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  1. Time Left: 5 days and 9 hours

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    We're moving and I came across my very old (2012?) Sonlight Core B. I have two large binders, one with the instructor's guide, including read-alouds and language arts for Grade 3 readers, and one with the weekly grid of work and worksheets. Worksheets are marked at least for the first number of weeks, but at some point I started doing things orally. I made pencil notes in the weekly work. Perfect if you want to try out Sonlight inexpensively. $20 for shipping

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  2. Thank you! This is very helpful. We'll put them in boxes. I think I was on the edge because we've moved locally and just taped them shut. It makes sense that moving a long distance could cause them to break. Thanks!
  3. Hi all, ETA: We're going to pack them in boxes so that they don't crack on the long drive. Thank you for the help. We've got a long-distance move coming up and I'm working on packing as much as possible. We'll have movers coming to empty the house, but are self-packing a lot. We have a bunch of stacking plastic drawers (see image) with various homeschool, science, craft, and other supplies in them. How do I pack them? Do I put the whole thing in a box, and then pack around it? Use plastic wrap to keep them from opening? Something else? Thanks for the help! Emily
  4. Hi all, I'd like to enroll my 6th grader in an online Spanish class next year. He would not do well with Homeschool Spanish Academy. Basically, he needs something super-structured with regular requirements like flashcards, quizzes, sentences, etc. My experience with HSA is that it was too flexible, and he would hate that. He needs very clear rules, structures, and requirements with deadlines. I have used CLRC in the past for their high school Spanish and was happy with it, but I saw that they have new teachers and I know that quality control across new teachers can be lacking. Suggestions? Emily
  5. My understanding is that law school employment has changed a lot in the past 20 years. While any school might have made sense 20 years ago, now people need to be much more selective. OTOH, it is amazing how many ex-lawyers I know. Just on my block of 20 houses alone, there are 3 ex-lawyers. One is a SAHM, one runs admissions at a private school, and another runs Title 9 compliance at a large private school. All three say they hated practicing law. Emily
  6. Hi everyone, I've been running a program this year in low-income schools and some parents are asking for support for helping their kids advance in reading during the summer. I'd like to direct them to free online programs their kids can use. I'm also going to suggest the library, among other things, but I am not familiar with remedial online reading helps. Thanks for any resources! Emily
  7. This is exactly what I thought (and what has helped mine when they were burnt out or angry about math) but the OP specifically said no games, child needs independent work (which sounds like trying to keep the kid busy, IMO, given the description). Maybe siblings could play games with child? In my experience, 6-year-olds may struggle with fine motor skills or isolation when told to do math by themselves. And none of my kids are at all behind in math. On the contrary, they are generally a few years ahead. Emily
  8. Final decision for DS18: University of Illinois, honors college, scholarship (got that question sorted out).
  9. My sister and I both used accutane without side effects. We both had very positive results. My sister had very deep and widespread acne and it was a huge change for her. Mine was less extreme, but it cleared it up and also made it so that my hair wasn't oily and stringy within a few hours of taking a shower. I am so glad I did it. Also, before accutane I was scared to death of needles (I cried for 30+ minutes before a blood draw). Monthly blood draws forced me to face my fear, and by the end, I was completely fine with shots and blood draws. Emily
  10. Thanks, @stripe! I am glad to hear they don't encourage supplementing. DD14 has been doing Russion School of Math and, while I think it is awesome, it is incredibly expensive. I'd like to do something Russian-math-like and complete without the outside class, which she doesn't even like.
  11. YES! An artist friend told me I was a winter (jewel tones, especially) about a decade ago and it totally revolutionized the way I dress. It also saved me so much money on clothes. She told me to only shop by color, which is how thrift stores are arranged. So now thrift store shopping is easier than shopping new. Emily
  12. I'd be interested in your experience. Did the books seem solid? Did you supplement? Was there enough practice? I have a strong math background. I'd be using these with DS11 and DD14. DD14 has been doing geometry and algebra in parallel for two years and I really prefer that approach to the American approach. Emily
  13. Thanks! This is super useful. Pictures of the events definitely have guys in jackets and ties or tuxes. If he needs a tux, he can rent one, but I think he’d like nicer pants and a coat of some sort. We will check out a nearby Nordstrom rack soon and see what we find. Emily
  14. Hi all, It looks like DS18 will be going to college and living in a dorm that hosts formal events. DS18 doesn't own anything formal. I mean, he has khakis and a button-down shirt, but that's it. Would you go shopping with the kid for formal clothes? He's a pretty formal guy in that he always wears his shirt tucked in and keeps his hair well-trimmed. I'm just pretty frugal and have avoided buying him clothes that weren't from the thrift store while he was growing so quickly. He's tall and thin. His pant size is 32x34. What would you buy for him? Thanks for the help on this somewhat silly question. Emily
  15. DS is going to a school where you can't transfer into CS. However, you can transfer into Math + CS, though your grades need to be stellar to do so.
  16. Given the recent news about King's College NYC and Trinity International University, yes, colleges are going to go under. Plenty will be fine. But many won't. Emily
  17. DS18 got a scholarship to UIUC for comp sci, which raises it from I'm-glad-I-got-in-somewhere to WHOOHOO-AWESOME-NO-DEBT-THEY-WANT-ME!!! Still waiting on two schools and the wait feels long. One he would still consider and the other he's basically crossed off the list. I think he would find the things he hates about high school at the second school. He knows what dorm he would live in at UIUC and crunched the numbers and thinks he could have a car at UIUC. The other school would mean no car and few frills. Emily
  18. DS18 just got a fairly sizable academic scholarship to UIUC. Neither of us was expecting that so it was out of the blue. He's now talking about buying summer plane tickets and returning in time for UIUC to start. 😃 ETA: UIUC is the University of Illinois flagship - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Emily
  19. What about a meal subscription for a few weeks? If she has very little time and very little support network, would that help give her a bit more leisure time? Emily
  20. We've got a Bosch and I am really surprised your old dishwasher is having problems at only 8 years. Bosch dishwashers are so quiet. If you have any sort of open plan kitchen, it really improves your usage of the space. Emily
  21. I met a home ec teacher from an expensive Catholic high school, and she told me that the kids would say things like, "There is no 2/3 measure. What do I do?" Her take was that they weren't transferring their math and had never been allowed/taught to cook before. But it was perplexing, as at that point, my 5-yo was competent in kitchen measure math. Emily
  22. I was regularly chased by a dog as a child. The owners said it was a sweet dog and was just chasing me and barking at me because it wanted to love on me. Uh-huh. I don't want dogs anywhere near me not on a lease. The dog attacked people on two separate occasions that I know of, was taken into custody, but always released to once again chase and attack people. My bible study leader's dog attacked her daughter so she needed stitches. My brother got bitten by a dog the owner said would never harm a flea. I would call the police or pound, but not take a stray dog in. Emily
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