I’ve been in similar disagreements with my kids. It’s frustrating and tiring! In my attempts to solve this issue/fix my child, I did ask them to log all their time for a day/week. It’s a big pain to do, but it gives both parties a quantity to deal with rather than a subjective criteria of “enough”. This exercise hopefully will also give him insight as to how much and when he’s wasting time. Or maybe he will see pockets of time that he could put his school into, so that he’s not pulling an all-nighter. Ultimately, though, it’s their education and their time, and as the kids age, we have less and less control of these aspects. So eventually we, as parents, need to back off and let natural consequences be the teacher … but admittedly, it’s much easier said than done.

(1). Did you update your iOS recently? If so, maybe it’s not playing nicely with the software. (2). Maybe your work has a Microsoft subscription, and somewhere along the line you downloaded/replaced your 2014 copy. (Because it doesn’t make sense for a stand-alone copy to “check for updates”.) (2a) Google gave some ideas here; the first response seems more helpful: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/blank-yellow-banner-word-and-excel-for-mac/eb70e022-4c0b-4462-8e92-7dbb81c310eb (2b) or this one also from Google: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/blank-yellow-banner-word-and-excel-for-mac/ebd75f6a-9189-4c72-9927-0a7c491fd3d7

I don’t know how you access PowerPoint, but to get work done, can you disconnect from the internet and just create and save to the local hard drive until the connectivity issues can be resolved?

I’m so sorry you all had to go through such an experience.

I don’t have advice much advice about the NP. However, I DO have a dyslexic and I did use Rightstart with all my kids. My dyslexic had the exact same things you described. I, too, pulled in Ronit Bird’s materials. And the dots/dominoes worked much better for my student for Subitizing. But what worked the BEST was pulling in the Cuisinaire Rods as our go-to manipulative. I know Dr. Cotter has her reasons for not using the rods, but it worked with my kiddo. (The website Education Unboxed is a great resource for Cuisinaire Rods.) I do think that the NP’s hypothesis of it all stemming from issues with Rapid Naming has some merit. My kiddo has issues retrieving words and that slows things down. Another child of mine often misspoke; they calculated X in their head but then the word Y comes out of their mouth. Sigh. Have you tried taking the language aspect out of math? For example, have the student point to a “word bank” instead of having to come up with the correct word. Or use number stamps to answer questions. If you skip over the objective of being able to subitize, can you still make good progress in math? From personal experience, I’d encourage you to make sure you don’t let language issues keep you from developing their math skills.

Seconding The Habit! We used it when it was just getting started. My kiddo enjoyed the experience, and I felt that the community was very safe and encouraging. We only stopped when that child stopped homeschooling, went to a traditional school, and had less time to write. Here's a podcast that gives more insight (same one that is in the signature of the above post, but I know that phones don't always show signatures): https://thehabit.co/andrea-yenne-writes-with-teens/ The first step to participating is to take one of the online writing classes that is offered; THEN your student can join the writing forum.

This. When i call, I try to talk to a nurse who will hopefully determine that I need to come in that same day and then the *nurse* schedules me, not the scheduling department. With our docs, they have some same-day/sick appointments that are not visible to me electronically. If you truly can’t get in to see your PCP, then traveling to Indiana will be no worse and not worth stressing about: both scenarios would have you ending up in an urgent care facility that is unfamiliar to you.

Windshield wiper fluid …. I don’t know if your current wiper fluid has anti-freeze additives in it, but you might want to use up your current supply and then fill your reservoir with wiper fluid that does before you get too far north. Make sure you pack a warm hat and gloves and scarf in case you have an emergency … or just if you have to pump gas. 😜

Be careful with the snow that has drifted across the road. Those spots are still slippery in some spots. Today, I went eastbound on an US Highway, and the road was dry. When I returned home, the westbound lanes were not clear because of drifting snow. I don’t know what route you’ll be taking, but the new I-69 in southern Indiana is surrounded by large farm fields and few tree lines, so that might be where you’re most likely to encounter it. However, if you are headed to Indy, I bet you’ll be routed on I65 which has more trees to impede drifting snow.

Dominoes (for knocking down, not to game with).

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Worse case scenario book/game merchandise from their favorite YouTubers there’s always gear for the survivalist…. Fire sticks, jet boil stove, knives of all sorts, stop motion movie gear headlamps for both canary knife for cardboard cutting Knot tying book and practice rope tabletop ping pong set

Not really. I just keep trying to spread a buffet with each trip to the library. Here are some things I try: graphic novels and comic books the branches series non fiction that is more segmented/chunked High Noon books are Hi-Lo books sometimes recommended here. Magazines newsELA used to be a good source for interesting nonfiction but I think you have to pay now.

I like this idea! As a parent of a dyslexic and reluctant reader, *I* have a hard time finding books to suggest to my kiddo … and I know about Hi-Lo books and the discouraging effects of poorly spaced pages, small fonts, and small margins.

Perhaps a video on stressed syllables ... reminding that one might need to change which syllable is stressed, that unaccented vowels are likely to get schwa-ed, some words are nouns when the stress is on the 1st syllable and then verbs when the stress is on the 2nd syllable. Homophones is another video idea. You might get some video ideas from the Nessy channel on YouTube.