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  1. theYoungerMrsWarde
    Thank you, thank you, thank you! :001_smile: We have been doing it for a week now, and I am thrilled with the program. I have gone through the book myself, and I am very impressed. I started at level A, and I'm glad I did. Whoever mentioned that it was good to lay a good foundation with the basics, even if my ds flies through it, was right. We are having a lot of fun, and having a daily *official* curriculum makes it feel like we are finally *officially* homeschooling! So thank you to everyone who commented, gave advice/opinions, and encouragement. We have been blessed by your help.
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    :lol: For my graduation present my friends bought me a 10lb chocolate bar, which I had talked about in the past. Unfortunately, it was dark chocolate. I just couldn't eat all that dark choclate. Milk chocolate is a lot easier to eat (for me, anyway.) I ended up throwing about 3-5lbs away. I know I could have eaten it all (over time) if it had been milk chocolate. Hmmm, maybe it is a good thing that it was dark chocolate after all... :001_smile:
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    6/7 year old girls. Can't you just say they're 10.28 months old?
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    Everything in my linen closet is folded nicely and organized. But it is also half empty because the rest is unorganized and making a mess somewhere else in my house (in the dirty laundry pile, in the clean laundry pile, in the "mountain" pile that my ds4 made...) :tongue_smilie:
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    We are conservative Christians living in California. When ds#1 was 6 months, we started hearing about new laws requiring certain things be mandatory to teach in ps that we REALLY disagreed with. And then we started remembering our own ps experiences. I looked around, and dh bought me WTM and The Well Educated Mind for Christmas. I read it and was convinced we could do it. I read parts to dh, and he said "Why weren't we taught this?" We looked at costs and realized we could save more money with me staying home than I could make working and paying for daycare, 2nd car, etc, and we haven't looked back since.:001_smile:
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    4 read-alouds: Book of Virtues (that thing has a LOT of stories in it!) Bible Chronicles of Narnia The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (also know as Arabian tales) 3 curricula: OPGTR All the Math You'll Ever Need: A Self-Teaching Guide The NEW Way Things Work (not technically a curricula, but a good book to learn from) 2 reference books: SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation Kingfisher History Encyclopedia 1 home school book: WTM (because I don't have any others)
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    :lol:
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    I was planning on using that very thing as an incentive to get my oldest to go in there, but it wasn't needed. Experience makes the best teacher! :D
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    What I have heard about Montessori schools was that they didn't have good discipline/didn't believe in punishments.
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    I read an article that said that guys actually hate those suppose-to-be-sexy words on the butt.
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    I know there's a statistic out there about how many times the average collage student changes their major. I don't remember the number, but I think it was over three. A year. Why do they think younger high schoolers will have a better idea of what they "want to be when they grow up?" I can see this focusing a few individuals, but I can't see it working for the whole school.
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    Fish oil and Speech Issues? Well, normally you'd be on a stage so I don't think that they could smell your breath, but you might want to avoid mingling in the crowd afterward.
  13. theYoungerMrsWarde
    what do I need to know about a septic system They smell REALLY, REALLY bad! :ack2:
  14. theYoungerMrsWarde
    I thought I saw Yahoo! was going to host a live feed.
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    HOD, MFW, etc. What am I missing? A, B, C, E, G, I, J, K, L, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, and Z.
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    :lol::lol:
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    Queen's Homeschool Supplies Aren't her kids a little old for homeschooling? Prince Charles is in his 60s!
  18. theYoungerMrsWarde
    Lonely? Nope. You're the only one.
  19. theYoungerMrsWarde
    That is too cool :D
  20. theYoungerMrsWarde
    when do you start saying no... Usually between ages 1 and 2 :D
  21. theYoungerMrsWarde
    Do have a favorite foreign fruit? The french peas from Veggie Tales (I looked it up, they count!)
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    Stupid kid tricks!!!! My 4yo is teaching the other kids in bible class to "roll over". Does that count? (True story btw :lol:)
  23. theYoungerMrsWarde
    Time for a change The new date starts at midnight :001_smile:
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    Procrastinating...... ....I'll answer this later...
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    A question for those who can fruit I can't fruit, but I can banana split!
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