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Ok, what you guys who have questions have to do is read the package inserts for the vaccines. And ask yourself who the safety studies are done on. You would be surprised if you knew.
Look at every single side effect.
Look for any safety study done on the vaccines and look to see if there is an opposite study. There are boundless studies on the harmful effects of what is in a vaccine. Ask yourself if you would drink a vaccine? Look for facts.
How many of you have read the court cases where the FDA is saying to dumb down the vaccine info, because parents are not smart enough to understand the effects and studies? Isn't the FDA supposed to protects us?
Look at the disease statistics, how to treat the disease etc. Start out one at a time and thoroughly explore it.
Why are the cvpd making a shift to adults?
Just some food for thought.
Yes, the Poling family was awarded a ton of money. Ask yourself why is that case sealed from the public? Why don't they want everyone to read the facts? Yes the vaccine triggered an underlying condition, which can happen to anyone. Just look at the vaccine reactions.
Also, there are many, many more people who have been awarded money for vaccine damages. If there is no damage from vaccines-why are the courts awarding money? If there were proof (and there has been no long term study on the safety of vaccines), why is the USA giving money to people w/ vaccine damaged children???
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It isn't a matter of trusting the media. It is a matter of looking at the studies. No studies have found any link between autism and vaccines. There have been many. The one study that purported the link only had 14 kids in it and has been discredited.
What I found fascinating was that the latest study found a small correlation with vaccination and less chances of autism. This study also looked at whether amounts of vaccine given at one time had any correlation with autism- they didn't.
Researchers are thinking that genetics has a lot to do with it and I think in the next few years, we will be finding out what are the markers. There are lots of diseases that they are searching for markers so I guess it takes time.
I need to read through the whole thread. I have a question though-do you know why that study was discredited? What about the studies done prior to that which proved the Same thing and were not discredited?
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Ha. I have a question. What is the correct pronunciation of this word? McGough? I looked it up-it has 14 different ways to pronounce it! So which way is it?
There is a park near me with that name and today I said it was McGough (long O), and then he said, no "f", because of the suffixes in America, blah, blah, blah. So I just had to look it up when I got home.
What "rule" do you use for a word like that? In PP, it's under long O, F, and short O, but no explanation.
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I was thinking. Those of us who have to incorporate the school grade levels, has an impact on what curric we chose, and when that starts to cover formal grammar.
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I just checked our standards since they are updated now on the web. The math is being taught now-my cousin told me she had to teach the new math the week before school started. I glanced over the LA-some of it is in revision/draft still, but the rest is not. If they actually teach the topics, they will be teaching for 1st g-+ more
compound words
dictionary and how to use it (a simple photo one)
synonyms
nouns,pronouns
singular/plural nouns
verbs
singular/possessive
sentence structure, outlines, paragraphs etc
So, most of us teach by level at home, which makes sense to me. But for those of us in my state-we'd have to teach this is 1st gr, if there were a chance the kids would be going into school. I could technically skip this for this year though, because ds would be K, not 1st. So I could relax on the grammar more this year.
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Is there anything in between? Fll is going slow for us too, though we did just start. I feel like we've already condensed the first bunch of lessons. I looked at that Grammar Island, but it looked to advanced. So is there anything in the middle? I keep seeing Lively Latin-that teaches English grammar as well as Latin?
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I was wondering the same thing. Thanks :)
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I don't agree with this - my state has requirements and standardized testing. Testing begins in 3rd grade (not taking into account you can actually "skip" this year and test in 4th grade) and a ps 3rd grader is typically 8 years old since our cut off is later. So if I have an 8 year old doing 2nd grade work, they aren't going to pass the 3rd grade standardized test. Additionally, my state has requirements and I'm pretty sure that grammar begins in 1st grade. So I don't agree that grade level is irrelevant for what we want to teach them - at least in my state. We are required to report at 6 years old and the requirements listed are for 1st - 6th (elementary) so when we begin to report, we begin by reporting them as 1st graders.
Ellie, you must have HSed in a relaxed state! Which is what the difference probably is.
Exactly, and part of my thought process on teaching LA so young. For us, we can do either an assessment or test as home schoolers. I don't know what's on the test-I think it's generalized by grade, not age. So if you submit your letter and state the year will be 1st g, at the end of the year, they test on 1st g knowledge. We can avoid that via an assessment so we can teach what we want.
But the public school has tests each year and the child needs to know the stuff on it. Our public schools teach to pass the test, and don't stray too much from it. (I have no idea what private does). So, I think Fl is a pretty relaxed state as far as home school requirements, but if you're some one like me, who is doing home school as a trial (for what ever reason), I have to make sure I am covering what the public schools are at least. Does that make sense?
Since they are redoing the curriculum, I'm going to have to make up a ps chart by grade, to see what's covered. If they start teaching formal grammar in 2nd g, then I have to as well. I don't think they do in 1st g, but I'm not sure. But if they are starting formal grammar in 1st now, I must make sure my child knows it.
I had 1/2 day kindergarten when I was a kid. I didn't even realize K was full day until about 6yrs ago, when my cousin started to sub. She said K'rs have just so much to learn, that they have a full day now. I can't imagine sending my 5yr old to sit in school (no recess) for a full day.
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What are the main differences w/ FLL and this? Ds isn't really liking FLL and neither am I. I keep having to supplement to go w/ it. He likes the fables well enough, but I can do those separate. We did just start it though, so I want to give it some time.
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Are there samples anywhere of Singapore? I think I can get what I need at a discount, once I figured out exactly what I need. Are the two interchangeable (can you use MM extra worksheets along w/ Singapore)? Or does Singapore have extra worksheets/review if needed, like MM does?
That was one of the biggest differences right (besides cost)?
Singapore has more concepts per grade and less review, than MM? I think floridamom asked that too. And has anyone switched later than level 1 to Singapore and had gaps?
Since she's not adding more, I think I'd rather not switch from one to the other later on. I'm being optimistic that we'll still be h/s by then :)
Floridamom-have you looked at Borders? They have Singapore there, but I don't know what edition it is. I think it's the US ed, but not positive. I haven't checked B&N yet.
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I think it's so individual. Some parents just teach to where their kids are, so you get a 5 year old who is ready for 1st grade content, but may be called a K'er.
But are you saying you disagree with the content that some are teaching, even if their child seems ready? Again, I think it's individual. Early grammar stage is el primo time for memorization, so learning the definitions of nouns or other parts of speech, spelling/phonics rules, etc., can be practically painless if the application of those rules isn't required until a little later.
I absolutely agree that there's no need to push, and happen to think that reading, and being read to, is GREAT prep for more mature LA work.
No, no. I know it's individual, and some kids are even at a higher level due to being more advanced. Yesterday after we had done our grammar, I realized the white board was covered in all these c&p nouns, and ds had written a dictation (& he's fine w/ that). But I started to wonder if it was a bit much. Especially when I saw that quite a bit of the 1stg here are over 6. Of course I've met people irl, who think that teaching a child to read or even start math, at 5 is crazy, so...
I'm in agreement that the mind is like a sponge and that getting them familiar with these things are good. Maybe it's a first child thing? Shrug. In 2 yrs I prob won't think much of teaching my little guy nouns at 5. That or I'll want to put it off since he's my baby, baby :)
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I see quite a few 5-6yr olds doing 1st g here, and then 7yr olds. Are we expecting too much from the younger ones? Should we be doing K w/ them, or just follow their lead for the most part? I'm loosely following TWTM 1st g, because ds has already surpassed some, and is almost caught up to the rest of the K curric here (math).
I keep thinking about the LA aspect of things for 1st g. Do we really need to teach them nouns, pronouns, sentence structure, verbs, spelling etc? Are they going to retain it at ages 5 & 6? Should we just be reading a lot, and if they can read, have them read? And skip actually teaching them the other stuff for LA and wait until they are 7? Does any one else feel this way?
Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, since our kids are home?
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I'm wondering about this too. If MM stops at 6th grade, then what? She suggests moving right to a pre-algebra text book. But Singapore goes to 12 right? Is it possible to switch to Singapore after MM is completed, or is she going to add more courses?
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I saw yesterday she has a 33% off on her page for the downloads, which you can get on a cd, if I understood right.
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What's OT?
Doesn't PP have some games in there for blending? Ds had a time blending too, but I think it was due to how I taught him to put words together and he had to relearn. Once he got the connection, it was fine. We just kept practicing in PP.
Cursive. ? Ds saw cursive yesterday and wants to try it. He woke up this morning and is asking me where the letters are with the little curves on them are. I'm going to let him try, only because he has an interest and wants to. He'll either see that he can or can't do it yet.
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Easy so far. I meet so many home schoolers, compared to where we used to live. Since ds is only 5, we haven't sent our letter of intent yet. In addition to what other pp have said, maybe check yahoo once you get here for any local home school groups to meet? See if you like any of the people/make some friends, etc. Fl has a huge h/s convention in May, in Orlando. There are smaller ones in each county I think though. On the fpea, you can find your area rep and contact them for your county info.
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I gave the main page-oops
http://www.floridastandards.org/Courses/CourseDescriptionSearch.aspx
This has the math set in I think-if you scroll down, you can click on each grade for an overview. But you can just change what you want to look at in the drop bar. I was trying to find when they start division. I'm trying to find a math program that will work for us, but I have to make sure I cover what each grade does as well, or exceed it, and not make my child crazy. I feel like I'm going to seriously screw up math, well h/s in general some days.
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I downloaded the trial and like it. Ds said he likes it better-it's making him think about the math. Looks like I'll be looking for the blue series.
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We went dairy free for ds about 2 months ago. He's drinking almond milk. We used to drink more, because he loved it. I buy a qrt of cow milk in case dh wants some, and the boys and I drink the almond milk-though not a lot of it. I'd say a gallon in 2 wks maybe. The only other dairy in our house is cheese.
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I agree w/ MDC too :) One other thing-is this going to be done immediately after birth? Whether it is or not though, find out if you or dh can be there and be insistent about it. They obviously can't do a retraction w/ one of you there, right?
I don't trust the hospital at all. With ds1, I had notes posted all over him to not circ him, not give him formula, not give him a pacifier, not take him from my room etc. They still tried-everything! Our medical system can be amazingly ignorant of us when they chose to be. Every single wbv too almost, they wanted to retract him-what's with that?
Anyhow, good luck. Persist w/ what you want. Get it in writing if possible that they will not retract, seeing as pp have had a catheter and not had to have a retraction done. Hopefully, all will be fine when he's born.
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Hey, that sounds like the schedule I'm following :) 10wks on, a few off, 10 wks on etc.
I have friends your way :)
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http://www.fldoe.org/bii/curriculum/sss/
It's the same for the state I think. New standards being started. My cousin is a tchr a county over, and she said she was in charge of teaching the new math the week before school started. The week before!
Anyhow, you select curriculum, then what you want in the drop down boxes. It's a bit annoying, and really, you only have to read the titles of each Bright Idea level, though clicking on each one will give an example of the course (like in one for math, it says that kids use pictures to see addition).
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So I worry, and worry that we won't cover what K is teaching, we'll fall behind, this is a trial, etc...Parents here have told me different things from K class teaches almost nothing, to actually teaching stuff. So I checked our county K curriculum (they are revising it though). Here it is for ps-
Math-#'s to 20
greater than/less than to 20
word problems w/ pics for +/- to 20
shapes-2 and 3 dimensional, position
measuring, weights
patterns
calendar, time
LA-
recognize words in a sentence
letters from words and separate sounds in a sentence
match print to speech
parts of a book and how to read it
letters of the alphabet
auditory something about picking out words in a sentence
identify, blend and segment syllables
3 letter words -cvc
decode words via isolation in context (cvc)
create grade app vocab
understanding a story, creating one w/ pictures
editing for knowledge
punctuation
Science-
gravity, day/night, sun, moon, 5 senses, plants/animals and how they differ from a book to real life
Health-recognizing danger stickers/signs, how to tell if not well etc
So, I think I have nothing to worry about really. I was trying to find a breakdown and chart it out so I could show dh that "look, this is K curric, and this is what we know" type of thing. Florida has a new math program, created specifically for Florida tests, so reading through everything was a bit much. The LA program broke down pretty easy, though from what a lot of parents/tchrs tell me, they don't do all of it. I've been told, they teach as a group, and if it goes over the kids heads, then so be it. The split into small groups and try to catch up then.
Anyhow, I'm a bit less stressed. Though, I don't know what's covered in private schools.
I thought it worth for anyone stressing out, to check out your county grade program and see what they are wanting to cover.
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It's our first year too. I try to look at it not so much as a "trial", which it is, but a continuation of what we've already been doing for 5yrs. Getting through the day w/ 2 under 5, house work, meals etc. Only now I'm blocking of actual learning times. So yes, I do get stressed, and I just started.
We don't watch tv, so I don't have any recommends there. Tv is allowed on the weekends, and for a very short time. There is some interesting study regarding tv, behavior and learning, which I agree with. As for learning, I think in TWtM, she points out that the mind basically goes to sleep while watching tv. They might watch it and remember something, but they aren't actually using their minds or something. I think she was speaking about little ones.
Hmmm, I'm not a fanatic about clean, but I hate disorganization and clutter. I do hate dirt, but I can't be a Monica (from friends) about it. You may want to check out flylady.com I think it is. She breaks things down into 15 min times for cleaning things I think. A few things that are helpful for me-
-every evening I vacuum-(I have 2 dogs)
- after each meal and especially at night, I make sure the kitchen counter is wiped down and as free as clutter as possible
-when I get the mail, I go straight to the garbage and throw away everything I don't need, then take the bills to the office
-laundry is done on the weekend
-at the end of the day when the kids go to bed, I walk around and pick up any clutter in the living room, kitchen, family room and either designate it to a basket or put it away. The kids must pick up their toys before bed though, so that helps.
Now, I don't have a toddler (ds is 3), so I know things are a tad different w/ a younger one. But I've been mostly following this schedule for a few years now and it's working.
FYI I found a great stain remover by accident
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Peroxide. Vinegar. Baking soda. :)