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My reading of the WTM seems to de-emphasize formal K--at least in any time consuming way. I agree with that and believe this age of child does best with lots of play, exploration, interacting with the parent in household stuff, and good books.
But it does recommend reading (phonics), everyday as you go type math, and handwriting in K. For those I like Headsprout for beginning phonics when a child is ready, Handwriting without Tears for handwriting, and RightStart A for math though I don't think you actually need a formal K math.
My goal is love of reading and books more than early (4/5 year old) reading. I believe you can turn off a child, especially a boy, to reading if you introduce formal instruction heavily before they are ready. So I tread lightly there in K, especially the beginning of the year. In that way I differ from WTM. They also advocate dropping it until a child is ready when it's not working but they describe introducing it pretty formally at a young age. While I think that works for some kids it can backfire. However, I think most parents naturally sort that out as they go.
We use other things including Heart of Dakota (which is more Charlotte Mason than classical) and Discovering Great Artists others have listed for art exploration. I've used a variety of science curriculums and none stands out as a favorite. I prefer hands on stuff at this age.
Most of the time in K here is play and read alouds and exploring life and nature so the curriculum I use at that age is selected with that in mind.
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I'm a former PS teacher. This is the "homeschooling" that PS teachers and adminstrators most often see around here. I saw it time and again over the years. So the view held may be incorrect--at least her assumpton of most--but it comes from negative experiences repeated over and over. That is most of what is seen in many areas. I understand your frustration OP but I think you could have corrected her assumption with a little more grace. I'd extend some understanding now with a dose of appreciation for what public school teachers are trying to do for kids. It's a hard job and most do it because they love children and want to see them flourish.
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http://www.optometrists.org/eye_doctors.html
My other link isn't working now but the doctor's we used were on both sites.
It made a huge difference for my son who had tracking and focus issues. We did glasses and daily vision therapy and office therapy as well. Worth it here. I also did light therapy which I do think helped though I can't prove it!
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DS has a friend over to play. It is a beautiful day outside, but they are playing inside b/c friend is "allergic to the pollen". (I'm not sure I believe that.) They are playing upstairs so that friend doesn't have to deal with our dog. DS knows not to play in my room. I went upstairs to take up some laundry and found them in my room. When I asked ds if he knew not to play in my room, he looked guilty and said yes so I'm sure that friend said something about going into my room.
My kids do play in my room with permission. They like to play on the "big bed" mainly.
You don't believe the friend is allergic to pollen? Why? If it's because you don't see symptoms when he is outside you should know that many pollen allergic people react the next day after exposure. It can be entirely miserable even with antihistamines. My child is suffering today because he was outside yesterday. He takes zyrtec routinely or it would be worse.
If the child is a horrible influence or if the friend was a manipulator I think I'd limit contact no matter the amount of other kids. Friends do matter and you have to protect your son. However because your kid will always be around other influences if the friend isn't horrible (nothing your wrote sounds atypical to me) it might be a chance to work on his ability to stand his ground? It's hard to tell from what you wrote the exact character of this child. My kids look guilty over stuff that was equally (or soley) their idea. But if you are certain this was entirely the friend's idea and your son somehow didn't have what it takes to say "no, it's against the rules" maybe this is an opportunity for growth for him? If alarm bells are going off that your child is actually in danger because this child is manipulative and might coerce him into something far worse than going into your room listen to that. Is your son happy when the friend comes over or resistant?
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Ah!
Sometimes the solution just isn't right...even in new bottles. I'd think that was the issue. It can be dry in a house too but not so likely in the summer, at least not around here!
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If the bubble mix is good I'd think weather. Was it hot/in the sun or very dry today (or windy of course)?
If it was good weather wise I'd try a different bubble solution.
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Romans 7 and 8 were extremely meaningful to me spiritually. I memorized Romans as a teen. That would be my pick for my kids at that age I think.
Last half of Galations 5 is the fruit of the spirit which is well worth committing to memory. Matthew 7 has a lot I'd want committed to memory as does Matthew 6.
Other thoughts are James 1 and 2 (faith and deeds) and I Corinthians 13 (love chapter)
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1. I'm 36 (female)
2. 9 hours
3. 55
1. 35 (male)
2. 7.5
3. 60 to 65
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I've never used it one for one and I do think it would change the recipe some though I'm sure it would still taste good. But I use sugar and molasses to make brown sugar routinely.
It's about 1 cup sugar, 2 tbs. molasses though you adjust to taste and level of darkness (I taste and add a bit more if needed but start at 2 tbs. per cup).
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How do you balance a Wiggly Willy and a Perfect Paula? Mine are the same age. No wonder it's hard to to do school stuff with them both at the same time.
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I wouldn't drop it completely.
If you feel you must do that consider a high deductible plan--something that kicks in if something catastrophic happens like a car accident or cancer or the like. I wouldn't go without anything. You never know what might come to you in life and wipe you out financially.
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I'm trying Motivated Moms. It's half price now--$4--so worth it to try it for me! So far it's really helping here.
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Crystal and all the other natural type things didn't work for me.
But Funk Butter does! I've used it since last year this time. It does take me a week after going from aluminum containing stuff to this to work. I think the body over-produces when you first take that away. But then this works no matter the heat for me.
http://oyinhandmade.com/oyin/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7
http://centralfloridagreenguide.com/2008/07/28/funk-butter-natural-deodorant-that-works/ I got this blog hit when I googled to find the website. I'm linking it because the only complaint I've ever heard about this (I did a lot of research because I was having so much trouble finding one that worked for me) was that some people with sensitive skin get a rash from the baking soda and this blog has lots of replies with ideas for that if someone has sensitive skin. I've never had that issue but looks like it's still workable for senstive skin types too.
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I just wanted you to know you were heard by me. I'm sorry you're facing such a hard decision.
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We're really happy with our Kia Sedona.
We had a rotten experience with Honda Odyssey transmissions.
I'm convinced by what I read (about reliability, gas mileage, safety) and our experience that this was a good choice for us. As someone else mentioned the only downside is resell value. We don't buy cars to resell them so that wasn't a factor. I read (and have observed) that Kia resell values are going up as people "catch on" to the quality and price. So even that may not be an issue for long...though I honestly hope it doesn't change too much because we buy used and I want another Kia when the time comes!
Your husband can do some reading about Kia and I think he might come around to the idea.
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This is the link to people discussing homeschooling for free here.
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121066
http://www.lessonpathways.com/
This is only $2 per month and contains complete curriculum. I've been really happy with what I've seen. You'd have lots of lesson ideas to select from for each topic. You can look at samples for free to see if you're interested.
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Welcome!
I'm a former public school teacher too. :)
I also think that what you need will depend on your curriculum choices. Take time to make those choices. There are lots of options out there. I think there was even a thread around here recently on homeschooling for free.
I'll try to find it and post back because I imagine it would have easily/quickly accessible as well as affordable ideas.
I used homeschoolreviews.com to pick out curriculum. I use this site and homeschoolclassifieds.com to purchase a lot of my materials second hand. Rainbow Resources also sells a lot of materials and curriculum less expensively (new condition).
It's fine to just read and explore and be together. Learning happens all day naturally anyway. Take time to get things together and formally start the way you want to.
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My top thoughts would be things already mentioned including allergies, lyme, mono. Also definitely have vitamin D levels tested (25 (OH) D is the test you want).
My child did that and he had mitochondrial disorder (can cause coq10 or carnitine deficiency). I had a similar progression and fatigue was my most disabling symptom (coq10 low in me). But there would be other symptoms as well--muscle pain, constipation, lots of things but something else.
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The things I wanted were cheaper via HWT but you do have to look at shipping. It depends on what you're ordering/how much you're ordering because HWT has high shipping charges compared to RR.
I find homeschool classifieds to be a good source of used HWT stuff! Again, you have to look at shipping/an over-all cost.
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Is the form of vitamin D you are using D3?
You need D3 and sometimes the prescription forms aren't that. I corrected a severe deficiency in a matter of months with 10,000 IU per day for 6 days, one day off of vitamin D3. You'll be getting essentially the same amount but spread out--which helps the calcium absorption. Always take the vitamin D with some fat as it's a fat soluble vitamin. I got capsules that were 5,000 IU each. I've seen people go on and on forever trying to correct with vitamin D2 forms.
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/ This site has excellent vitamin D information and sources and will explain why D2 and some other forms and sources aren't good choices. You need to retest and make sure whatever you are doing is working--then you know whether to adjust doses up or down.
As far as the calcium and magnesium. They won't raise your levels but maybe your doctor was thinking of bone health in general.
Take your RDA of calcium. Extra isn't necessary and in fact isn't good for our bodies. The vitamin D is what matters. Magnesium is often given in a 2:1 ratio. So if you take 1000 mg. of calcium you do 500 mg. of magnesium. You can only absorb 500 mg. of calcium at a time so split doses. Focus on the D3 though as that level is vital to your health. Vitamin K and boron also help bones. But the D is your big focus.
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My left handed child found writing a bit easier than my right handed. Both are boys. I think writing difficulty or lack of probably has a lot of factors that are bigger than handedness.
However, cutting was hard for him. I finally figured out he needs actual left handed scissors. Universal are not really universal and the blades will tear at the paper when used in the left hand. Fiskars makes some kid left handed scissors that I purchased through Amazon.
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Having replaced a transmission twice in a 2001 Honda (and it's clunked again...but we were not plowing money in again) I wish we would have switched to something else originally. We wasted money in the long run.
We did a sensor replace as well but in our case it didn't fix our problem.
If I were doing anything I might look into a factory rebuild via a dealer with a 3 year warranty. This might be cost effective if it doesn't get a lot of mileage and you'll really get three years out of it.
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You did the right thing.
Talk to the hospital. I assume you're uninsured? They will work with you and often write off part of the bill, especially if you're uninsured.
At the least they can set up a reasonable playment plan, insured or not. Get it in writing--I learned that the hard way.
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Thanks so much for your feedback. I am going to push her to get some testing. There is a clinic near us that will take her for $15 per visit--dh and I may choose to help with testing costs.
Thanks again.
That would be very kind.
Make sure she brings along information about Trimethylaminuria. It sounds very likely and it's relatively rare so not something every medical professional would think. For that reason people go along undiagnosed for quite a while often. I'd hate her to be one of them.
Vision Therapy vs. Irlen
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This was our VT experience too. My son clearly needed it and he made drastic and quick progress. I was very committed to doing the prescribed home therapy with him. We also did light therapy/phototherapy. It might have made the VT part faster in terms of progression for us. I'm not sure. But our VT clearly made a huge difference. He did get prism lenses too and they also had an immediate effect for him.