Yes. 2E='twice exceptional'= gifted + a learning disorder DH is 2E. He's gifted and dyslexic. asynchronous="uneven intellectual, physical, and emotional development" (I'd throw 'spiritual' in there, too, because I find it different than emotional.) DS9 is asynchronous. Scary smart, but small motor skill issues make it hard for him to hold a pencil or tie shoes. Speech issues, too. For an example of the clash between intellectual and emotional development, my son frequently calls from the bedroom at night, "Mommy! I can't get to sleep because I'm struggling with distinguishing real and fantasy again!":lol:

Oooo, how did I not see this thread before? I've seen lists from a number of schools. I rather like the one from the BYU honors program, because it sorts the books by era AND includes music, art, and film suggestions.

My brothers, mom, and I all loved those, too. I think we each have a set in our personal collections. Brother #1 might be the one who got the original set we had as kids.

Books just for me? Like, not homeschooling books? It's been a long time since I asked for anything just for me.... To complete some of my collections I would need: Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz by J.K Rowlings Harry Potter und der Heiligtuemer des Todes by J.K. Rowlings The History of the Medieval World by Susan Wise Bauer (Then save two spots for the rest of the series when she finishes.) Good Eats 2: The Middle Years by Alton Brown Good Eats 3: The Later Years by Alton Brown I was collecting Margaret Barker (the ancient texts scholar) when I could find inexpensive copies of her work, but I'm not sure my mind is nimble enough to keep up anymore... And one LDS work, to complete my set (I have the other three from the series): The Life and Teachings of the New Testament Apostles: From the Day of the Pentecost to the Apocalypse by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment

Post homeschooling? The baby was born on my 44th birthday. I'll be 62 the day she turns 18. I'm selling the house (good chance I'll be a widow by then, since DH is diabetic), and living in our 5th wheel!:D

:iagree:You can get some ideas by browsing through the listmania! lists at Amazon.

Is it wet now, or did it get wet and then dry out into a block?

I don't know if it would work for white sugar, but for brown sugar, you can put it in the microwave with a damp paper towel for about 30 seconds and it gets soft enough to break apart.

Maybe your library has "Some of My Best Friends are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School" by Judith Wynn Halsted.

I googled -- rags to riches women -- and it found several interesting, not particularly famous, possibilities. A CEO of Xerox named Ursula M. Burns A CEO of the Tennessee Bun company named Cordia Harrington Or maybe Celine Dion? Or Jewel?

The unnamed food truck lady in this chapter of John Gatto's online book?

We had a table near the door, and knew about when to expect the "food bringers." DH answered the door. Most of the time I was up, in the front room (where our only t.v. is). Some people, who didn't have their kids out in the car, stepped in to peek at the baby, spent about 5 minutes max., and left. Others just stuck the food in and mentioned any special instructions for reheating, if any. (Most the time, the food was piping hot and ready to eat.) Once or twice, the food bringer was a friend of the whole family and they spent a minute or two longer visiting with the older kids to ask what they thought of new baby, etc. The most thoughtful ones brought the food in disposable containers or in dollar store dishes they didn't want back, which I really appreciated. Most brought so much food that it was in the fridge for a week, and by then, it was hard to remember which container went back to whom. Labels are great, but don't always stay attached.

I'm stretching waaay back (like 25+ years) to a book read for a High School Sociology class. It was about the Navajos as a Matriarchal society. If I recall, in traditional Navajo culture, she and her children would have lived with her mother anyway, with grandma or even great-grandma as the primary care giver. So, even though I wouldn't chose that for my family based on my subculture, I think it's awesome that she's worked so hard and accomplished so much. Neat story.

:lol: I haven't seen it yet, but have wondered how Julianne Hough did in it. I don't expect to see it in the theaters because DH has a very broad definition of what constitutes a "chick flick," but I plan to see it on DVD.

We are signed up, but DH is usually the one who does the ordering, so this answer isn't complete. This is the part I know. No, you don't have to wait for the three months to earn an extension. In fact, we've earned so many extensions that we already hit the limit (a year, I think). Less sure on this part, but I think it would add two months.

All your cubed bread, if you make your own stuffing/dressing.

K-6th is academically underwhelming, with no options for otherwise. 7th-8th seems like too vulnerable an age to suddenly start dealing with group mentality, though I will consider putting them in Band/Orchestra/Choir/Drama if they ask and if some of their church/scout friends are participating. 9th-12th, yes, if they want to. By that age, their development is there to cope with peers, and the academic options are more varied. (Honor/AP tracks, etc.)

DH and I have seen it. It depends a lot on the kid: our DS9 would hate it -- he's very sensitive and had nightmares just last night because we watched Tron Legacy yesterday. Our nephew, age 10, would love it. There's a lot of shooting and blowing up type stuff, like Ironman. It's not dark, like Batman. I liked it, and DH liked enough to see it twice. (His department went to see it, for team-building day. Still working on how sitting quietly in the dark builds teams, but, anyway...)

The LDS church uses the KJV. We've tried (lots of room for improvement here) to read at least one verse straight from the "grown-up" scriptures a night. So they've been exposed to the language of the KJV right from the start. We've also used children's Bibles, because they help the children grasp what's going on. My son was seven when he announced to me he didn't want the children's material anymore. "Just read the real scriptures, Mom." I'll be reading along and think he's fallen asleep and he'll suddenly comment on something he's just grasped. My daughter, on the other hand, who is now seven, just announced a few months ago, "I like when you read the real scriptures, Mom, because they are boring and I fall asleep quickly." :glare: So, it depends on the kid, I guess. :D

I only successfully exclusively nursed one of mine, but ... no break at all. It was if the postpartum stuff was an extra long period, and four weeks after it was over, right on schedule, back on my cycle.

We dealt with broken finger once. Not a serious break, but on his right hand, of course. :rolleyes: If he's on pain meds or is still shocky, a day or two of sleeping and/or distracting/mindless t.v./videos/audio books. Possibly educational videos/audio books and lots of reading. Khan academy for math, maybe, if he can hunt and peck left-handed. But really, a lot of curriculum can be done orally with an adult. And kids, generally, heal fast and adapt quickly. After a few days, he might be able to hold some work in his lap to minimize shoulder movement and still get it done. Not ideal for handwriting, but for everything else, it may work. A shoulder is more serious than a finger, obviously, but for us, the only thing we had to set aside long term was piano lessons.

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Oh, good! I'm glad it's not just me. I don't see how it could scare off missionaries either. We know and use this scripture.

Seems reasonable to me. If we see you in person, should we be careful not to say anything in front of your kids? I know when we didn't want the in-laws to know, we had to not tell the kids for a while either. :D

LDS missionaries do actually have an official I.D. In Austria, it was a big old, multi-stamped and embossed thing with a photo that said we were official representatives of a state-recognized church. The U.S. version is much smaller, slightly bigger than credit card sized, with no photo. It still says they are official representatives of the Church. Most missionaries forget they have it, since they are rarely needed. We carried ours at all times, since the police can still randomly stop people on the street and ask for papers in much of Europe. I actually only ever used it once -- to visit a member in the hospital outside of visiting hours. DH says he only used his once -- to visit a member in prison.