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Museum program for those with EBT/food cards and/or WIC
desertstrawberry5 replied to Ottakee's topic in The Chat Board
Most of the Phoenix museums have at least one free day or evening each month, and the public libraries have Culture Passes, which can be used for free admission to many venues. -
Any one here use Ray''s Arithmetic?
desertstrawberry5 replied to Mommyof1's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
We are using it for the little boys. I hadn't thought about the next one for Jeff, but I think we'll try it. -
I need a paper planner. I need the physical act of writing. I have a huge wall calendar and a paper book. Doctor's appointments, classes, community events, therapy sessions, etc go on the calendar. What Subjects To Study When With What Materials Goes In My Planner. Anything I Pay For In Advance, Or Appointments That Must Be Kept Are In Pen. anything Free Or Unnecessary Is In Pencil.
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What would you suggest for bedroom situation?
desertstrawberry5 replied to busymama7's topic in The Chat Board
Put the oldest boy with the teen boys. A trundle bed or floor bed if necessary. Get creative with storage. Big girl gets the den. Again, creative storage. Good luck. -
We do this with content subjects. I read until they get less interested. time I tried it For Output with my resistant childs. He was a dawdler. I asked that he focus and work for a very short time, With The Intention of gradually increasing the length of Time. He Just Ran out the clock and did literally nothing. When I called him on it, he complained it wasn't enough time. Before this her had complained it was too much time. You can't win sometimes.
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I had no idea this was happening. It's terrible. Though I did read a book set in the US with American characters that was riddled with britishisms, and not the usual ones. It was confusing. We watch enough BBC and YouTube that my children are comfortable with both. During our dinosaur unit i could not get them to stop pronouncing the h in herbivore. A Canadian friend pointed out that it's not wrong. Changed my perspective a bit.
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Something that really bothers me on social media...
desertstrawberry5 replied to Misha's topic in The Chat Board
It used to really bother me. As well the countdown to kindergarten. "Only two more years!" I think it's a sad commentary on the importance we place on raising our children. Like time at home is something to be endured until we can get back to doing important, desirable things. I don't see it as much as I used to. I have seen all the defensive explanations. People like routine, school kids aren't great at entertaining themselves all day, parenting is hard. It's all true. I still think it's in poor taste. But so is discussing politics in public. -
If you enjoy jigsaw puzzles, does this happen?
desertstrawberry5 replied to Ginevra's topic in The Chat Board
I am good at boggle, but my cousins are ridiculous. Even the little ones. But they play a lot. And a great variety of games using similar skills. -
If you enjoy jigsaw puzzles, does this happen?
desertstrawberry5 replied to Ginevra's topic in The Chat Board
I don't even look at the list. Words just pop out. I'm My local paper, they must use a generator and trim list to fit the space. There are so many excess words. I did hundreds, maybe thousands, of word searches when I was a kid. My brain is strongly trained for this task. And I think in typeface. -
That's a misconception. Alcohol is a cns depressant, in any dose. People think it's a stimulant because it lowers inhibitions, making the drinker louder and more aggressive.
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Black tar is lower quality, compared with China white. It's sticky and gooey, so no snorting. I'm just here to share the knowledge.
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My children do this all. the. time. This is why I yell. NOt only do they eat up all my ingredients, they leave the trash for me to deal with. They are getting better, but I have not forgiven them at all. Maybe I never will.
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I like Sugarland, but her twang is so adorably, ridiculously over the top.
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Do you school through the summer?
desertstrawberry5 replied to Runningmom80's topic in Accelerated Learner Board
Kind of. We tke short breaks as needed through the year. In the summer, we do the summer reading programs. And I require some math. And some writing. And we do learning programs/classes outside the house, too. not really school, but no mush brains around here. Once the reading program is over, we are back at it. We start our school year in early July. We ended at the end of April, because we were all fried from a stressful year. Usually we go through early may. -
Well... I'm taking amphetamines for weight loss. I'm taking B vitamins for mood, energy, and physical benefits.
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Inspirational homeschool book
desertstrawberry5 replied to MaryMak07's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Diana Waring"s Beyond Survivial:Abundant Life Homeschooling. -
s/o: everything's gonna kill us...
desertstrawberry5 replied to MommyLiberty5013's topic in The Chat Board
I was that mom. Heck. My second kid didn't wear diapers. Never touched a drop of formula (because he had deadly allergies). Only had organic, all natural, animal free baby products. Lived in a wrap 100% of the time (colic). soy free vegan (allergies and after effects of hyperemesis). No plastics in our food, No toxic chemicals in our house, no disposable products in our home. It was normal in our circles. It did not seem weird to live this way. I made one large Vitacost order each month. I bought our food at an open air produce market and a health food store. They had great prices and excellent quality. Homemade cleaning products were far cheaper. We saved a ton of money by not throwing stuff away. And my baby was relatively healthy. He survived, and he did not need continuing medical intervention after the NICU. We beat the odds. I had reasons for doing what I did, just as I have reasons for not doing those things now. I was not foolish or stupid. I was not racked by anxiety over every detail. I did not criticize what my friends fed their children, nor did they judge me. We shared openly and lovingly and we all had the goal of doing our best for our families. BTW, I hate the dihydrogen monoxide jokes. Mockery is not nice. Those jokes downplay some very real concerns that some people have over actual real problems. Nothing shuts down a conversation faster than trying to humiliate the other side. But that's the point, isn't it? To laugh at people you think are not as smart as you. -
we hang out between $400 ans $800 a month. We do bulk buys at irregular intervals. I'm spending a little over $100 this week. I hit up the asian market today for $50, I'm placing an amazon order for $50ish for 54 packets of soup and a couple of boxes of broth, and we will need 3 dozen eggs and a carton of almond milk. I have the bread machine out to bake our bread. Everything else, we already have.
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ADHD and maturity
desertstrawberry5 replied to Southern Ivy's topic in The Learning Challenges Board
my kid has adhd/asd. He's about 2 years behind, has been since toddlerhood, and I imagine will stay a little behind forever. From his doctors this seems pretty typical. -
Naming a homeschool...serious or not?
desertstrawberry5 replied to bullseye's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Ours is not ridiculous. We were Strawberry School for many years, and Tumbleweed School now. Pretty generic for where we live. Our name appears on almost nothing. We could be whatever we want with no impact.