi. Here, they study 
the Kumeyaii and other local tribes.
 > comes in so helpful!  (Although I think it has become
 > rather chatty of late.)
Glen may disagree, but I think the chat is kinda pleasant because if we know 
each other a little better, we may give some ideas that will be more suitable 
to our situations.
 > expensive.  I believe if you provide your child with
 > an enriching environment with lots of love and lots of books, lots
 > of things to do and places to go, you can develop your own studies to
 > suit you child.
I agree. However, the purchased curriculums have one major thing going for 
them: someone else has done all the creative thinking and most of the work 
involved! All that the parent has to do is go to the library and grab the 
books and, perhaps, think of the local places that might relate to the 
curriculum. Except for a few of the work-text type curricula, tho, I don't 
think there's many true "plug and play" type curriculum out there. If there 
are, I'd bet most homeschool parents couldn't afford them!
 > I don't have a weekly spelling list but I'm beginning
 > to think I need to create something that corresponds with the phonics
 > program we use.
What phonics program?
                                 -donna
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