domestic_engineer
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A crockpot recipe for chicken curry, like this one? I throw some cauliflower and carrots in the bottom of the crockpot too I’ll also add frozen peas for the last 5 minutes.
Serve over rice. (I use a rice cooker so it maybe harder without one)
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Guest Hollow plans?
Both ideas, though, would require some upfront planning on your part and also sourcing of materials.
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Seconding the Nathan Hale graphic novel that BlenderGal suggested.
here's my contribution: The Great War youtube channel goes through week by week what was going on in WW1
We also liked the Extra Credits videos and the Usborne book.
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@barnwife Phonics Pathways has pyramids in the main book. Then there’s an auxiliary book, Reading Pathways , that is ALL pyramids (pyramids of sentences and multisyllabic words).
Also, my dyslexic has found some success with the Abecedarian curriculum. There are free resources on their website to build fluency. (Fluency is my dyslexic’s weakest area, and he sounds like your child. Dyslexics will often require gobs and gobs and gobs more repetition than NT kids. )
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OP - have you looked at Cathy Duffy’s website on curriculum? She has programs listed that aren’t necessarily popular with Google or here. Also you could see what curriculum Rainbow Resource sells as a jumping off point for your research.
Off the top of my head, I thought of Biblioplan.
Diana Waring’s curriculum too - BUT - it’s geared toward the middle/high school crowd rather than elementary. An energetic mom could adapt it for littles, but I am not an energetic mom!
Simply Charlotte Mason or Living Book Curriculum *might*. I haven’t looked at their materials past the ancient time period.
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7 hours ago, PeterPan said:
If they're going to college, you'll need evals for paper trail and want them timed for that. So then you back up 3-4 years and do them at that point as well.
How do you time it, more specifically, to account for college entrance tests?
8th - EVAL
9th
10th
11th - EVAL
12th
College yr 1
college yr 2 - EVAL
Or would you suggest shifting the cycle back a year to start in 7th?
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12 hours ago, EKS said:
Not paying attention to the insides of words is a common problem for dyslexics.
I hope this isn’t derailing the thread, but how do I get them to pay attention to the insides ... or ends... of words? I feel like I’m constantly saying “look carefully” but it doesn’t seem to be sinking in.
eta: OP, my dyslexic does everything you describe.
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Post it for sale in the Classified section here!!!!
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On 4/10/2021 at 9:06 PM, Teaching3bears said:
That will be the next thing for us to tackle. And swim trunks. I am hoping that a few pairs of shorts from last year still fit him.
Old navy’s boys XL worked for swim trunks. Also adidas athletic shorts in XL work .... but my DS is taller than yours.
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How about podcasts? We like Planet money.
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I just went through this dilemma ... I ended up buying both sizes and DS went with the boys XL rather than the men’s S. I’ll just keep those for the next growth spurt. As for PJs, I’ve bought men’s smalls as long as it had a working drawstring.
Since we’re discussing skinny waisted sons, what are good places to buy shorts/pants? I know old navy has some 28” waists.
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Columbia’s Anytime Outdoor capris. I get them from Amazon.
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Does he like Star Wars / Mandalorian? We sometimes have “Monday with Mando” where his Lego minifigure may join us at the table to observe school and occasionally answer questions or explain math problems.
(this only came to exist with my youngest child. My first child had a very serious, more energetic version of me teaching him. Now I just throw up my hands and do whatever works - like Mando school. Sigh. )
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We just started going through Thinking in Threes, and it seems to meet your requirements.
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59 minutes ago, HomeAgain said:
OUP's Medieval & Early Modern World
I found this series too late for my plans, but I think it would be a good resource for at least the India, China, Japan unit.
Are you trying to cover the medieval period through those lenses 7 lenses or all of history through those lenses? (really the last 4 lenses, I mean)
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1 hour ago, HomeAgain said:
This year we did a combination of Marion Brady and Reading Like A Historian, with Human Odyssey as a "touch-base" sort of spine.
I’ve been on the boards for a while now, but I had never heard of MB or Reading Like a Historian. So thanks for sharing these resources!!
ETA: those resources aren’t my cup of tea, but they reminded me of things that Prufrock Press sells. Did you already see if they have anything?
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On 3/27/2021 at 11:36 PM, SDMomof3 said:
My dd uses Toggl Track to help her track how she is spending her time. It has really help her with time management.
Thanks for sharing this app. Could you give more details on how she uses the app, please?
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2 hours ago, lulalu said:
Yeah, my ds reads aloud so fast. I think it is just hard to slow down when he can read so fast.
He is an only so he has no one younger to read to. And we just moved at the beginning of the year, so currently no little friends either.
Just brainstorming some options here ....
Does he have younger cousins with whom he could have a zoom storytime? Or record and post on a private YouTube channel? (Hmmm maybe I should try these ideas that just came to mind! Hahaha)
make him “volunteer” to read for librivox?
you asked for an anthology .... the kiddo I mentioned enjoyed memorizing and reciting Jabberwocky and Shel Silverstein (of his own accord!). So maybe some silly poetry would motivate your son?
I’ve always wondered in the back of my mind, too, if this refusal is a bit of perfectionism on kiddo’s part. “I can’t do it as perfectly as Jim Dale or my mom, so I won’t do it.” Again not helpful on my part, just commiseration.
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1 hour ago, countrymum said:
I had trouble with the same thing....I never did figure it out. I don't know how to tag people, but 8filltheheart might have an idea.
Put an “@“ before their name @8filltheheart @8filltheheart
but, hmmm, I’m currently on my phone and it’s not turning blue like on my computer. I’ll try anyways. (I had to turn my phone horizontally to get it to work.)
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I’ll be a voice of dissent or discouragement. 😛
My kiddo is a strong reader and really doesn’t like to read aloud, with expression, etc etc. I know he COULD read with expression when he was younger and just finishing up his “learning to read” years. And this kid has listened to many well done audiobooks, so he KNOWS what it should sound like. When he’s horsing around with his siblings I hear him making voices up and varying his pace etc. So again, I know he is ABLE to do it. And yet .... it doesn’t happen in his reading.
I tried the McGuffey readers for a short time. I tried having him read picture books to younger siblings. But no success. (Actually it led to anger on my part because I felt like I was always correcting him on the same things 😞)
He’s a fast reader like your son. So I wonder if he gets really irritated by the slower pace that reading aloud requires. So he reads fast just to get the detestable, waste-of-time thing done. I don’t know. But I’ve basically given up on requiring him to read “with style” and hope that when he really has to or wants to read aloud with expression, he will choose to do it. I still make him read some stuff aloud like the lesson portion of Writing and Rhetoric, and we’ll do it buddy style to save both of our voices ... but it’s no longer a goal that I’m actively pursuing with this kid.
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31 minutes ago, BusyMom5 said:
Do a set amount of time each day rather than looking at pages and lessons. 20-30 minutes per day is plenty.
Right ... so then how do I efficiently rebuild the momentum if we stopped at section 6 out of 9, right when it gets hard and is the “test” section?
I’m using A&P with a dyslexic student, if that matters.
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Does anyone have any tips on how to break up the Apples & Pear spelling pages?
We are 2/3rds through book A, and currently a level is typically 3 sides long. As many people have commented in the past, it's a lot of writing. So, I'm not opposed to breaking up the lesson throughout the day or over a couple of days. However, I feel like momentum builds as you progress through the activities each lesson/level. So, if I just do half of the activities on day 1, all that momentum is lost on day 2 and are faced with the spelling words and dictation sentences at the end.
If anyone has figured out a multi-day routine that works for them, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks.
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1 hour ago, happysmileylady said:
Generally I find that the easiest way to figure this out is check the price tags in the store. At the stores I shop at, everything that is FSA/HSA eligible has a little emblem on the shelf tag that says "FSA." I would presume so, but it might also depend on the store and their ability to program their POS systems.
I was wondering more about how reusable masks are labeled with gobs of disclaimers that they aren’t medical devices and blah blah blah. Although admittedly I doubt the IRS is going to investigate whatever decision I make.
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29 minutes ago, happysmileylady said:
With the standard deduction at over $24k....I am quite certain that this is irrelevant to most people. Most people aren't going to be able to justify itemizing deductions, even with this.
Aside from that, generally, that stuff was already FSA/HSA eligible and therefore was already a tax deferred expense and not something that people could take an additional tax deduction for.
Agreed, but I don’t know that I would have thought to use FSA/HSA funds for my masks. Do you think cloth/reusable masks are included in this?!?
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I had a conversation that chilled me out, so let’s try this again...
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Yes, you are absolutely right. That’s why it didn’t work for me/us! It’s not as independent in reality as it sounds in theory. 😛