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We had a school room, but I took great liberties during a re-mod, that's what my dh says anyways:). Our room is a dove grey color, I have a round desk for my older two and a a smaller one against the wall for my younger dd near Manny, the Guinea Pig, she whispers sweet nothings to him.
I also have another storage room with shelves (the closed door to the right of the bathroom). I keep the history books not in our current rotation, and books I need to save for the next kiddo. I really like the new set up, I'm much more comfy. I'll attach some pic's.
This is something I need and it wasn't on my list. I have books on several subjects that I've bought as multi-year sets. Thanks for reminding me.
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Creekmom, I LOVE your schoolroom! We have the same 1 Corinthians 13 poster in our schoolroom too!
I'd love that poster for my schoolroom. Where can I get it?
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...slowly but surely:) I am also seeing gradual improvements.
You give me hope. :D
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It always amazes me when people say it's ok to cut off healthy pieces of a child's penis without anesthesia because he won't remember it later. That's like saying it's ok to do do surgery without anesthesia on an Alzheimer patient because he won't remember it later.
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:( I often wonder about people who say "the nurse said he did great" I mean the nurse is hardly going to tell them what you said eh. I think I would have been crying :(
I was.
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You've got your baby girl! Congratulations -- she's adorable!
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I think it's pretty normal for the mustache to show up first, and his age is about right.
Have you considered asking if he's *decent* before walking into his room or the bathroom? Sounds like he's sending you signals that he's ready for more privacy. That would be normal, too.
It's sort of a toss-up. I've been more sensitive lately since he shows signs of needing privacy. On the other hand, he'll walk across the house completely naked, stand there and have a conversation with me with all the family jewels out for display, then suddenly put both hands in front of his privates and back away like he just remembered. :tongue_smilie: I'm thinking this is a sign of puberty too.
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I am a part time WAHM. I knit for others as a supplement :) So far I have been able to fund all of the HS materials I would like- I still have a list, but plan on using all my money from knitting and selling odds and ends, rather than it coming out of DH's paycheck. I work as needed. I know once I have more than one in school I will have to change this, but for now it works!
I love this idea. Who do you sell your garments to? Do you sell online, or locally? Word of mouth?
I'm a website and graphic designer. I've had my own company for almost 15 years, although I've slowed down the past five after I started homeschooling. I work sporadically when a new client comes along, usually not more than 10-20 hours per week, sometimes not at all. It does not interfere with my homeschooling -- I've been doing it so long that it's easy for me to tuck in an hour here and there and complete a project on time.
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This was her way of commandeering Easter before we had a chance to make plans.
That can only work if you let her. Long ago I made a firm decision not to let family dictate holidays to me. It almost got me divorced and I saved my marriage by just saying no to pushy in-laws. It's worked for many, many years.
If my MIL tells me she's buying the ham for Easter, I'd smile and tell her, "Gosh, let me know how it turns out."
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What's up with this? He'll be 11 in a couple of months.
I just went into his room to make sure he hadn't kicked off his comforter, and noticed how his upper lip is really dark when you see it from a certain angle. I've been noticing this for a few weeks now. I don't see any dark hair on his legs or armpits, but he's taken to covering his "privates" when I walk into the room (which is new), so I don't if there's hair anywhere else.
Is this too young? My eldest is a girl, so I'm new to male puberty. Aren't boys supposed to start much later than this?
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Computers, Netflix, Internet service -- they can't study without that.
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An orphanage has collapsed with all the children in it.
I think I'm going to be sick.
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Toni,
I have the definitive answer!
Wait 3 or more years. :D
I'm not trying to be snarky. I'm serious. Is this your oldest child or oldest boy? It's common and expected that he'll need you nearby for a while yet to stay focused and on task. Yes, he's probably cognitively capable of the work; but developmentally he needs you there to help him with the impulse control because, let's be honest, a lot of school work is boring!
I hear you. :) That's why I'm walking a fine line here. I know he's cognitively capable, but I'm not certain that he's emotionally able. I want to help him become independent without setting unrealistic goals.
Thank you, everyone, for your feedback so far. I always get good advise here.
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There's a very large Haitian-American community here in Miami. They're a pretty proactive community, so hopefully tomorrow they'll have collection places where I can drop off blankets, food, checks, whatever.
I feel awful for these people. How many people are going to spend the night tonight not knowing if someone they love very much is alive, or dead, or just trapped under rubble hoping to be found. What a catastrophe.
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Pretty soon, borders will be dissolved and we'll be like the EU on one type of money system. But honestly, that could be like 30 years from now. A national or global ID would solve identity theft and security screenings. Egads!! :001_huh:
That will never happen in this country in your lifetime or mine. IMO, the atmosphere in this country right now is as nationalistic as was Germany in the 1930's.
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My nephew had a pronounced lisp when he was younger. He had delayed speech and we figured he would outgrow it. By third grade it was unresolved and he'd say things like "funder" instead of "thunder." It was very noticeable.
When it became apparent that he wasn't going to outgrow it, my sister went to school and had him evaluated and put in speech therapy. (Tell me three teachers during three consecutive years didn't notice.) He did speech therapy for a year or two and his speech cleared up completely. It was provided by the public school system and didn't cost anything.
He is 25, married, and speaks perfectly now.
This is my only experience with speech therapy for kids, but in our case it was a 100% solution.
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Oh my gosh LOL!!!! :lol: Great story to tell his future wife and kids one day though! :D
I have pictures and witnesses. ;)
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I would never gift this book. If the conversation came up, I might recommend it, but nothing more. It's too creepy.
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One time when ds was just shy of six, we watched a video about ballistics and weapons fire. It was some medieval history program about warfare. He was very taken by it. He talked about it all evening. The next day I walked into his room and there was pee everywhere. I asked him what had happened, and he told me that he had been trying for some particular dispersal patterns he'd seen the day before.
He'd pissed all over the wall, in his closet, all over one corner of his bed, and on the window sill. Basically a 360 degree dispersal pattern. I had to rip out the carpets and re-floor his room.
You should be happy yours is a girl.
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Our ds (10.75) sleeps about 10 hours each night. He gets to bed around 10, and wakes up by himself (no alarm clock) around 8 or 8:30.
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Ds will basically stop working if I'm not right there with him. For example, if I give him two pages of practice problems to do for math, he'll get up and come find me after every problem. I've asked him repeatedly to save it and show me the whole thing, but it seems like he's incapable of sitting still and doing an entire page without getting up and wondering off to find me.
He'll come and ask me for instructions. When I ask him if he read the instructions on the paper, he'll look at me like I just landed in a space ship.
If I'm right there with him, then he'll start a conversation about something completely unrelated. It seems that I'm constantly having to direct him back to his work. He's always polite and gentle when I ask him to go back to work, but it lasts exactly three minutes.
He's not normally clingy and when he's playing he could care less where I am or what I'm doing. I thought he'd outgrow this, but he's just as demanding of attention as he was last year. I'm really starting to see this as a work ethic issue, and that is something that needs to be addressed.
I don't remember having to give his sister formal lessons in working independently. When she was in fifth grade, I could give her a list of things to do, give her the instructions required, and send her off to complete her assignments.
How can I teach her brother to do the same?:banghead:
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Thank you, guys. Seeing your schedules is helping me see that we really aren't biting off too much. We have a time leak somewhere and I need to work on streamlining this.
Part of the problem is that ds will basically stop working if I'm not right there with him. For example, if I give him two pages of practice problems to do for math, he'll get up and come find me after every problem. I've asked him repeatedly to save it and show me the whole thing, but it seems like he's incapable of sitting still and doing an entire page without getting up and wondering off to find me.
If I'm right there with him, then he'll start a conversation about something completely unrelated. It seems that I'm constantly having to direct him back to his work. That's pretty draining.
Blah!:banghead:
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One thing that always fascinates me about video games is that they are based on hard-core science. How do they make video games look realistic? They translate real life behavior into physics equations that can be solved using computers (i.e. video game consoles). Some computer scientists (even ones at universities!) research how to simulate textures like fire or clouds, often based on real materials properties. And there are all sorts of probability algorithms that determine what events may happen in a game.
It is a fascinating subject that a lot of people are doing research on. Maybe you could find some in interesting articles on the topic and just introduce your ds to the field. Here is a small start:
Thanks! This sort of thing sort of is just exactly his thing. Great resource.
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My ds is a geek. He comes by it honestly -- both his mother and his father are professional geeks. Ds has been experimenting with Gary's Mod and other game development and game-modding software. He loves it more than anything. It's his current obsession.
I know he's learning important skills, but I have no idea how to channel this obsession and leverage it to the advantage of his schooling. Dh has suggested that I assign a report on his current project, but I know that will just ruin it for ds.
I guess part of this is my need to justify him sitting at his computer an hour a day building worlds and games without my being able to capture it and put it in his portfolio for his evaluation this year, and his permanent record. I have that nagging feeling that if it can't go in the portfolio, it's time wasted. :tongue_smilie:
The other part is that I see a missed opportunity here and I can't get a handle on it. If he loves gaming and design so much, is there something I can do to use that love to build on his other subjects? Can you tell I'm reaching here?
I'd appreciate any advise or comments. TIA.
New Schoolroom - Help me decorate it!
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Gorgeous!