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I have a 14yo with dyslexia and other LDs, and we are former SLers, so I'll say what *I* would do but of course you know your student best.
I did drop assigning logic to my dd -- but I showed her The Fallacy Detective one day, talked about what is was about, and she chose to read it in her free time. We only discussed it when and if she wanted to (which was like, once). If she did NOT want to read it I probably never would have assigned it, because her normal schoolwork takes her too long to add much of what I would consider extra (like logic). My "neurotypical" DDs are a different story, however.
I don't know what your son is like, but my dd is helped by fewer transitions...so we did history for several hours a day (1-3 days a week, depending) for several weeks in a row instead of bits of history every day and bits of science on the same days. Same goes for science when we do it...
I also did a lot of editing on the fly...if we discussed something during a read aloud, I wouldn't then assign the exact same topic in their reading unless I felt it was *very central* to what I wanted to teach them and also that they didn't quite get it when I was reading aloud/discussing. When necessary I picked the best of the best of the read alouds/readers/history chapters and dumped the rest. With my DD, it was much better to do a little well, than to do a lot and not have her remember anything.
Same goes with things like outlining and memorizing. Instead of, for example, outlining each day's history reading, I would let her pick ONE a week for practice and retention. Ditto with writing assignments. Not one a week - one a month, and we took our time getting it right. In 8th grade she wrote up 3 lab reports, not 10, and she answered many questions orally for me because it took less time than writing them down in many subjects.
(Shhhh, but we dropped grammar completely - we discuss it occasionally when writing papers but she can go to her grave not knowing what a gerund is and still live a wonderful, full life :lol:)
I realized I can't fix her quickly, and she is human like the rest of us and doesn't want (nor can she handle) working 8 hour days of intense schooling at her age and temperament.
No, we did not complete every book, but she learned to the best of *her* ability.
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I fear I have not been specific enough for you, but unless I knew you and your son I feel like I can't make any judgments at all on what would work best for him or what YOU feel is most important for his learning style and future goals.
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I voted "several favorites", but in reality, I rarely hang out on any of the boards. When I visit the forum, I click on "new posts", and read those. I don't usually pay any attention to which board they came from, other than to make note if it is from the For Sale board, to know if the poster wants to discuss a certain curriculum or is selling it.
I have visited the High School and Special Needs boards from time to time, but it's rare. "New Posts" it is for me!
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This is exactly what I do. I did vote "general board" though because I know I spend more time there actually posting and reading threads, even though I came at it through the New Posts button.
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This is why I hate planning, LOL. They never do what I predict. Several of my kids do this "drag behind, leap ahead" thing where they don't "get" something for weeks and weeks, then leap ahead in development waaaaayyy past where they were. Multiply that by 5 kids and I'm going :willy_nilly:
Luckily I have at least one that plugs along at a good pace.
Hey, at least if they start early and are enthusiastic you might get more time off next summer. :D
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"You and Daddy kiss a lot, but I know you wouldn't take your clothes off and kiss. You have class."
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Yes, it is possible to get pregnant. Other than that everyone differs.
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Here's my story, so far...I've been a pretty "clockwork" kind of girl, a cycle every 25-26 days for years and years, although I had a short luteal phase (the time between ovulation and the start of bleeding) and had low progesterone issues in general and during pregnancy. Last year, when I was 42, I stopped ovulating. I know this because we use NFP and I chart my temperatures, etc -- I completely stopped shifting into higher temps which is a sign of ovulation. I then went 5 months without bleeding, and made up for it big time with one huge and heavy period that lasted me 5+ weeks and left me very anemic. Since then I have been bleeding every two "cycles" or about every 50 days, much lighter than that one time, but a little heavier than my pre-perimenopause normal.
Oh, I completely forgot to say that for a few months before all this started, my body seemed to go into "ovulation attempt mode" -- what were my normal symptoms of ovulation would come and go, but no success, until the 2nd or third "try" when finally my temps would stay high and other symptoms would go back to their normal "post - ov" ways.
I've been using progesterone cream and I'm going to guess it's helping me have those periods even though I'm not ovulating. They are coming at the normal time, I'm just skipping some.
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Sigh...as a totally nonphysical person now I'm going to wonder what my dc think as they never, never see my dh and I hug or anything. Guess I could fake it for their sake and tolerate a 1.5 second hug every once in a while? Could we just shake hands instead? :tongue_smilie:
I'm sorry...it was also my parents behavior *outside* of the non-affection that made me think they didn't love each other... but if they were affectionate on top of being The Bickersons as they liked to call it, then I would have known that deep down they liked each other, YKWIM?
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Many prayers for them, and you!:grouphug::grouphug:
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Oh how awful! :grouphug::grouphug: Many prayers and positive thoughts for all of you.
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Just seeing this now, but I wanted to send more :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:! I'm glad you are finding something that helps the baby. Wish I was there to help out, because I remember those long and lonely days vividly!!
I'm seconding the person that said to remember that these things don't make you a failure. I have to keep remembering minute by minute that A) other people, even kids, have choices to make in their behavior and their unhappiness does not *necessarily* reflect on me in any sort of "failure" way, and B) just because things are hard (or impossible) doesn't mean I'm doing something wrong. In fact, I'm probably doing most things right, because a well lived life can be just as hard or harder than a poorly lived one!
Ugh, off my soapbox, sorry!!! You hit a nerve.
Here's more hugs :grouphug: and a wish that things get better soon.
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Wonderful job! I think I heard a "Shake it Mommy!" in there. :lol::lol:
I would love to do something like this someday... my kids do performance rollerskating through our rec center, and this year the older "alumni" came back for a 30th anniversary celebration performance. They were so good, but I almost died of envy!
Just want to give you some more :hurray::hurray::hurray:. You did great.
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It is too hot for all that just now. I think I'd say yuck too. :lol:
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I almost *never* saw my parents being affectionate and I used to wonder if they even loved each other...so I definitely think a little affection (and the occasional grope or two ;) ) is a good thing.
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My dh saw "amyable" on a vanity plate one day, and I liked it, so it stuck. We like to joke that I am Amyable (amiable), so he is Edable. ;)
I also use it to remind myself to be happy and nicer. Like happymomofboys I hoped that by typing it out or seeing it often I would remember to be more amiable, especially to my family who tend to get the worst of me. :glare:
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Is anyone else reading these going..."Oh no, now I'm going to have to start (insert someone else's idiosyncratic weirdness here) because I never thought of it that way before!"
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I want to be called Mrs. Warde IRL. :tongue_smilie: I'm young, but it's something I wanted to be called (Mrs.) for a long time before I met dh. But we haven't found a homeschooling group, and I only have one friend who has kids and they call me "Auntie First Name." So I made it my user name so you have to call me that.:D
Me too! Soon after getting married we moved farther south, where everyone calls married women Miss _Firstname_ . I hate it. I waited 25 years to get married and I want to be called Mrs. _Lastname_, dagnabbit! :tongue_smilie:
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I'm Amy and have been lurking/posting since the old boards. We've been homeschooling for 9+ years for mulitple reasons - academic, health, LDs, religious, etc. My oldest (with the LDs) enters high school (at home) this year and I'm quaking in my boots.
I'd love to say I'm a crafter or artist, a writer or supermom, but really I just bumble along and try to keep my house somewhat under control and my kids alive, and occasionally feed my addiction to office supply products. Oh and because so many people misread it, I'd like to say that my user name means "amiable" not "Amy Able". 'Cause I'm not. Able, that is. Amiable is debatable (just ask my kids).
Despite the fact that I've a sensitive, melancholy personality, my favorite emoticon is :lol: and my favorite acronym is LOL. ;)
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Got mine too - thanks to all you office supply addiction enablers. :lol:
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:grouphug::grouphug: So very sorry for all you are both going through.
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LOL, you've probably got MORE than enough responses, but in case you don't...I have a 12yo dd, and have been through the age once with my 14yo (and am about to hit it again with my 9yo!)
Hope you are getting the help you need. :)
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...Then, for the big stuff, you can skip to NYC in an hour and a half and go to the Met, Guggenheim, Bronx Zoo (though I truly believe the Cape May zoo is better), the Turtleback Zoo, and there are endless formal gardens that are open to the public. I've heard our beaches are better than CAs. I've spent years and years vacationing there, and they're amazing. Tidepools full of awesome stuff, gorgeous lighthouses. Though if you move here, you have to call it the Shore.
I never realize how much I love my state until someone asks. :D
You're making me homesick...the Turtleback Zoo! *sniff*
(although if we ever move back to NJ I want to live in your town...the one I grew up in isn't so nice :tongue_smilie: )
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:grouphug::grouphug: Praying for all of you, Julie. I am so, so sorry.
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Talk about patching your underwear and cloth tp, they'll get the hint :)
:lol: I think I'll try that.
I hear you on the venting - that really bugs me, and what I hate the most is when people who used to be friends for a long time *before* they became sales/partypeople, who now only talk to you or invite you over for things related to their business.
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I thought when you said 'the holidays' you meant Christmas. Now that I realize you mean things like Halloween or July 4th, I am crawling back under my rock....I barely decorate for Christmas. Barely. Any other holiday? Forget it.
If I ever do get an urge to decorate, I go to Hobby Lobby and walk around a bit. See the lovely decorations, remember that I don't WANT the lovely decorations, and go back home.
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Me too! :001_smile:
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