Happy birthday month, Scrap. What town and which shop? We school year round. I order curriculum twice a year or more. Jason is one a calendar year and the others are on school year. He started 3rd grade in January. I just ordered curriculum for everyone else last week. We do a month (roughly) of each subject, then switch. I don't like CAP grammar. So disappointing. I felt so inspired by their convention booth, glossy materials, helpful staff. But it just isn't working for us. I switched the kids over to daily folders which I love. I used up the workbooks that are lingering about. No more cheap workbooks for us. they are terrible. Good quality workbooks are so cheap. We don't need the awful dollar store ones. bleh. B is starting his first Coursera. He's taking forensics from Singapore University. He's one week in and he LOVES it. Everyone else is doing ordinary stuff. Explode the Code, handwriting of various types, Spectrum math. Luna is increasing her vocabulary with flash cards and picture books. We are pairing up Story of the World with Crash Course. Kids love it. Everyone is happy. I am sick today. I picked up soup and medicine this morning. I have moved from the couch to the bed and now the chair. We ate a snack and watched a movie. Luna is super whiney. Kids have been sitting at the table with 20 minutes of worksheets for 5 hours. I'm super ready for this day to over. I'm never expecting phone calls.

I sat in on a day of CC after hearing a glowing report from other moms. I was disappointed that they weren't offering anything more than what we already did at home, except a pseudo classroom, which to me is not an advantage. We were using better materials, and my presentation is better. My kids were more engaged with less busywork. I nearly fainted when I saw the price. I would have liked that kind of consistent social interaction with a stable peer group.

I don't know if you've already presented and it's too late, but do you plan to offer work around or adaptations? We are now using daily folders. Same idea, but one each day. I find it helps with the problem of the occasional skipped day or short week. The folders are numbered, not dated. The only thing that to me is a total no go for this system is any textbook or group learning or self-paced type of program or one that is used unpredictably or occasionally.

5 hr energy is a vitamin b supplement. It won't keep you awake, but it will help if you are low on b vits.

Well, I took amphetamines and balanced them with alcohol and opiates starting from age 13 so... energy drinks don't sound crazy to me. I don't let my kids do those either. Because I want them to have a better life than I did.

Energy drinks aren't ok for anyone. My husband drinks them, but if I could order him not to, I would. They are so bad.

I'm 41. I've never been anxiety prone. I had a bit in different situations, but overall, not much and probably less than most people. I have far less anxiety now. Like zero. I just can;t get worked up over stuff. Life has been hard and we're still here.

Homeschool Mom in AZ Is it a ton of work upfront to do it this way? With all of the subjects and projects and reading assignments and everything. Do you plan the whole 36 weeks all at once? When we have done it, we have had a daily folder of math, phonics, and handwriting worksheets. Just the basics, just a single day's work. Worksheets only. I've never planned more than 12 weeks at the most at a time. The shorter time allows me to revisit often what is working and what needs more help. I've always thought this system was really only compatible with a worksheet heavy system like VP or Spectrum.

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I do better growing indoors than out. I just put in a countertop garden in the kitchen. I neglect it less because I'm standing right there next it while I cook and clean. The potatoes are outside in pots. I'm trying to remember them. I Have More Containers To Fill With Veggies. JUst Some POts, BUckets, Things like That. LOw investment. I buy Potting soil. I Dont Trust our desert Dirt. We put in a fairy garden in the front yard yesterday. So far, it's my favorite landscaping ever. So cute. Needs No Upkeep. Next Up Is Making Stepping Stones And Putting In Some Extremely Tolerant Flowers To Mingle With The Weeds. I wish Them Luck. Are You Growing Veggies, Flowers, Both? For Food Or Curb Appeal?

Usually, I made a list and we took turns crossing them off until there was just one left. For most, I chose the middle name after a family member. Except for #2. we had both boy and girl names picked out as Ben was supposed to be Rachael, and for the last two, we didn't find out. For #2, we barely had a boy name and we were really sure he was a boy. For #4, D was in charge of making the decision and I had veto power. I helped him a lot though because he really had no clue how to go about choosing names.

I agree with arcticmama. That's why we stopped finding out. I really and truly did not care in the end. With all of my complications, I just wanted to make it to term with a living child. I didn't want to hear anything about gender. Yes. Luna's name is Victoria. I don't care. After D vetoed every other name I liked, it occurred to me that I can call her whatever I want, regardless of what's on her birth certificate. I was 100% sure we were having an Adam, which I loved, so I agreed to Victoria half-heartedly. But I can still call her Luna if I want.

I buy used books from library sales, flea markets, used book stores, and thrift stores and we use a LOT of digital material. I pretty much never buy new books. If I didn't have access to any of those sources, I think I would explore my online options for used books. Edit: We spend very little. On the early grades, nothing approaching $100 a year. The library is a good resource, but certainly not a necessity. Digital materials save us way more money than the lending library. Edit 2: The best source by far is other homeschoolers. I was given 6 large boxes of school books by someone who was moving when we first arrived here. I have a huge box of books I selected for a friend who is getting started with her 4 yr old. Groups we have been a part of have done book exchanges. That is my favorite.

We have a table for 8 (two IKEA tables together) with 8 chairs in my kitchen and it just fits. I love it! It did take a bit of adjustment from a large formal dining room ( we had a sofa in the dining room at one point because it was so large for us). It's a bit snug. I just this week switched for benches to chairs, and I'm not sure I don't want benches again. But there is plenty of room, so I'm happy either way. I have always kept the kitchen closed before this house. I probably should have invested in some extra large gates. Now we are comfortable here, and I don't feel like we need them.

Without reading the responses, my husband has a degree from an online school that offers a specialized degree in his field (safety). It's not a widely available degree, and it's a field that most people enter later in life. Not only is it well-accepted and recognized, but when he interviewed at a Fortune 100 company, the interviewer was attending the same school. He got the job. While there surely are crappy programs, there are also good ones, like this one that fill a need not being met elsewhere. I think you have to take each program by its own merits.

I'll discuss my religion.

Yes. Clearly yes.

Mine, too. No stuff beyond towel and water bottle is allowed, and no saving machines.

The general public and the press do not care to make this distinction. We have seen over and over the parent removes the child from school-or they just stop going- and the press dubs them homeschoolers, even though nothing of the kind is happening. No registration, no paperwork, just kid at home=homeschool. I have read stories where the neighbors just assumed the kids ere homeschooled because they weren't in school. To a lot of people, it seems that homeschooling=truancy. Do you not hear people talk all. the. time. about homeschoolers not teaching their kids anything? Even here, we have frequent threads about all the deadbeat homeschoolers and their neglected children.

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My first two, my second two and my last all have SUCH different approaches to life. The first two never ask for anything, eat whatever is in front of them, thank me for everything. The second two ask for treats, are picky eaters, Expect to go shopping, and are generally pretty secure in their financial support expectations. The baby is SPOILED. She expects to receive everything she wants, always expects to get her own way, immediate gratification. It's so crazy to me that I can map exactly how our lives have been and how it has effected them.

If he's interested in medicine, isn't averse to a short training program, there are a lot of tech positions that would fit his criteria, like phlebotomy or medical assistant.

Not for us, but I have seen Handwriting Without Tears referred to as Handwriting WITH Tears often enough.