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    Galloping the Globe users

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I think you could easily use them alone... in fact, some the the GWG stuff is straight from there, if I remember. GWG has more listed resources for things like science (animals) and bible... but if you have access to a library, that would be easy to do yourself.

    Do you homeschool your children?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    My boys take Karate and have done seasonal sports... so I guess that's "outsourcing extracurriculars". We'll probably have them in some sort of instrumental lessons soon as well...

     

    Hmmmm... does EPGY count as outsourcing? It's a computer curriculum, though not "live". So we do explanations/review as needed.

     

    Nevertheless, I marked number 2.

    Massive Stress: Job issues / Death

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Tell him that it isn't for her you want him to go... it's for him. HE cares about HER, or else he wouldn't be hurt.

     

    I'd say something like "Because I love you so much, I don't want you to have any regrets. I know that you are a wonderful, loving man, and I don't want you to ever doubt that about yourself. This may be a wonderful time of healing for both you and your mom, and if not, you'll always know that you were the best son you could be. Go. I'll take care of things here. " Then I'd pack for him, buy his ticket and put him on the plane.

     

    Losing your parent is such a big deal--whatever he is saying, he may not be functionally able to make a good decision right now, and needs you to do it.

    Massive Stress: Job issues / Death

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    It's a bad time... but you can't reschedule death. I'd strongly encourage him to go. Having all the other things to worry about will allow him to be in denial about that loss... but avoidance won't serve him well in the long run. If he doesn't do his grief work now, it's much more likely to have long-term impacts on his mental health. Loss is much more successfully handled when it isn't heavily tinged with guilt. The process of grieving isn't fun... but it is important.

     

    ((Jenne)) Praying for easier times for you.

    POLL: Do you celebrate Halloween?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by Kay in Cal
    just chatting more

    We do! We decorate, trick-or-treat together, hand out comic books as treats (my dh picks them), then sit home and listen to Orson Wells' famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast on CD in the dark. During the day we bake cookies (pumpkins, hats, cats, etc) and decorate them seasonally, carve pumpkins and bake the seeds as snacks... and any other fun activities I can squeeze in. Costumes are enjoyed by all (last year I was Professor McGonegall).

     

    In our old house we had few kids who made it to our door. Our new place--judging by my previous experience--will be different. We now live in a largely hispanic neighborhood, tons of kids, down the street from the elementary school and close to main streets and around the corner from a couple of churches. I figure we're going to see 200 plus kids at least. The last time we lived in a similar neighborhood, we ran out of treats and had to turn out the lights and hide. :w00t: I love this stuff!

    Learning to Read?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Phonics Pathways is a hit here... my ds 4 has known his letter sounds for a while, and PP has smoothly transitioned him into blending. Since this is our first "teaching" to read experience, I've been pleased, and excited by how quickly he's progressed with the exercises.

    Galloping the Globe users

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I've used GTG with a Ker before, and I'm doing world geography again this year with my Ker. GWG is definately "tweakable", in fact, I mostly tweaked.

     

    By the end of the year I was just checking out library books on the countries, printing map and coloring pages off of Enchanted Learning, and using our globe. I did use a few pages from GTG (also you can check out "A Trip Around the World" and "Another Trip Around the World" from Carson-Dellosa--they are very similar). I combined the three resources because I wanted a broader range of countries--I have a list of what they each cover if you want to email me.

     

    I think it was good for me to have GWG because I was new and wanted some confidence and ideas. BUT doing it today, I wouldn't have spent the money. Our public library is good and GWG isn't a full curriculum, more a resource list plus some worksheets and maps and activity ideas. I could pull something together on my own that is comparable, and did so by the end of the year... I've got plenty of multicultural crafts and cooking etc. in my personal library already.

     

    Not sure that helps, and YMMV! :001_smile:

    S/O -- Do you line your trash pails with a plastic or paper bag?

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    I would love to get away from using the plastic bags at all, but I haven't quite worked out how just yet. When I have tossed trash loose into the big garbarge can, I've noticed that bits tend to miss the truck and end up spread out over the street and sidewalk. So, clearly, going completely bagless isn't an option.

     

    We use plastic trash bags... usually the bag goes out to the big garbage bin, not the pail. I'm worried that the can would get sticky/smelly/wet with no liner? Also, we have the big bins that are automatically dumped by a truck as well... I would think there would be lots of stuff falling out if it isn't in bags?

     

    I'd love to find a way to be more responsible with my trash, but I don't want a smelly/messy house or yard either... what works?

    What religion are you really?

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    I'm a Mainline/Liberal Christian Protestant. Since I'm ordained UMC, that's not a surprise! I think obviously many people will have slightly more nuanced answers than they offer, but I just went with the closest... but nice to know the test seems to work.

     

    What I found more interesting than my other close matches (in descending order: liberal Quakers, Unitarian Universalists, Orthodox Quakers and Reform Judaism) was what appeared at the opposite end of the spectrum. My last three were: Jehovah's Witnesses, LDS and Nontheists.

    HSing parents using poor grammar

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Obvious misspellings on a message board don't bug me in general (or else I'd be in real trouble)... but in business or professional life they do.

     

    My personal linguistic pet peeve is when people use similar, but incorrect, words in writing: wreak/wreck/reek for example.

     

    I once received a note from someone asking to use a "Candle opera". It took me a while to figure out she meant a candelabra. But that wasn't a homeschooler!

    3 yr old and scisiors please help me not be angry.

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    About your brothers...this is *their* issue, not yours. ;) It is something they should take up with your parents, not you.

    Aggie

     

    I totally agree with this! I'm a (much) older sibling of two brothers. They are nine and eleven years younger than me, respectively. I was always held to much higher standards than they were when I was in high school and they were in early elementary school. AS I should have been! I wasn't always thrilled to have to be the responsible one, but... that's the way it goes. I can't imagine resenting them today for the fact they happened to be younger than me!

     

    I think your older daughter needs to be held accountable for her actions. She's in the process of becoming an adult. It's a whole new world--with great power comes great responsibility, you know?

     

    If you'd like one of those "there but for the grace of God go you" stories, let me tell you about a girl from my church. She is 16, and was 13 when her only younger sibling--a brother--was born. Her parents are low income immigrants from West Africa, both of whom work multiple jobs long hours. So for three years she has been almost solely responsible for parenting her baby brother. She picks him up from daycare after school, brings him to church on weekends, doesn't go out in the evenings because she is caring for him, etc. Always lovingly and uncomplainingly. I'm sure many people who see her think she is an unwed young mother--but no. She's just being a big sister. She's also a straight A honor student who will probably escape the poverty her family lives in with scholarships and hard work. I look at her, think about my own flighty nature at that age, and have to shake my head...

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