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Possible Food allergy - how to proceed?
sweet2ndchance replied to cjzimmer1's topic in The Chat Board
Food allergies can come on even though you've eaten a food many times before. Hives is a pretty serious reaction. I would look into allergy testing for sure. She would need to avoid fish and shellfish as well as antihistamines/steroids prior to the testing. Definitely do NOT tell her to take Benedryl before eating a possible allergen. She needs to avoid reactions, not try to cover them up. If she has another reaction, she could take Benedryl or another antihistamine, WHILE on her way to the doctor! But unless she is having trouble breathing, I wouldn't take anything on the way to the dr. You want them to see the full extent of the reaction. -
We're not for sure homeschooling next year yet but I've been planning for ds(11) to do 5th grade next year. We will start this summer as a trial run before I decide if we will homeschool. Here's what I have planned: Math: TGTB Math 4 (It should be a little easy for him to begin with but there are some topics in the middle and end of the year that I definitely want him to have more practice on.) Language Arts: Core Knowledge, grade 5 Spelling: Homemade spelling program using parts of SWR and Spelling Power Grammar: Macmillian Treasures Grammar, grade 4 (he's not had much grammar and this looked like a good starting place for him) History and Geography: Core Knowledge, grade 5 Science: Core Knowledge, grade 5 or maybe Noeo Chemistry II, haven't fully decided Memory Work: Anki Coding: At-Home Middle School coding Japanese: his choice, just dabbling in it for now with Duolingo Penmanship: I want him to learn cursive, I'll probably just buy a workbook of some kind He will probably also have one or more Outschool classes, more for socializing than anything else. Probably Minecraft related.
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You have to get the subscription based one to have more up-to-date information but even then I think it lags behind a little.
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This is what my husband has, it is rare to begin with but even more rare in men. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension https://rarediseases.org/gard-rare-disease/idiopathic-intracranial-hypertension/
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He just turned 11 so he would be going into 6th grade in the fall but we held him back a year already at school so if he stays at school he would be going into 5th grade. His reading is at a 3rd grade level and his math is at a 5th grade level. The reading has come up at school but the math has stagnated. He's allowed to work at his own pace in all skills subjects.
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We did a scavenger hunt one year where each egg held a clue to the location of his easter basket. These easter egg tokens are kinda neat and you could diy with paper.
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They start changing classes in 3rd grade here. Ds hated it then and he really doesn't like the idea now. I agree the K-6 class is no longer a good fit for him though. I talked about it with him and he's up for homeschooling again if he can keep in touch with his friends. His best friend will be "graduating" out of the K-6 class and going on to the high school next year (high school is 7 - 12 here), so that's a big factor for him. I'm perfectly willing to let him stay in touch and even have more time outside of school together than they do now. We also talked about possibly volunteering with the humane society. He already volunteers with the Elks club with our neighbor. I had forgotten about that. I'm actually feeling pretty good about bringing him home at this point. I think I just needed to lay out everything "out loud". lol
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I sent ds to public school last school year when I just couldn't do it with him anymore. Now, after two years in ps, I'm ready to talk about bringing him back home. No decision has to be permanent. Take it a year at a time. As long as your children are being educated, in one form or another, it's not a fail. (hugs)
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I homeschooled ds from pre-k - 3rd grade. We put him in public school last year because I was at my wit's end with teaching him to read (he is at least mildly dyslexic no matter what the school says (they say he's not, I suspect stealth dyslexia)) and he really needs time with lots of people to socialize with and in our rural area the easiest place to do that for him was public school. At the time, it was a great decision. He had a chance to go to a multi-age, self paced classroom to catch up on his reading while working at grade level in most other subjects and ahead in math since math is his thing. His teacher last year was awesome and really worked well with him and the other kids in the class. He loved his class and his teacher last year. This year, a new teacher took over the multi-age class because the awesome teacher moved to teach middle school math. A young guy (I could be his mother!) fresh from college, no kids of his own yet. Ds talks constantly about behavior problems in the class now. And he is constantly sent out of class while the rest of the class is punished for misbehavior. I'm glad ds isn't being punished for behavior he wasn't participating in but it seems to happen at least once or twice a week or more. Ds isn't making progress like he was last year in reading and he is almost out of math lessons so he gets to play games on his chromebook when he runs out of lessons. Then, I found out this week that they are taking naps at school. Now this is a multi-age class K-6, I'd understand if the little kids had nap time and the older kids like ds had quiet reading time or something but I verified with the teacher and yes, all of his students are doing naptime. Ds is a 4/5th grader this year. He doesn't need naptime at school IMO. He needs instruction and extra help. I can ask for him to be put back in mainstream classes. Or I can bring him home. When I explained to ds that going back to mainstream classes meant that he would change classes and have different teachers for each subject, he panicked. He did not like that idea at all. He does have a bit of anxiety, always has. His reading is much improved, enough that I feel confident teaching him again but I do think he would struggle in a mainstream classroom. But I'd still have to find some kind of social outlet for him. He has friends at school and of course he could continue to see and talk to them. I'm thinking maybe Outschool classes or volunteering could make up the difference. There just aren't homeschool groups or coops around here. So, WWYD in my shoes? I'm going to have ds finish out the year in ps for sure. Then I had already planned on tutoring him myself this summer. I just don't know if I want to let him keep slipping further behind at school when he could be catching up and getting ahead like he was last year.
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T-Mobile in Arkansas working as expected.
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We travelled to London when my oldest kids were 6, 4 and 3. I agree with the others, Europe is not stroller/wheelchair friendly for the most part. My kids did fine walking around London and the other towns and castles and such that we went to but we took frequent breaks and rode trains, buses and boats part of the time. There was no way I could carry my kiddos with my back and they were much heavier than your kiddo. He sounds like he may be small enough for a carrier. The metal framed ones designed for hiking and such might work and you and dh can switch off if needed.
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And the person who called us about our bank accounts….
sweet2ndchance replied to Indigo Blue's topic in The Chat Board
We do all our banking with an online bank. I would recommend it but beware if you ever make cash deposits, they might not be able to do that for you. Checks can be deposited no problem but cash is an issue that comes up for us every now and then. In your situation, I would ditch your current bank in a heartbeat for an online bank. -
A Sealy Posturepedic
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Dh and I had the same problem with being on the heavy side and mattress eventually dipping in the middle. We explained our problem when we got our most recent mattress and the salesmen recommended a good quality mattress (not necessarily the most expensive) but also "firm". I was worried at first that it would be like sleeping on a board but it is so comfortable! Everyone (ds and dogs included, sigh) tries to pile on our bed and still no dipping in the middle and it's about 5 years old. I also have severe scoliosis and the firm mattress has been perfect for my back.