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  1. Yes, I cover it when I'm boiling something like potatoes or frozen veggie. Helps keep the heat in. That's my thinking anyway. I boil just water in a tea kettle that doesn't even have a lid! I fill through the spout.

     

    Sounds like a good science experiment. Boiling with and without a lid. Do it several times starting with a cold pan of the same size and weight. Then you could try it with salt in the water and see if that boils faster!

  2. It's doubtful she fell hard enough to cause a fracture. Here is a great website. http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00150

     

    My dd has sprained her ankle playing volleyball twice, same ankle. My dd's would have been a two the first time around. The second time she was wearing ankle braces and still ended up with close to a two. She probably would have broke it without the braces! And stupidly she didn't tell her coach because she wanted to keep playing. *sigh* Ice, elevate, ibuprofen and wrap it before she dances. Keep in mind it could take months for it to fully heal! It's been a couple years since the last sprain and my dd's ankle is still larger then the other. My husband sprained his about a year ago, same story. His was probably a one though. He never experienced in looseness in the joint.

  3. We are doing SOTW 1, and really like it. We do the maps out of the activity guide, real easy to use. My son doesn't do much of the coloring pages, mostly I just show them to him. The activity guide also gives alot of project ideas and other book,literature ideas to use as well. We really like it. Amazon offers a good price if you do decide.

     

    Ditto, my son doesn't do much of the coloring, but he loves doing the maps. Sometime I do coloring pages though! :lol: We read through the review questions, do the narrations and I use the book recommendations as well as some the craft ideas.

  4. Thanks for the tips! I do have him do jumping jacks on occasion, didn't today. He gets short breaks while I get things ready for the next subject and today I gave him (and me) a half hour break. Normally we do school in the afternoons. I'll try switching to mornings, that might mean I have to break my night owl habits! :lol: Fidget items tend to be more of a distraction. Ok, so tomorrow we get school done BEFORE Piano practice at 11am! First test. :)

     

    Thanks again lady's!

  5. Today has been one of those days where we have spent more time talking about paying attention then actually doing work! I found that my son does better when we have school outside, but now that the wet fall weather is upon us that can't be done. Has anyone else found anything that works for them? I'm thinking about changing locations in the house. Maybe moving to the front living room so he can't stare out the back door at the trees and rain!

  6. I'm still on the hunt for a green bean recipe I love. If you have one please post it. Please, please please! :D I'm happy to post any recipes in return.

     

    Dinner:

    Turkey

    Mashed Potatoes

    Green Beans

    Yams

    Dressing

    Cran-Apple Sauce

    Rolls

    Gravy

     

    Appetizers:

    Veggies, Wheat Thins and Dip

    Olives

    Chips and Onion Dip

     

    Desserts:

    Pumpkin Pie

    Pumpkin pie bars or Pumpkin cheese cake

  7. It takes us 3+ hours to get it done. I start with Math and Spelling since that is workbook stuff and he has to sit at the table to do it. Then we move to the couch for FLL, WWE, SOTW. When it's time for copywork we head back to the table. We only do science and cursive once a week if we even get to it!! Cursive has been pushed way back lately. Thurs and Fri is resource class day so nothing gets done. Wed is hit and miss, he has piano and bible study then lunch with MIL. Wed is supposed to be our science and cursive day. HA! We school on the weekends since our weekdays are so busy. Dh works from home and often works weekends and has days off during the week so weekends are meaningless for us.

  8. It would be too much. I believe SWB suggests not doing the copywork...ect in FLL if you're doing the WWE workbook. I'm using the text for WWE and not the workbook so I just follow the format of WWE, but do the work FLL and SOTW suggests. I hope that makes sense.

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