Oh that's awesome, thanks! :D

:D That's awesome - we're loving it too!

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Me too, it's been AMAZING to me how easily the kids have gotten those facts down, when we spent SO MUCH time trying to drill it and review with games while doing Singapore ...

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My 6 year old first grader has 'played' with it, but gets very frustrated at it. The lessons accelerate pretty quickly past the first unit, and there's a lot of assumed logic used in eliminating wrong answers, so it can sometimes be too much for him. My 8 year old loves it!

we limit exposure to anti-microbials but use alcohol-based sanitizers wash hands frequently/limit hand-to-face activity avoid known sick people Vitamin C Vitamin D probiotics fish oil lots of garlic healthy diet exercise I don't eat sugar and am sick less but can't convince my people :p soups with extra garlic and onion for sick people, along with plenty of rest and limited sugar

We're doing Sonlight Core 1 with both kids, 1st and 2nd graders. We do about an hour of seatwork, lunch, science, then unschool-style elective choices all afternoon (no tv) with almost an hour of Bible/missionary stories/literature read-alouds and history in the evening. Monday-Thursday Writing Grammar/Phonics Reading Math Spelling Science (reading only) Friday Writing Grammar/Phonics Reading Math Science experiments

nope, never do ... we'll all be upping our vitamin D and vitamin C, though :)

Same here, only for us it's MUS instead of Singapore. I don't know that MM needs to be supplemented, but DD does better with MUS and DS does better with MM, so for now we're doing it all! :tongue_smilie:

Good stuff here. I got mine used, the whole set, which was nice. If I hadn't, though, I would have made a set of wooden letters/shapes, from craft foam sheets. There are guides in the Teacher Manual and it would have been tons cheaper (and softer when thrown :tongue_smilie: ) but the shapes were really handy around here in the beginning.

for starters, I would look into yeast issues Vitamin C deficiency B vitamin deficiencies Iron deficiency

Me too, and we LOVE Math Mammoth. I was initially using Singapore to supplement Math U See; now I'm using Math U see to supplement Math Mammoth, making it our main math program. It's so much easier for ME to teach and so much easier for THEM to understand. It's streamlined but keeps the best of Singapore's principles. It's designed for homeschoolers. We really like it! DD switched from 1B to MM last semester; DS switched after completing MUS Primer and Singapore Essential Maths. Both are doing well!

Are they absolutely, positively weighing her on the SAME scale under the SAME conditions each time (ie, empty diaper or no diaper, no clothes consistently?) Otherwise, weight comparisons are meaningless. If they are, definitely check the Kellymom site and this thread for advice on upping baby's weight gain. :hug:

If you've backed away from sugar significantly and are itching, I definitely vote for yeast die-off. No, you wouldn't necessarily smell yeasty or have a YI, but can have BAD skin itchies (I did). Probiotics should help; virgin coconut oil and apple cider vinegar (with the mother) added to your diet (like in salads) can also really help fight off the yeast. :grouphug:

Unless your doctor has tested YOUR breastmilk, he can't know for sure that any formula has more calories. FWIW, I think he has his numbers backwards, but either way, I wouldn't go for formula either. Any malabsorption issues would only be made worse by introducing formula to the virgin gut. I'd look for a lactation consultant who can help you. This compares calories in formula and breastmilk http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/milk/milkcalories.html This has good suggestions to help up baby's weight gain http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/growth/weight-gain_increase.html going off dairy/soy might help; I had to go dairy-free for about 6 months with DD. Are they absolutely sure of baby's weight gain - ie, are they measuring on the same scale under the same conditions EVERY time? Have they weighed before/after nursing to see if he's actually transferring milk adequately? :hug:

3 hours a day, give or take a bit. All electives are afternoon do-at-your-own-pace activities at our house, so that 3 hours is our seatwork/read-aloud time. Occasional catch-up on science experiments on the weekends.

Sonlight Core 1, Bible 1, Science 1, Readers 1, Handwriting Without Tears 1, Writing With Ease 1, All About Spelling 1, Math Mammoth 1A-B, Math U See Foundations, AWANA/Sunday School verse memorization (Rosetta Stone Mandarin, Artistic Pursuits 1 - both just occasionally)

Eeeeewwww, I HATE Nutella ... but my kids love it. Glad you found a new love! :D

Yes, instructions are interspersed in the worksheets, no separate teacher's manual I recommend Light Blue - it's a complete curriculum that encompasses the stuff in their other workbooks The User Guide has a chart telling you how many pages a day to do to get through the curriculum in a school year, and a lot of other GREAT helpful info!

There's a girl book by the same author; it might be a little older than 3-7 year old range, but both are GREAT! We also use the Richard Scarry Please and Thank you book and some of the A Beka health books.

It's true that kids can find a way to party just about anywhere; here's a list of the top 20 'party schools' in the US for 2010: http://news.suite101.com/article.cfm/top-american-party-schools-2010-2011-princeton-review-rankings-a265882 and an article http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-08-02-top-party-schools_N.htm

We start with independent seat work, so that a) I can wake up with coffee but claim we are actually doing school :p and b) DD (the only early riser in the family) can start whenever she wants. Once I'm awake, we do group and/or Mom-dependent work (AAS, R&S, science). Bible, history and literature read-alouds are usually done in the evening as a family.

beautiful! :D

That - very gentle on your stomach and not constipating.