I attempted to do a dino lapbook from In the Hands of a Child with my son and it was the most exhausting, time consuming thing we've done since we started homeschooling. I wish I knew how other families make them work. I wanted it to be a fun experience for him but in the end it was just a waste of paper and ink.

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If they have a large number of friends they're a lot less likely to notice. If it's someone you talk to periodically though they will probably figure it out eventually. I've "unfriended" a few people in the past but I was so fed up with these people I didn't care if they noticed.

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What is HCG? Is it a supplement?

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:lol: How funny!

Thanks so much everyone! You've all been super helpful!

I wouldn't but my husband would.

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I've been checking out vocabulary programs and to be honest, they all seem rather boring. Do any of you just assign vocabulary from the books your children are reading? We're planning on using SL Core 3 next year and I figure there will be more than enough words to choose from in the readers. If you do this, how do you go about reinforcing the meanings of the words? Thanks for any guidance!

Me! We're moving at the end of the summer. We'll have been overseas for 5 years.

Thank you! :)

Would an older child benefit from SSL if it's their first exposure to Latin?

Congratulations! :)

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Thank you! I didn't think the samples had everything I needed to test him. I appreciate it! Thank you so much for the advice everyone! I'm happy to hear other people have switched successfully mid-year! My son is doing fairly well with Horizons but I just know if the problems were presented in a different manner he wouldn't know what to do. Horizons isn't helping him understand why he's supposed to solve problems a certain way. Thanks again! :)

I still can't find the placement test on their website. :001_huh:

I don't have several children but I still feel like it's impossible to get it all done sometimes. I'm a perfectionist which doesn't help matters much. For those of you who have learned to let things go, what do you do when people come over? I always end up cleaning like a crazy person when people are supposed to come over and I find myself inviting people over less and less because of this.

I've heard great things about Atelier Art. We're planning on using it next year if we can't find some of the modules used this year. Here's the website: http://homeschoolart.net/index.html Good luck in your search!

Thank you for posting this! We loved watching Molly the barn owl and her babies a few months ago. I know the kids will get a kick out of these little guys. :)

Thank you! I looked for the placement tests but couldn't find them for some reason.

I know this has probably been discussed already but apparently I've reached my limit on searches for the day. :D I keep getting an error message every time I try. I've been strongly considering switching my son from Horizons to CLE math next year. I've been looking at the 3rd grade samples and I can't help but feel my son is already missing out on some pretty important concepts. CLE just seems to explain things so much better. I was thinking maybe we could start with a later LightUnit within the 3rd grade series but it's hard to know where to start. I wouldn't usually think switching math programs in the middle of the year would be a good idea but I'm worried he will be even more behind next year. I'm also not too keen on having to work through the summer but I don't want him to be lost next year. What to do, what to do. Any advice? Please? :)

This happened to me too. :glare: My witch of a 3rd grade teacher was always trying to shame me in front of the class about it. My mom took care of that pretty quickly! I did stop for a little while in 1st grade when my dad bribed me with a swing set. I started back up in 3rd grade after a traumatic event (which this teacher knew about) so it was definitely a coping mechanism at the time.

Me too! I got braces when I was 12 and it was the combination of it feeling wrong and knowing I would have to have braces for even longer that stopped me.