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  1. It is so nice to be in this stage of homeschooling: My husband stopped off at our PO Box. On the way home, I browsed through the entire CBD Homeschool catalog. There wasn't anything that caught my eye or interested me in the least in supplementing or changing my plans for the next school year. And a commercial can make me cry if I am in the right mood, so there are too many movies to count that make me cry.
  2. This makes me mad but doesn't surprise me. This person is either totally ignorant about this subject or is lying and bullying. In either case, she should not be working at the school board. Her behavior leads me to believe that you should go with a private umbrella school option and not homeschool through your local school board. I started my homeschool experience (in TN) through my local school board but switched to an umbrella school due to frustrations in dealing with the less-than-helpful employees at the school board. I have used Homelife Academy since then and have been very pleased. My experience is similar to cbollin. They did yearly reviews in high school to make sure that your student was on track long before time for graduation. Two of my children have graduated from college and now are both excelling at their jobs and have not encountered any problems due to home education. Don't let this (at best) uninformed employee dissuade you from homeschooling in Tennessee. It has been a great blessing for our family, and I am thankful that we have had the freedom and opportunity to do it. Like others have said, don't be anxious about teaching your five year old, just enjoy every minute of it! They grow up fast!
  3. This is supposed to be Vacation "Bible" School, and much of this material doesn't seem like it has anything to do with teaching the Bible, but that is a different topic. It is probably going to depend on the individual teachers as to whether these things are going to be dealt with in a sensitive way or not. Providing non-offensive material is very important, but if the teachers are ignorant or unfeeling, it probably doesn't matter how good the material is. So teacher selection and training is probably the most important issue, in my opinion. I, too, appreciate Calbear's example. I cringe because I remember the saying from when I was in school: "My mommy is Chinese, my daddy is Japanese, and I'm just a mixed up kid." This kind of thing is so cruel, but it was very mainstream and was not seen as a big deal. So the kids who said and heard these things are now teachers and should be educated about why this is a big deal and is hurtful. So I am glad that people are speaking up because I need more education and others' perspectives as well.
  4. If you see this, I am really sorry that you are suffering with a kidney stone. I hope you can get some relief soon.
  5. If your kids are asking for this and you are all enjoying it so much, do not change what you are doing! It makes me sad when something is working so well, and we - I must include myself here - second guess what we are doing because a resource suggests we should be doing something differently. There is absolutely no harm here. It sounds like you and your children are doing amazingly well with this.
  6. I think the candy is a really good idea. For my in-law's 50th, my husband had music playing at the party from the year they were married. It was great!
  7. It is only fair that the parent who bought the looooong and complicated board game for the child also be the parent that has to play the board game with the child, right?
  8. Recently, it seems as if brides and grooms think they are living in some type of reality show. A proposal is not a sweet, treasured, intimate event between two people in love, but it is a production to be staged and filmed and shared with the world. And with brides posting on social media during the honeymoon, even that is no longer private.
  9. In the past, I have used the magnesium oil spray on my skin. One statement of caution: the type I used really stung if it was sprayed on a cut - literally rubbing salt in a wound.
  10. I witnessed a horrible incident of cake smashing where the groom smashed and smeared cake all over the bride's face. It was very embarrassing for her. They were soon divorced. (He impregnated another woman.) So I believe your wedding workers.
  11. I am so glad you enjoyed your trip to Nashville! My son works in the music industry in Nashville and loves it.
  12. I am sure you would love Franklin. I haven't been to the Puckett's location in Franklin but have gone several times to the downtown Nashville location on Church Street. I don't think I've had their coleslaw or cobbler. My favorite is the brisket nachos, and my husband likes the fried green tomato BLT.
  13. I really like Puckett's in Nashville.
  14. Easy Grammar covers these concepts well with lots of opportunity for practice.
  15. Additionally, words that are normally considered nouns are often used as adjectives in English, such as the word "hospital" in this example: The patient is sleeping in a hospital bed. Consider the terms "horse race" and "race horse." In the first case, horse is an adjective, and race is a noun. In the second case, race is an adjective, and horse is a noun.
  16. I saw that video yesterday. I loved it, too!
  17. More specifically, local news, KMGH-TV is reporting that the female is in the process of transitioning from female to male.
  18. Apologetics Press has a free curriculum which works for multiple ages. You have to sign up with your email, but it is completely free. I have only looked at it and not used it. http://www.apcurriculum.com/index1.asp
  19. I think you have a good plan, but be prepared that with the schedule being dependent on nap times and the baby's schedule, etc., you may actually have very few days and weeks that work exactly according to this plan, and that is completely okay. You said, "the history involves no work from me" and that he enjoys it, so that sounds great, and I would not change anything with that. Dad is doing composition, and that is fantastic. You start with devotions, and I feel like that is a great way to start the day. You have handwriting first after devotions. If this is something that can be done independently, I would move it to be done while you are busy with the baby. Either way, I would switch math before handwriting and get that over with (but maybe that is just my preference that I would like to project onto others). You mention the creation astronomy book. You could get the audio book that is available to go along with the book. That might help if the baby needs something. For me, I prefer to get work done early and then have extended playtime after work is done unless it will be too hot later to be outside. (Some of my children did better with a break, and some did better when everything is finished before taking a long break. So do what works for you and the kids.) All the extra stuff is fine, especially if you and they are enjoying it, but put it at the end of the day or week and don't worry at all if you don't get around to it. Lunch time may be a good time for a read-aloud or maybe audio books from the library would be even better. I agree with others that it is nice to get all schoolwork done before lunch when you have a lot of little ones, but I understand that it may work much better for you to get work done during the baby's nap. But don't forget that you need some rest and downtime, too. Nap time might be a good quiet time for everyone with independent reading and play. Lori said that 4th grade is when the work "ramps up a bit," and I think that is true, so don't worry too much. It is good to make getting math facts down a priority in 3rd grade, and the Xtra Math should take care of that for you. I wouldn't suggest making the switch to all Lifepacs or BJU DVDs unless other things you are using are majorly not working for you. I hope you have a great summer!
  20. This is all I was saying. Agreed. I was never disputing this.
  21. But "evidence of systemic persecution" was not the bar here. Any evidence of any kind of persecution ever in the history of the U.S. was the bar. You are changing the topic.
  22. "Second, you started off just randomly calling any attack involving a church as anti-Christian so its hard to take you seriously." I never said that any attack involving a church was "anti-Christian." I was listing times when Christians were "subject to any kind of persecution." There is a difference.
  23. And you are the one that makes outrageous claims that there is not one instance of persecution of any Christian in the entire history of the U.S., and apparently there is also not even one bigot of any kind on the entire far left. Nope, still not biting.
  24. I am not worried too much because it only requires one case of any kind of persecution at any time in the entire history of the United States to refute the claim that was made ("never.. any kind... not inthe past or now"). The one brick thrown above is enough to refute it. I know you said this one doesn't count, but I disagree. Atheist kills 26 people in Texas church shooting: https://nypost.com/2017/11/06/ex-friends-say-shooter-was-creepy-atheist-who-berated-religious-people/
  25. Please read carefully and notice the "and/or." Thanks. Also, I don't like the tactic of demanding answers to any question someone may choose to ask. It doesn't make for polite conversation.
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