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I have to agree - I have learned so much from this board and I really appreciate how I can ask anything. Thank you SWB!
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I wanted to put in my 2 cents. As a child the only church exposure that I had was VBS every summer. For one week, my parents would let me attend VBS with my neighborhood friends. That was a wonderful experience for me and I feel those positive summers of VBS led me to be a follower of Christ today. I also sympathize with the frustrations of VBS, our church is large and runs a huge VBS each summer. Last summer was my first time to volunteer as an adult and it was quite the eye-opening experience to the problems that can happen. It takes a lot to put on, but I believe it's well worth it. I'll be teaching again this summer.
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Most of our schools are fenced in and "off-limits" but we have great public parks around here. We have occasionally met with a large group using the public park but I usually stand my ground and watch my 3 really well while we play, too. Lately a certain private school has been at our "regular" public parkdays but I've never let them run us off to go somewhere else. I'm not going to even ask for use of public school services but I will use the public parks without worrying about what other groups are doing. I have found that our public schools have really had to cut back on their field trips this year, we have yet to run into a large mass of children and we are out all of the time at our local attractions.
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Having entered the home education arena only 2 years ago, I had never given much thought to all of these issues. (As a parent and a elementary education teacher I should have). Now I see just how efficient and wonderful home education can be, but I guarantee there are a lot of people out there who think homeschool must mean "slacking off" or used as an excuse to be lazy. My in-laws were "absolutely amazed" this past weekend at how wonderful dd is doing at home and how she can "still make friends so easily!" but they are still not convinced that we're not completely off our rockers. It is so hard to teach to a classroom of 25 first graders that I'm still so amazed at how easy it was to teach my own first grader and how much more we got to do this year. It's ridiculous that public school is used as the standard to which all educational opportunities are held; aren't they failing millions of kids across the country?
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My favorite was when I was pg with #3 and out with a 3yo and 1yo, "what were you thinking?!" from some guy at the grocery store. That was nice.....
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It's not a Great Book, but in my house, it is a classic.
:iagree:
I've read it at least 10 times.
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I here you about schooling in the playroom, but it has worked out fairly well for us this past year. Our playroom is still mostly a playroom with a couple of shelves for school supplies and books, and we have a table (our old kitchen table) in there where we can all sit and work. It's off of the kitchen (and would be the formal dining room if I wanted one) and works well to work with one while the other 2 are crafting or playing or building, etc. When my oldest needed some quiet time to work on math or something alone she would go to my bedroom where she can close the door and use my sewing table for her work, but she doesn't like to be alone very often. Mostly we are all together in the playroom or the living room for all of our projects/freeplay. HTH
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When my oldest attended K last year, she got recess on T/Th, that was it. And if the weather was not nice,too bad so sad. Also they do PE outside but they are always using the parking lot instead of the huge grassy field, that I just do not understand.
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We use what would be our dining room for our school/playroom; everything is organized on those cubby organizers from Target and a label maker so that we know where things go when we are done. We are lucky enough, though to have an eat-in kitchen area that we can use most of the time for meals. When we need more room than for us we put away our school stuff and art projects in the school room and use that table, too (they are next to each other). We keep our school stuff on 2 shelves but do a lot of school actually in the living room on the couch, reading books or listening to CD's. HTH
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We've only used it once (so far) in our house and it was for my oldest when she told us she was going across the street to a certain house to play but went somewhere else - she was grounded from leaving our yard for 2 weeks, no matter how many of her friends were out to play. It took me 20 minutes to find her and I was very upset. My parents used grounding instead of spanking and frequently more chores while we were grounded.
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Cheese Raviollis and bread with spaghetti sauce - a kid favorite :)
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My oldest loves to try out older books, she carries them around and practices. Our last 2 read-alouds were picked because of her interest in them.
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Mine are still young and are all in their rooms by 7:30, the girls share a room and get to have their light on until 8 if they are quiet (they usually read together) but ds is lights out a bit earlier as he no longer naps and really needs the sleep. They are all up around 7 on their own; keeping them up later has never resulted in them sleeping later, just in grouchy children :)
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Make a spaghetti pizza pie -
Spaghetti Pizza Pie
Prep. 15 min.
Cook. 30 min. at 350
Yield: 8 servings
8 oz. spaghetti, cooked and drained
½ C grated parmesan cheese
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 pound ground beef, cooked and drained
2 C spaghetti sauce
1 pkg (8 oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese
Toss cooked spaghetti, parmesan and egg. Place in greased 9 inch pie plate. Press along bottom and sides to form crust. Mix cooked meat and spaghetti sauce and spread over crust. Sprinkle all with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting into pie slices to serve.
This is a huge hit at our house, and you're already a step ahead with the cooked noodles - HTH
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We have 20 cotton napkins in several different fun fruit fabrics that I hemmed on the machine. I made them about 3 years ago and have yet to thrown one away, they all wash well with the rest of my laundry and I do not iron them! I was thinking about making a few more as we run out when we have company. They are very casual napkins, we do not have napkin rings.
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Well, my dd6 loves her collection of abridged classics from Usborne, all books that are boosting her independent reading confidence and she loves the characters. While she was reading the abridged version of The Wizard of Oz we read the whole and complete version as a read-aloud as a family. They are much better than some of her other choices and are really boosting her reading level. I believe they will provide her with a good foundation that she will build on when she can read the complete novels later. JMHO
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Either dh or myself, but we rarely get to all go together to everything :) If I didn't enjoy any aspect of what they were doing I'd still go, if just to support them in what they want to do.
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I forgot about the granola! It's such a staple in our house now, and my 6yo can make a pretty decent batch almost on her own. Love More-With-Less!
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Usually in the afternoon in conjunction with kid's activities - I grocery shop with my younges while the other 2 are at dance, for example. We combine trips as much as possible and since dh is out and about for his job sometimes I can get him to help me out.
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This is a great thread - after a somewhat stressful day of potty training the youngest I was losing sight of the big picture again. :) I agree with so much that's already been said, I just wanted to add that kids should get to pick their friends, not have to hang with the same group because that's where they've been assigned based on age or grade or any other arbitrary designation. The freedom to explore our world at their own pace would be at the top of my list as well.
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You could check out where my girls go, the Nice School on Princess Anne Road. The prices are reasonable, IMO, and this is our 2nd year. They both want to do it again next year so I'm getting into the dance groove of extra rehearsals and recital preparations. I believe they don't sign up for next year until August, though.
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The very first thing that popped into mind is the pancake mix using the soy flour option - it makes a healthy breakfast so super easy and delicious! We also love the Pilgrim's Bread :) I have made several of the rice dishes and all have been good. My favorite dessert is the Coconut Cream Pie; it's super easy, delicious and makes it's own pie crust!
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Through all of this discussion I look at my 3 children and think "Would any of you know which one was bottle-fed if you met them today?" My mom bf all 3 of hers and was a LLL leader for years, I remember helping her with meetings at our home and learning a lot about bf. I know the benefits of bf, but I would challenge anyone to guess the difference now :) My mil, on the other hand, still doesn't understand why anyone would bf and certainly didn't with her 2 boys. It was certainly easier once we got things all figured out but it didn't keep any of my thumbsuckers from not sucking their thumbs nor did it make (IMHO) any of them smarter than their bottle-fed sibling.
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This looks very similar to what I have planned for 2nd and K next year (with a preschooler in the mix), only we're using Horizons Math until 3rd grade then probably switching to Saxon in 4th grade. How much time daily do you think you'll spend?
just curious---what is your scedule?
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Mine are young, so our schedule is very flexible. My goal is to school in the morning and have our afternoons free; my oldest does better in the morning. We start with math as that is her hardest subject and she's fresh and ready to go.
9-9:30 math
9:30-10:30 language/reading/writing
10:30-11 - break/recess outside if nice :)
11-12 - History on M/W, Science T/TH, Art Friday
We do a lot of read-alouds all together in the afternoons/evenings; and we are a very crafty family so we are often crafting all together in the afternoons. Next year I'll have a 2nd grade, K'er and Pre-K so we'll see how much structure I need to add.
I'm thinking:
9-9:45 - math
9:45-10 - break
10-10:45 - language arts (reading/writing/phonics)
10:45-11 - break
11-12 - history (M/W), Science (T,Th), Art Fridays
Also on Tuesdays the oldest 2 will have music classes and on Wednesdays they are all in our church choir. Fridays are lighter as we have a regular homeschool playgroup.
HTH