[What curriculum are you loving and hating this year?]

Loving Saxon, Khan, AAS ( almost done ), Duolingo, First Form Latin, Latin Book 1, Human Odyssey Ancients, Madrigal's Spanish, Spanish Made Simple, Quizlet, IEW, EIW, Diagramming Sentences, Analytical Grammar. Just about everything but science I am still looking, sigh!

["Is homeschooling hard?" How do you answer that?]

Yes, some days I need Baileys in my coffee. Some days not !

[How many hours do you do school with your 4th grader?]

"Sit down work" Although they don't sit often. Approx times, some days faster, some slower - Math 1.5 hr., Grammar 30 min., Writing 30 min., Latin 1 hr., Spanish 30 min., History 30 min., and Science 30 min.

 

5 hours a day. This does not include reading, Youtube, Duolingo, Quizlet, Snap Circuits, Science experiments, nature study, art, or whatever else floats their boats.

[When should kids use a public restroom alone?]

Where do you live that supposedly has issues with human trafficking that would involve children abducted from theaters or restrooms?

South Texas, it happens here.

[When should kids use a public restroom alone?]

Why would she, or anyone, need to block the door to the men 's room?

I still stand outside if my son is in the bathroom. I am not paranoid. I am a sexual abuse survivor, who wants my son to not be afraid and to learn to do things on his own. But I will be close enough to hurt someone if they try to hurt my boy. Everyone does their best, but we have our own experiences. 

[Discovering the value of a Saxon Math education...20 years later!]

I too have never cared for Saxon below 5/4. I wanted the younger kids to love anything else after using it with the 3 older children. Nope, didn't work out that way. We are back using Saxon 5/4 +, happily !! At least I got a break for K -3. LOL

[What is your dream curricular if money was not an object?]

A Chef, a driver, a sitter, Latin and Spanish tutors, and Every Latin program ever made. I can't believe I forgot a maid. LOL

 

Happy with our curriculum.

[Sentence diagramming in other languages?]

We have diagrammed quite a bit in Latin. I adore it.

 

http://www.german-latin-english.com/diagrams.htm

[Saxon Math placement help?]

My daughter started 5/4 in 2nd and is working on 7/6 now in third. I really wanted her to love Math Mammoth or Singapore, nope. I wanted to use something new but she wasn't having it.

 

Her brother in 5th is on level with 6/5.

[Saxon Math placement help?]

I really dislike K-3 of Saxon. Have not seen the new books. I would go with 5/4 it has a lot of review in the beginning. 

[Secular literature programs for the Logic Stage?]

What is out there, what do you love?

[Fits over everything in School]

When I took on the job of educating my kids, and it is a job. I determined that they need to understand that it isn't optional. They do get to make choices as in what and when they want to do work. But work must be done every day. It just isn't an option. No work, no play. No electronics. Nothing. Life, can be easy or hard. But my job must be done. period.

[Dh]

I am nervous about the cost of this echo. We have BCBS so I know the price will depend on what their contract price is.

Do you have a 401K? You can borrow from it.

[Dh]

What were his symptoms?

Shortness of breath was the only symptom he described.  But he was just exhausted, and I started noticing his fingers and toes weren't the right color, not blue but different. I stood my ground and insisted.

 

Edited :With Texas heat, don't know if he was clammy, he never passed out, but close.

 

[Dh]

My hubby had a stress test, echo and finally, because nothing was resolved, I insisted a Heart Cath. He was 99 and 95% blocked. No one would have bet on that. The doctors were shocked. 

[How and When to Accelerate (?)]

Never planned. Mine just mess up my plans a lot. My daughter will sit all day and read three books. Or do 10 lessons of math. They are pulling me along kicking and screaming.

[Is correcting your kids in public horrible or is it just .....parenting?]

I am old school. Mine know that we never need to leave home. They must behave. If not then the mom look is enough for them to understand that I am not happy. The grandbabies tell the older kids, "Grandma's house, grandma's rules."

 

I do see what you are talking about all the time. And not just with littles. But teens! I don't get it, at all.

[is there anything illegal about this??]

My sister was my mom's homecare nurse, and hospice nurse in Texas. Someone needed to take care of her I was happy she got paid.

[Not liking life right now]

I haven't step outside anymore than absolutely necessary this year. Texas sucks. Moving far north in about 4 years. CAN.NOT.WAIT !

[Help me understand this Latin...]

Following. Hoping to start Latin this year.

I highly recommend for an introduction, for a child above third grade or for yourself before teaching the child/children to see some of the "big picture," Getting started with Latin. I am one who can't just memorize because someone says to. I need to see where it is headed at least in the short term. A single word a day, daily translation. A wonderful introduction for anyone.

[IEW Writing Intensive A: How young?]

I have an 8-year-old 3rd grader who is doing fine with IEW. SWI-A She didn't have a lot of interest in some of the subject content, but I purchased the TWSS too, so there were supplements at all levels and we were able to find things she liked better. She is not a strong writer so I let her type. 

[Latin. Ugh. So overwhelmed. 4th and 6th graders.]

We did GSWL, Lively Latin 1 & 2, started Latin Prep, and went to First Form.  I really like the intro of GSWL. Lively Latin was ok, we didn't do history. In hind sight I would just go from GSWL to First Form. ( Although we won't be doing Fourth Form or Henle. )

[The Human Odyssey cost for used copy?]

I purchased all three Human Odyssey books along with American Odyssey and World History Our Human Story  most in excellent condition on Amazon used for less than $40 total. The spine of World History isn't exactly tight, but will do just fine for us.

[Reasonably priced, relaible laptop rec?]

Sixteen, unless he is going to college this year I would not think that far ahead in the purchase of a laptop. I would simply see if a Chromebook would work for now, some are really inexpensive and do wonderfully for school. Then I would save up for a much better laptop for college.

[Math--what have you used, what are you using now...]

We have used or tried Miquon ( loved it ), Math Mammoth ( the kids felt there was to much time between skills ) Singapore ( they hated all the different books ) Life of Fred ( burned out fast ) Then we returned to Saxon ( my older kids all used it ) and the kids like the constant review. So here we stay. I really want to try AOPs with my youngest, math minded child, but we will see. For now it works, they are retaining and not hating Saxon.