[Earth Science for 9th Grade?]

Thanks! Will take a look at these!

[Earth Science for 9th Grade?]

I'd like to do earth science for 9th grade. Any suggestions for a text? I've seen some on Amazon, but I'm afraid of ending up with a college level text by accident!

 

Thanks!

[Lumps in yogurt]

Eat it. I have Stoneyfield Farms yogurt for breakfast every morning. I've found the lumps tend to smooth out if you stir it a bit in your bowl.

[I can't believe no one has posted this yet. Happy Birthday SWB]

It's my daughter's birthday too! Happy birthday Susan! :party:

[Classic Literature for grades 4 & 5]

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field

The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

[FLL 3 do you tear out the student pages?]

I tore them out.

[Does this sound like an okay plan for science?]

My 5th grader has decided she'd like to study animals for science this year, instead of what we had planned.

 

I am thinking that lapbooks from Hands of a Child may be the way to go. We'd do Animal Classification, Animal Life Cycles, and then specific animals such as penguins, owls, rabbits, horses, etc.

 

I guess I'm concerned the lapbooks won't be "scienc-y" enough, which is probably silly. The lapbooks are all designed for upper elementary to middle school. Does it sound like an okay plan, or should I look for something else? It would have to be secular.

 

Thanks!

[Aug 1 starters -- check in:]

Started 5th grade with DD today. She really likes that we switched to Teaching Textbooks for math. She told me several times how much she likes it. I think her favorite part is her little hippo "buddy" in the corner. :D

 

DS started 8th grade in December and is still working on it, so nothing new for him today.

[Back to school today!]

Starting 5th grade today. My 8th grader started in December and is still plugging away.

[Old Disney movies]

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin. It's based on Sid Fleischman's book By The Great Horn Spoon. I think it's DD's new favorite movie. We got it on Wednesday, and she's watched it daily since, with another viewing planned for today!

[Anyone's child have a cardiac catheterization study?]

My son didn't have a study, but he did have heart surgery via catheter. The only pain he had afterward was from the bladder cath. He didn't want to go to the bathroom because it hurt.

 

I don't think he had to stay still for a long time. His owies were tiny. The surgery was scheduled for 6 am, and he was home by 4 that afternoon, which included a stop for food.

[s/o Craziest things strangers have said to you]

Not a stranger, but one of my friends.

 

I was speaking to a new aquaintance, and said, "DH and I have two kids."

 

Friend spoke up and said, "No, DH and you have one kid."

 

"We have two kids, P and S."

 

"No, you and DH have S. P isn't his kid."

 

I just sort of stared at him, I think. Then I managed to inform him that P is indeed my DH's child.

[What are you using next year?]

For my DD who will be doing the first of two planned years of 5th grade:

Story of the World Volume II

Teaching Textbooks 7

Advanced Language Lessons

Writing With Skill

Red Hot Root Words, followed by Rockin' Root Words

Books 4-6 of A History of US (listening to the audio books only)

Novel studies

Powerglide Spanish

Interest based thematic units

For her science, I'm going to experiment with using the Horrible Science books along with the Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia. If that fails, Noeo Physics.

 

For DS, finishing up Keystone Online Middle School's eighth grade program, and beginning high school with them. His 9th grade schedule is planned to be

Geography

English I

Biology & Bio Lab

Geometry

Game Design.

He will do Powerglide Spanish as well.

[One Last Google Spin-off: What Ads Follow You?]

I keep getting ads for an Alpha Omega sale that ended in April. It just will not go away!

[What do I need to know about hamsters . . .]

Honestly, I would go for a guinea pig instead. They are much friendlier and easier to tame.

[Precocious Puberty - Anone BTDT?]

It seems to me like almost all the girls are developing earlier than I remember happening when I was young. I realize I haven't done a scientific study, but it seems like puberty is hitting at an earlier age. I mentioned that in one of my moms groups and someone (who sounded so smart when she said it) stated that it is the result of the hormones that have been added to the meats we eat. Is that true? Have you all noticed this trend?

 

I have no idea if it's true, but I know that I had HORRIBLE periods as a teen, and was advised to give up eating red meat. When I finally did, it helped enormously. I still had a rough time until I went on BC, but I could definitely tell the difference without meat.

[8FillTheHeart needs our prayers for her granddaughter born at 28 weeks]

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

[Moms of girls - female content]

I'm just discussing this with my 9 year old now. We are reading The Care and Keeping of You together. Today we got to the section on periods. Her reaction was, "That's digusting!" :lol:

 

She did enjoy the show and tell I did of various supplies. We soaked a disposable pad and tampon so she could see how absorbent they are. Then I showed her some cloth pads. She really liked those, and that will be the way we go when it's time.

[Mild deodorant recommendation?]

I just bought some kids deodorant called Junior Varsity for my 9 year old dd. She's only been using it for a couple of days, but she likes it. It is cherry scented. They also have an unscented one, and their products are all natural. Here's the website: http://jvnaturals.com/

[this may be the worst day of my life: buying all new appliances]

We have a Samsung side by side fridge, and I love it. Apparently they are just about the best out there. Much better than the Whirlpool we bought and then returned for the Samsung. It didn't cool properly, and the noise it made drove me crazy! We got it on a Saturday, and by Thursday I told my husband that it went or I did!

[Strongly considering stretching 6th grade out over two years.]

 

So I'm seriously considering reporting her as a 5th grader for the second year in a row. But... I am not planning on changing anything in her curriculum, or the pace at which we go through it. She'd just be an "advanced" 5th grader rather than a more average 6th grader.

 

This is exactly what I'm planning to do with my DD, going into the fifth grade in fall. She has an August birthday, and was always the youngest in the class, because she barely made the cutoff. I think the extra year will be very good for her.

[SOTW 4 Question]

I agree. Kingfisher is the way to go.

[Will I have to go live in a tent on the outskirts of the Hive if....]

We tried Latin. DD had a hard time with it, so we dropped it. She is finding Spanish a bit easier!

[My name is Amy and I am an Amazon addict]

My name is Cris and I'm an Amazon addict too. My clicky finger just gets away from me sometimes, and next thing I know, the UPS man is ringing my doorbell. :D

I just today discovered that I can buy my vitamins cheaper on Amazon. Of course I had to order some!

[Self Loathing Worst Mother of the Year]

Last November, my DD complained of an itchy bottom. I took her to the pediatrician, thinking it was a yeast infection. Doctor said that there was no yeast, and sent me home to use a cleansing lotion on her. I also gave her oatmeal baths. I treated her for pinworm. The itching persisted, but what with one thing and another, it was almost a month before I got her back to the doctor.

 

We saw a different practitioner that time. She thought it might be pinworm, even though I'd treated for it, and was going to give me a prescription for a med that was stronger than the OTC one. When she was writing out the script, she stopped and said, "I'm going to test her for strep!" Sure enough, my poor dd had had a raging strep infection on her bottom for weeks! I was sure I was the world's worst mother then!