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I'd appreciate the common courtesy of not yelling in your post directed at me; all capital letters implies yelling. It's common on-line etiquette, and you can find this rule listed under Board Rules at the top of the page.
I don't think Reya was yelling at you. I think capitalizing words or short phrases is just a way to emphasize what it being said. If someone wrote a whole post to you in caps, then yes, I would agree that you were being yelled at, but in this case I think it was for emphasis. Even the Board Rules you reference use all capital words for emphasis in at least two places. :001_smile:
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I'm just curious. I know it's a fairly rare condition, but in a board this size I know we're not the only family dealing with this. :001_smile:
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I've scheduled our day so that there is only one 30 minute period where the 3yo has to entertain himself. I put him in his room for room time. He wasn't happy about this at first, but he quickly learned to entertained himself. I was worried that he would feel like he was being sent to his room for time-out, though. I've differentiated the two by making time-out be on the bed with no toys, but during morning room time he has free reign of the room--full access to all his toys and books.
Now that the weather is nice, I'll probably send him outside to the playset (which I can see from the school room.)
In case you're interested, my schedule is:
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Bible reading with 2nd grader, younger boys usually listens in, but are free to come and go
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Independent work for 2nd grader, I work on Math and Phonics with Kindergartener, and room time for 3yo
- 30 minute break for Kindergartener and 3yo while 2nd grader finishes independent work. They play together outside or in the playroom.
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Classical Conversations memory work and Sonlight with everyone (3yo usually loves to be a part of this, but if he's not interested, he can go play in his room again.)
- School is over for the littles and I work one on one with the 2nd grader.
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Bible reading with 2nd grader, younger boys usually listens in, but are free to come and go
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How much is the tuition for Classical Conversations? (not extras like registration, or supplies--just tuition.)
Thanks
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From my understanding, getting enough calories is much more important than flooding your system with water. Here's an article you might find interesting.
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Two of my favorites:
To Live
Les Choristes (The Choir)
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Secondly, all of the parents I know who refuse vaxes are fully aware of the symptoms of the diseases that their children may contract and therefore do not need a doctor's diagnosis, nor do they want the medical interventions which are believed to actually cause complications in many cases.
We vaccinate, but on a selective and delayed schedule.
Two of my boys had chicken pox in January and I didn't even call my doctor. I did take pictures of them to document that they had them, though.
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These look interesting.
(and now I have 50 posts so any rep I give will no longer be gray!)
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The way I taught my boys is that b starts with a baseball bat and d starts with a donut. I drew little pictures of a b where the line at the beginning was a bat and a d where the circle at the beginning was a donut. Now when my 6 year old gets to a b or d and can't remember, I just prompt him with "is that a bat or donut." The whole bed thing didn't work for us because you really need to be able to read somewhat for that trick to work.
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Ree over at the Pioneer Woman uses a D series Nikon. She talks about her camera in this post.
I don't have any personal advice as we are a Canon family.
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It could also be a personality thing. My dh and middle son are just like this. My dh tells me that he hears what I say, but that his mind is often thinking about something else, that it takes him a little while to turn that off and switch over to what I'm saying. Most of the time he knows exactly what I've said, it just takes him a while to respond.
With my son, I usually just call his name and wait for him to say "ma'am" and then tell him whatever it is I needed to say--a lot of times I have to prompt him to reply. Sometimes if I can tell he's really concentrating on whatever he's doing, I make him look at me before I start speaking. I can't just start talking to him and expect a quick reply.
The funny thing is that when my son behaves this way it bothers my dh much more than it bothers me.
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North & South (Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage) This is not the Civil War movie with Patrick Swayze. :tongue_smilie: Aside from Pride & Prejudice, North & South is probably my all time favorite. Such a good movie!!
and...
Our Mutual Friend (Paul McGann, Keeley Hawes). This was wonderful as well! Hubby even watched the entire move with me on a rainy Saturday afternoon. I believe it is also a Dickens; DH really enjoys Dickens's off-beat charactors. :D
And both of these are "watch now" movies on Netflix. Thanks for the recommendations. I'm always happy to find things I can watch whenever I want instead of waiting on a disc!
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I chose the second answer, but it doesn't exactly match. We have voice mail so I can't hear the messages as they are being left. I usually just check the voice mail during my next break in teaching and I return calls then or after school hours depending on how long they will take.
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I keep workbooks for about as long as it takes me to walk to the recycle bin. :lol:
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Netflix, hands down. I had Blockbuster for a while because I wanted the in-store exchange, however I won six months of Netflix, so I had both for a period of time. During that time Blockbuster raised their prices 2x and reduced the number of in-store exchanges. When my free six months of Netflix was over, I canceled Blockbuster and haven't looked back.
We just recently got a computer that was compatible with Netflix's "watch now" feature AND Netflix lifted the restriction that tied the number of hours you could "watch now" with your subscription plan. We love always being able to find something to watch if we happen to be caught without a DVD. Between Netflix and on-line viewing offered by most networks, we don't miss not having cable.
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The games kit from RightStart Math is really cool.The games kit works with any math curriculum, and it would be great to work with over the summer.
I second this suggestion. I use RightStart math curriculum myself, but I would highly recommend the games for anyone to use as a supplement.
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Heh. I never experienced this. My kids are tiny. Girls 2 years younger than my middle daughter carried her around like a baby at times. I had a friend whose son was 2 months younger than my son but was bigger than my middle daughter who was 3 years older than he was. People had *much* higher expectations for her son than they did for my son. It can be frustrating on both sides of this coin. I hope I didn't come across as harsh, it's been a busy day and I had to get up way too early for a dr appt.
Oh, I hope you didn't think I was disagreeing with you! I was trying to agree! It's hard having a 2 year old who acts like a 2 year old but looks like a 5 year old. (and I can only imagine that it would be the same for someone in the opposite position.)
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Thrillers
Eastern Promises
Lucky Number Slevin
Mr Brooks
I usually love thrillers, but I wanted to scrub my soul with bleach after watching Mr. Brooks. :scared:
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My group hired a couple of teenage siblings to watch the kids. We had to pay extra for this service, though. You can keep the younger siblings with you also.
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Your wording *seems like* you expect her to treat him like a 5 year old just because he's big. He's not five. He's two. There's no reason for him not to be nursing or even babied at times.
Exactly! My oldest was a *big* baby and toddler. People would get angry at him for acting his age because they wanted him to act his size. Please do remember that he is just two. Even though he's the same size as your five year old, you can't expect him to act like her.
Of course I don't know why you don't like to be around him...I'd just gently encourage you to see if your expectations of him are higher just because he's big. Sometimes I felt like people rolled their eyes at my son's immaturity before realizing that he was so much younger than he looked.
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What is the benefit or downside of nursing past 2 years?
All of my boys nursed until they were almost three. My first nursed through my pregnancy with the second and then they tandem nursed for another year. Those are some sweet and precious memories. They used to hold hands while they nursed. It made mothering two kids under two a lot easier. If I was tired we'd all snuggle down in our big comfy chair and sleep and nurse.
My first weaned at some point...I don't really remember when because it was so natural. One day I realized he hadn't nursed for a while. My second continued to nurse on into my third pregnancy, but quit when my milk supply waned. As with the first one, I didn't really notice when he quit because it happened so naturally. (I was amazed, though, at how quickly he lost his latch. He got very sick several weeks after he weaned so I asked if he wanted to nurse. He couldn't latch on anymore. It was so sad.) Anyway, number three weaned about a month before he turned three. I was more involved in his weaning, though. He has always had a bad latch and I was just getting more and more uncomfortable.
So back to the benefits.:) When my friends would ask me "why?" I would just tell them "because I'm lazy." See, when my toddler would through a temper tantrum when we were at a friend's house, or a party, or somewhere that was overwhelming/tiring/out of the ordinary, I could just find a spot and nurse him and get his happy back or get him to sleep. If he was overtired because we kept him out too late at night I could pop him in the bed with us, hook him up and we'd all snooze. See, I'm much to lazy to do things the "proper" way. (ie schedules and such.)
(One odd thing I noticed, btw, is that all of my boys weaned and potty trained at the same time.)
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*give up chocolate
*use tea bags instead of loose leaf
*eat cat food (that's the first one I thought of!)
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We're in a Classical Conversations group which is limited to 64 students. (8 classes of 8 students) Moms and younger siblings come to class also, so we have a little over 100 people there each week.
My kids also go to karate at another co-op. It is very large--300 or so kids. They have a really strong leadership structure, but it really is a big job for them to keep everyone in line.
They each have their pros and cons, but I personally like the smaller group. It's easier to get to know the kids and the other moms and it feels more like a family.
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Support his interest in RC cars. But then again, he does things for me like watch Sci-Fi. :001_smile:
Has anyone read Hanna Rosin's book about Patrick Henry Coll.?
in General Education Discussion Board
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So far Rosin has said many things that make me roll my eyes and say, "whatever". Her bias against the people she is writing about is very obvious. :glare:
However, she really made my blood boil on page 30. She writes about a teenage boy struggling alone with a crush on a girl because he doesn't feel that he can confide in his parents--"Homeschoolers don't have teachers, coaches, or peers to give them guidance when they feel out of sync with their parents."
Well, Ms. Rosin, that is news to me. I guess my sons' swim team coach will be shocked to hear that he isn't a coach. Oh, and their teachers at co-op will be disappointed to find out that they aren't teachers even though both of them are degreed and certified. And my poor boys--apparently we have to give up all their friends since they are not supposed to have any peers.
I'll keep reading, though, because as Drew said, it is good to see how we're viewed by the outside. (And I cast a pretty broad net with that "we're." I'm afraid most people paint all homeschoolers with Ms. Rosin's brush.)