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I did best with Target and Old Navy. Once I knew what worked best for me there, I got a bunch of stuff on ebay for the very cheapest prices. It all lasted me through 3 pregnancies.
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We have done atelier in a group this year and loved it. Yes, each level just has 18 lessons which I thought would be a bummer but has worked well for us. We sometimes redo a lesson that they need extra practice with or just because they want to do it again. It is definitely pricy which is why we're doing it in a group context...it ends up much cheaper and then they get some fun social stuff at the same time. It has a great resale value (it's not at all consumable) so I feel like you mainly buy the first one and then use the money from selling that one towards the rest. I haven't used MTM so I can't speak to that.
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My personal reason for not using it (although I think it's a great program and always think it looks fun when I see it at conventions) is the fact that phonics/math are integrated in (as opposed to Sonlight--which I use--where you pick your own at your child's level). For us, we were ahead of where they were at with phonics and math. So...if I had done my own and taken those out of the program, it would have taken too much of the program away. Their phonics/math were more what my kids did in Pre-K. For what it's worth, I don't really consider my kids particularly advanced either. I just think MFW ascribes to the "better late than early" in these areas, which is fine, just doesn't fit for me.
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You've already had great ideas. I really try to go for timeless, never runs out of fun type toys so...
-small wood play kitchen plus some food
-legos, lincoln logs, blocks (basically something good for building...the youngers wouldn't be ready for legs yet so maybe one of others)
-pop up tent
-zoobs (my kids just love these)
-Melissa and Doug toys
-for my boys, Fisher Price Imaginext has hands down been the best money I ever spent. They have different "lines" of them--space, castle, police station, batcave, diving ship, pirate ship, etc... We will pick one and then get everything for that line for their birthdays/Christmas for one year. To say they love them is an understatement. They have had some of them for 4 years and still play with them consistently everyday. Some of the best ones (castle, pirate ship) have been discontinued so it may be an ebay thing.
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This year I for my son I did use P4/5 since the stories are so great and just added other things:
--Sonlight P 4/5 (basically the read alouds plus activities, not the language arts or science)
--Explode the Code 1-2, OPGTTR, Handwriting Without Tears K, and all about spelling 1 for language arts
--he did science and history with his older brother
--I had lots of Kumon (and ones like them) books we used for cutting, pasting, dot to dot, crafts, etc... plus we used atelier art once a week for art.
--he did piano and basketball/soccer on the side
We've had a great year so far with this set up.
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I have this one and I love it. I love the three individual containers because I have 3 kids so I can make the kids their own personal smoothies every morning. Then they can put the little travel lid on and drink it during read alouds. It's super fast and then I don't have a separate container to wash. The smoothies turn out great and super smooth. We do some combination of a frozen banana, OJ, frozen strawberries and pineapples, coconut oil, and spinach. No problems whatsoever.
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I used BJU last year too and it went well. I plan to use it again this year. First you need to be approved as a tester (very painless) and then you can order the test. I gave it to my son and got the results back pretty fast.
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We had a similar situation when my middle son needed emergency surgery. Hospital was in network, referring physician was in network, surgeon was not. We were denied multiple times. My husband was persistent, annoying, and thorough. He kept meticulous records of everything, talked to everyone, read through the nitty gritty of insurance codes, etc... Finally fully paid minus our copay 10 months later. Ugly but finally fixed. He is much tougher than me so he did the calls.
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What bites is that some of us can't afford insurance (insurance for my husband alone would cost a quarter of his pay). We're fortunate to have a couple of family doctors that are willing to help out a bit with this. But to find a doctor with extended knowledge of Lyme's, we'd never be able to afford such.
Or, like us, you have insurance...yet it covers none of your lyme treatment. Then it's a double whammy of insurance, high deductible, and out of pocket lyme treatment. Took virtually all of our savings. Hope you can find a good doc in your area.:grouphug: I know how important that is.
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My top things are...
1) white sugar, flour
2) nitrates
3) HFCS
4) Dyes
5) Most processed stuff
We also avoid soy and most dairy. Although if you saw what my husband brought home to eat during the superbowl....think he covered all of the top 5 with a vengeance!
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Thanks..it's just so odd. Driving me crazy...and wondering what kind of pregnancy it would be if I am already this nauseous...or what is wrong with me if I'm not. Already on bedrest? Have you always had to be before?
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I just have to ask this cause I feel like it's so crazy.
My husband and I just started trying again for number 4 after a 4.5 year hiatus. This is the first month. While it will be awesome if we get pregnant again, I really am not "crazed" about it happening so I don't think it is all in my head. According to my calculations I ovulated last Saturday (the 21st). We did the appropriate thing for the days around that:001_smile:.
Within about 2 days up til the present, I have had on and off nausea all day. No one else in my family is remotely sick so I really don't think it is a bug. I don't normally get nauseous for any other reason than being sick or pregnant. I've also had slight headaches, light lower back aches adn cramping, and sore bre*sts on and off. It's not going away. But I shouldn't be getting my period til February 6th. I never had anything this early with my other 3 pregnancies. If I was pregnant, I would have had symptoms since 2 days post conception. Is that even possible??? I don't normally have hormonal issues which is what I'm guessing it is if I'm not pregnant. . Also due to our previous methods of not getting pregnant I would have put the odds of it happening the first month at extremely low.
So...anyone else have something like this happen this early? Or maybe this is the start of fun hormonal problems?:001_huh: I know in a week or so I'll know either way...I'm just impatient and curious. Thanks for listening!
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What a great idea--we are in North Carolina and would love to do it.
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When we started VT, our doctor gave my son some glasses that basically compensated for his problems (he could not zoom, track, or converge) until his muscles become strong enough on their own. He said by the time we are done with VT, we will be done with the glasses. Because of this we have been able to carry on as normal with no interruptions in instruction. Honestly, he put on the glasses for the first time and had a hard time adjusting his eyes to them. By the second time he wore them his reading had gone up at least a grade level. I can't tell you how they helped. We are getting to where we can do fairly well without them now but that has taken us almost a year.
Just a thought--don't know what your son's specific issues are.
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I'll be honest...that's precisely where we were last year at this time. I really just thought he was just going to be slower in this area, but then I realized his younger brother was about to pass him and realized I might need to look into things more. I ended up looking up characteristics of dyslexia and realized he fit virtually every one.
We did testing and realized that while his IQ is gifted, he is severely dyslexic. We have used orton-gillingham methods to help him and he has improved SO much. We also realized he was having trouble with his eyes and had him tested by a covd.org eye doctor and realized he needed vision therapy as he was unable to zoom, converge, or track. Between treating the dyslexia and vision issues (totally separate issues by the way), he has changed from barely being able to read "cat" to reading magic tree house in about a year.
May not be your case at all, just sharing what happened with us.
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Here's a cheap option to add on to what has already been said. (Oh, and MFW was way too easy for my kids too--I looked at a friend's copy and knew that immediately--probably better for preK).
Phonics: Explode the Code with Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading (might be able to get it used for cheaper on ebay or here)
Math: Horizons or Singapore maybe?? (two we like that aren't too expensive). For Horizons you wouldn't need the teacher manual and it is more advanced. For singapore you may end up wanting 1A/1B if he was bored in ps.
Handwriting: We love Handwriting Without Tears here. Probably want the teacher's guide.
For "fun" learning, I'd look into Five In a Row. You can get it used on ebay and get all the books from your local library. It's laid back and offers simple geography, science, art, etc... that all ties into a book you read each week.You could also look at Ambleside Online for some free options.
Another way to add on without paying money is to let him do some fun educational websites. You can search on here or pm me and I'll send you my list.
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We do Horizons and Singapore here. It has been a great fit. As someone mentioned earlier, Singapore provides a greater depth in fewer areas at a time and I use their HIG as my spine/teacher guide (while I have Horizons TG, I rarely use it). We use their textbook, workbook, and CWP as well as doing all of the mental math. My son enjoys Singapore more and it challenges him more.
However, he really needs the spiral review of Horizons so we do 1 lesson of Horizons daily. This almost always falls behind what we're learning in Singapore so it is a good review and he can do Horizons fairly independently (he works on this while I do math with the younger two) then we do Singapore together.
For us, this takes about 45 minutes a day.
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Thanks for your answers. I suppose maybe there isn't a "right" way, just wondering what most did. I think I started wondering because when I used to just read the problems in the MM section without him seeing them, it was a LOT more challenging to him than be able to see them before he mentally solved them (which is what we do now).
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This is kind of a silly question, but it's been bugging me. We're finishing 2A. How is the mental math designed to work?
-Are you supposed to read the problem and have them answer without ever seeing the problem?
-Or, can they look at the problem but answer orally?
-What about when there is a grid (like an addition or multiplication table?) Do I just call them out and him answer each and every one down the line? Him look at them and tell me? Him fill them in? I hope that makes sense-just not getting the tables mental math-they seem more "worksheet" like and I feel like I'm missing something.
Obviously what matters most is that he is getting the processes and progressing (which he is) but I've just wondering how these parts were designed to work and I hadn't seen the explanation in the HIG.
Thanks!!
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Best one ever in our house is Active Life Explorer. It comes with a mat and has 22 mini games within the game. It is so active...my kids are literally dripping with sweat by the time they're done. I am not a video gamer, but this is one of the ones I really don't mind them doing since it is really good exercise/coordination.
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We did a "lite" week this week, not necessarily looking for overally fun (like big projects), more for lite (I wanted to do a bunch of painting projects around the house and basically wanted some free time while they did constructive stuff). This is what we did:
From 8-9:30ish we did math and reading/phonics (these are the things I just hate to let go).
For the rest of the day they did the following:
-LOTS of outside time in the sandbox, riding scooters, hide and seek, in their tents, etc...
-I put all the educational sites I like for them to go on on one folder in our favorites (math cats, starfall, xtra math, magic schoolbus, nasa pics, etc...) and let them all have about 45 min. a day to do those.
-I put a few new audio books on the ipod and let them listen to that in the playroom while they built with legos and lincoln logs.
-they did lots of painting and pladough, wikisticks, etc...
-we met friends at the park one afternoon
-some fun educational videos (magic school bus, leapfrog)
-I read Farmer Boy to them (not on our Sonlight schedule, just one I knew they'd love). We also checked out a ton of library books and read those for quite a while each day (we try to do that always but it can get pushed aside...I really gave extra time to it this week).
-Unlimited time playing with their toys :)
Not that exciting, but they have loved it
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We're just about to start multiplication in Singapore 2A and I'd love to get a good multiplication CD...my son is very auditory and learns well that way. I've looked a little and it seems like there are a bunch out there. Anyone have recommendations on ones that are clear, not terribly annoying (or ones that are so I can avoid them!).
Thanks!
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I used to teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade English so I graded many many pieces of writing for this age level. You've already gotten good ideas. Grading free writing is very difficult. Usually I would take a child's rough draft and write several compliments on it. Then I might give a specific suggestion or two to them for their final draft. Usually, I gave them a rubic ahead of time for things I was looking for (suggestion on numbers of lines, items I wanted included like personification or alliteration).
Honestly, for 6th grade, I would say she's right on target. Some kids honestly are just more into creative writing/poetry than others.
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I believe "that first winter" is an adverbial phrase, telling when the snow came. Within the adverb phrase, "that" and "first" are adjectives describing the winter. I believe it's a phrase and not a clause as it does not contain a subject and a verb.
Sore spot on pregnant belly.
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My SIL had the hernia during her second pregnancy. She had it fixed sometime after delivery. It was a relatively easy fix...it didn't end up being too big of a deal for her.