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I'm the same way. I buy the student activity pages because I can't bear the thought of tearing pages out of WWE or SOTW.
I can handle writing in math or handwriting books, but writing in any other kind of book seems...sacrilegious. :tongue_smilie:
Now, if I could only get my 2yo dd to feel the same reverence for books. :001_huh:
:iagree: Yes, this is exactly how I feel and I forgot to mention we write in math books too, but other books, it just seems...wrong. My kids know one way to make me mad is to treat a book badly, ds could only "read" board books (for personal reading) for a while because he experimented with tearing pages out of a few books, big no no.
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Sorry if I misunderstood your intention--I've seen people casually mention copying their curriculum books and start a firestorm.
No problem, It was a good reminder. I actually hadn't checked the copywrite page on the PAL program, but since it was intended for classroom use along with homeschool use I assumed I could copy (but we all know what they say about assumptions).
I have certainly appreciated being able to buy the PDF of WWE and some other books myself! Esp since I can print for free at my library. :)Wow, your library is AWSOME, I wish mine offered free printing. :D
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Just a warning--this thread will probably go downhill very fast. Copyright laws and all that.
I try to be very aware of copywrite. If I am only copying for myself and I do NOT plan on reselling these books isn't it ok? I just checked and at least in the PAL book it says a teacher can make copies for students, heck it says that in the WWE book, but I prefered to buy the PDF file of the student pages. I don't THINK I'm breaking copywrite law, am I?
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We love blank notebooks here, the adults use them as much as the kids, but a notebook and some crayons or colored pencils will keep mine busy for a while. I've also found those extra erasers very useful as my 3 year old enjoys tearing off the ones the pencils come with and sometimes they aren't very good at erasing anyway. I like the pencil topper ones because we are less likely to loose them.
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Am I the only one who finds it hard to use consumable books as consumables? I've been know to copy pages out of $.99 store workbooks because I like them and want to be able to use them with other children and who knows if I'll be able to find them at that point. I bought the WWE pdf student pages because I didn't want dd to write in the actual book. I am currently copying Primary Arts of Language: Phonetic Games because I can't stand the thought of cutting up a book even though it is MADE to cut up. The only workbooks I let my kids write in are the cheapish ones that I know I'll be able to buy in the future (HWT, ETC) and the ones I buy the kids for fun at the $1 store (Disney and stuff like that). I'm sure I spend almost as much in ink and paper, but I just can't seem to help it. Tell me Im not the only one. :D
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I would agree that two music lessons every day seem like a lot, but music is not a major focus in my homeschool either. You have two older kids, a 10th grader and 7th grader, could they help you one hour each day with one or both of the littles? Possibly being in charge of teaching them a subject like history or science? Depending on your children both the littles and olders might really enjoy it and get a lot out of it. You could time it so you could help each older kid and give them some personal attention durring that hour. I understand that expecing that really depends on your kids and family dynamic, but it might be an idea you hadn't thought of.
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I don't think it should be banned or anything, or that people who do that are all moral deviants :lol: I just think some of their logic is a bit screwy and I think we wear clothes for some really great reasons.
Poison Ivy
Sorry, just the idea.
:iagree: I talked about this with my sister once, she was trying to say that the taboo against nudity is entirely a sexual hangup, but I kept trying to tell her that there are WAY more reasons to wear clothing than just that taboo, protection and hygene are the two big ones for me.
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I'm going to disagree with the previous posters and if you are anything like me, you SHOULD get a curriculum, something to give you ideas to follow so you know your child is progressing. It will make YOU feel better and it will be enriching for your child, as long as your child is receptive to the method. If your daughter likes math workbooks, then get something workbooky. If she doen't like phonics workbooks look at programs that DON'T use workbooks. My dd can read cvc, ccvc and cvcc words, but we have not covered any vowel parings or other phonics rules. I will be using PAL:Reading with her and I think (hope) it will be perfect. We have tried Phonics Pathways and OPGTR and while both were ok, they were dry and didn't offer fun repetion, starfall.com is great but doesn't have enough explicit instruction for my dd. I have heard Happy Phonics can be great for practice.
What IS nice about K is you can't really go wrong as long as you and your child are having fun. And don't be afraid to stop/change a program that isn't working for you or your daughter. This year you will learn so much about how you teach and how she learns, you will have a much better sense of what will work next year.
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If you are doing AAS, I think they will get all the phonics they need.
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I don't have any experience with fifth graders yet, but have you thought of doing Middle Ages durring the school year and then American History during the summer IF she decides to go to the PS? That way you don't have to stress about it during the school year and she will probably remember more American History if she starts classes in fall than her peers remember.
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This is from what I understand having read, WWE, FFL and everything about PAL writing that they have on the IEW website (I have not read about the older writing programs), BUT never having used any of them with a child. We will be starting in August.
SWB's method in the younger grades teaches summarization of information by picking out key facts which later on can be used to create outlines and write about a subject. It is very concerned with information gathering and ordering of that information.
The IEW teaches retelling as a form of summary, going line by line in a story and rewriting it in a new way. It also teaches parts of a story like character, setting, climax, and such. It is very concerned with style.
I think both methods teach important things and they both overlap somewhat, but there is a definent difference in focus. I have decided that, for me and my family, I want to teach SWB's methods first and IEW's methods later. I, personally, think that summary should NOT just be sentence by sentence retelling and that being able to pick out key facts from information you read or hear is fundamental skill that should be learned before style and word choice are focused on. That is just my opinion and I can see why someone would choose to focus on the other first or at the same time.
Oh, another difference that I cam across is that IEW seems to really focus on literature and SWB (if following TWTM suggestion of using narrations in all subjects) writing method has a broader scope. I don't see why you couldn't use IEW's methods in other subjects, but it would be A LOT of writing.
I have PAL: Reading which I am SO excited to start using with my dd, but we will be using WWE and FFL for our writing right now.
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It all depends on your kids, but those are big chunks of time. My Ker needs some change every 15 minutes or so (unless she is really into something). And you really CAN cover reading and math for K with 15 minutes each a day, once you add in spelling and handwriting it does go up to about 20-30 minutes all together. I didn't believe it until I started doing it. I don't have a 2nd grader, but I doubt you will need an hour, at least for Math. I'd take that extra time and use it for the extra subjects. We do one different "elective" each day and only spend 15-30 minutes on it unless we want to do more.
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We LOVE Netflix, dd (5.5) watches Liberty Kids, Dora, Mythbusters, lots of nature documentaries and (what I find amazing) requests NOVA science NOW
Ds (3.5) watches PBS kids shows including Cat in the Hat and Dinosaur Train, Blues Clues, LeapFrog movies and the nature documentaries that dd likes
And then there is so much for Dh and I to enjoy once the kids go to bed. It is well worth the money and if you rent 2 or 3 movies a month right now it really won't be costing you anything because you can put that rental money towards nextflix.
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I had my last baby at 27 and want to be done by 35ish.
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My 5 year old likes watching them, the 3 year old doesn't. I don't think she is picking up on a ton of the history, but it does start some discussions about slavery and George Washington and the British. We will re-watch them when we cover US history in a couple of years and it doesn't hurt anything to have her watch them right now.
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If you want to do Singapore from 1st grade on, why do you not like the Earlybird Math book. I'm not saying it's the greatest, but we used it with LHFHG (and the activities suggested) this year and I felt it was a gentle introduction that got dd ready to start Math Mammoth 1
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My dd is a September birthday so we did K1 last year and will be doing K2 this year, but we started with SOTW1 because a co-op I joined did the activities and mapwork once a week. Dd LOVED it. She chose to be an Egyptian for Halloween last year. She liked the reading and loved the activies and her history class. Do I think she 100% understood and remembered everything? No, but I was looking for exposure and interest and I know I suceeded there. I HIGHLY suggest getting the audio version as well as the book. I did this only the last month, but dd was happy to listen to each chapter over and over and her retention was much higher than when I read the chapters to her only once.
I think Ancients introduces SO many high interest historical groups (Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Ancient China and India) that it is a great way to develop a love for history in small children. They might not remember it all, but they will remember that they like history.
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:grouphug: So sorry you are dealing with this. It is so hard to be outside the IN crowd. I am shy and HATE being surrounded by strangers so it takes me a long time to make friends and feel comfortable. One thing (which I find hard to do myself) that I've noticed really helps break the ice is to greet people by name when you see them. It is automatic to look up when your name is said, not always so automatic when it's just a hello. Also, something I'm working on is actually planning playdates and dinners to get to know people, it's uncomfortable, but waiting for others to make the first move results in no friends no matter the groups I join. And always remember if they do brush you off, it is their loss, not yours. (so much easier to type that than feel it in the situation though.)
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Dh usually wears slacks and a button up shirt, no tie. According to him, if you wear a tie to work everyone thinks you must be going to a job interview.
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This may be circular reasoning, but I will give it a go. I think getting your sister admitted in a good hospital is a very good start. Access to social workers, Drs. and other such things. It seems the way to do this is to convince your mother she needs to set up boundaries. If she sets up boundaries and is willing to stick with them...you guys can predict what your sister will do. The moment she "threatens" suicide you have her admitted. If mom jumps in at this point and rescues that doesn't help sister. If mom sticks to her boundaries, sister will be in danger of harming herself and will be admitted. Did that make sense? It's kind like taking two step backward to then take 3 forward. .
It does make sense, unfortunatly, with medicaid she would be admitted to the county hospital which is not a good hospital.
I also thinking looking into a support group for caregivers that your mom can go to would be a good idea.This is an excellent idea. I will look some up and suggest them to my mother. Thank you!
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It sounds like she needs an assisted living type situation. I think your family needs to contact a social worker (the doctor should help you find one) who can help you navigate the health care system and medicaid.
I've brought this up with my mom and she said the ones she looked at won't take her because of her extreme health issues or because of her extreme behavior issues. It seems like assisted living is only for those with one or the other, but not both. The "helper" program she is in is to keep her out of a nursing home, which is also a consideration BUT that wouldn't help her get better mentally or physically and my mom has some extrememly bad associations with nursing homes due to my grandmother's death two years ago so it probably wouldn't help her either.
*I* haven't looked into assisted living maybe I'll find something they haven't. Thank you for suggestion.
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I'm not sure how it works where you are, but it is possible to admit someone that is a danger to themselves to the hospital...they could probably help her get the meds, etc she needs while there.
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When she took the pills last month, my parents were actually hopefull that it would lead to this result, but they were told that the hospital will not hold her if SHE says she is not a threat to herself. Also, no other medical doctors would see her while she was in the psych ward AND when she was younger and had also made a suicide attempt we learned that the drs. there are only worried about THAT particular crisis and are willing for their patient to do whatever it takes to get over it even if it is a very short term solution. I was pretty shocked when I learned that.
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I need some help helping members of my family. My sister (27) has a list of medical problems, both physical and emotional a mile long, many of them sever and obscure. For the past two years she has been in severe pain almost constantly because of several different problems, whenever one gets solved she might have a week or two of relief and then something else will show up. Her newest diagnosis (made two weeks ago)is neropathy with what looks like permanent nerve damage. She is on disability with medicaid, but can't see many of the doctors she needs to see in order to get better or at least relief from the pain, this included pain doctors, a good psychiatrist and good therapists. She lives with my parents, but they do not have the money to pay for these doctors either, neither does anyone else in our family. We are very active in our church and I have suggested contacting the leaders for help.
When my sister is in severe pain she reverts to a three year old mentality, everything is about her, she cannot see beyond the moment and she wants her mommy. My mom is about to go crazy. She has a full time job and cannot be taking off all the time. If this is ever metioned, my sister threatens suicide. She did make an attempt last month, she took a bottle of pills, but then called my mom and the police immeadiatly, she claimed it was because she couldn't stand the pain, but it also happened to be the first time my mom had left her alone in several days. She has a lot of supervision through a medicaid service, 60 hours a week of "helpers" for her. I am one of the helpers, two times a week me and my children go to my parents' house and help her run errands (she can't drive), cook and clean. She still wants my mom there much of the time, even when someone else is there for her. She has no perservereance when it comes to trying to make doctor appointments which is extremely necessary when dealing with medicaid so my mom is often saddled with that too. My mom is being held hostage by my sister's threats of suicide, and my mom's mental health is deteriorating because of it.
I feel terrible for my sister and her situation, it is horrible and frustrating and feels hopeless. I am scared for my mom. Right now it is a no win situation, my mom can do NOTHING but help my sister cope with life, which is incredible draining on her and truely hurting her mental health OR she could put some boundaries on my sister who I'm sure would make another suicide attempt, possibly successful and then my mom would have to live with that. Is there ANY other option? Something we just don't see? I wouldn't normally share something like this on a public board, but I don't know what to do. Thank you for listening.
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:grouphug: You are not a failure, you did what was right for your family and that has to be your first priority. I am impressed you had him for three whole weeks. I had a 2 year old nephew (along with his 4 siblings) who I was suposed to watch for 2 weeks when dd was a baby. He was extremely distructive to EVERYTHING arround him, every toy got broken, every piece of furniture got beat on. Fortunately he only occasionally hurt one of his siblings, but I only lasted a week and the last few days he was with me every second of those days. I too felt guilty, but you have to put your immediate family first because no one else will.
This little boy sounds like he needs professional help quickly, if he can get a diagnosis he could possibly qualify for state sponsored childcare which might be important because the average daycare (at least the ones I worked at) will not allow continuous biting to occure.
My kid won't eat!!
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First off, she is 3 and 1/2 which, in my experience can be one of the most stuborn ages EVER. My son is that age and when he digs in his heels, it can last hours. Fortunately they seem to get somewhat better by age four or five (my daughter was about 4 and 1/2 when we saw significant improvement).
Second, I have a sister who is, still, at 26, an insanely picky eater. My parents very rarely catered to it. They generally would make her try everything on her plate, only one bite was necessary, before she could leave the table. She sometimes sat at the dinner table till bedtime. It wasn't just that she didn't like the food, but it became a clash of wills. She was always skinny and underweight, but never unhealthy from it. She is still a very picky eater, BUT chooses very healthy food. She just doesn't like...an extremely long list of food.
After watching my sister grow up, I decided to take a different tack with my own children. They have to eat their dinner, the one I make, if they want dessert (usually a small sweet treat or fruit smoothy). If they don't want the dinner I make and don't care about dessert, they can have left overs from a previous night or peanutbutter and jelly. I will not cook a separate meal and they don't get a treat for it, but there are alternatives. This way I avoid the clashing of wills. My daughter is a fairly pick eater, but my son is willing to eat most everything. The funny thing is that the dessert incentive is enough that my daughter is usually willing to eat her food to get it even if she makes faces while she does it.