No because she never said it hurt to walk. She was up and running after it happened and we iced it.Is it possible to have a fracture like that without it affecting her walk/running? I never thought it being something like that since she hops and jumps and is rough all the time. I will feel totally like the worlds worst mom if it is a bone problem. Gulp. Now I am worried. Will call the Dr. today.

Also there is a series of books from the I Can Read series for science. These are mostly out of print but worth the hunt. We have a few and they offer more then expected info on a topic. Terry and the Caterpillars is one from this collection. There is one on classification, Benny's Animals and How he Put Them in Order. Don't forget the Dover animal coloring books, these are great for your dc to color in while reading a read aloud.

If you can find the Animals do the Strangest Things books, there is one for fish, birds, reptiles, insects.

My dd fell last spring at the playground, missed a step and hit her shin. She had an awful bruise on the shin a good 4" long, blue and swollen. After we iced it she was good to go and she never complained about it inhibiting her walking/running. Fast forward to now, she still has about a silver dollar size bruise there. It is blue-ish. If you push on it it is tender but she has never complained. Why is it still bruised and should I be concerned? Could it have been just a really bad bruise that is taking a long time to heal?

My high school ds LOVES MOH. He said it was the only history he has done that has not put him to sleep. However, I would never do this with a younger child. Upper middle school or high school will get the most from these books. The younger age activities, in my opinion, are just busy work crafts. The meat of MOH are the notes given and the research she has them do. If you are looking for hands on history, look at Time traveler cds, these are chocked fill of hands on and lapbook work. I have not used that Abeka book, but Abeka is solid and will provide a great spine.

BJU, it incorporates a wide variety of learning: Review Logic Writing mental math problem solving and hands on work

Not sure if this addresses your question but we do both, study a wide variety along side single topics or branches of science. Both have benefits and draw backs so why pick and choose which one is better? Example, this past year we studied Astronomy, this was our dive deeper subject and spent 24 weeks on it. As we worked our way through space we also did nature studies from our nature walks/observations, learned about dolphins for 3-4 weeks since dd wanted to learn about them, did a 2 week raptor study, added some chemistry and physics with a few hands on experiments and books we got at the library, studies magnets for a few weeks, and now we are finishing up a 10 week geology course., When we come to something in our studies that looks like a great rabbit trail we take it. So in a course of the school year we are getting the basic branches of science: Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, and Physics. All are really intertwined in some form or fashion anyway.

Great! Thank you ladies.

I know you said in your circle, but want to point out that unless you are inclined to watch a teen 24/7, even in the most safest of neighborhoods...if they want to pursue the negative things they will find a way.

I was wondering if there is a way to get notified if you have been quoted? Sometimes I post on a thread and then never check back. If someone quotes me to ask a question about what I said I may never know it. I don't want to appear like I am ignoring the question.

No, no protection if the child really is drawn to that type of thing. I have 3 sons, 1 of which has been drawn to smoking, drinking, drugs and you name it from little on. I would see how it fascinated he was if my husband had beer/wine with dinner so much so that we stopped having it in our house. Husband and I do not smoke and the people we know do not smoke but this son was interested in it from a young age. He picked the seedy looking/acting friends. He got into drugs. Homeschooling did not protect this child, you wanted those things and he went for them.

I plan on using these when we study Greek Myths http://www.currclick.com/product/13286/A-Guide-for-Using-D-%27Aulaires%27-Book-of-Greek-Myths-in-the-Classroom?src=s_pi&it=1 http://www.currclick.com/product/15994/Literature-Pockets%2C-Intermediate%2C-Greek-%26-Roman-Myths%2C-Grades-4-6?src=s_pi&it=1 http://www.currclick.com/product/21420/Greek-%26-Roman-Mythology-Lapbook?src=s_pi&it=1

My ds is just finishing TT Algebra 2 and has not opened the book once.

We are technically finished our school year, the required days are done. But our personal view of the year is not done. My 2 need to finish their math books. They also have to finish reading any science reading...but at this point no written work is required. The same for my ds and doing MOH, just read, do some research, but no writing. When they finish those things then their official summer break starts.

I shop at WM and Target. I shop where I find things i need at a price that is the lowest. I have not been to Costco yet, but we just got one and I plan on trying it. I tried the banning a place because of it's political views, working conditions, and other things but when it came down to needing something one of those stores had for $$ cheaper then another, I caved and went where I can save. So far the Wm I go to is clean and neat. Help is abundant and the lines are always short. The shelves are stocked too. Things I buy at these stores last long or break fast, I have not noticed one happening more from a certain store then the other.

It was more slower then a gentle approach then I expected. Very little if any creative written work. I cannot remember now but it is either nouns or verbs that went on fore e v e r. The repeat, repeat, repeat part was mind numbing. We went through FLL 1 and 2 in less then a year and FLL3 in half the time skipping tons of the repeat lessons.

:bigear: I will be watching the replies. I am thinking of doing the same thing for core G and H. I wanted to do the 3 quest cores with the boys but they were allergic to anything hands on so I got rid of the quests. Now dd has come along and adores anything hands on ( :hurray: ) My thoughts were similar...use WP and add in the SL books. I think it would work much better this way.

I don't see how writing in dialect is racist. I have known people who spoke just like that. I never thought anything less of them in person as I do the character speaking the dialect portion in a book.

I actually painted our school room the lighter orange (bottom choice). The room was bright and had lots of wood from bookshelves and white wainscoting (think this is how it is spelled). I liked it. Felt cheery even on cold yucky days.

I used BJU. I use BJU pretty much for all grades up through Algebra I. It is a solid math program.

For K and 1st I do not mark anything wrong, but will tell them what is wrong and rework the problem with them. I find it is upsetting for a very young learner to see those X's or circles instead of all checks. 2nd through high school I mark the answers wrong and they need to correct the problem. From 2nd to 8th if I see a writing mistake I might point that out asking if this was the answer they wanted and then tell them to be careful next time. If it is a actual math error and they have trouble seeing what is wrong then I help. Most of the time they see the error and fix it. High school I will add an arrow where the error occurred in the problem if they worked the problem right but made a simple error. If the problem was worked wrong I circle it.

I was one that did the rigerous thing in the early years and regretted it. This was for my boys. My dd is getting a more relaxed early education. I am not sure if I will regret it yet, it is too early to tell. However I have seen things so far that I like. Dd is done school early and uses that time to write, draw, be creative, enjoy the outdoors and read. She will study topics on her own. She views learning as fun. We are not behind where the boys were at this age, in fact, looking back at the boys work, dd is ahead of where they were.

We lived in the South up until 2 yrs ago, so snow is a novelty for us. Snow days are days to explore a new type of nature. Playing in the stuff and finding out there are many different types of snow has been a great science lesson. I also downloaded this http://shiningdawnbooks.com/available-units/snow-and-ice/ It has given us lots of things to do school wise while playing in the snow.

I like the Mensa book list. http://mensaforkids.com/school_template.cfm?showPage=school_readeraward.cfm Scroll down for the list links.

After a break, if dd is still not fully participating in her school work she is sent to take a rest(no toys and in bed). I expect my children to be engaged in their work. They get enough breaks and weeks off as well as enough sleep (I let them sleep to 8 on school days). If they are not sick, which I will ask them, then they need to do their work properly. If dd drags her feet on her school work I stop her and move on, anything not finished gets moved to the afternoon for homework and will interfere with her time to play. I do allow her to do school anywhere she wants but I expect neat work, no exceptions. messy work will be redone. Attitude gets a seat on the stairs for a timeout. I do not need give attitude and I do not expect it from my children.