My family is big on hugs and kisses, and I didn't think about the school setting. My pre-K 4 daughter chased all the boys to give them kisses on the cheek. On the other hand, I didn't hear about it until much later, so I guess there were no issues, lol. My kids did attend school at these ages( my oldest did all but grade 4, dd did PreK4) and had a fantastic time. I don't think you teach these ages unless you love kids! Our experience was very positive . The teachers were kind and made the day fun. My kids couldn't wait to tell me all about it. If they serve a snack, that was always my first question. That was the most important thing for my kids. Lining up and keeping hands to self is pretty big, but all kids need work on this. Maybe not to throw blocks or play clothes even if you are not aiming for a person..no target practice. No throwing water from the water table or sand up in the air to see where it goes. I think the teacher always does explain all ot these things though. There may be bells or announcements that are a little loud( It helps to know this for some kids). They may only check out one book at the school library , not 10:). Is it a full day for your K? Tell your kids the hours, and what to expect. My son thought he was coming home when it got dark because it was all day school. Oops. Easy to open containers are super helpful if not having hot lunch. They will need practice. I would pray and go with that answer is for the forth grader. You probably have a first inclination /gut feeling about what to do. I don't know if this will help or not. But I would say that lots of successful, happy, close families here rotate between public school and homeschool. So I have seen lots of wonderful families who have kids in school and love it ,some who homeschool and love it, and others who do bothand also love it. Lots of families do options 1,2,or/and 3 at the same time.Whatever you do with His leading will be a great thing! A friend of mine reminded me recently how very stressful it is to plan out big spans of time. All you need to do is figure out this year. It sounds like you have! It will be great!

Praying for you and your family.

I love a lot of the ideas, but didn't see the one thing I used about everyday. It was an infant car seat that you set in a stroller. I loved not having to wake a sleeping baby when I needed to go to the store/ library/ wherever. Congrats!!!

My oldest is taking four accounting classes...two each five week session. He is hoping to change his graduation date to December. It would be nice to see him for a day or two! My oldest daughter is doing most of the caretaking/ driving for the family as I recover from surgery. It is her first summer without classes in a long time.

We are full pay also, but have great state schools. Our kids have to have a plan of how to support themselves. They can study whatever they want, but our finances are limited. We want to give them the best head start we can, and stress they should take advantage of that opportunity to help themselves.

Editing as I reread this. I don't think we will get all of this done. History/ Literature: Great Books Academy/ Angelicum Greek Year class discussions and discussion with Mom Writing to complete English Credit : only one short class at a time, either Bravewriter Intermediate, ( Expository 1 and 2)..,.Home2Teach Narrative2 (and possibly report, paragraph)..will decide which route to go after trying Bravewriter Math: Algebra2 through VT Algebra, (summer before and after 10th grade) MathUSee Geometry Biology: recorded Homeschool Connections class with Mom using Miller Levine Book and dissections and other labs, some Natural Science Museum dissections Grammar: SAT grammar books (10 minutes a day) Introduction to Computers ( live Homeschool Connections) Art: art class continuing with local artist Electives: The Animation Class(summer), Game design(summer)drivers ed Fun: leadership team youth group, PE at the y, teen homeschool group ( trying out the PE and New homschool group) Second semester: Python or homeschool Spanish Academy

I wonder if you would like central coast California areas like Avila Beach or San luis Obispo. It was sunny almost everyday when we lived in the area and no heat or A/C needed for my family. Temps were pretty much 40/50 at night and in 70's with low humidity during day inland. It was expensive, but really beautiful. It was foggy in the mornings though. https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/93424:4:US http://www.avilabeachpier.com/weather.html

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I was recommending finishing Calc 3 prior to admission to four year school. However, Calc 2 does have the repuation at our state flagship of being the most difficult weed out course. Whether it is because the work ramps up significantly or kids are starting at Calc 2 with AP or Dual Credit for Cal 1 I don't know.

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Maybe check to see if instant pots are ok? My son is trying this out without doing the quick release. Cooks well and only one pan.

We took core classes in the midwest when I went to school. I always thought it was the norm. Engineering students had less core curriculm. For most majors, in most schools, a person does not need to complete all 42 hours prior to tranfer. Look at the websites or google transfer and name of school. The majors drive the requirements needed pror to transfer, 24 is usually the minimum. The more competitive the progam, the more difficult to transfer in in both terms of GPA and number of coursework. Hth https://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/transfer-resources/tccn-transfer-guides https://admissions.tamu.edu/transfer/majors http://www.depts.ttu.edu/admissions/apply/status/transfer/

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Actually Dr. Fung recommends bone broth (homemade) during fasting.https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/practical-fasting-tips-part-12/ I have never tried it as I only do short 16 hour fasts at this point, and i don't want that for breakfast! Totally agree with you on the rest ..I feel great when fasting, and enjoy Dr. Fung's free videos. Working out and eating better/less never worked for me for weight loss. This at least has helped me stabilize my weight until I am ready to loose more.

Hugs! These years are hard on us moms. Would he be willing retake English from the same teacher and humanities from a different/ better organized teacher? I think most schools will substitute the better grade. Would the disability services at his school recommend teachers who would be a better fit? I would guess they may not offically recommend them, but might be able to steer him the right direction. I hope you both have a great summer!

We are doingHomeschool Connections recorded classes.https://view.publitas.com/homeschool-connections/recordedcatalog2016/page/78-79 This course uses the Miller Levine Prentice Hall Biology book. It costs $30 a month for unlimited courses, but they are reordings , with no live interaction. It will be our lecture. There are free Prentice hall online activities by the publisher, and I have a used book from Amazon. The plan is to purchase the Kolbe homeschool lesson plans and lab manual. We are planning to do the experiments either at home or at the natural science musuem, depending on what is offered. If my DD likes this course, we may do their AP recorded advanced Biology .

Junior high is right across the street. Elementary is a little futher away. High school is walking distance. My house is the bus stop for elementary and high school. We drive past one of them everyday going to our acitivites or library. Every once in a while , i will point out the school that they could have been going to . Perfect locationfor a nonhomeschooler I think.

I think an Occupational therapy assistant would be a good fit. Here are salary stats http://www.otcareerpath.com/assistant/salary. Lots OTA s work with kids and some do work in mental health. Occupational Therapist would be good, but it is a pretty intense and stressful process to get into a program.

At state schools around here, if he dual enrolls in Calc...it is only really a good idea if he can complete the sequence through calc 3. Calc 2 is the most difficult from all reports, and it would be a tough first semester. The state schools we looked at did not recommend taking AP credit for calc 1 either for that reason. Another perspective would be to look at what would most help his GPA in the four year school. My ds was pretty happy to have government and history classes to help balance the advanced Math. If he had taken them for dual credit, his GPA would have suffered.

She may also want to look into Occupational Therapy Assistant OTA programs. They often work in similar locations, similar clients. Here the PTA program has a data collection class. OTA has no no math required for the OTA coursework. They both require math as general coursework needed for the associates degree. Editted to add: Correction, I am not sure if additonal math is necessary for these associate degrees. There are no math classes listed on degree plan for OTA here. It might be something to check into. http://www.lonestar.edu/occupational-therapy-aas.htm They get paid a little more than PTAs as well.

I am praying for you and your family. I am so very sorry.

I don't know if this will help, but when I felt like you do, I scheduled. It wasn't much, but it was amazing how much better I felt that a consistent 15/30 minutes was spent just with my youngest. It wasn't the ideal, but when I did this consistently , we did some really fun, and educational things. I love Arcadia's ideas too!

Kind of.... I make our own yogurt once or twice a week. Does that count? We are encouraging kids (and adults) to eat when hungry. Some of my kids wake up pretty hungry and others aren't really hungry until around 11:00. I think there is more sluggishness if eating on a schedule. That being said, my 11 year old can make oatmeal, hard boilded and scrambled eggs..so not much for me to do really.

Praying for you all.

My liberal arts major needed buisness calculus as the lowest level of math at her school. Just something to think about.