ZooRho
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We use Write at Home and have been happy with them.
I haven't used any others, though!
THis is what we used for both of my boys, They have both done great in College English.
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And we went to watch our freshman son compete in his college Conference championship. The team is only 4 years old.
THEY WON!!!!!
It was a very exciting time. He did some best times so that was also good and he scored points for the team. They are also second in the nation, and the number one team has a Dive team so they probably can't make it to number one. he isn't going to the NCAA championship but the team is hoping to win there too. We shall see.-
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Subbing to the thread. My kids swim. Swim team here starts in fourth grade.
I don't know if I have the stamina to do something as obsessive as be a sports mom. I mean what about music, etc?
I was a dilettante. I would like my kids to develop more than I did, but I am not sure I'm willing to let them sacrifice music for sport, or sport for music... not to mention math.
Thoughts? How does being "a swim mom" affect your ability to be a music mom, a math club mom... etc.?
we never sacrificed school for swimming but my youngest did not do much in the other activities, partially it was his personality and then also he was busy with swimming. But I do know other children that were very involved in many other things and did swimming. It is a balance.
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Competitive swim moms: for those of you with kids who have competed in very large, highly competitive meets; can you give me some ideas of what your kids did to prepare? dryland? running? can someone explain tapering to me? :) Time line for all this in relation to the meet is very much appreciated.
My daughter has a very large meet (para) in Canada mid March. she swims with one team most of the time and they really don't have anything to do with this meet, not really doing near as much as they said they would to get her prepared, etc. She has a para coach but only sees him about 2x a month and he has kids all over the state so of course can only help her so much.
In a nutshell, I'm trying to help her with her dryland myself at this point. not much I can do about the tapering, but I would like to understand it better (I do know the general concept).
Thanks!
I'm sorry I missed this been busy with life beyond hsing AS scary as it is.
I have a hard time saying what my son did, his coaches are the ones that prepared him. If your child's coaches aren't--- and I would talk to them about it and ask what they are going to do for her to prepare. Approach it from the end that you do feel they know what is best but you just want to know what it means and entails.
Since she has the para coach too ask him what she should be doing.
and beyond that I would read up on tapering-- I know that my son felt better at his college big meet here and that he felt the taper was just right for him. So it becomes a bit of an individual thing depending on the events they swim, the distances, and the sex boys and girls are a bit different.
And then check out USA swimming.org and see what they say about how to do it.
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HEAV also has a FB page you might ask there.
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Check out the HEAV.org page for groups.
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SO MUCH FUN to read the swim stuff. I miss those days of age group swimming. My son was on the smoking relay as a 7-8 yo they were unbeatable.
Thanks for sharing it all. Enjoy it moms!!! they grow up so fast.
my baby is now in college swimming. It is tough work, he has to stay at school late , won't get home till Dec 21st and leave again on the 29th. He has had a pretty good season as a freshman.
Cheer for the other swimmers, be happy for the other guys great times, rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.-
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I did Use Sonlight. I'd have to look back and see exactly how I did word it But I do think I listed it as Sonlight Core 100, and also put the Instructor's Guide as part of the materials. I did list the books, honestly I didn't list them all, I listed main ones. As other's have said they are looking for the main part, did you do a high school level quality course.
We did do a coop class, I didn't list where the class took place just that this was the course, the text book, and that I was the teacher giving the grade. Except for the CC classes it wouldn't be worth the hoop jumping you would have to do for it.
We also used Thinkwell for precal and it was accepted.
I did list over the number of classes that they wanted, I didn't want to have to go back and add in more. I think I did 18 or so.
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What are you doing for grades?
Honestly I worked toward mastery for my boys. Yes your child will be competing against other students. I'm not saying give an inflated grade but what all are you grading for your child? -
I live in the area. Feb can be horribly miserable. June can be hot but never that hot, for the most part. I work hard to not turn my ac on until June 18th.
There are hs discounts available at other times of year. Also you can walk around CW for free, and see some of the things too.
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I'm so sorry. I don't have lots of advice. Is it just the 2 siblings left? or do you have other siblings?
I would say you can just say no to the gift exchange. I hate those thinge anyway. Say geez mom we all have too much why don't we use that money to give to charity. Christmas should be about family and the kids.
We were never really close enough to family to worry about holidays at home. We did our own thing at our house.
we did go when my youngest was 10 since we had never been at family at the holidays, it was not the WALTONS, we did not do it again, until my dad's health started going down and we did it a few years in a row but then the boys finally asked to stay home so we did.they were teens then.
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I did the NCAA for my swimmer boy. I do know the rules are changing so pay attention to that. I wouldn't pay anything until his junior year though.
we used Sonlight curriculum, Apologia for Science, Abeka for LA and a few things of Thinkwell.
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I've only read one Not sure of the name and no it is not appropriate for children.
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I hope this works. i will remove it after a couple of days. here is my daughter and her 'swim buddy'. Note the size difference and she said he had trouble keeping up with her :lol:
great picture
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Fun to hear of the young ones swimming.
My college boy has a meet on Friday. it is against a school where his best friend is swimming.-
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I saw him a couple of years ago at the same place, He is a hoot.
Definitely a crusty ol Colonel so expect a bit of language from him. But so worth it to see.
I had other plans by the time I saw it. I did post about it on several local groups. Guess I should have called and warned them to expect quite a few extras.
Also for others check your local museums and see what is offered there. This is a SMALL city history Museum, but they really do have some amazing things they have offered for free. We have seen an amazing story teller, Col Shames, a man as Edgar Allen Poe, and I know a couple of others that now I can't remember. If your area isn't offering things then ask what they may think about and how you could help. -
Can I just beat my head against the wall for a moment. My oldest who is a junior in high school and a couple of seconds away from scholarship money has informed me he is bored with swimming. He just wants to swim for the high school and no longer do the club team. He seems to be struggling with "fear of missing out" on fun things his non swimming friends are doing. Scholarship money or not he knows he is not quitting unless he has another interest to replace it with. Replacing swim with girls and hanging out and doing nothing is not an option.
I know part of it is a bit of burnout. I have challenged him to think of what made swimming fun for him and lets think of ways to make it fun again. Part of it is the coaching turnover. This years coach is actually coaching and practice is harder. No more coasting if you want to improve. Part of it is "fear of missing out". Trying not to make it about me and about his needs but really I just want to smack some sense into him.
My dd, otoh, has renewed passion for the sport and is loving the new coach.
My oldest quit his junior year, just about killed me.
I wished I'd gone to a sports psych for him.
He is now swimming in college and loving it at the moment. He did not get any money for swimming but did get academic money.
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I've had a picture taken, hmm maybe it was the child.
and geez with all that stuff, I think I would have said PLEASE TELL ME THEY DO THE PAP SMEAR IN THE BACK ROOM.
and yes totally made up maiden name and no finger prints. I hate that they have the SSN now because of our Ins. -
I was a former teacher in the dark ages.
I didn't want my hs to look like school.
I used Sonlight Curriculum.
I did later choose to do Abeka Grammar.
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I use Rocky Mountain Oils, they joined with Native American Naturals.
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I did in some ways, my youngest was home 5 years after my oldest left home. I think there were days it was hard. but I know in the end I'm glad we did it.
He was a competitive swimmer though so had lots of time with others outside of our house. -
Are you overseas now?
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HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
what is the SEC? Is that what they would require?
I know someone overseas, not sure what country though. I could ask what they did for their girls. I do think they just did the school test.
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oh I am of the believe to not do anything and wait for the system to ask. I honestly don't think they could ask you to prove you are sending your child to a private school. They don't ask people who start their children at a private school to tell them what they are doing.
Swim Moms! (s/o of gym moms)
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Ah Coming back to this, his team won the NCAA DIV 2 Championship. The team was only 4 years old. They took down Druy which had a 10 year run.
He did not get to swim but since he is part of the team he is part of it all. Very exciting times there.