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History - we read aloud and work together to determine the important facts to outline; any projects or other writing she can do on her own
Elemental Science Logic Stage Biology - independently does reading assignments and writing; we discuss the topic, do the experiment, and are working on learning how to write up the labs independently (but not there yet)
Language Arts - spend time discussing reading and any assignments - does grammar independently and can work on written assignments without me standing over her
Math - go over new concepts, she does work independently, I assist when needed with problems
Philosophy together
Spanish - independent
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We're further into it now (10 weeks maybe?) and my 6 year old is still enjoying it (history and science are her favorite "subjects"). My 3 year old is able to participate too which makes things easier for me. The crafts each week are very easy to do although I have skipped a few and done my own thing in exchange. I like the read-aloud books that are scheduled, but I find the actual program portion that you read to the kids (written by the author I think) to be a little bit on the dry side (IMO, although my child hasn't complained). It's a good fit for us because I'm doing American History with my 10 year old this year, and it's just easier for me if I can keep them in the same basic time in history. It's not something that is on my "love" list when it comes to curriculum, but overall Ive been pleased with it. I'd buy it again for the price.
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We have used Maps, Globes, and Graphs from Steck Vaughn and find that they cover the material well.
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I have used it to supplement other phonics activities we do. I don't like to use just one thing though.
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This year I started printing out a weekly schedule for my DD 10 as she drove me crazy last year about it. She is thrilled to have it, and I really should have done it last year for her.
I don't put specific times, and she knows that we can be flexible and switch things around if something comes up. She's just happy to be able to see what and how much we're covering every week so that she can know when she's "done."
I have 36 weeks basically planned out for most subjects (general idea of what we're doing), but every 6 weeks I plan to work on the next 6 weeks and add in the details/specifics. I have the 1st 6 weeks done (we've completed 3 so far) so now I'm starting to work on the next 6 weeks.
This only includes lessons...not outside activities. She can look at my calendar at anytime for those.
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We're only 2 weeks into it, but my DD is enjoying it so far.
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Of course I bought an ebook from them YESTERDAY (8/31). Sigh.
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Hi,
You can sometimes find the K12 student and teacher pages on paperback swap. They can also be found pretty cheap on Amazon. I like the looks of the 5th grade literature and will be using some of it this year (along with "Best Selling" books for literary analysis). We use Growing with Grammar for quick, painless grammar lessons. Good luck to you!
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My 5th grader is on the 2nd chapter of Best-Selling Chapters and she's really enjoying it (but she loves to write and there's plenty of writing assignments included). The first chapter was on Character and included part of The Great Gilly Hopkins, and the second chapter is on setting and includes a portion of Hatchet (which she actually didn't like, but again, she likes the writing portion). So far it seems like a worthwhile part of our day, but I'll have more input once we're further into our year. I bought all of mine used on Amazon and got great deals, so it might be worth it to get one just to check it out. Good luck to you!
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My soon to be 10 year old reads constantly. I have no idea how many books she reads on her own. For next year, she has about 20 historical fiction books that will be assigned reading (she's excited and can't wait to get started on them). Other than that, I don't worry about it because she loves to read.
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I check the WTB forum regularly and have sold a number of things that way.
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If I had those numbers, my OB would have had a cow, so to speak. He likes very tight control.
Hope the rest of the road goes smoothly!
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I never said 3 I said 6 three years is a BIG difference. Every park or pool I have ever been has no doors on the stalls. I see moms standing outside mens bathrooms all the time talking to their sons and there is nothing wrong with it. There are even quite a few who have stated that on this thread. I don't see why any mother cannot do that. A three year old is a baby that is alot different. There is nothing wrong at all with me wanting my daughters to use the GIRLS bathroom with GIRLS.
Yes my daughters would question an adult who brought a school aged boy in the bathroom and I don't care if you would find it rude. I might be standing there fixing my 6 yr olds panties and I don't want anyones son looking at her booty. It's a girls bathroom and you can be safe and respectful at the same time.
Quoting you from another post you made on this thread (don't know how to double quote):
>>My son is disabled and from about 3 he does not go in a girls bathroom.<<
That's where I got the age of 3. That's fine that you don't find your children's questions rude, but I don't find it rude or inappropriate to bring a child of the opposite sex into the bathroom. There's also a big difference between politely telling someone that you're uncomfortable with their presence and asking them if they can read. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
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My daughters may be in there. You have no call to make them feel weird. It's unsafe because the bathroom is a private place. I have walked in bathrooms and seen young ladies fixing their bras with shirts pulled up. I wouldn't want my 6 yr old son to see that. There are ways around every situation if you just think it out. No it's not the world we live in but that is the main issue everyone wants that as an exuse to be rude.
I have been in bathrooms that don't have doors before I don't want your son peeping at my little girls, and kids would it is their nature to be curious. I have boys one who is disabled I would never make another child feel awkward it's just not right.
Honestly, your whole issues with manners is a bit confusing to me. It's not ok for me to take a hypothetical 3 year old into the restroom for safety and hygiene reasons, but it is ok for your child to ask an adult if they can read? To me, that's extremely rude behavior on the part of the child and would not go over well in my household. If it happened innocently once, sure, but then they would know that it's completely unacceptable in the future. If an adult is doing something that my family considers to be rude, we don't respond with the same. Asking someone "nicely" if they can read is not nice IMO.
If a child is peeping under a stall, whether boy or girl, I ask them to please not do it and I've never had a mother not respond to that. I guess I'm also just not hung up on the idea that a 3,4,5 year old is going to make my children uncomfortable (because they don't).
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When my kids are with my husband....
DD5 can go with DD9 into the women's restroom. My youngest has to go with DH. If DD9 is not around, DD5 will go with DH as well.
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I AM aware of our track record for investing and I CAN tell you that we consistently do very well.
And nothing in this world is guaranteed, but with knowledge and hard work you can go far investing yourself. It's leveraging risk. But, relying on SS to be there is about at high a risk as you can take.
I sincerely hope that you continue to do well and prosper. However, there are people who do this for a living (investing) who have knowledge and hard work who still make bad investments. And markets fail. It's a risk, and seeing as you state you've made over 20% every year (if I'm remembering correctly...not going back to check), I'm guessing that you have a pretty aggressive portfolio, which means that you take on quite a bit if risk. There's nothing wrong with that. To assume though that everyone who works hard and does their investment homework will consistently see their stocks perform in such a manner is naive in my opinion.
Anyway, again, I do wish you the best of luck and hope that you never experience a huge loss.
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I'd love to believe that is true, but I have a hard time believing it. We lost half of what we put into the 401K when the economy tanked. Luckily there is still time and we have gained much of it back, but really it's all still risky and I hate that part. I don't like feeling like I'm playing the black jack table when it comes to retirement money. And interest rates on safer investments are dreadfully low.
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There is no guarantee with the stock market, and even though historically investors have done well over the long haul, past performance does not guarantee future performance.
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We're in our early 40s and plan to be at a place where social security isn't necessary anyway (but you never know what life might throw you). I think that eventually they'll do some kind of means testing to determine how much a person is eligible for, but I can't see them getting rid of social security completely.
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It seems lately that many times I'll be having a conversation with someone and they'll be interrupted by a text and pause to read it and answer back. This is adults I'm talking about, not teens. And, yes, I do think it is kind of rude, unless they're expecting an important message. And by the frequency that this happens, I doubt that all those messages are important. I would not answer a text or a phone call from someone while I was carrying on a conversation unless I was expecting an important message. If someone interrupts me in person, that's different. I'd expect them to say "excuse me" and make a quick request or whatever and keep the interruption to a minimum.
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I don't text by choice. I don't think texting is bad or anything, and I know a number of people who seem to be polite about their texting habits. However, the number of people I know who are normally polite individuals with good manners who are very rude in my opinion with their texting seems to be growing daily (and in my circles, it's mostly adults). Again, I see nothing wrong with texting and can see the benefits. At this point, though, I'm really annoyed with the whole idea and wish it would just go away. :lol:
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Only you can know what you're capable of, so it's hard to make a judgment call like that. If it were me, I'd focus on the most teacher intensive things if I really wanted to keep them and work through them more intensely until the baby is born, then switch to less teacher intensive materials. When I had my last, I had a just turning 3 year old and a 7 year old, and I was exhausted. I did nothing teacher intensive for the year (and honestly, my oldest spent most of the year just reading, reading, and reading some more as she really took off at that point).
Good luck with your decision!
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PreK - maybe Oak Meadow K? I don't "do" PreK though, so I haven't really looked at anything
2nd grade - Calvert - solid program that can be done quickly and I could add
in our own literature, tweak what I don't like.
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This looks to be secular..........does anyone know for sure if this is the case or not?
elemental history
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Totally doable for a 5 year old. I do it in 2 days (not 3 as scheduled). While I read the 2 sections that the author wrote (on the same day), my 6 and 3 year old color the picture. I then have my 6 year old copy a sentence about what we just read (usually not what the author has written) and add a picture of whatever craft we do later to that page. That takes maybe 10 minutes? The craft maybe takes us another 15 minutes, sometimes shorter, sometimes longer depending on what we do. We do the state study part on the second day, and that takes maybe 15 minutes or so too. I'm just pulling these numbers out of the air as my sense of time isn't great, but it's really pretty short. There are usually 5 chapters assigned each week from a work of fiction and we do that whenever it fits into our day. HTH