Jealous!

Great suggestions! Love the T4L idea!

I cried when another mom told me her 19yo dd had finally turned into a human being again. I don't know if I can last that long! **insert wailing**

I feel like I need to make this very clear so that y'all can give the best advice for the situation: this is the 5th child. SIL has entrusted them to the public school system, and for the most part, it's worked fine. This is a mom who is desperate to help her daughter who is being mistreated (from all that I hear, of course). She knows absolutely not one other soul who homeschools. She will have all day with niece but only in 10-15min spurts for real instruction. SIL can listen and work while niece reads aloud or does math, but the actual 1:1 will be short spurts. Whatever she uses needs to be simple to implement just because she doesn't have any background to draw on and little time to put into planning. It is *not* the ideal homeschool scenario, but it will be worlds better than where that sweet girl is right now.

According to her mother, niece is reading well. I doubt if SIL knows if she's ahead of the curve or not though. Mississippi has no virtual anything. That would definitely meet the criteria though! Is there a good online academy for that age? Christian but not religious/don't attend church (but probably not averse to using cc materials) Scripted would be best in this instance. Budget - I'm not sure, but I'd guess a few hundred dollars if necessary. Thanks for the other suggestions! I'll have her look into those too.

Are you going thru the app? You should not be in safari at all by then. Open the Audible app and sign in using your Amazon credentials - your email and password. Click on "library" and click on a title. It should download to the iPad then.

SIL is a small business owner, so she needs an open-and-go curriculum. Niece is motivated and bright. This may very well be a one-year deal as the object is to get her out of a classroom where the teacher is bullying her and the principal refuses to move her. Next year niece will probably go back to brick-&-mortar school. I've encouraged SIL to have her do lots of reading and solidify her math skills while she considers curric options. What math programs would you suggest she look at? Phonics? What about other subjects? Are they necessary? If so, which subjects and which programs should she look at? (I am a certified teacher, but my son has some learning differences. I spend a great deal of time detailing lessons to fit him; something SIL is unable to do. I am also 1200 miles away and can't sit down with her to go over things in person.) Thanks for any and all help!

I was finally able to move the books from the wishlist to the cart. Has anyone seen any Book Guides on the sale? I've only found on for The Hundred Dresses. I was hoping for the Magic School Bus guides as well. (Not the lit circle guides - the covers look like THIS.)

It's taken me two years, but we are the Quirky Kid Academy.

skeeterbug, I'm glad you were able to get them. I'll try again today on a couple that I'd really like to have.

Oh no, not all. There are several things on my wishlist that show as $1 - but no "add to cart" button. So I click on the title and go to the product page, change zero to 1 on the ebook, and then "add to cart." "Please choose a product link." Grrrrrr...... Hunter, I did think of you as I was fussing at the computer this afternoon. I'm glad things are working for you. I'm trying to think of it as Scholastic saving me money. ;)

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I have been there. It is so hard. (((hugs)))

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Praying!

See, I knew from your posts here that you were extraordinary! Glad someone else recognized it too! :lol:

Born and bred in the southeast (well, born in KC but I got to the South as soon as I could), and I agree with Jean. I cannot stand a dead-fish handshake, especially from a man.

Mine is also not a flat-foot problem. Hope you get it figured out!

If Little Brother makes it that long, he's doing great! Kudos to him! Good luck. I hope you find something that works for y'all. I think some kids are intrinsically motivated and some are not. Mine is not, so I do understand your frustration.

The thing that struck me in your posts above is "he doesn't remember what he's supposed to do" if you alternate days. In 5th grade, I'm working with my DS *most* of the time. I can't imagine giving him a stack of books and telling him to do the work. He absolutely would never get finished. I don't see your problem as an issue of DS dawdling so much as him being left to his own devices for extended periods. To previous posters above, thanks for the advice about letting the "15min things go" - I needed to hear that.

When I was 18yo, my boyfriend told me I walked on the inside of my feet. I hadn't noticed - and didn't really see it then. My shoes didn't wear unevenly on the inside. Fast forward 20yrs, my husband told me the same thing. Again, I didn't see it. My feet/ankles didn't hurt; shoes didn't wear unusually. Forward again, 8yrs later - I definitely notice now, at age 46. My ankles hurt most nights. There is an odd bulge on the outside of my right ankle. I don't even know where to begin to correct this issue, but I'm afraid if I don't, my elderly years will be spent sitting because walking will be painful. I'd advise having your son's feet checked out by a professional now to avoid problems in the future.

That's me too.

29 Aug 2001 5th grade

We have baseball practice tonight from 6-7:30pm. We won't get home until almost 8pm. Trade ya! :)

Yay for no celiac! Hope they figure it out quickly.