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one of my all-time faves is, "Whole Foods for the Whole Family," by LLL International.
I second this. Also, if you can find it, More-with-Less by Doris Janzen Longacre is an amazing resource of all foods from scratch. We use it a lot it our house and have for years. HTH!
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Oh my gosh, lol. Did you ever go meet the homeschool family at the end of the street? if not, GO! Solidarity in numbers right?
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I've been trying but they seem to be gone this month! It will happen, I do feel a little like a stalker by riding by on my bike all of the time :001_smile:. This comment was from right across the street, as in the house we see everyday and where there will be a new bus stop starting in September. For the same school we are zoned for, etc.,etc.,etc. The fun never stops!
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real school?" - newest question from our newest neighbor. Sigh....
I feel like we are actually doing real school all of the time, everyday. Real learning and real experiences. :glare:
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I'm not a huge fan of him for all life decisions. Sounds like a great thing for your life-congratulations!
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I know tessintheburbs and nestof3 IRL. I've met others but am terrible with names so forgive me :).
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My son has only ever colored when he is personally motivated and not any other time. He will draw and he loves to paint so he does get to practice those fine motor skills. Oh, and I just bought all three new boxes of 64 Crayola Crayons and they all now have a renewed interest in coloring.
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I am using I Can Do All Things by Barry Stebbing with my 7, 9, and 11 year olds. We've dropped Friday science and inserted art instead. It's great to have that time each week. My older kids do their art at the same time.
We use this, too. Mine are 10, 7 and 6 and we generally do art on Mondays. They love that we do art every week and it's easy to switch mediums with this program. One week we will practice drawing, the next we might do a marker card and then painting the next week. My younger really just started in this year so he'll get to catch up to what his sisters have already done and I'll pick another book from the program for them. HTH
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We have two, our first one is now for our guests. We love them! Our first one is over 10 years old and our current one is almost two. I can make my side perfect even though my version of perfect is not anywhere close to mine.
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Breastmilk -my mom founded her local LLL chapter and my dad helped with the meetings, too.
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I have an Inbox for work to be turned into me. Behind my spot at the table I have a shelf with my planners and all Teacher's guides. Theoretically I check all work the same day it comes in for immediate feedback. In practice we just started so I don't know how long I'll keep that up. If I don't get to it during the day at least I have a special spot to sit down and check everything and either return the work or file in our work binders. I do not file daily, or weekly, or even monthly; I file when my box of completed work is too full for more papers :). I've considered that this year, when our after school activities start in September, I may need to have a totebag at the ready to take my work with me while I wait at gym and soccer and choir and..... HTH!
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My dd7 (2nd grade) is doing the following this year:
FLL 2
Writing Tales
Spelling Workout
Sonlight for reading, history, read alouds and bible
Horizons Math 2
Explode the Code books 6-8
Real Science 4 Kids Biology
How Great Thou Art
HTH!
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Well mine all slept past 8 this morning for the first time in awhile, too. I'm still hoping to get outside for some art this afternoon (you know the Japanese gardens down the road from me?) but we will see.... Hope your first day is great!
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Over your lifetime, you can do both:
Educate your kids at home and 12 years from now go back to teaching, if you want to help the future of other children. :001_smile:
Thanks for this, I was stuck in a loop that didn't give room for the broader perspective. I also did some more research on the origins of the film, etc., and I feel that I can see the agenda for what it is and put the film into the proper place. I've never seen a lottery like that before for charter school places and that was interesting but obviously played for sympathy and the "ultimate tears moment". Still, my bil and sil live in a big city where charter schools play a huge role in the education choices available to their family. They cannot afford private school and do not want to send their oldest (entering K) to the public school that they are zoned for in their neighborhood. They entered 2 lotteries for charter schools and she was accepted into their second choice. They are not altogether confident in this option but are not the type of family to homeschool either, so it has given me some new perspective on school choices. I appreciate the feedback and do continue to look for ideas on how to improve the education provided to our nation's children. I, of course, have very strong opinions on how children should be brought up but also understand that not everyone is me!
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Just watched this yesterday from Netflix and have found myself reverting back to my teacher training days and wondering how true this movie really is today. I trained back in the early 90's and was super gung ho about the whole "I'm going to change the world of education" spirit. I joined the NEA right away only to discover that I had just joined a huge political entity that I disagreed with on many points. Am I ruining the future education of other children by staying home and teaching my own??
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I don't but I've always wanted to get one. I, unfortunately, have a bleeding disorder that keeps me from getting one or from donating blood. I always wanted a small unicorn on my shoulder.
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We start with read alouds, but this year that's not even technically correct because we are using two different Sonlight Cores. I start with oldest dd and her read alouds, then while she moves on to writing down her individual assignments I do the reading with middle dd and youngest ds. Since they don't have as much work they don't generally start until after my oldest.
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Today - we will start everything except Latin and Logic. We will school for 2 weeks, have a week off for a family reunion trip and then return to all subjects mid-August. We are very ready for our regular schedule to return and to have a reason to not have all of the neighbor kids over all day looking to be entertained.... PS don't start here until after Labor Day and I simply cannot wait that long because I do not like to be still working hard in June when the weather is beautiful.
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All three of mine are limited to 30 minutes of computer time (via passwords and controlled access to certain games and websites only). This year my oldest will have schoolwork assignments using the computer so she will get some school time as well. TV doesn't come on until everyone is done with all school for the day. We frequently have days where the TV never even comes on. If we have a DVD for school or a Netflix, it's easy to limit that because once the DVD is done everything goes off. Only my ds is interested in the Wii so he usually picks that instead of a TV show after all school is done. Our summer break ends this weekend so we will start these rules now so as to better start school on Monday.
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Here is what I have planned for my 2nd grade dd, starting on Monday. FLL2 (3x per week), Writing Tales (daily), Horizons Math (daily), Sonlight Core C (4 days/week), Spelling Workout (daily), Explode the Code book 6 (daily), PictureSmart Bible (daily). Starting in September we will add Real Science 4 Kids Biology (2 x week) and Logic (2 x week). I'm planning the morning for her and ds6 and his first grade work. I know my fifth grade dd10 will continue her work into the afternoon but I'm hoping for her to still be done with work by 3ish so that she has free time before after school activities. We do not have anything planned for out of the house during the day at this point.
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What a good sport!
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DH jokes already about building one in the backyard with a TV and fridge for him and ds when both dd hit puberty.
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Waterside Marketplace has gone down hill big time so I'm not even sure there is a decent place to eat there. I'd head for MacArthur Center for lunch and shopping and spend a couple hours at the Chrysler Museum. I love this museum, they have a varied collection for many different interests. Also they have a place to eat lunch at the museum that is very good. HTH
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Technically this is already offered if you consider things like K12 (which is completely paid for in some states). Yes the parent has to facilitate and be there, but it seems as if most of the organizing and planning is all done.
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I've met many families in this last move to our new neighborhood who homeschool with K12 because of problems at school. If you ask me, there are plenty of choices out there with a SAHM homeschooling her own children being just one of many that works for families. I have come to see homeschooling as a lifestyle choice for our family but it is not for everyone.
Baby dolls...
in General Education Discussion Board
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Out of my 3, 2 have played with baby dolls consistently since they were little. Many people guess that would obviously be my 2 girls but it's dd7 and ds6. They both nursed the babies when they were toddlers, they constantly take care of the dolls and include them in our school time, etc. My oldest has an American Girl Doll that she saved up for but I think she was more motivated to do that because her siblings both love dolls and she wanted to be included. She has never really been into dolls.