No. We usually go out to dinner or something. We do get a "gift" as in sometime during the months before or after our anniversary, if we find something we need/want on sale we buy it and say it is our anniversary gift. This year we bought knives about a month before our anniversary.

We don't use coasters because drinks are only allowed in the kitchen/dinning area. We also don't have a coffee table, so no where to put a drink in the family room.

My kids loved Amoeba Sisters last year for biology. I loved the thoroughness and how clearly they explained topics. I would love to find something similar for the other sciences for my middle and high school kids. Geology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics. Any ideas?

Well, I just spoke with the office/stage manager and I guess many other parents expressed similar concerns and so they will be offering workshops the whole time in an extra practice room. So anytime they are not needed on stage for production rehearsals, they can go do workshops. Glad to know others felt as I did.

I am glad I am not the only one who found the email misleading. This group is a community theater where actor's are non-paid, etc. In the past the summer camp was purely a paid workshop for two weeks. This is the first year they are adding a production as part of the summer camp. They advertised it as their paid summer camp that includes a production. Just seems they have ditched the camp part now. Without the workshops, it ends up much more per hour than the other local theater camps (some of which also include productions). I have been attempting to contact them today, with no luck so far. Hopefully one of the three methods I tried will eventually get a response.

What would you expect from a Musical Theater Camp based on this email? Congratulations! You have been cast in ____ 2019 summer camp production of _____. A cast list is attached to this email. Regardless of the role, all participants in the summer camp will have workshop opportunities in acting, singing, and dancing culminating in the musical production of _____. Please submit your payment for the camp at your earliest convenience. A parent meeting will be held ______ at 1:00 p.m. in the ______". Following the parent meeting, we will have our first read through of the script and sing along with the score. _____ we begin rehearsing in the Social Hall from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. There will be no rehearsal on ______. Rehearsals will be held every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday between the hours of 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. through the month of _____. There will be a dress rehearsal on ___&&&& and performances on _________. In order to make the most of our rehearsal time, please respond to this email with any of your conflicts so we can schedule accordingly. We are looking forward to a fun filled summer with you! So, I was expecting my child to learn in workshop's and be at camp on the days specified for most of the time. After we already paid and had a parent meeting talking about likely being there for 2 hours a day or more, then I get a schedule in which my kid is only there an hour a day and no workshops. They are just working on the production. I would have never signed up if I knew she was only going for an hour a day. It is not worth my time or the money. (Which everyone paid the same amount). Because it will take 20 min each way, I can't really come home when she is there for only an hour. When I thought she was going to be there for 2 - 4 hours, it would have been fine. There are two other musical theater camps in town that tech workshops and have all kids stay for the whole time. I would have done one of those. Am I right to be frustrated? I seriously am thinking of asking for my money back and switching to another camp. She only went two days.

We did do the author profiles and approach papers. I thought it was good practice for her, but we may not do them this year. I haven't decided yet. As far as scheduling, she had 3 weeks to read the book and one week to write the essay. She is a very slow reader, but a good writer so this pace works well. If a book was short, she only read for two weeks and then used the extra week for another unit with a longer book.

I used a lot of free and cheap stuff when my kids were young, but it was mostly teacher intensive. I am not sure I have many ideas for this specific situation. Most of the free online stuff I know of is mostly supplemental. Sadly, I am just not feeling like this situation is going to work for your friend.

Personally I like Jacob's Geometry better than AOPS Geometry. But I still like AOPS. Jacob's Set III problems are challenging. Personally I just found it easier to follow.

Most places around here don't hire until 16, so it is hard for a 14-15 yr old to work. So my 14 taught some neighborhood kids dance lessons in our home. She was paid, but it was "under the table." She is also a volunteer TA at her dance studio.

Thank you for your time and advice. And the linked papers. I think this will all help. Definitely we will spend some time just rephrasing. That is a weakness she has. I really didn't do a good job with the whole narration and whatnot through the years....

Yes, literary analysis is our main focus this year. But we do seem to be bad at all kinds of conclusions.

My DD has become a very good writer but she is struggling with writing conclusions to her essays. One aspect she really struggles with is restating her thesis. This area is also a weakness of mine, so I am not a ton of help. What curriculum or resources should you suggest?

There is no grading system suggested in the coursebook. I am not sure how they grade it if you take it through them. I am doing points for each assignment. I kind of based the points based on how much time and work each assignment takes. For example: comprehension questions are worth 10 points and activities and central questions are worth 30 points, etc. I also added map work to the course. We are using A Little History of the World, and other resources we have around the house, like Human Odyssey and Kingfisher History, along with online resources, like Crash Course videos, and history websites. We have not had issues finding info on the topics online. We are only doing the first half of the course, spending more time on the topics. We are doing all the assignments which DD would probably not be able to do if we were doing it all full pace. She is a young 9th grader so I did not want to overwhelm her. For the second half of the course I am looking for a book on modern history to be the main spine since she is almost done with A Little History of the World.

We are currently using it. It is going well. I think that my daughter likes that it is reading, writing, and project based, instead of facts and test based. I like that it is very open ended and flexible. Do you have any specific questions?

I have always worn choir dresses or in one community choir we had blouses and skirts. Some of the ladies had seen them. (Overall all it was an older choir. I very much stood out, being only 30 at the time.)

Sometimes my kids breezed through sections, doing many pages a day. And other times we went at a snail's , or had to take breaks from the book to get extra facts practice. It really just depends on the topic and the kid. But yes, for two of my three, we went slowly through the facts and long division.

I am just commenting because I have the same problem and I want to be able to easily find this thread. Thanks for all the tips.

Sign Up Genius is what I see used most often.

My kids get asked name and age by TSA. It has never felt invasive. They don't have to show ID, so it doesn't seem like they're asking much. And we always get to go through the easier, quicker screening. I never thought about it having to do with child trafficking or anything, interesting. I never thought they asked because they suspected anything. I thought it was standard protocol. I mean I have no idea who would suspect us when we are all together. Our kids are our mini mes.

With oldest DD, she went from 5B to Jousting Armadillos, finished the whole series, and then went on to Jacob's Geometry. I t worked very well for her. With my DD, he went from 5B to AOPS Pre-A, then onto AOPS Algebra. It has gone well, but was a really rough transition. He had never had to work at math before. My youngest DD is in 5B right now. I am debating what to do with her: I don't think either path her older siblings took is right for her. I will probably either do Singapore 6, Doclciani Pre-A next year. Although I like the suggestion up thread of going to Math: A Human Endeavor. Eventually, we will probably get to Jacob's Algebra. (I actually own all these books making it harder for me to decide.)

This is what we're thinking: Math - AOPS Counting and Probability (probably mostly over the summer, or sooner as he only has 3 ch left in Intro to Algebra) and AOPS Geometry Spelling - thinking we are mostly done with this. Maybe we'll do the high school level of Phonetic Zoo Grammar - Winston Advanced Literature - read books of his choice from my list and discuss using Teaching the Classics method. Writing - Writeshop 1 Vocabulary - Vocabulary from the Classical Roots A Logic - he wants to do Fallacy Detective and the Art of Argument History - SOTW 2 with Kingfisher History and Human Odyssey using WTM method Science - I am thinking RSO Astronomy 2 and RSO Earth 2 (if it is ready)? I wish there were more secular choices.. Latin - Finish Lively Latin 2 Duolingo - continue working on Spanish and Norwegian Programming - not sure where to go with this... He has done everything Scratch book and video we could find. Learned Python and Pygame with a class sponsored by the university and did the highest level. And did a online class in JavaScript. Maybe we will find an intermediate JavaScript class. I have a few JavaScript books he hasn't worked through yet. Piano, Ninja classes, running, sports, scouts And who knows what else... This is my crazy driven child. I wish some of it would rub off onto his sisters.

We have been using Map Trek this year. I bought the one that has all of history, from ancient to modern. I like that it has 3 different levels for each map.

We use the outline book Calbear linked and then do history the WTM way. We have tried HO before and found it too overwhelming for our family.

My youngest is very different from her older siblings, so we are always having to try new things with her. Here is what we're thinking. Math - Singapore 6 (she is just starting 5B now, so may still be finishing it next year or already be in 6. You never know with her.) Didn't do 6 with the others, but I think she needs it. History - SOTW 2 with some other stuff added Science - RSO Astronomy 2 and RSO Earth 2 (if it is out by then) She will tag along with her older brother, so who knows how it will go. Spelling - She is almost done with AAS now, so maybe the higher levels of Phonetic Zoo (because I have it). Not sure, my other kids took a different spelling path. Or maybe nothing? Grammar - Winston Basic Vocabulary - Vocabulary from the Classical Roots 5 Literature - read books of her choice from my list and discuss with Teaching the Classics method. Writing - Sentence Composing for Elementary (we have tried this recently and she seems to like it). Latin - Lively Latin 1 Art - Artistic Pursuits Middle School and YouTube videos. This is her favorite subject Extra: dance, theater, volleyball, soccer, piano (with me), voice (YouTube).