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Lora -
I don't believe there are any restrictions. If you didn't use it at all, including the intitial evaluation, then as far as I know, you can sell it. I sold my unused kit at the beginning of this year.
Lisa
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Thanks for all the ideas!
Lisa
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Flashlight tag, the ice cream truck, playing in the woods, swimming at the beach, staying at my Grandmother's summer house on Long Island, going to a Greek restaurant for gyros and lemonade, biking into town and hanging out with my friends, and the 4th of July carnival are a few that come to mind.
It kind of makes me sad to type it out because my kids will never have any of these things since children aren't allowed this type of freedom these days, my Grandmother's house has been sold and both of my children have allergies. Of course, we do other fun things, but it does make me realize how much things have changed and how different my childhood was.
Lisa
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I need to earn some money in order to pay for the extra activities I want my kids to be able to participate in next year. I'm thinking about tutoring math, which means I'd need to brush up on my skills this summer. It's been a while. . .
Does anyone else on this board tutor to earn extra cash or hire a tutor to work with their child? I'm wondering if math is the subject I should specialize in? I feel that I could easily tutor an early elementary child in reading or math, but I thought there might be more demand for algebra tutors and that it might be more lucrative. What kind of income can I earn doing this? I live in a fairly affluent area. What is the best way to get students? I would probably only take on 2 or 3.
Thank you!
Lisa
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I've been doing the grocery game for a year and a half and we don't eat any processed foods. Even if we wanted to, my son has tons of allergies so we can't unless I was going to make separate meals each day. I pretty much shop around the perimeter of the store and I save a lot of money.
Yes, many of the things that are listed each week are things that I am not going to buy. However, I revolve my menus around the things that are on sale that I can buy and I keep our grocery budget at $100 a week which is amazing compared to what I spent in the past. That $100 includes all household supplies as well - tp, paper towels, cleaners, medications, etc. It also includes at least $10 a week of items that I need to buy at the health food store for my son who is on a gluten free diet. I live in a very expensive area, so $100 a week is very good here.
Lisa
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For now, I'd like my kids to be able to know where just about all the countries of the world are located as well as develop some cultural awareness. They are 6 and 8. I don't know if I'll increase my geography goals in the future.
Lisa
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There are many that we have enjoyed, but my son's absolute favorites are the See Inside books. There is one on Egypt, Rome, Castles and a few others.
Lisa
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My kids (8 and 6 years old) are usually in their rooms by 8:00 and then they will read for about an hour or so. I like that they will spend this time reading, but I wish they were actually asleep by 8:00 because then they would wake up naturally around 7am. The way things are now, they are waking between 8 and 9 on their own. I could wake them at 7, but life is so much happier when I don't.
In the summertime, this can get pushed even later because we often hit the bike trail after dinner and won't even get back to the house until 8:00 or 8:30. I know there is nothing wrong with them staying up later as long as they are able to get all their sleep. I really prefer to get an early start, though. I am always torn between them having the reading time in the evening and being able to start at 7 am the next day. I usually let them read.
Lisa
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We listen to them every time we get in the car. Sometimes my son enjoys listening while he is playing legos or at bedtime as well.
Lisa
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We're just finishing up 2nd grade here.
We used:
Rod and Staff Math 2
SWR
Language for Writing (SRA program)
Sonlight Core 1 for History, Bible, Read-Alouds and Readers
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com for geography
Classical Conversations Memory Work
Lisa
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MFW sells one with their Adventures program called "Celebrate America". My kids liked it.
Lisa
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My doctor just switched me to 2 Alleve, 2 times a day and said 2 Alleve are as strong as 4 Advil. Maybe it won't have the same affect on your stomach?
Lisa
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For me, this is one of the hardest part of homeschooling. I want my children to have friends and that means I have to work very hard to remain involved in activities and socialize with people when I'd rather not. My children take classes, such as a homeschool PE class, music, art, etc. and whenever we meet someone that one of my children takes an interest in, I go out of my way to meet the Mom and see if we can get the kids together.
I try to set up one playdate a week per child. One thing that has worked well is to set up a regular playdate for each child with one friend where we have the friend over to our house once a month and then my child goes to the friend's house once a month. I don't feel like my kids need tons of friends, but 2 or 3 regular ones is what I strive to help them with.
Lisa
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I don't have any feedback on the scores, but I'm so happy for you and your daughter. What great improvements she has made! You must be thrilled.
Lisa
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Could the new behavior possibly be related to seasonal allergies? My little girl is an absolute angel from November - February. Starting sometime at the end of March, she becomes a different person. Just extremely emotional, lots of meltdowns and being irrational. This year I documented so that I could be sure that it was not just my perception. All of January, February and March, she had one meltdown. Beginning in April, she started having 10 or more a week. She does not have a lot of outward allergy symptoms. Even if your son has not had allergies in the past, they can begin at any time. My son has never had environmental allergies until this year. For my daughter this year, I have begun some alternative treatments as well as trying different allergy medications and she is doing much better than she's done in years.
Also, I second looking into the food sensitivities as others have suggested. My son has many severe allergies, but he also has food sensitivities that cause behavioral and learning issues.
The only other suggestion I can make and it may seem extreme is to try to videotape your son when he's in a situation where you think problems will occur and then watch it with him. It may be that he really does perceive things very differently from how they are happening. If you video, it might change his perspective when he watches it. You could also talk to him about how he could have handled things differently.
I hope you get lots of suggestions, because it sounds like it would be very upsetting.
Lisa
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I cannot lose any weight without exercising. However, I also have to be eating no more than about 1200 calories a day to lose weight even if I exercise. Sometimes I use http://www.sparkpeople.com to track my calories.
Lisa
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Hmmm. I'm in Virginia and they do not allow homeschoolers to participate in sports, but I had been told that you could enroll for up to 2 classes in high school. I wonder if this is a decision made by each school district?
Lisa
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I used this with my son in K and he loved it. We basically used the GTG book lists and read as many nonfiction and literature selections that we had time for about each country.
There are coloring pages for the country flag and a picture of the country that you label with the capitol. There is usually a wordfind worksheet or something like that. For older students, there are forms in the back so that they can do a country report, animal report or biography report.
Each week, we also did one hands-on activity for each country. There are lots of ideas recommended in the GTG book. I think they have a cookbook you can buy now as well. For Japan, we ate a Japanese meal at a low table and used chopsticks, sat on cushions and we all wore our bathrobes. My kids still talk about that and it was 3 years ago now. I usually allocated 1 - 2 weeks per country, depending on how much information was available.
As far as the recommended resources, I did not care for most of them. We really enjoyed Children Around the World and if I was doing it now, I would get the cookbook.
Lisa
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I remember when I was first old enough to walk into town with my sister and purchase a gift for my parents. It made us both incredibly happy to do this and it was so much fun. I think your girls probably got their money's worth.
Lisa
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Beth -
I have always wondered about this. I attended a conference once where Mel Levine, author of A Mind At A Time, spoke. He said that for kids with special needs, it is often best to wait as long as possible to introduce a foreign language. I'm not sure why though? My son sounds very different from yours in that he has language-based learning disabilities. So, for him, I could see that it would be best to let him get the tightest grasp that he can on the English language before introducing another.
I always thought I would give both my kids a classical education, but I've recently begun to wonder if that is the right path for my son. It takes much longer to cover the basics with him and between that and the various therapies and/or interventions we are often involved in, I don't want to add anything else to his day. My daughter whizzes through things, so I want extras for her to keep her challenged and interested. I want the best education possible for my son. The funny thing is, he is the one with the passion for history and he's the one that loves to learn new things, but I'm not sure his interest is going to line up with his abilities. He is really suited personality-wise to being a serious student, but I'm beginning to realize that his abilities may not lie there. That really makes me sad for him.
I'll be interested to hear what others have to say.
Lisa
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Thanks so much for all the great suggestions! I can't wait to get to the library and check some of these out.
Lisa
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I'd appreciate any suggestions for reading material for my son. He read all the Magic Tree House books last year and he absolutely loved the Odyssey series by Mary Pope Osbourne. He enjoyed some of The Littles books. He's reading the 2nd book in The Boxcar Children series now, but doesn't seem as excited about it.
Any suggestions for young boys who especially love the Odyssey? He also loves non-fiction.
Thanks!
Lisa
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Maybe some sort of egg casserole?
Lisa
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Same problem here. Great cut and color and convenient location, but horrible with the styling. When I was younger, I would go home and wash my hair immediately after because I never liked how anyone styled my hair. Now, I don't care so much and just go about my day even though my hair isn't really how I want it.
Lisa
Eating and children...do you have a child like this?
in General Education Discussion Board
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I have to encourage my 8-year-old to eat at times. He goes through periods where nothing appeals to him. I will not let him skip meals because I know he needs every calorie he can get.
One thing I have learned is that he is more interested in food when I give him a zinc supplement. I heard a long time ago that if a child has a zinc deficiency, it will make them a picky eater. It doesn't totally solve all problems with my son, but when we get into one of his ruts where he doesn't want to eat anything, it will dawn on me that I need to start giving him his supplement again and that will turn it around.
Lisa