Trez
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We ran into this when booking a party for my ds(11). Since the venue for the party used students to run their parties, the only times available on weeknights were 6-8pm or 7-9pm. (For various reasons we were unable to book a weekend party.) We are also not night people and his usual bedtime is 8:15pm.
Perhaps your daughter could just go for the first hour.
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I believe that God will be the judge with respect to whether the people in this story made the right decision. Thank God I have never been in their shoes and I cannot say with 100% certainty what I would do. It is not up to me to judge.....God doesn't need my help.
Our sermon in church today was with regards to the judgement of others using Romans 13:1-12
But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgement seat of God.
This was timely for me in many ways and I just thought I'd throw this out there.....
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I'm using DM with my gifted eldest son (13). He is currently working on DM1B. It was very easy to transition to this from the Singapore Standards Elementary books. We also use the Question Bank in order to create tests for each unit. Math is something which I am very good at and so far I haven't had any difficulties teaching/solving problems. I also purchased AOPS pre-alg because of all the posts I had read and I do not use it as I find it much too wordy for my son. (Actually I did use it to introduce Pythagorean Theorem as it is not introduced by DM until book 2 and I wanted to ensure that he knew it prior to entering public high school next year.)
As far as content, I am very happy with it. I am in Ontario, Canada and here our math is integrated up to grade 9 so I had no concerns about teaching with DM. I have a daughter in grade 10 at the public high school. She did not learn some of the things that my son has learned through DM until grade 9. I do plan on continuing to use DM with my youngest son (11) until he enters high school.
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I agree that it is the parenting and not the homeschooling. I have always received compliments with regard to the behaviour of my children. Two of them (ds13,ds11) attended ps up until 2 years ago and one (dd16) has always been in ps (now in grade 10).
When I started homeschooling, I decided to enroll my kids in a homeschool band and this year they have been attending some homeschool classes at a local museum. I have noticed the some of the kids are not polite (in my opinion) and there is at least one child who shouts out answers/extra information before any other child gets a chance and sometimes before the instructor is able to get his/her sentence out. I realize that he may not think about raising his hand but you would think that after being asked to do that for three or four times, he would follow the rules. (This is an 11 year old boy). The major difference that I have noticed with many of the homeschoolers is that they are much more comfortable speaking to adults.
Of course I have been on field trips with my kids in public school and there were kids with the exact same behavioural issues. Usually the teacher was able to keep the child in check or remove him from the room.
It has been interesting to compare the different groups of children. Kids are kids and I think that parents, homeschooling or not, have the most influence with regard to their behaviour.
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This brings back memories of dealing with the elementary school here. I didn't have issues with regards to absences but parents were definitely given the impression that they were not welcome.
Our school is a public school within walking distance for many parents/kids. It does not have a fenced yard and is actually partially city owned park land. When my eldest started, we would walk our kids up early and stay in the "school yard" watching them play until the bell rang. The kids at the school knew us and we would bring in broken glass or hurt children to the office. In the last four or five years that my kids attended, new principals insisted that due to "safety reasons", parents were no longer welcome. Some of us ignored this and were told that once our kids walked onto school property they were the responsibility of the school not ours. This really annoyed me... in my opinion my kids are always my responsibility.
The only time that parents were "welcome" was when they were needed to read to young children, help in the library or supervise class trips. Even on the trips they were expected to just go along and not really provide any input. In fact, on my daughters grade 8 band trip (an overnight trip) to a city about four hours away, I made the mistake of speaking up. The teachers on the bus decided that it was okay to play Glee videos on the way. The particular episode involved a sex class complete with a balloon exercise that was completely inappropriate (in my opinion). Another mother and I pointed this out to the teacher and the dvd was stopped, however the teacher then spent the rest of the trip telling the students how she really felt sorry for them but some of the mothers wouldn't allow her to play the video. :glare: It was a miserable trip which I will never forget!
I definitely do NOT miss this aspect of public school. I was always amazed by the parents across the street with kids the same age as mine. They both worked and just dropped the kids off and picked them up. They had no idea about anything that when on at the school and were happy that way. The scary thing is that we have had articles here (Ontario, Canada) released to the media trying to tell the public that schooling should start at the age of 2.
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I have heard the theory that perhaps we were just less aware of the allergy difficulties years ago. It may be that many of those with life threatening allergies died before hitting school age.
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That is a great song...and badly needed at this time of year when we are rushing around trying to get everything done. My boys (ds12,ds10) really enjoyed it.
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Thanks so much for the link! We will definitely want to see it....not 100% sure whether it will be on Christmas day though.
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I'd also like to know if the horse dies. We were thinking about this one for Christmas day. We want to make sure we don't have another fiasco like we did with Bridge to Teribithia(sp?) where everyone turned to me in tears after the movie. They were not happy with me.
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With Metroid Prime Other M there are also known issues that cause this problem. They have a list of these "problem games" on their site. We were able to send ours in for free (even though it was well beyond any warranty).
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music from Flanders and Swann. I agree that it isn't really appropriate to sing out to kids at that age. Seeing the original song performed it seems completely harmless (you can see it on YouTube). They do have many other songs the teacher could have chosen to sing that would have been much more acceptable.
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We have used these from the local library as supplementary materials. They are a fun way to look at the use of scientific principles.
It helps that we are enormous Disney fans!
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This website was passed along to me via my homeschooling group. My son has tried it for french and has a lot of fun with it. It is free!
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I do use the tests. I should say however, that I primarily use the cumulative tests. These incorporate all of the information learned in the previous chapters. I like to reinforce what they have learned. Although I could make these up myself, it makes my life easier.
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While folding the laundry, I remembered what it was that I found objectionable with regard to the Twilight books. It was the idea that a girl would fall so "in love" at a young age that she couldn't function without her boyfriend. There are enough girls in high school who feel pressured to do things to keep their "love" in their life. I didn't think she needed to be exposed to this at such a young age.
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Well I guess I qualify as one of those overprotective moms.
At the time when the books came out, my daughter was around 11. I was volunteering at the school library when the librarian pointed out to me that she would not carry the 3rd and 4th books due to the mature themes/content. My daughter had read the first book so I took it upon myself to read it and the others. I wasn't impressed. I can't really remember what it was in particular about the books that I disliked but I did not let her read the next 2 books. She accepted the decision with issue. Now that she is almost 16, she has no desire to read the books or go to the movies.
On a side note, I did go with her to see the first movie. The acting was so terrible, and the writing so bad, that I laughed through about 3/4 of it. (I don't think I will ever think of Edward's face when Bella walked into the classroom without chuckling. :001_smile:
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Could you provide some more information with respect to this series? I would be interested in trying to track it down elsewhere. (I don't subscribe to Netflix). We have been studying Ancient Egypt for awhile so I would like to find a good documentary to end the unit.
Thanks
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Here's another vote for poutine (some here pronounce it pooh-ti-ne) and anything to do with maple syrup (the real stuff :)). Tourtiere is another good one.
Of course I must mention Beaver Tails. They are like a flat doughnut covered with toppings (could be cheese, garlic or lemon and cinnamon). Oiy....I think it's breakfast time!
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We do use the tests here. I especially llike to have the boys do the cumulative tests as they help me to determine the amount of retention between the different chapters.
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I definitely agree with those who have stated that the real problem MAY be a lack of respect. (It's hard to tell without being a fly on the wall in their house.) If my husband had issues with homeschooling our kids, we would definitely have discussions which may or may not result in sending them back to ps.
My marriage is more important than HSing my kids. My kids need their father in their life as much as they need me. Although I believe that my children have had a better education at home, I could continue to teach/support them after school and keep our family together. If hs became more important to me than keeping our family together I think I would have to do some introspection as to who I was really homeschooling for - my kids or myself. This is of course speaking from my perspective in a loving family where I know that my husband only has the best intentions for our kids.
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Didn't see it here in Canada either....
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In case you haven't checked out the AIMs products, I have just started using them and enjoy them so far.
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I make these which came from a recipe for Pumpkin Maple Bread (from a local farmer).
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup maple syrup or honey (I like to use real maple syrup)
1 cup pumpkin
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts and/or 1/2 cup raisins
and/or 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Mix wet ingredients with sugar in bowl.
Combine flour with remaining ingredients and add slowly to the first mixture until blended.
Spoon into greased muffin tins.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
Science Fusion?
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Could anyone using this for the upper levels (Gr 6-8) let me know what you think of this curriculum? I found a link to the online content for Grade 5 and my son has been enjoying it. Is there a text (other than online) for the upper grades? Is it meaty enough in your opinion? I am considering using either this or Holt for my son (grade 6) next year.
Any information you could provide would be appreciated.