Red Dove
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I am tired of piecing together language arts elements with multiple ages to teach. I have been looking into Rod and Staff and Christian Light. Which one would be better to use if I want something that is an all-in-one language arts that is open and go? And if you know off hand, what grades are they for? I will have 1st graders all the way up to a 10th grader. I would prefer to find something that I can stick with for all the grades.
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2 hours ago, GoVanGogh said:
I tried so hard to find one but I ended up with a heat rash within a few days of testing out a new one.
Lume, mentioned above: I couldn’t get past the smell of it.I thought I was allergic to natural deodorants because every time I tried one out, I got a rash. Then I read that the natural deodorant was reacting to the aluminum that was still in my skin. I tried again and after not using an aluminum kind for a week, the rash didn’t appear when using the natural deodorant.
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Thank you!
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Woo hoo!
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I read a study once that said the most stressed out mothers had 3 children. But I agree with most of you, it is subjective. For me, 2 was the hardest. I have 6. I think by the time my 3rd came along, I knew what I was doing. By the time I had 5 and 6 (twins), I thought I could just keep going. I felt like motherhood was so much fun. Only reason I didn’t want to keep going was that I didn’t know how long my body would keep up.
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Congrats!!!
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I read through the book twice, too. (I’m not sure which edition.) I ended up doing All About Spelling instead. But having read the Spalding book made it easier to understand theories behind phonics.
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8 minutes ago, ArtHaus said:
Okay, cool beans. Again, good work.
I would like to concur with some of the posters regarding the rewards program. I wouldn’t be interested in those either. If you diversify those offers, I think you will gain better traction:)
ArtHaus,
We are going to add some options this weekend. If you have any suggestions, throw them my way.
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5 hours ago, Heartstrings said:
Could parents use it to search for something that they wanted? Like if you were looking for LGBT characters after an older sister comes out as lesbian or trans, or after the child expresses that they might be LGBT themselves? Or death in a book after the child experiences a loss? I know I scoured the internet looking for homeschooled characters at one point.
I do think categories are helpful, I might want to purposefully find a book like Hatchet or Spiderwick for a child experiencing divorce, or I might want to expressly avoid books with a death for a sensitive child after a death in the family or losing a pet. I know that it's recommended to be careful with certain books and movies for kids in foster care or recently adopted out of care, so a way to see if a book had parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment would be helpful, or some children might really appreciate reading certain books like that to help feel more normal and I might want to seek out those books.
I recently had to put down a favorite book of mine that I was re-reading as a comfort book during a stressful time. I had forgotten that the first several chapters deal with the death of a beloved parent and I just couldn't handle it so soon after losing my mother. It's amazing how it had barely registered to me prior to losing a parent myself.
Heartstrings, advanced filters and searches are on our feature roadmap. Finding books that address sensitive topics that we want to discuss with our children at the right time is absolutely part of our mission: The right book at the right time builds a healthy mind.
4 hours ago, ArtHaus said:I love the concept behind the website, great job! Is this your brainchild?
I think the “topics” are spot on. I hate buying books only to dislike the content. So many books for children are either subversive or blatantly against our values, and your(?) website offers an invaluable service. I would especially consider this a value for the parent who has a child who reads well above reading level, as mine did. Screening books for them was/is very time consuming.
FWIW, your topics are fine, those are the things that many parents would be screening for anyway. Good Luck with the site! I think it is excellent.
ArtHaus, yes, this is a personal project my husband and I started two years ago inspired by people who feel this exact way, though we didn’t officially launch until July of this year. Thank you for your kind words. We wanted to build a resource that we can all band together to save each other time and effort. “Many hands make light work.”
40 minutes ago, rebcoola said:The results will be skewed heavily conservative by the prizes you offer to top contributers
The only bonus prizes Pureflix, Tuttle Twins and Brave Books. Which are not appealing to anyone who isn't quite conservative.
Rebcoola, these are the rewards that resonated with our current users. I am happy to diversify the rewards. Do you have any suggestions?
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2 hours ago, TechWife said:
Also, Is it legal to post images of books like that? I’m just curious because I know that’s been discussed here before. Brief quotes in a review don’t violate copyright law, but I thought the finished product is copyright protected.
We are covered by the fair use doctrine under the U.S. copyright law. That’s a good question; we get asked that frequently.
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1 hour ago, WildflowerMom said:
What makes it any different than commonsense media or any other movie review site? What am I missing? I would have loved to have a book review site like commonsense media when ds was little.
Wildflower, Common Sense Media does not allow reviews to be published if parents try to warn others of certain topics. They are decidedly left-leaning, and do not allow users to post if users disagree with CS Media. They also lean towards subjective reviews, whereas screenshots are objective. Lastly, CS Media is primarily focused on movies and less on books.
Screen It First is an open community resource allowing anyone to post a snapshot (anonymously) that might be helpful for other parents to know about.
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2 hours ago, MercyA said:
It looks like Screen It First is partnering with Brave Books. These are the people who brought us picture books:
I’m not sure where you are getting that Screen It First is partnering with Brave Books. Can you tell me why you think this? Because we are not partners with any other business.
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I get it. I get sad or upset when my children are the victims of somewhat mild childhood or teenage drama. Weird. I probably think about it long after my child/children have forgotten.
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Drama Llama, I understand what you are saying, but the purpose of this website is to allow parents to see what is in a book before their child reads it. When we did market research, LGBTQ content was one of the top 3 things parents would like to know is in a book before they let their child read it. All of the categories may not resonate with you, so you just ignore that category. Not everyone is concerned with a death occurring in a book either, but some parents want to know first before they hand a book over to their child.
We do not have a “good” or “bad” rating for this reason: What is good for you, may be bad for another.
And sometimes a parent doesn’t think a certain category is wrong, they just want to know it is in the book so they can have a meaningful and relevant discussion with their child before or during the reading.
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Remember the book screening website I was getting your opinions on? Here is the finished product: ScreenItFirst.com We are running a book screening contest from now until the end of the year. Hop on and share what you see to help other parents guide their children in the ways that are important to their family.
The Right Book at the Right Time, Builds a Healthy Mind
We're building an army of homeschooling parents to pre-read children's books
Join ScreenitFirst.com by screening children's books to help parents choose the right book at the right time. 
Thanks to some generous contributions we are kicking off a book screening contest. Learn more at: screenitfirst.com/screen-a-thon
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I haven’t really experienced this, but I know the members of my family give awkward reactions sometimes. The reason is that they are humble and feel weird getting gifts. But I have never seen someone not say thank you after receiving a gift.
I have a similar but different issue I have seen in my extended family, though. Two members of the family will throw away food when they don’t like it. As in they will take one bite, say it’s gross, and throw it away. Most of my family members think throwing away perfectly good food is taboo. The two that do this are unrelated biologically to each other, but both married into the family. Anyway, I am always shocked at the boldness of telling someone they don’t like the food, and then throwing it away.
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If I were you, I’d feel like just letting the friendship go. And it may be best for you to do…at least for now.
But I came on here to say, I’ve had two friendships in the past that turned weird like that for various reasons. They were both going through a really difficult time. Both have ended up being really close friends again and I can’t believe how loyal and good they are to me. They were just going through really hard things and not dealing with it well (and in turn, not treating me well).
I have also let friendships go that neither of us seemed to think it was important enough to continue with or ever rekindle. So who knows, maybe back off of the friendship and it may work itself out later.
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Thank you, everyone! Those are all really great ideas.
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I’m looking for ideas for fairy tale themed gifts. I noticed my daughter (14) gravitates towards anything fairy tale. Examples of material items I have seen her admire: a glass slipper Knick knack, a quilt with a woman’s face that looked magical, birthday cards that had a magical look to them (fairy lights in the woods)…
Any ideas on gifts I can get her? Links to really great ideas would be welcome, too.
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The previous owners of my house left a ton of homeschooling supplies. She found out we homeschooled, so she left a bunch of the homeschooling books, games….
The only problem was that she was sentimental and came back to get some of it when she had a grandchild. I didn’t know what to say. By that time I had incorporated her things into my stuff or given away what I didn’t want. (It had been a couple years after we bought the house when she came for the things.)
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Oh, wow. Great. Thank you guys. That gives me a lot to work with.
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What movies can I use to supplement Story of the World Volume 2?
Rod and Staff or Christian Light Language Arts
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Thank you for your input!