SparrowsNest
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I'm so sorry about the loss of your mom. :grouphug:
I do think the comment was insensitive, and I certainly couldn't fault you for feeling upset by it so soon after such a difficult personal loss. it does seem most likely that she was trying to move quickly past an uncomfortable situation. She may have felt additionally flustered that it happened in the presence of another person.
Regardless, I think the first priority here is your father's care. If he is receiving generally good care at this facility, I would probably save my complaints for issues related directly to his safety and well-being. If you feel that something must be said, then I would let your sister take the lead, since she was the one who was present when the comment was made.
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I tend to prioritize classic literature over historical fiction, but I will tie something in if I think the historical piece is worth reading on its own merits. My 5th grader is doing an overview of world history (so the reading selections are kind of all over the place :) ). I should also add that he is not a particularly strong reader, although he has made great gains since coming home, and I am super proud of him!
Tirzah
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare and The Bard of Avon
Black Ships Before Troy
The Aeneid for Boys & Girls
Adam of the Road
The Silver Branch
The Good Master
The Trumpet of the Swan
Kidnapped
Redwall
The Red Keep
Robinson Crusoe
Swallows & Amazons
Little Britches
Biography of Albert Einstein
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Storybook of Science
We do poetry during Morning Time, and he's also working through some of the selections from Evan Moor's 5th grade poetry.
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Sorry if it's already been mentioned, but the Tangle Teezer has been a lifesaver here. One of my girls has long, fine, wavy, tangle-prone hair and she is *extremely* tender-headed. It is the only brush she can tolerate.
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My 4th baby was a breeze once we figured out I needed to eliminate dairy from my diet. He is just by his nature a very easy-going, happy guy, which definitely helps.
The hardest transitions for me were going from 0 to 1, which totally freaked me out, and then #8, who is 14m younger than #7, 32m younger than #6, and just would.not.sleep.
So, spacing and kiddo's personality are the determining factors, IMO.
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Too.many.choices.
*faints from info overload*
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No kidding! I looked online and I really like the Tory Burch bracelet things, but then on the other hand I really want the heart rate monitor with the Charge HR...
So I'll probably end up just not getting anything. :lol:
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K & 1st: ELTL
3rd: finish CLE 2-, move into 3, although I bought MCT and I'm so tempted but for some reason it sits on the shelf, taunting me...
5th: CC Essentials + CLE 5 on breaks
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I use Singapore for conceptual math, but we'd also used Horizons for that spiral review. My daughter is young (just turned 8) but was halfway through Horizons 3 when we kind of hit a wall. So we made a lateral move to CLE and it's been a success so far. She REALLY likes it (that said, she really likes ALL the CLE products!), and has actually been doing more than her assigned lessons. She said, "I like how they talk to me and take things step by step."
I don't know if we'll stick with it for the long haul or move back to Horizons once she's matured a little. But for now, it's getting the job done without any fuss.
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Thanks! What a great find! :)
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Thanks Jenny. I read the comment as if it was a defense of a previously written statement and I hadn't seen such, hence my confusion.
I, too, wouldn't just pay for everything if I could, as I believe the child needs to have some sense of 'ownership'. For us, that looks like good grades, appropriate attitude, etc. Were funds more limited, it would look different.
I think things took a personal turn when there were comments about rich kids feeling entitled and would all end up working in fast food because they weren't in the real world, when kids of any income level have entitlement issues. It felt like an attack. I agree with your last paragraph. I haven't 'read' bitterness or resentment in any posts and wasn't sure where all of that came from. Granted, I was reading the multi-page thread pretty quickly, so the tone I 'heard' might be different from the tone intended at 'normal speed'.
LOL. Yep, insufferable is insufferable at any income level.
Dudeling's friend sounds like a peach. :rolleyes: I do believe I would have wanted to puncture my eardrums. Ugh.
Oh, I've no doubt the kids in the family I know will turn out great (the parents are great and the kids are already great), but to us it just seems, um, I don't know. Harsh? The kids are all expected to attend university--- not 'just' a trade school or 'just' a community college, but university. As I said, they are in a high-rated district (with kids going to Ivies), so the education is great. It seems the money would have been better put to use towards college expenses. But, as I also said, we don't view it as wrong, just not what we would have done.
Yeah, it's not what we're doing either. :) Still, there's something I like about it, because it sets a very clear, firm line. One of the issues we faced with our oldest was general murkiness in terms of who should pay for what. That's something we'll definitely be more clear about with our other kiddos! :) Live and learn...
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RE: the part I bolded. That isn't what people are saying at all. I want my kids to focus on school so they aren't stressed by outside factors. Full stop. Being stressed by outside factors =/= "won't do well academically and live a life of detremental stress". I'm not sure where you got that interpretation.
Might we know the same family? ;) Dh and I were surprised at the decision they made to pay for 12 years of private education for many children (very large family) then make the kids 'figure out how to pay for college using their excellent education'. We are doubly surprised because our public school district is top-notch. So far, their two hs graduates are floundering while trying to take one class per term on min wage pay. It's not that we think their way was 'wrong', but it's just not what we would have done/did do.
I know a family who has done the same thing. They view it as their responsibility to equip their child as best they can to the age of 18, including 12 years at a private, classical Christian school. What the kiddo does after 18, they leave that to the kid to figure out. For what it's worth, their children are all well-adjusted, healthy, hard-working adults.
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I'm so sorry. Hugs and prayers. :grouphug:
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Why would the church leadership be told before law enforcement?
Not sure if that is to me or not. I'm saying if the pastor is known to have the letter, I would simply check if the authorities have already been notified.
I am not saying, "First, go to your pastor."
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I'm a little confused on who (other than the OP) has a copy of the letter. If the pastor has it, I would see if the pastor has notified the authorities. If the pastor doesn't have it, then it is incumbent upon you, OP, to turn the letter in to the police. I'd imagine you could do this anonymously just by dropping it in the mail with no return address.
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Echoing what others have said...
1: not make a big deal out of the frog stomping
2: not make a habit of playing with this particular kiddo
3: make a mental note to have a conversation(s) about not compromising your own values in order to fit in with the 'cool kids'
4: not worry too much about the situation itself unless you see a worrying pattern develop
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Our primary program is Math Mammoth, which is a mastery program. We use Evan Moor Daily Math and Daily Word Problems as a spiral review to make sure concepts aren't forgotten. My son will be using Beast Academy next year for a different presentation and because it will make him have to think through the problems and get a deeper understanding.
So - 1 program to introduce and teach concepts, 1 program (okay 2) to review, and 1 program for more in-depth conceptual understanding.
This is my approach as well.
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Soup! Saute some onions and carrots, throw in some white beans and the chopped up pork, bring to a boil in a ham broth. Yum!
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We are doing something like 5-6 weeks on, 1 week off, year round. Except summer is definitely lighter, though not by design! I had grand plans of summer being full-on school, but the various camps and activities simply aren't permitting it. We're moving forward in the basics, but all our glorious memory work and composer study and all that jazz just haven't happened.
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Our toughest year with our oldest was from 19-20. It is so, so hard to be the 'bad guy' when you know in reality you have poured your heart and soul into this kiddo and are already doing above and beyond, and yet instead of being grateful, they argue that it's not enough.
Stand firm, Mom. Stick to the rules you set, the rules that are best for your family. Your daughter will find out, no matter where life takes her, that there will be people with more and people with less and ultimately, none of that matters, because she's going to have to got to work with what she has, not what she wishes she had, and not what someone else has. You are providing her with tuition, a roof over her head, and the means to achieve an education. That's already *extremely* generous.
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I won't bore you with the details, but in our school system, children canNOT be retained if they are academically on track, full stop. I went through this twice and was at the point where I would've had to hire an attorney in order to get them to hold back a child who was OK academically but struggling socially, was immature, and could expect a 2-3 year delay in puberty due to hormonal issues.
In the end, we opted to move away from PS entirely, but I know that's not an option for everyone.
I would just be sure that what you're planning to do is actually a workable plan in the framework of your school system, and if you're told that this won't be an issue, I would get it all in writing.
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Has any Christian here heard of the age of 20 as the age of... anything? I sure haven't.
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I am using ELTL with my 1st grader. I plan to add in WWE in 6 months, maybe a year, depending on how things go. WWE is pretty quick around here, 10-15 minutes, so I don't see the harm at this point in doing both once she's ready to move onto WWE skills.
I've never used FLL, so I can't help you there. :)
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I am not surprised I am the only one using Shiller. It is a great program but not widely used. :( No need to supplement.
:seeya: I'm using it, too, just started! I forgot to mark it, oops! But we are using it along with Miquon for my kindergartener/1st grader.
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5th grader --> Horizons (independently) and Beast (with me)
3rd grader --> Horizons (independently, or may make a lateral move to CLE as we've hit a bit of a wall) and Beast (with me)
1st grader --> Math in Focus, Miquon and Shiller
Kindy --> Miquon and Shiller
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I realize that we come from
TOTALLY different places inife and parenting. But why are you specifically worried about "young girls" and not young people?
THAT worries me, but I frustrated and jaded because I just walked out of a break out session at an education Administrator conference because of the blatant gender scripting.
#slutshaminglives
In what way does a concern over reading material that is described as "devastating" and "brutally engrossing" have to do with slut shaming?
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Reviews for Math in Focus
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I have used Singapore with my older kids (took me three tries to finally figure out what's going on there! I couldn't get the big picture (and I absolutely must see the forest, not just the veins on a leaf... and I just couldn't get past all the book-juggling, it seemed to clumsy and superfluous. I mean, I get it now, but seriously, there was a definite learning curve there...).
I decided to get MiF as our math spine for my very hands-on 1st grade daughter. We've only been using it couple of weeks, but the difference I'm seeing is that MiF walks you step by step through the use of the manipulatives. I mean, it's basically fool-proof from that perspective. That is very helpful for me because it's just not the way I think about math (I'm very procedural and 'work the algorithm' in my math thinking). You will still be juggling a few books, but I'm sort of worn down on that after using Singapore. :)
Anyway, I think we'll stick w/ MiF for 1st and I will revisit when we're ready to go into 2nd.