Clarita
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Also read the introduction/beginning pages of the curriculum you buy. Often there are good tips and things on how to do the curriculum with your child and actual expectations of how much work your child is actually supposed to complete. While some curriculum expects your child to do all the problems and work, others actually don't. They put extra problems just in case some kids need it. Other curricula expect you to give more practice in real life.
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Julie Bogart and Susan Wise Bauer, they have some good books out that I think are useful no matter which "style" or mix of styles of schooling you decide to do. Then since the pandemic a lot of styles of schooling have started online conferences that you can join for free or a reasonable price. Those have been helpful to me too.
This is a free Montessori one I've learned a few things from. Childhood Potential online Montessori conference, May 2022 - Join for FREE!
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I pulled the plug. Now the question is spiral bound or binder?
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I think it is too. I haven't gotten it because my kids are too little. My son who is just in the age range of jot it down isn't really into creative "writing", so I haven't pulled the plug this year. My little girl who is almost 4 would LOVE this curriculum. Every week we churn out 2 or 3 of her "stories" that's only because I get tired of writing.
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It's just $25. I need help should I just get it now or should I wait for the new thing. My oldest is 5 so I suppose I don't need it, but also it looks so good.
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We don't have to submit any detailed what we did all day records. But another homeschool family and I started Fun Fridays. We are always consistent but it's fun. Sometimes educational museums and such, sometimes pure play (I guess PE or play is learning). Both of us just felt like our kids make so much academic progress compared to regular public school (between not always taking typical vacation days, etc.) that we don't need to be so stringent with doing 5 days a week every week.
The oldest in this crowd is in first grade so take those statements with a grain of salt.
We finished our math curriculum early and I opted not to start the next level just yet. Originally, I was just concerned with the workload being inappropriate. Now though it's been a nice break for me to have one subject I didn't have to feel like I need to "complete".
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I just search for local florists. Using google I have not found it to be too difficult (I search florist near address of the person). I haven't had any bad experiences (granted I only have 2 people I do this for).
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3 hours ago, Murphy101 said:
I don’t believe in buy local either. Sure that’s great but trade is a good thing. I don’t know about the fear of you but I’m pretty darn happy scurry is not a winter threat every year.
I agree. There are certain areas that can do buy local year-round and other areas where that is totally not doable. I think sometimes in these conversations we fail to acknowledge that all this "evil" technology has improved the quality of life for people in really good ways. Personally, I like to be a part of moving forward where we try to continually tried to improve quality of life and be good stewards of our world.
1 hour ago, Murphy101 said:I also think people should unpackage there items at stores and leave it for the store to recycle or dispose of. There is so much waste in packaging that could be avoided. But if the store doesn’t have to deal with it the manufacture never sees a need to change either. I’d bet donuts that if stores refused to carry products that the store had to deal with packaging issues - suddenly packaging would improve.
I can totally get behind that. It was a perk of joining the CSA they use way less useless packaging and I can return some of the packaging to them so they can reuse it to bring me my next batch of groceries.
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5 hours ago, MagistraKennedy said:
Right? My boys are in middle school, and still flip the paper on the backside, or upside down. ARGH.
My public educated self though goes, when was that knowledge ever actually useful in my adult life. I feel like once I graduated from college, I never wrote on another piece of binder paper again.
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I don't know how much HR or an admin pays, but I do see people going into that after being a SAHM or a different career. You may have to start at the bottom and work your way up in a larger firm, but it seems with maturity and experience in taking care of things moving up the ladder can be faster.
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6 hours ago, mom2scouts said:
Before you get it cut off, try the dental floss/string trick. My rings were really, really tight and my hand was swollen and I thought there was no possible way I'd get them off without cutting, but it worked! There's multiple videos on youtube showing how to do it.
Add cold water to the mix to "shrink" your finger a little bit. I had to do this when I was pregnant with my first. I think it took me an hour and a half but it came off.
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2 hours ago, sassenach said:
11 years later I'm happy to report that I eventually did have that kid write sentences and he was not permanently damaged by it. He's currently wrapping up his freshman year in college and remains well adjusted.
The big question is did it help the attitude issues?
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2 hours ago, Melissa Louise said:
But only governments/mega corps can.
People are a part of those are they not?? You could too in theory be a part of that.
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1 hour ago, Melissa Louise said:
We're a long way past 'act local'.
You and I as individuals can do very little to prevent change ( because it's already happened/happening + our efforts are marginal).
My only issue with this type of thinking is sometimes you are given opportunities to make a global difference. You'll miss them if you are continually thinking only someone else can solve/alleviate this problem.
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It seems really common in my area for kids to get speech therapy. A lot of them just get speech therapy for a short (< 1yr) period of time and then they are discharged. Most of them don't get an autism diagnosis just from needing speech therapy.
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Try different allergy medications. Different ones work better and worse for different people. Try not to touch your eyes.
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2 hours ago, Green Bean said:
In other EdPo: Servie- stick with traditional for the skills subjects. Don't mess with the skillz. Everything does not have to be all creative and 'fun'. Go creative on the gravy. Be realistic about what you can do and what fits you as a teacher. Yeah, I love all those creative things, but I know me as a teacher, too. I know I can't pull that off every day otherwise we would have been doing Waldorf-inspired all these years!
I tried to have my son draw a picture and tell me a sentence about it on Friday. He (5) says to me "Mommy can you just ask me questions and I'll write down the answer?" Then, requests 6 questions because there are 6 pages in the story he just read.
I love to have more of the creative things in my homeschool but my kid doesn't really like it.
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4 hours ago, athena1277 said:
Our electronic devices need to be made to upgrade much longer, instead of buying a new phone, laptop, etc. in stead of having to replace them to get the latest technology.
I don't think much can be done with the phone part. If you get a desktop instead of a laptop/tablet then you can do replacement parts. Of course if you spend some time researching you can build your own desktop. Mobile phones and laptops are hard because the push for putting more in thinner spaces a lot of the things are "glued" together. They sometimes use the case and surrounding metal as heatsink so a lot of the components are attached to each other via thermal compound.
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I try my best to look at the things I buy as not throw away items. So, I spend a lot more on things like jeans and clothes to buy high quality well fitting. I use a local CSA and we bring packaging back to them or leave the packaging there so they can reuse the packaging.
Shoes like boots and heels can actually be repaired. So, I get the sole/heels repaired and you can maintain the leather to make it last longer.
I purchased 1/2 steer from a local rancher and actually there is less packaging compared to buying from the grocery store.
Clothing/toy/books etc. swaps with friends.
We also have solar panels, battery walls and electric vehicles. Those things though aren't what everyone can do. Honestly, we really got them for our own convenience rather than trying to save the world.
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I know 2 people in my life (my BIL and a friend of mine) who are very allergic to a lot of foods. I would have to say though at some point both those people just bring their own food everywhere. Occasionally or if they were the only people we invited then we accommodate. Of course both of them include severe gluten allergy (in their lists) so accommodating them does require me to thoroughly clean food prep surfaces and dishes prior to making their meals. If there are lots of other guests involved we all collectively throw our hands up and they bring their own food. So I do think at some point there is a limit to the accommodation.
If it's just a nut allergy, and easily accommodated for then just pick a different cake. If she visits a lot and you feel it severely hampers what your extended family might be able to enjoy, that would be the only time that I would say to bring it up with everyone involved and see what could be done. We've plated all of BIL's food before everyone else and kept it completely separate from contaminants.
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Oh no now I'm super nervous about the pencil grip and slanting paper. I taught/teach my kids pencil grip, but they aren't always great with it. I have not touched on paper slanting. Is it just so the lines are perpendicular to your arm?? (That's what I do.)
I have bad pencil grip I'm just stubborn; so I learned to write beautifully with horrible pencil grip.
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11 hours ago, Ann.without.an.e said:
That sounds like an interesting master class. This is how I cook. We grow a good bit of our own produce and it’s currently the time of year where my family is getting tired of asparagus 😅
It definitely was for me. Although for people who've been doing that sort of thing for years it's probably less interesting since her recipes tend to be on the easy side. I don't believe one could be tired of asparagus. When we were one time long ago I made sliced asparagus noodles, it was way yummier than I thought it would be. Essentially thinly sliced raw asparagus (I used a mandolin) with a light dressing (mine was a small dash of soy sauce and rice vinegar, not even sure if the dressing was necessary).
11 hours ago, elegantlion said:Recently, I went through my wardrobe. After two years of being home, I'm shifting how many business casual clothes I need. I set up a plan and "graded" my clothes from A to F. I also have a hard to fit body type and I can't really know if something will work until I've worn it several times. It was very freeing. I also decide on my week's outfits on Sunday. I hang them in order so I can just grab and go.
Back when I was working I gave myself a uniform for work. I had 8 shirts and 3 pants and they all go with each other. So every morning I would just grab a shirt from that area and a pair of pants from the pile.
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I am team not meal planning. I watched Alice Water's Masterclass on cooking which taught me how to do her style of "meal planning". Keep your pantry stocked, then just buy available produce from grocery store, mixed in with a lot of how to learn to cook from scratch and eating fresh things. (She big on the farm to table, eating seasonally and locally thing).
Then joining a CSA, who decides a sizable amount of our fresh seasonal fruits and veggies.
Asking my husband for help. Having him take my son to teeball sometimes without me has reduced a significant amount of stress in my life. I'm able to make a homecooked meal on those days and I get a little break in the day instead of having to go go go until bedtime.
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Having a 5 year old (fall birthday son) myself who I homeschool and who blows through the concepts in his reading (first grade?) and math curriculum (K). My hesitancy in sending him to 2nd grade would be the amount of writing that is required. I just don't see my son being able to stay still enough to do the amount of problems and writing necessary to do 2nd grade work. I looked at a first grade curriculum in Jan because he was finishing up his Kindergarten work, the middle of first grade has like 20 problems/day of practice problems after the lesson vs. kindergarten of 4.
Between skipping first or not skipping first and those were my only options, I would keep my child in first as long as he is happy and behaving.
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So your reaction to this?
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I would tell my daughter that the teacher was being an idiot. I think she reacted correctly by walking away. The only thing I might add would be that I'd be absolutely OK with her rolling her eyes at him giving him the side-eye sign and walk away. As an adult I'd probably make a comment like "What are you 10??"
I mean I don't think dude should lose his job or anything over it, but I'd also hope that at some point some pre-teen or teenager utterly embarrasses him over how immature he is. If my daughter ever had to interact with that man again I may conspire with her as to how to embarrass him in front of other adults/kids next time he says stupid stuff like that. If she pulls it off I'd be one proud mama. Eloquence and "being the bigger person" is not always my strong suit.