if she is getting the concepts i would not force the rods

I do this with my 9, 8, 7, and 5yos too :)

Sorry you got taken advantage of. :grouphug: Don't use personal or gift with people you don't trust. I always pick goods. If people ask me to do gift, I just add 50 cents (or whatever) to my payment to cover the fees. I won't do it.

:iagree: I dream of mosquito bites that I don't have to strap into their flight gear every morning, LOL.

No, DH and I aren't on the same homeschooling page. However, since he's not willing to help me achieve the goals HE wants to see, I just do it my way :P How would one go about getting a kid tested for disabilities? Do I have to talk to the school district? *shudder* My non-reader has a *fabulous* work ethic. I require a lot chore & discipline -wise from my kids. He's just a bit behind the others in how quickly he understands things. I'm not too worried about it, but I think DH compares him to his siblings too much. He's not them, YK?

If I had the money I'd buy this: http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/clips.htm My kids love the freebies for the time being :P

Thanks for the encouragement :) I really hate the struggle of "learn this" and the repetition of him not being able to learn it. I explain and explain until I'm blue in the face, and I just don't think he's ready. I'm only doing Math and Reading/Phonics at this point. I think they know more science from being outside and watching Planet Earth than I did from school at that age, LOL. Thanks again, Hive!!

Anybody? I'd love to do this for my boys, they seem so happy playing (getting into trouble, LOL) in the backyard all the time. DS7 can read, DS8 cannot. I'm not too worried, but everyone in my life thinks I'm screwing them up. Especially DH. He'd love to see them sitting at the dining room table for 8 hours a day working on workbooks. I want to teach them when they are ready to learn, or at least mature enough to realize that is their duty in life. Lizards are just so much more fun right now :tongue_smilie:

:( Prayers for that mama & family.

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Wow! :eek: Glad you got a good doc that fixed it properly!! :auto: *runs away to throw away all my kids piggy banks* :lol:

Yeah, that. Unless you are making her wait while you make multiple trips from the house.... Sounds like the lady at my-not-immediately-local PO that was telling me that I had to drop packages at the PO that is my originating zip code because "This post office won't get credit for processing them." :confused: Whatever. If that was the case, they'd tell me that on the computer, I'm sure.

I always pick "no heat dry" so that would work for me....but I think we need a food grinder...I'm getting lots of stuck on particles lately that are a PITA to get off the glasses :glare:

Too many :lol: Probably about 4 per kid....but I have 5 kids, so it looks like a ton.

Luther didn't like what they said :lol: I think it was the idea of praying for the dead...he wasn't a fan of purgatory.