I mostly use workbooks like text books, and get the kids to write their answers into an exercise book. some subjects like spelling, I photocopy. I am not doing this so I can resell the books, just to make it a little cheaper for me. I don't feel guilty about breaking copyright laws, As it is for my family's personal use.

I started when I was 9. I couldn't use tampons until I was 11. I always skipped swimming even after starting to use tampons

we school year round as well. no more bored children:D. we take time off when we have visitors. a week here or there. it works very well.

I remember getting petrol in my eye when I was 3. it was very painful. I was "helping" my dad to syphon out of the car

I have never had a dryer. I only get stiff clothes if they have been in the rain. I like it when the towels get stiff. nice and scratchy. Maybe your washing machine doesn't spin out enough water??

I couldn't get the picture to work. It is fun having a house cow. when we got our first one, I learned to milk holding a book in one hand telling me how to do it. I have improved with practice. have had a milking cow for 13 years now;)

I buy secondhand if I can, if not then I buy it all from a small homeschool supplier. buying from Amazon etc. doesn't work out much cheaper once you take into account changing currency, and shipping to Australia

I don't know. I live about 1/2 a km from the sea, and about 21m above the sea. there is an estuary between our house and the sea. I have often wondered if the sea rising would put extra weight on the plates, and maybe make them shift?? raising some areas etc..don't know.

my dd8 has caught up with my ds10. I just teach them together. it works fine. they have little races together, who can get their spelling done first etc. my dd8 can read to a much higher level than the ds10. they do their reading separately , reading aloud to me

I have found using SOTW really helpful for the logic stage well as the grammar stage. especially book 4 which helps with outlining etc. which can be hard with Kingfisher, as the material is so condensed

:auto:I think the law here is when their shoulders come level with the window. I don't have any air bags. my 10 year old sometimes sits in the front, but mostly it is taken up by my 14 year old, he is 6'3" and his legs are just too long to fit in the back

we hated MUS. we found a whole year of fractions to be soooo boring. We much prefer a spiral math, so we have switched to Saxon.

it depends on which kid. some of them start the night before. it is not unusual to have them doing their math or reader the night before. they all know what is expected of them each morning, it is up to them to start early enough to get it all done. one starts at 7.00, the next at 9.30. one doesn't get up until 9.30, then gets straight into his work, and gets everything done by 12.00, and eats breakfast and lunch together.

I am glad that everything was all right:party::thumbup::hurray:

my dyslexic son is using Saxon Algebra 1. he finds no problems with it, as long as he doesn't have to show workings out. he has an amazing ability to do it all in his head. I have read that some Dyslexic people cam do this even with Advanced Algebra. I told my son that he can continue not showing workings until he stops getting 95%:001_smile: We tried MUS we found it very frustrating

[quote name=Jenn in CA; What works for us: Reasonable time deadlines with consequences. They have until 2pm to finish their school (and it's plenty of time' date=' but not enough time for piddling either). They earn their video game time for the following week based on how many days they finished at 2. If there is no internal motivation, then external motivation works great![/quote] we do something similar here with computer time.;) When I was at school, the girls all were self motivated, but the boys didn't settle down until they were 16. they just took school to be a big social outing. now that doesn't happen at home, but I have noticed that boys seem to be a bit of a slug, and not self motivated until about 16. I am generalising here. I have often wondered if it has something to do with their growing, and it taking sooo much energy to grow. my son has been growing 1 inch every 2 months for the past 2 years, he is now 6'3''. I am going to continue pushing my son along for a few more years. I can see the progress happening. I am more interested in the long term goal, and not stressing out about the getting there:001_smile:

I use the WTM as my main resource:001_smile:

I am not sure if this is the same thing, but I had 2 pregnancies where the placenta partially came away from the uterus. I had bleeding, with the first one I had an ultrasound , which showed the baby as fine ( I was 11 1/2 weeks) I had a miscarriage a few hours later. the second one I wasn't bleeding as much, I rushed and had an ultrasound (again at 11 weeks). It showed the baby as fine. following the doctors advice, I had complete bed rest. I lay in Bed until I was 24 weeks. every time I got up for any length of time I had cramping.. Anyway the bed rest worked. I had a healthy baby:001_smile:.

thank you very much, Hay, I have some feedback:D

how do you put a signature there?

don't get pressured into doing something permanent. I was pressured into having my tubes tied after no 4. I have had lots of complications since; including a miscarriage, :crying:having one of the clips coming off and getting impeded into my ovary and having to have the ovary removed :ohmy:( very painful, I thought I was dying). and getting pregnant and having a healthy baby.:001_rolleyes:

I have never had a cell phone, I have never had a need for one, , never had the desire to have one. I think they are bad for your health , in both ways, taking on them while driving, and causing tumors. but I think microwaves aren't very good as well............

Oh, red face here! I have never heard of the book, and thought that maybe she was shifting to Australia!! though we Have No problems here in Australia:lol:

I have never heard of them!! doesn't mean that there aren't any. A big city might have one.

I wouldn't talk to him at all. I would remove the child from that activity, inform the person in charge and NEVER go Back. I had someone who was overly cuddly with my son when he was 4, I had that gut feeling that it wasn't quite right, but didn't do anything. it led to inappropriate *%*%* behavior. I wished that I had responded to my instinct.