So sorry to bump this very old thread...I want to mark it as reference and this is the only way I know how :blush:

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I'm tired of planning and my kindergartener wants to do school like her older siblings. We do Horizon math and a Reading Made Easy lesson most days. She wants more. I need something that is planned out for me, with everything included, art supplies, crafts, etc. Honestly I don't care if it is history, themes, or science. I just want it there, open and go. Any ideas?

My son is reading this at our co-op. We couldn't get the book before the first class, so we did a quick review with this cartoon and of course, this sparknotes video. Both are clean and good and I don't think has any offensive material. We watched the cartoon and were so excited to learn where "Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of war!" came from :) Homeschooling is awesome!

Hi, My son was set to take Thinkwell's pre-calculus this semester, however the other day he tells me that he just doesn't understand math. Last autumn, he took the PSAT as a 10th grader and tested average in Math based on other 11th graders. This past spring, he took a college entrance exam and tested somewhere in HS Algebra II and was 2 answers wrong to meet the College Algebra criteria. He is a hobby programer, thinks he might want to work in Environment or studying animal behavior - but he's also mentioned operating and owning a restaurant. I think he would only need the more advance math if he continued with programming, but he is also planning on taking the ACT and SAT. So I'm at a loss on where to start him or what program to use that would help. Any advice or suggestions? Our school year started last week and now I'm not clear on how to proceed with his math. Thanks.

It might just be a wheat sensitivity and not gluten. The effects of wheat can stay in your system for several days. We have had some physical, behavioral, sleep issues then eliminated wheat and kept other gluten grains. Most the problems resolved themselves and only return when we eat wheat again. Wheat Belly is a fascinating book about the history of wheat and the effects on people with wheat sensitivity.

There are some great ideas in this book. She does suggest having a garden. If that's possible in your area, then that might help. Also have you tried looking into a meat or dairy co-op?

It is probably a lot more common then you realize, and it might be a lot less common than others think. False-consensus bias

Oh a flood of relief! Thank you so much! We just switched doctor's and everything was so new to us. I appreciate the comments saying it sounded routine. It made sense when he was arguing with me, but I just didn't want to especially becuase I had just told her about her "No-Zone" last week. Thank you for easing my mind.

I guess I'd like to know if checking little girl's private parts when they have a UTI is normal doctor visit procedure? I took my 5yo to see a new doctor's office because she showed signs of a bladder infection. My mom gets them often and my daughter was doing all the things my mom complains about. Anyway, the test came back more than likely positive. Our visit wound up being with the Physician's Assitant, who I actually thought was the Dr. until the end. This was our first visit. It seems seeing the PA is normal for this office. He did an examination (eyes, ears, throat, pressure points) and my daughter said it hurt when he applied pressure to her lower belly. Then he told me he had to check my daughter's privates. I was pretty shocked, but this was our first experience. I've never had to deal with a UTI before. He explained he just needed to see if there was redness or swelling and it was a quick external exam. I really didn't want to give permission and even argued with him about it for a bit, but in the end, I reluctantly agreed. It was very quick, but still happened. My daughter was terrified and crying. I felt horrible. Afterward I came home and have been scouring the internet to see if that procedure is normal, but I can't find any information that justifies it. So please tell me, if you have experience with a little girl's UTI, what generally happens in the doctor's office? Thanks.

Sonlight Language Arts K is very strange. The Core is more suitable for an older child too. They just doesn't mesh together well. There is copywork for K before the child learns how to read, but no penmanship practice - like not practicing one letter, no scheduled of it, nothing. The copywork is full sentences from the readers.

:grouphug: I have no idea what you posted, but I wanted to give you a hug because you're a pregnant mama with 3 little ones. I bet you're tired, uncomfortable, and worn out. It would be really hard for any one to be spunky under those conditions. :grouphug: When I was last pregnant, I took Mother-wort tincture to curb anger.

Thanks for sharing and bumping. I had never heard of these before. Some things they say make us cringe a little, but we still enjoyed watching them and actually learned a bit.

I agree - this is a fantastic curriculum that helps teach them how to organize all their thoughts and gives really good pointers on writing. We bought it for my son a few years ago and he goes through lessons when he's inspired to write. He's gotten quite far in his book and has many different other book ideas going. They also have a very friendly support forum for the kids.

You actually need to know how to access resources before you can use them. Knowing how to access educational resources means you are educated enough to know those resources exist. It has always bothered me when smart people laugh at others for not being as educated as themselves.

Whenever I see bad spelling or grammar, it truly makes me sad. Not every one had access to a good education.

My son doesn't like depressing stories either. Here are some he enjoyed around that age: Wild Animals I Have Known Rascal Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles Master Puppeteer Blue Fingers - A ninja tale The Egypt Game Magyk, Flyte, etc. Warriors series by Kathryn Lasky - she also wrote Guardians of Ga'Hoole

I Detest 'Fancy Nancy'

My ds took an Accuplacer test (community college entrance exam) 2 years ago and scored at college level reading, but scored at about 12th grade English for sentence structure. He wants to take a class that needs his scores to be higher, so he retook the test yesterday. His score dropped 2 grade levels down to about 9th-10th grade English! Neither of us understands how that can happen - dropping 2 grade levels in English after 2 years. My only thought is that he was studying for the PSAT earlier this year and all those PSAT practice tests might have messed him up. Maybe? I don't know. Anyway, he has to retake the test again next month to score at college level so the program he's in will pay for his fall classes. I'm not sure what to do. He has a month to prepare, but I don't even know where to start. Any advice is appreciated.

We were cracking up over Luxembourg! The guy on the left is holding a chicken and the guy on the right is holding a dog...does that mean they eat both? But then the woman in the middle was holding a picture of some one and we concluded that the chicken was either a pet or the family were cannibals.

Thanks so much for following up because I have thought about you a lot over the past few days. I think you got some really helpful posts and some in which people just.do.not.understand. Some thoughts - Since you think your reactions might be fear based due to the homeschool law in your area, maybe you alleviate your internal issues by finding solutions to that. We have standardized testing here, however there is a wording that allows parents to test when the child is ready. Our law says "upon the completion of grades 3, 5...the child must be tested or evaluated", however it does not dictate how old the child is when reaching that grade. I've heard of parents testing 10yo and 11yo as 3rd graders. Is this something you can do? If not, could you enroll her in an "umbrella" school to avoid testing?

I wish I could PM you privately. :grouphug: I had issues with my only daughter too...Let me say, I don't think that it has anything to do with the specific subject, math. I never treated my son the way I treated my daughter. My daughter reminds me of me - she looks like I did, she acts like I did...So I treated her the way I was treated. It was like role-reversal, I was my mom, yelling at myself in her. I don't know if that makes sense. It was horrible though - the devastation on her face each time I verbally assaulted her, the cries and hugs and apologies afterwards. Oh my, I'm crying just thinking about it. I absolutely hated myself for it. I was too embarrassed to ask friends, so I came here asking for advice and no one, no one understood. I was condemned, people told me to get counseling, maybe I needed meds, etc. However none of that was for me. So I prayed. And this is how I got through it: I knew that my behavior stemmed from the way my mother treated me. So G-d reminded me that that I was given this child to take care of. She is not mine. I am only to be this child's babysitter. So I acted like her babysitter and treated her like I was only babysitting her. Did you ever babysit for some one else's kids when you were young? You remember how you'd play with them, make sure they were safe, you were nice to them because you were scared if you weren't, they'd tell their parents on you and you wouldn't get to babysit again. Or if you were super nice, you'd get a bonus. lol! Anyway, that was how I babysat. Whenever I started to feel that irrational rage, the thought that I am only her babysitter would come into my mind. Long story short - after a few months of being her babysitter, I was able to start becoming her mother again. I no longer carried my mother's tendencies, but became more like the mother I always wanted to have. I don't know if being her babysitter will help you. I just wanted to share that is how I got through it. I still get mad sometimes, but everyone does. It is manageable anger; the rage-intensity is no longer there. Pray. Pray. Pray. And drop math as a subject for another year. She can catch up later. :grouphug:

Nope. No fear on their part because there are laws proctecting them - you can not file a lawsuit against a doctor if he reports, even if he is wrong, because they are a mandatory reporters. It has nothing to do with malpractice. They can wrongly report as many times as they want without any consequences.

The same thing happened to us when our son was 3. We left the hospital to take him to another one because of inadequate care and the 1st doctor called CPS and said our son was in danger. The police swat-teamed our house,came in, tore our son out of my husband's arms and took him away. The next day they let us pick him up and stating the danger was "unfounded." We tried to file a lawsuit only to find out that laws protect doctors, judges and CPS workers against neglicence. Oh yes, and a few days before it happened, our homestudy through CPS to foster adopt had been approved.

I'm not sure you're asking yourself the right questions about what you want... AO is just a booklist. 'Charlotte Mason' is an actual educational philosophy, regardless of the books. WTM is an educational philosophy, that just happens to have a suggested booklist (that you do not have to follow.) You can follow all the AO's booklist suggestion and NOT have a CM education, and you use all the books suggested in the WTM and NOT have a Classical education. What you need is to implement the philosophy with whatever booklist that works for you. Ask yourself, do you want a CM education or a Classical education?