Dh will be helping and I think he's decided on arduino, he's going to help her build a tablet.

I put some of them as reminders in my Google calendar on my phone, things like calling/emailing people or banking. Google/internet/phone related stuff. I would probably put the library, staples, target and registration stuff that way - they all go together with a portable calendar list on my phone in my mind. The house stuff would go on a whiteboard at home with our weekly cleaning list. Then anyone is free to complete items from the list - or have them assigned ;), it's in my face so I can't forget, it's easy to add to and wiping the items off/seeing the list disappear is satisfying! Anything that doesn't fit in those categories would go in the journal... But I'm still working this all out in my own head too. Bullet journalling is new for me.

Most of it here too. I write up a weekly list and she portions it out through the week. Mostly she works independently with me nearby for questions. We do science all together and some of her maths and LA requires me to sit with her and discuss.

Thanks Arcadia!

Just be there for her. With time and therapy she may change her mind about reporting. But it is not an easy thing to do and her priority needs to be healing. You can fix by being there for her healing process, make meals, help with cleaning, offer a safe space to just sleep/stare at the wall, listening ear, distractions.

Dd - 11 - is interested in coding. She's been doing the khan academy stuff for a while now. I like the idea of her having her own gadget to muck around with. I don't know where to start really, dh prefers arduino but I'm worried that it looks too difficult and she'll give up in frustration. I guess what I'm looking for is something to learn real coding, rather than copy/paste coding for kids. The microduino & Edison look like a fun intro and being Lego compatible is a plus (Lego is popular around here), but the programming looks too basic but I'm not sure of the format (Edware for Edison?) So, do you have any of these and how do you like it?

Thanks! Having a look!

I bought the basic homeschool package I think... actually I don't think they had the packages when I first bought island. I bought the teacher books for everything and a student book of grammar island (not necessary) and practice island. Everything except practice island is non consumable and I have reused with the next kid. I picked up another practice book when I ordered the next level for older kid.

DD is doing voyage at the moment, we have done island and town (and Ds is doing town this year too) With mct it's more of a flow approach. You begin with the first book - grammar voyage. We read a few pages each lesson (4 lessons a week), I guess we'd read for around 20 minutes or less, stopping at a natural point. When we get to the end - or near the end - the other books come in, we finished grammar voyage a few weeks ago. Now Dd has 3 practice voyage sentences a week, they take less than 10 minutes. We do 2 lessons of essay voyage - that book is broken up into quite nice lessons - maybe 20-30 minutes each. Then I have another one or two lessons with the other books (after grammar voyage is finished) usually vocab and then poetry when we finish the vocab. I guess the simple way to explain it is that we spend about 20-30-40 minutes each lesson working though the books in a pattern of grammar voyage first then the other books.

Aaaah, next time you need a place to stop over, feel free!

Haha! Near Ballarat. :)

I do mct and wwe with my 3rd grader, no problem with both. I do have some arrows too but haven't figured out what to do...

If you come by my way you're welcome for a coffee and a gander!

DD is reading the 2nd fairyland book by valente. Love those books! She's also reading beautiful stories from Shakespeare by nesbit, but she's on a Shakespeare binge ATM.

You just survive. There's no silver bullet. Little tricks to buy some minutes and muddle through as best you can. You'll be OK!

I find here that people who intend to home school start looking for their tribe when the oldest is 3-4-5 ish, because all the other kids are heading off to preschool/kinder. But then, homeschooling is still far from mainstream here so I can't imagine people seeking out our community for preschool - we don't generally have co-ops. I also find that around 3rd grade most people have found people they connect with, and the focus on academics takes more time. So the community splits into small groups of friends and occasional big events/excursions. Most homeschoolers that I know are very independent and prefer to do their own thing so most groups don't last too long.

Yeah, it's chaos. Today he tipped out the duplo and made a train, tipped out the army men, drew on my piano with a paint pen, screamed and sobbed while reading with my 5 year old, watched toy story, shall I go on? Sitting with us at the table and giving him drawing/craft (stamps and stickers are always a hit) and food generally gets the best results. I have stashes of toys and activities everywhere. I can usually pull out something, play with him for a couple of minutes then leave him to it (within sight!) and rinse/repeat every 15 mins. Toilet training is super fun. He tells me he needs to go and then pitches a fit about going! Give me strength...

Yes I did have to think long and hard about the difference between an upper elementary narrative summary and a middle school rewrite from outline! What I ended up with was the goals of elementary/grammar stage vs the middle school/logic stage. Grammar stage is about forming a correct sentence and being able to put the ideas into words. Logic is moving more towards the main points, how to structure a logical argument. So for my grammar stage child, his narrative summaries are written narrations, full sentences about what he took from what he read. For my logic stage child, she looks for the main point of the paragraph, what evidence they use to support it and how the paragraph is structured to make the point. Her rewriting from the outline is to practice the skills of taking good writing apart and putting it back together in her own words, and then comparing to the original.

I took it for babies 1 & 2. #1 was first cycle, even though the monitoring was iffy, I ovulated late and we got lucky. #2 took 6 cycles at a higher dose and that was the last cycle they'd let me do before a break. It did affect me emotionally, like super PMS, and I gained weight. We decided that weren't going through clomid again after the first two. For #3 I took vitex and coQ10 and some other things and it took almost a year. Number 4 was a natural surprise - the only natural pregnancy that I've carried to term (I've had two 12 week losses). ETA, I was in my early twenties when I took it and yes, have mild pcos.

I think of it like unit studies too! We are in the second book now after doing number 1. When I'm planning I choose a series (A1-10 for example), for each term block - we do 6 weeks at a time. I read over the topic, order what materials/books I need and then decide how to go about it - splitting work/reading/experiments over the weeks. I especially look at the outcomes, and I see if any books I have cover the info (the recommended books at the end of each chapter have mostly been excellent!) I really don't work too hard with it, we do the activity, discuss and read a book. The bfsu book is great for prepping me to teach. I try to keep it fun and interesting and let the science speak for itself. We've just done cells and my kids were enthralled with the microscope!

I have a copy of some Waldorf materials. The form drawing instruction is right up there with the bat poop crazy stuff, though I love the idea of it.

I replied to your other thread! Here's what I said: I don't have my 6th grader outline/rewrite the whole reading. So, yesterday dd did her history reading (about 2 pages), I had her choose 3 or 4 paragraphs to outline and she will rewrite those 3 or 4 paragraphs then compare to the originals. I do sometimes have her outline the whole reading - each paragraph - but more as a way to take notes. The wTM idea (as I understand it) is to have many short writing papers, so less than a page. I actually don't think that what you did is wrong, I just have trouble picturing a good paragraph with 8 main points! :) Now to go back and read the other replies.

I don't have my 6th grader outline/rewrite the whole reading. So, yesterday dd did her history reading (about 2 pages), I had her choose 3 or 4 paragraphs to outline and she will rewrite those 3 or 4 paragraphs then compare to the originals. I do sometimes have her outline the whole reading - each paragraph - but more as a way to take notes. The wTM idea (as I understand it) is to have many short writing papers, so less than a page. I actually don't think that what you did is wrong, I just have trouble picturing a good paragraph with 8 main points! :)

No, I don't have a favourite. Sometimes I joke that I do but it's just a surge of love/pride/joy in a particular kid in that particular moment.

I love this. Thanks!