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    s/o not requiring children to move out

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Am I the only one that won't require my children to move out when they hit legal adult age?

     

    I went to college and Uni a few years ago and those children were not ready for the environment they were in.

     

    I think it is much healthier to stay at home where you still have family. i watched my nephew and friends choose to move out and they have all gone down hill.

     

    I will encourage college or trade school. I will encourage a savings account. I have talked to my boys about having a down paymet for a home when they get married.

     

    :seeya: Me too!!

    s/o What are you like IRL?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Me too :lol:

     

    I don't go out of my way to be different here than elsewhere, but IRL I don't have an edit button or as much time to think. It also helps that there are more conversations around here that actually interest me than I come across IRL. One of the major conversation points at playgroup is children's parties. I'd rather be friendless than attend kids birthday parties, even when I like the kid. I don't know birthday party etiquette, so I'm sure I'm going to do something wrong and if we're good enough friends that I don't make an excuse to avoid your child's party, I'd rather not offend you by doing whatever it is wrong. And I suck at small talk. I don't have to do small talk online.

     

    I'll stop now before I give myself nightmares.

     

    Rosie

     

    Rosie, you are one person I would LOVE to meet IRL! :)

    Secular box curricula?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Can you list all the complete "box" curricula available? My friend is a humanist and doesn't want to have to filter through books to see if they are secular. This is her first year and she's a little nervous. Grades 2, 3 and 5, if that matters. I've told her about Oak Meadow, but she would like to look at others. :)

    NYT: At least 80 are dead in Norway shooting

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    It is funny how this becomes the de facto response when someone does something horrid and uses the name of Christ to justify it. "Oh, he isn't really Christian." That's so convenient, isn't it? You can pretend he isn't a Christian, but he thinks he most certainly is. He was completely convinced and devout, in his opinion.

     

    But, this is the same thing that Muslims have been trying to say about terrorists who use the name of Islam to justify their actions.

     

    If one must extend grace to the Christian community for the actions of aberrants using the name of Jesus, then grace must also be extended to the Muslim community for the actions of aberrants using the name of Islam.

     

    However, I continue to see people assume the worst of intentions of Muslims. There was a nasty post here (rightly deleted) claiming just that in regard to the Norway tragedy.

     

    There is a lot of hatred out there posturing as religion. If you do nothing more than dismiss the Norwegian shooter as "not Christian" even though he, himself, clearly and strongly identifies as one, then you are simply playing ostrich. I think that when things like this happen, it should be a wake up call to do some serious examination of how the religion is truly operating and effecting people -- not how it SHOULD be, but how it actually IS right now.

     

    :iagree:

    You beat me to it. And much more kindly than I would have put it. Jesus probably wasn't a huge fan of hypocrisy any more than violence.

    :iagree: I could add more, but I won't.

    Why is Oak Meadow so expensive?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I've used both and if you compare apples to apples, Sonlight is hugely expensive.

     

    Sonlight Core A (Kindergarten) $733.98 (complete)

     

    Oak Meadow K $385 (complete with craft kit and K-3rd manuals)

     

    Heart of Dakota LHFHG $242.37

     

    My Father's World K $338.

     

    Living Books Curriculum Kindergarten $499

     

    I think any *complete* curricula you purchase will have sticker shock, but it is a bargain basement price compared to any private school.

    Why is Oak Meadow so expensive?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Well, to homeschool one child for less than $300 a year, that seems like a bargain to me. There is a lot more in the Syllabus than just the schedule in the younger grades. Even though there are separate fairy tale books and craft books, the majority of the stories and ideas are actually in the Syllabus. In fact, you could easily just buy the Syllabus for the younger grades and use Grimm's Fairy Tales or Lang's, and Burgess and Clara Dillingham Pierson Animal books (all free online or at your library) for K through 2nd grade. Add knitting and an instrument, and there you go.

     

    I think it's the best bargain out there if you are truly comparing apples to apples. Look around at a Kindergarten, or 1st--3rd grade program that is "complete" and see how much it is to add math, crafts, grammar, and other things to truly complete it. That's just my humble opinion, two cents worth and all.

    Has anyone used CM Organizer?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I've used it a bit, but IMHO it's very overpriced. HST+ is $50 for life, not $100 per year. It is a slick program, easy to use, well supported, etc. It is also really nice to see JUST what you need that day. But (when I used it anyway) there is no way to prepare or see an entire week. I finally bought HST+ so I could print a whole week at once. Plus I don't like being tied to the computer and there aren't (or weren't) many reports.

     

    I do like the "worked on" feature, and if there was a reasonable, single student version, I'd use it for my self-ed!

     

    :iagree: My thoughts exactly!

    s/o, s/o, CC (hee!) Is a SOF even biblical?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Well said!

     

    hmm......so we MUST all have identical beliefs to have a homeschool coop and allow in someone else's kids, but we can take our OWN kids to dance class, swimming class, gymnastics class, ect. alongside a whole slew of nonbelievers if it suits us, right? But no way are those kids getting into our coop class!

     

     

     

    When I read the Gospels it said Jesus preached to everyone, he didn't ask anyone to sign a statement of faith before they were admitted to the Sermon on the Mount. Why do you want a kid's parents to sign one before he can take a language class at your coop?

     

    Still thinking about all of this.......soooooo, good Christians should isolate themselves from those unpleasant unbelievers, despite the example JC set in the Gospels because Paul said later (in a letter that he probably never thought would be read by a completely different group of people two thousand years or so later) that it was not cool. Got it. Paul trumps JC.

     

    Wait, UNLESS of course those nice Christians are on a MISSION trip in some exotic foreign country, then it is okay to talk to and interact with the unpleasant unbelievers in the hopes that your lovely Christian example will influence the heathen to convert. But you better not try that in your own country! Save that example and all those good works for the people who live far, far away from you! It is just too stressful to set such a nice example of love and caring ALL the time. Especially towards those pesky non Christian kids who keep wanting to show up in your coop. Save it for the foreign kids! I mean, you don't want to be accused of setting such a wonderful example of the best of Christianity that those local kids might want to convert, because God only gives credit for converting foreigners.

     

    I think I'm catching on........

    What am I doing wrong here?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I'm going to disagree with the majority. Five is young and a lot of five year olds (especially boys) just might not be ready for any sort of sit-down academic kind of work.

     

    Not that you would want to follow it exactly but you still might want to read "Better Late Than Early" by the Moores just for a little perspective.

     

    K didn't used to be academic back when we were in school. 1st Grade used to be time enough for that. Now K is more academic to "prepare" kids for 1st, and pre-k is more academic to "prepare" kids for K- me, I'm more about letting little kids just be little kids, keeping things very hands-on and informal and, yes, fun. There's nothing wrong with fun when you're five. There's time enough for the "school doesn't have to be fun and school has to happen!" attitude throughout their whole lives. It doesn't have to happen at 5. In many places, K isn't even mandatory. Where I live, compulsory school age doesn't even start until kids are 8.

     

    Which is just to say, if he's not ready, not interested, beginning to "hate school," and you don't want that attitude to carry on and/or become really ingrained in him, I personally think it's fine to take a step (or two) back, relax, look for something more interest-led and fun, give it another six months or a year and then try again if you want to with your K plans. Even informally, he'll still learn lots. How can he not? Kids learn from the world around them all the time, even when you're not trying.

     

    Just for fun, here's something I wrote about my son, called "A Kindergarten Dropout"....

     

    http://nancextoo.livejournal.com/190076.html

     

    But the truth is- it doesn't matter what any of us say. What do YOUR instincts tell YOU about YOUR child? Good luck, whatever you decide!

     

    :iagree: He's just 5.

    Paper expense tracking

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Thank you for the ledger recommendation, I will check that out. :)

     

    My computer availability is spotty. I don't have access to one every day, sometimes only once a week or so (I share a laptop with my sister -- long story). I would like some way to keep up with paper, if possible. If we purchase a computer and I can sit down and learn, I agree with you, I should learn to use a program like Quicken.

    Paper expense tracking

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by tinkhs
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    I didn't really need the receipts, but you never know. :) I was wondering about a notebook or a binder. An envelope is less bulky and it can fit in my purse. I don't think I can manage the cash thing, so I was trying to find a way to keep track and still use checks or a debit card.

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