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if y'all do a search for "reputation" you'll find a few threads w/ lots more answers :-) Threads tend to get buried very quickly if they aren't discussed every 5 minutes :-(
see ya!
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my li'l bro just got a history degree. he used the Ken Burns series to CLEP out of some of it.
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what about the zaner-bloser site?
http://zaner-bloser.com/fresh/handwriting-zbfontsonline.html
good luck!
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I love SWR, but don't use it alone. I still have my dc read through A Beka's Handbook for Reading, use A Beka's Writing W Phonics, and play around w/ lots of phonetically-controlled readers [A Beka, MCP, others]. I just do some phono card work [like math drill] each day and we collect words for charts instead of keeping a SWR notebook.
i don't like A Beka's *phonics* wkbk, but I do like MCP's. Feel free to find a fun phonics wkbk and supplement w/ SWR cards for a stronger foundation. good luck!
edited to add: I have NOT used Horizons phonics.
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Good sportsmanship --we hail, we sing!
'Tis always pleasant when we spot it.
There's only one unhappy thing:
You have to lose to prove you've got it.
--that one reflects something that can't really be taught. Maybe modeled as we watch others lose, but it's tough to "set up" or role play a REAL losing scenario. The true test is when something BIG is lost: a game a team has trained for, breaking your arm the day of an instrument recital, having a proposition fall through after months of work and planning......
a few more about character:
Rudyard Kipling's If
True Nobility ...by Edgar Guest
Opportunity and/or The Fool's Prayer --by Edward Rowland Sill
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If one mom and three kids (ages 10, 9, and 9) from Minnesota had a a few weeks, a tent and a tax rebate would it really be wise and safe to do all that?
add a good cell phone to that list and I'd go! :-)
with a few weeks, I'd be tempted to pitch a tent in VA for a week, camp outside DC for the next week, and move up towards NY the last week --if it's all in the summer, lol. i detest camping in any inclement weather and w/ kids that are still potty training --
have fun :-)
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I found the easy dragon craft --it's way cooler than most of the other ones out there :-)
http://topmarks.co.uk/chinesenewyear/chinesedragon.aspx
have fun!
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here's a link where we were discussing this --tips on how to navigate and some hopeful resolutions :-)
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hey-- does anyone have Brenda's lists?? I didn't save the updated ones. Where is she anyway??
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i don't limit total time, just how they get the privilege :-)
1. excellent attitude.
2. schoolwork done.
3. helpful attitude.
4. chores done.
5. excellent attitude.
6. rooms clean.
7. excellent attitude.
and if they DON't get off the game NICELY when/if I request it, they lose the privilege for a week.
i haven't had to ground them from the gamecube too much. We also use the timers to take turns.
I think 1/2 hour a day at first won't be enough --if you can arrange a gamecube marathon to help them get it ingrained, that will help. Set up a simple timed schedule, complete w/ outdoor break and snacks. There's a bit of a learning curve --once they get past that it will be easier to limit it to 30 minute chunks.
enjoy!
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Ironically, I am reading the title above this reply box..."just for hanging out and chatting"...........this is just getting too difficult for me. I am incredibly disappointed b/c I have loved hanging out here. This is more like a resource now then a place to hang out, visit, and chat.:(
I agree. it feels like it's lost the "hive" mentality.
However, i do kinda agree w/ Colleen on the character/letters thing. as I posted above, i wonder if they could set the threaded view so it limited the line length to maybe 40 characters, but displayed multuiple lines? kinda like it did on the old board? I could handle that!!
i DO like that now it shows the actual message. before, when they didn't recognize the message, it was a list of "RE: ditto whatever was above." That was a bit less than helpful, lol.
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I think the mapwork in SOTW AG would be perfect for a geography course!! Let the kids make an "Ancient History Atlas" with vocabulary and a "make believe" map in the back. Older kids can add comparing ancient maps w/ current maps. PHP offers a "consumable pages" packet or you can find similar maps online.
here's PHP's link: http://peacehillpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=6
good luck!
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Thanks Deb. ds will be 14 in May --he's kinda thinking about it.
They have a great Venturing crew already affiliated w/ the troop -they basically work pretty close anyway. Some kids are dual registered? i need to check that out more. He has a very active troop. Pretty cool leaders- very motivated. Almost too motivated for me lol. I kinda prefer the troops where "Scouting exists to help the boy" not "The boy exists to fulfill Scouting." I kinda feel like they are in the latter camp. I'll have to see what i can do about that ;)
I'm sure Venturing is great, but I actually kinda prefer the all-boys aspect of Boy Scouts. I guess my biggest question would be: what is in Venturing that isn't in Boys Scouts? [besides Yet. Another. Uniform. Expense. and girls, lol].
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yeah... who was it that called it "electile dysfunction" ???
The inability to become aroused w/ any of the 2008 Presidential candidates!!!
I need a heavy dose of Vote-agra, LOL!
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actually colleen, you CAN scroll thru the little box at the top that just lists the subject lines. click anywhere in the box like Robin mentioned, and you can scroll down w/ the little wheel on your mouse or the arrow keys.
However, if you want to read the entire reply that rolls off to the side, then yeah, you gotta sli-i-i-i-i-i-de that-a-way. I'd probably just change the format if the thread looks interesting enough and I already got a "feel" for how the discussions line up. I'm just pleased as a pickle that i can get a better idea of what was being said even if someone doesn't put text in the title.
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I'd try it :-) Good luck!
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the best i know is to focus on only one for a long solid while --lots of activities and words that do not have the other letter in them. crafts decorating the letter: mosaics, collage, print an outline and color it like stained glass, then color that w/ black and let her scratch the black off, make the letter w/ food or bread/cookie dough, etc.
but she'll get it sorted out eventually. how old is she? --even my 10yos still reverses the letters ocassionally.
good luck!
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i just meant what Robin shared --that i could still scroll through it just fine and like having as much there as possible. But i just learned that "click and roll the mouse wheel" trick a few weeks ago, lol. I do wish that when you hit 'threaded' it opened it up to the whole page instead of just a little box at the top.
On the old board, Pam mentioned a few times that on HER computer the threads weren't stretched down the right side of a page when the threads scrolled off to the side. I'm guessing a lot of this is dependent on the computer itself.
i wonder if they could set the threaded view so it limited the line length to maybe 40 characters, but displayed multuiple lines? kinda like it did on the old board? I could handle that!!
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actually, *I* don't mind the complete threaded view :-)
Most people are reading linear anyway.
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My 13yo son is talking about joining the Venturing group that meets w/ his Boy Scout troop. Other than the fact they are co-ed, what are the pros and cons? Is there stuff he can do in Venturing that a regular Boy Scout patrol/troop can't do?
His troop leaders are unavailable right now, and I sent an email to the scouting organization [after reading their info on Venturing], so I figgered I'd bug y'all next ;-)
TIA!
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hey Queen!
I think the difference we're talking about was the actual browsing of the board --the old boards were simply a cinch to LOOK at : to get a fast overview: to literally browse. Yes, if we are searching for something specific, this format is wonderful. But a lot of us really learned so much just from the quick questions and replies --we can NOT see all that in this format.
I guess once you knew how to work the old forum, it was a cinch, lol. control F revealed anything immediately on the page, and I could search the entire wtmboards site from google --no matter what page a post was on or where it was in a post. I don't like the threaded option *here* because it does NOT display an entire thread, and then only lists the first few words of a reply. On the previous forum, once I was in a "room/board" it was totally open *to browse alllll the threads*--i could see everything at once. i could see exactly how conversations were flowing w/o ever clicking. If i wanted details, THEN i clicked to open it. Or I had an instant tip-off that a post was spectacular by the replies --the rating of threads here just doesn't carry the same weight [and is more arbitrary, i think] as seeing 10 replies along the lines of "wonderful post! EXCELLENT analogy! ITA!". And praise God I finally got dsl a few months ago, or this format would be kicking my b*tt, lol. here, each THREAD is like entering a different room -i have no idea what's going on unless i click it open.
I like the linear option for discussions that don't require quoting someone else. The discussion *is* easier to read. But when threads start diverging into subthreads the linear option drives me batty, lol.
I wish the threads would show up as "read" like on the old boards -- i have to go to UCP to see a list of all the threads I've subscribed to. And the jumping to the top is nice, but if you're trying to actually browse, then by the time you get to page three things have already moved! i do like the "Thread start time" option, but that has to be re-set every time you enter the forum. I wish we could see more threads on each forum's page too. We have way too much traffic for just 20 threads at a time to be displayed --have you seen how many pages of threads we have *just for today* alone?? there's simply no way to "browse" all that quickly.
I have mine set to 40 too --it should probably be closer to 80!! or at least 60, lol. And like most of the rest of us, we WILL participate and be grateful for the opportunity and make the best of it. But i think even SWB [and others who host forums] would be interested in honest feedback to make the boards Even Better.:D
Yeah, there's more opportunity to put the focus on *us* as individuals here, but even now that I'm getting the hang of subscribed threads, rep points, searching, re-ordering threads, PM, and all that other fun stuff, I'd still vote to go back to the previous format. Or at least switch to something like teachingmom.com has --THAT one has the best of both worlds, IMNSHO :)
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I have not used the levels that require a meeting book, but I *can* offer that many times the strength of ANY program is to work it as intended. However, I know a lot of people who DON't use teh meeting book and their kids don't seem TOO wierd ;) You might want to try replacing the meeting book time w/ Singapore --many homeschoolers use both programs. If you find that Singapore does well on its own, you can dump Saxon. Or you can decide that Singapore *isn't* right for y'all. I would at least encourage you to not skip lessons in Saxon --one of its strengths is consistent review. I happen to think math itself is VERY tedious --no matter what program you use, lol.
Can you describe any specific things she hates, or an example of how she reacts during the meeting time?
good luck!
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well, i found an owners manual online at skiltools.com....not exactly sure what i did to get the bit in, but i got it, lol.
thanks :D
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edited to add: NEVER MIND-- i figured it out, lol. I'm adding this edit at the top of the OP so anyone hovering over threads on the forum page can read this little tidbit :-)
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dh just left for a trip, and isn't answering his cell phone. I already know it's a long flight so he won't be answering his phone till this evening. In the meantime, I *really* want to drill a hole into this piece of wood!! I had his old drill figured out, then he switched to the cordless one. Can't find the instruction manual and a google search ain't helping.
There are numbers 1-25 on the black section that twists around behind the drill area. There is also a little symbol that LOOKs like a drill bit, but it doesn't seem to be catching the drill bit --i must be missing a step somewhere....
SO --if anyone happens to have a Skil [X?] Drive 18volt cordless drill and can walk me through the process, I'd appreciate it, lol. feel free to PM or email me at webnotions@yahoo.com
How many books do you own?
in General Education Discussion Board
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There was literally A. Ton. of difference. I think dh about fainted when he heard that: "I always tell the guys at work that you had a ton of books, but i didn't think i was being literal!"
I counted how many books went into each box as we packed. All told I had almost 3,000. I have bought lots more since then. I'd bet we have at least 5,000. My house is a homeschool library tho --i am constantly lending out stuff to others. Library fines kill me!! Triple digits is just stupid!! I get my books at the thrift stores and library sales too. I can count on one hand the number of non-text books that I have paid retail for.
i just secured a 2-column shelf to the wall yesterday. I'm waiting for dh to get around to building me more shelves, lol. you can see a pic of my biggest wall to wall, floor to ceiling shelf at the introductions thread--it was full in 30 minutes.
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1182&highlight=intro