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ours is finally up.
I decided to try putting some slideshows of the kids work in. It took a bit as I first had to scan in all the things then upload them to photobucket. I think it worked though.
Have a great weekend, link should be in my siggy
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even though he hates going away he decided to stay in the Navy, which allows us to have a decent enough income for me to stay home with my kids and to homeschool them. I also love him because he believes in my abilities to do what's right for them and supports me 100%
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Thanks all. I use Library thing to keep the books we're currently using as read alouds to post them on my blog, but I wanted something a bit better to keep a database of our things. I looked at the book collectorz site and like what I see. I'll have to think on it a bit more but it may be just what we need.
Thanks again for the ideas
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My HP4800 scanner, my HP2600n Color laser printer, my 3 hole punch and my small paper trimmer. I love the little trimmer so that I can cut the weird edges of my sons GWG papers which we take out of the book. I also love the 3 hole punch as I keep all their completed work in large 3 ring binders.
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If you catalog your books how do you do it? I've honestly thought of getting a UPC reader just so that I can have a listing and know if all of our boxes of books has made it each time we move.
We don't have nearly as many books as some on this board do and it's not that we don't want them. We've only be hsing 2 years so I'm sure we'll keep adding books in leaps and bounds. A lot of dh and my books are in storage at our old house as it just got to be too much to move every 18 months.
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I voted for 100-500 but that's just a guess. We have to move every 18 months or so and the movers are always complaining about how many books we have. I love books though and we don't do well with the library although we do try to use it at times. My dh always says that if I leave Barnes and Noble for under $100 it's a good day :tongue_smilie:
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We had the Graco Turbo booster and didn't care for them as my son is tall but lean so we needed something to grow a little more with him. I did a lot of research and asked a friend of mine who's a certified Carseat installer (she took a course in this) and she recommended the Compass B510 boosters. My kids love them. The cup holders are very short like the Graco but we have a Town and Country and they just use the ones in the van. These seats also fit very nicely in my dh's Honda Civic.
I bought them from http://www.elitecarseats.com Great company with super fast shipping.
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My kids are also in boosters (well the oldest 2 anyway) They love their boosters though. They are almost 9 years old and 6 years old and weigh 54lbs and 40lbs respectively. My oldest is about 4'4 and his sister is about 2 inches behind despite the age difference. She's really tall for her age, he's always been but is slowing down a bit and not growing as fast.
They are in Compass B510 boosters which are really easy to move from my van to dh's car so they take them where ever they go, as I said they love being in them and once on a short trip my oldest almost had a meltdown when dad wouldn't take his seat as he was afraid he wouldn't be safe. He's known nothing else so I can't blame him on that one.
My youngest however is our "pip squeak" and is going to be 4 in July and weighs a whopping 24lbs. He's also still drowning in 2T size clothes. He's just a little guy that takes after my side of the family. He's in his britax Decathalon seat and will be there for a long time I'm sure.:001_smile:
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I too already had all this in my siggy and not everyone goes to look at my blog so I'll just leave them there ;)
I actually like seeing it all in the siggy so that I'm not trying to hunt down a blog before posting about something pertaining to curriculum.
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I'm teaching my kids latin yet, but I went looking online and typed what you put into google.
First the "-" actually seperates the beginning from the end and the first word is A,
But when I typed it in they asked if I actually meant
"a ovime tangit vocem meam" so I'm wondering if that's what your item says but that it's worn so it's hard to read?
If it does say "a ovime tangit vocem meam" then it translates to
"Whoever touches me will hear my voice."
HTH
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You all have covered my major myths I wish to dispel.
#1: That since I homeschool my kids we must be extremely religious
We are not, we don't belong to a church and most of my kids exposure to religion comes from animated talking vegetables .
#2 that because I'm not homeschooling for religious reasons that I'm a hippie
Sure I bake my own bread, but no we don't grown all our own food, raise cattle and chickens etc. I wouldn't mind the chickens for the eggs and a small garden for some vegetables and I certainly admire those that can live on a farm, but that's not me.
#3 that my kids will be lacking in their ability to socialize with others
This is just a bunch of bunk in my eyes. Honestly how much of the 8 hours that ps kids here are in school do they spend socializing with their peers. I know from when my oldest was in PS for K and 1st grade that most of his time was spent waiting in line, or for others to finish things etc.
#4 That because I'm not a certified teacher I'm deluding myself in thinking that I can educatate my children adequately.
To this all I can say is:confused:
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but it is a video of my kids being cute. :tongue_smilie:
Link is in the signature
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We're afternoon schoolers here. We tried and tried last year to start at 9 and be done by lunch it was a disaster. My oldest is not a morning person and I've noticed my other 2 heading that direction. We now have a schedule that has us not starting school until 1pm. By this time my kids are all alert have had a bit of play time so they're not all wound up and are ready to work.
Right now I have a 3rd grader, a 1st grader and a toddler (will be 3 in July) and with this afternoon schedule we're done completely by 4pm at the latest usually closer to 3pm. I think it's because I'm not fighting to get my oldest to focus while his body is still trying to wake up.
I do my best to make any appointments we have between 10:30 and 12 so that they are out of the way and don't interfere with school. They'll start swim lessons in a week which will throw things off on Monday's and Wednesdays for the month of April, but it's only a month and we don't have much left until the end of the year (some subjects they've actually started next years work) so we'll most likely just switch to a 3 day schedule for April and then wrap things up in May.
Kel
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I believe I may have seen you ask the same question on the homeschool reviews forums. I have answered there as well.
I feel that TT5 has plenty of review. There are review problems in every lesson, there are questions that cover past learned concepts in every lesson. My son has been doing really well so far. We're not really far into it, but it's his favorite thing to do now and he's doing really well, missing maybe 1 problem if that on any given lesson.
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I am currently using SOTW 2 with my 6 and 8.5 year olds. We did SOTW 1 last year.
We do 2 chapters a week. While I read they do the coloring page, then after that we do the review questions orally and then we do the map. This takes us roughly 30-45 minutes total depending on how into it they are. If they seem interested in a specific area we read other library books for "bedtime" stories as we always do read aloud time at 8pm just before they head up to bed.
HTH
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I don't understand the question. you say that parents don't care whether their children attend college, and then ask why they tell their dc that college doesn't matter. those are not the same things. and college just does NOT equal success, there are many people who've been VERY successful in life without attending college (lots of folks who never attended college make way more money than people who've completed 4 years and earned a degree). I don't care if my dc go to college or not. If that's what they want, great, good for them. If they want to do something else with their life, then great, good for them. I personally think that college can be a total waste of time and money.
:iagree: I couldn't have said it better
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Laurel,
Don't feel bad, my dd did the same thing when she was almost 4. My BIL was getting married and is her Godfather. He has wanted her in his wedding since the day she was born. They bought her a gorgeous dress special shoes to match etc. Well she did ok in rehersal but the morning of the wedding she came down with something and was puking everywhere most of the day. My MIL and FIL were driving us to the church since I didn't know the area (out of town wedding) and forced me to wake dd up as she was sleeping becasue they didn't want to miss any of the pictures being taken. I thought it ridiculous as they were only doing pictures of the Brides family for the first 1hr or so and then us. Well we went and she slept in the pew until it was time for our pictures. She did ok then but would only take pictures with the bride and groom, nothing more. Then the time finally came. They opened the doors for her to walk down. She saw the place packed with people (300 guests at this wedding) and started to panic. She saw my BIL yelled, "I don't think so Uncle Jeff" and ran away down the hall. I was sitting in the 3rd pew as they wanted me there for her when she came down the aisle. One of the ushers (a family cousin) tracked her down and stayed with her until I could get there.
I felt awful. To this day my BIL and SIL make jokes about it like "Flower girl dress $200, flower girl shoes $40, "I don't think so Uncle Jeff" PRICELESS" Like the Visa/Mastercard commercials. They say it was great as it gave them a funny quirk to remember about their wedding.
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We're finally up.
I had to make my background changes and such so it took me a bit longer this week :001_smile:
Address is in the signature
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UGH, I wish Oprah would get over herself already. Now she's gone out and bought The Discovery Health channel and is turning it into the "O" network. Come on, do we really need an "O" network
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I've used Horizons K and 3rd and there are never any flashcards that come with it. I'm guessing that you need to make them. I say guessing because I never bothered with them as my kids don't do well with flashcards.
There may be something earlier in the TM that says how to make them but I'm not positive on that one.
Sorry I wasn't more help
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No this is Gulf War II because they did not let us finish the job after Sadam tried to permanently visit Kuwait in the early 90s and if they don't finish the job this time round in a few years there will be Gulf War III.
You do remember all the no fly and please let us in to inspect resolutions that took place over a decade don't you? Resolutions that took place while Kurdish men, women, children and others who helped us in Gulf War I were slaughtered. Supose none of their blood is on our hands tho because we didn't have the stomach to finish our job over there. If we leave now I wonder whose blood will be on our hands :001_huh: but hey get out no matter the cost. Hmmmm does anyone remember the Cambodian killing fields?
:hurray: Rebecca, you took the words right out of my mouth.
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I'm so glad this popped up. I was planning a trip up this Friday to check out the one in Newport News. I live in Chesapeake VA so it's about 25 minutes to get there, but I never knew it was there until I drove to pick up my parents at the airport up there.
I can't wait to go.
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Accccckkkk 101 made nurse bee :grouphug: for all nurse bee's!!!
Ohhhh hapy hapy day :hurray:
LOL, Congrats:grouphug:
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I too hope it's a phase. My ds is not yet 9 but will be in May and I noticed in the last month or so he's like this. I have to constatly remind him to worry about his own school work and not what his little sister is being taught. He's always trying to butt in when I'm teaching her lessons. I understand that sometimes he's trying to help, but other times it takes him an hour to do a simple grammar worksheet because his eyes are always on his sister's phonics paper across the desk. I'm contemplating making desk divider's out of a science project display board. Oh and it's definately more than just school, he's always trying to find out what's going on everywhere in the house.
I am raising wierdos, or at least a wierd 6 year old
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We are doing the same thing in history and my dd who is also 6 is using Saxon for math although she doesn't know that's what it's called. She did say something similar though yesterday in math. She was asked to circle the each of the angles of the rectangle in a different color. Her response "Mom, I don't see any men on this paper, should I have my math paper or my history paper?"
So you're 6 year old isn't alone :lol: