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6 weeks till the end of our school year. I am so done but have to force myself every day to do the work.
The kids seem fine though..maybe I didn't give them enough work this year to wear them out properly.
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Drug use.
My brother used to do drugs. Left needles around the house...had scary people knocking on the door looking for him as well as police.
Other then that I'm pretty lenient. So long as they are not engaging in anything criminal or hazardous to the safety of the other family members living there
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Oh goodness.. I was just recently in Melbourne and kept commenting to my DH how friendly everyone was. I didn't expect it from such a large city that is overrun with tourists...but everywhere we went people were so patient and helpful. Not so much as a sigh when they were asked the same questions for possibly the 50th time that day. It was lovely.
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The Blue Mountains reaction depends on where you live. For us, from a relatively flat country, its spectacular. My uncle took a tourist friend to the Three Sisters. The guy was from a town near the Swiss Alps. He was distinctly underwhelmed by the "little hills and rocks".
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My DH is from Canada. He calls every mountain in Australia..a hill LOL
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Wow...I never thought to reuse them. My kids would love one but they are $50 here and I didn't want to have to buy one every year.
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What exactly ARE skylanders?
A big, fat money pit LOL
They are part of a video game. You buy little figurine characters and put them on a portal to play in a game.
I do not want to mention how many my kids have but the creators of the game must be mega millionaires...a lot funded by me LOL
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My 5 yo wants Transformers, Lego, a Fur Real Kitten, Imaginext BatCave, Skylander TrapTeam figures....and the list goes on and on lol.
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Thanks Sewingmama! I think I will go ahead and get this and just let her work on it at her own pace. I was looking at it again last night and I'm really excited about all the books. She has always, since she was born, had to be moving and making some type of noise so reading aloud to her has always been extremely frustrating - she's not disobedient, just a little ADHD maybe. She's just started to be able to sit relatively still and not sing or make humming noises for about 20 minutes so I can finally do some reading with her. I'll go check out that facebook page. :)
My DS 5 is just like that naturally...he doesn't have ADHD. The activities are short but meaningful and we often do an activity...take a break..do another etc. Lesson time varies according to what activities there are that day but I would say 30 minutes a day is average. MBTP is multi sensory..so there are quite a few movement activities involved.
The books really are great. I like that they are a break from the traditional classics that most programs use...we have already read so many of those over and over already. My DS has pretty limited tastes in books at the moment ...loves Spiderman, Lego books and books about cats and dogs...thats pretty much it....but he has loved every one of these books and even has a couple favourites he has asked me to reread many times...which never happens for him.
The owner is fabulous and gives excellent customer service. He is always open to quest,ions and suggestions.
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If I was you I would start 4-5 now. It won't be repeating what you are already doing and its really fun. My 5 yo knows all his letters and sounds and is reading CVC words and 4-5 is still challenging for him. There are a few handwriting letter sheets but thats good for reinforcement. The program doesn't really teach letter sounds...it teaches writing the letters and you can skip that part if your DD doesn't need it.
It's really all about the books and developing comprehension.
This week we are doing the Halloween unit and the book for it is Goodnight Goon. Some of the activities we have done include
learnt what a parody is
compared the pictures and story to Goodnight Moon
Coloured a skeleton and learned about the different bones in the body
Learnt about bats, watched a video and made a bat mask
Learnt about real mummies from Egypt, wrapped the kid up like a mummy and have them estimate how many wraps of toilet paper it will take
"wrote" ( the child writes maybe a word or even just lines if they can and then you scribe) in his writing journal about his favourite part of Halloween and drew a picture
Made some ghosts and then used them to count and make number sentences with.
As you can see...it is not directed at learning letters. MBTP does not teach reading or phonics in any of its levels...you need your own program for that.
I am probably going to wait till my DS is in Year 1 to do 5-7. I started in K with my older two and it was too much for them. We only just finished that level earlier this year and they are 7&8.
Don't skip the 4-5. it is really fun and your DD will learn a lot.
I've posted a few photos of my little guy and his projects over on the Facebook page...go join up
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Moving Beyond the Page 4 to 5 comes with its own set of craft items. I never have used it but it looks really good on the web.
I'm using this right now with my youngest...it's awesome and the kit does come with everything. It's gentle and requires no planning. I can't say enough good things about it.
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I have tons of things cut out and waiting but sewing it up is not happening. The kids take so loooong doing school that I'm just too tired to make more mess at the end of the day.
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She does look different but to me she looks she she has just aged and lost weight.
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Peanut butter...can't stand it when the cheap ones have like a litre of oil floating on the top.
Wipes.. no name brands are not worth the mess or diaper rash and I always have to use a lot more to do the same job as Huggies.
Nutella...no need to explain lol.
Mayonaise
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my DD does this all the time. She's an incredibly stubborn kid. I just ignore it. I teach her and her brother the same lessons everyday so she will sit and stare ahead and I continue on with the lesson with her brother. When we get to the end I take her books and put them to the side with a big "oh well I guess you wanted to do this in your own time" . I then move on to the next thing I had planned. She either joins in or continues with the stubborn play and the books again get added to the pile on the side. We complete our school day...she is allowed all scheduled breaks etc.
The end of the day comes and her brother is free and goes off to play. I take the pile of undone work and place it next to her on the table and tell her it needs to be done. Then I walk away and do my own thing. DD sits and stares at the wall until she realises no one paying the slightest attention to her and then does her work. She is allowed to ask me for help but I don't sit at the table with her giving full attention as I do during school time. When she finishes she is allowed to go about her way...I don't take away privileges because it doesn't work for her. Sometimes she has sat at the table till bedtime. At bedtime I put the work away and say " Oh well I guess you will have to work on this tomorrow in your free time". This has never happened though...once she realises I don't care if it takes days for her to do it...then she does it and quickly.
In your case where your child needs help to complete it I would either do it when they were ready or if I didn't have time..just try again the next day. I do that often with my 5yo. In this instance I take away privileges . "I'm sorry I don't have time to work with you now so we will try again tomorrow. However you know you can't play the xbox till schoolwork is done for the day and since it isn't done ...you can't play so go find something else to do". My 5 yo responds well to this...he knows he better take mums help when its offered or he won't get school done to play his Wii that day.
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It was months for me too... but I was in hospital for a week on IV antibiotics ...it was a bad case. The doctor told me to go home and do nothing but rest....which didn't happen of course because my kids were 18 months and 12 weeks old at the time.
Make sure you follow the advice given...it does take a while to get back to normal.
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I took drugs for mine lol. They offered me a washcloth but I preferred just to keep my eyes closed myself...and seriously...do not peek lol. The fan blowing on my face helped a lot...gives the illusion you are in a more open area.
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Very timely. I got our first Christmas catalogue in the mail yesterday and the slogan they have chosen for this year really bugs me "The joy is in the toys". Commercialism at its finest.
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We use MBTP 6-8. My kids are Grade 1&2 but use the same schedule.
First block
CLE Math...trying to catch up so we do two lessons a day
CLE LA...one lesson
IEW..PAL Writing...one lesson a day
Break 20 mins
MBTP...time varies depending on activities. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes and sometimes it Takes 40 minutes and we still have to complete the rest of the lesson the next day
Lunch...usually do read aloud over lunchtime
EIW...watch DVD together...kids can usually do the worksheet independently
ETC or Copywork ( rotate days) independent
30 minutes of reading..independent
Art on Fridays
Usually takes us about 4 hours...which includes teaching the 5 yo who is doing MBTP 4-5 and reading lessons. He gets smooshed in when I have a few minutes here and there.
To get MBTP finished in a year you pretty much need to do a lesson every day. We don't though...as I said we often do one lesson over two days as there is a lot of work involved. So I am not concerned if it takes longer then a year.
Your schedule looks pretty doable. I have added lots of extra language arts and writing instruction to our schedule....but thats because my kids need more specific instruction then MBTP provides. Generally MBTP is supposed to provide everything but math.
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Uncooked ramen was totally a Thing when I was in middle school. It's not my snack food of choice, but it isn't horrible, either.
Uncooked Ramen is huge in South Korea...all the kids used to eat it for a snack. My DD would too if I allowed it but I insist she must add water and microwave it...you know...to make it healthier.
When I was a kid I remember the in thing to bring to school was a box of jelly crystals ( jello for you Americans). My mum would never let me do it so I had to watch enviously as all the cool kids sat around licking up their coloured sugar crystals.
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No... but it seems the cat didn't get the memo.
He is definitely not allowed on the beds though ...three of us have allergies so we keep the door to the hallway closed so he can't get in the bedrooms and he is allowed in the lounge and dining area. He was a stray that adopted us so really with allergies he should be a complete outside kitty....but it's hard to say no when it's freezing outside and he's all curled up at the front door shivering.
I use the hand vaccume on the couch a lot and we have no carpet at all...so its easy to keep his hair under control.
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Just wanted to add that BYL appears more Charlotte Mason. Uses narration, memorises poetry etc. MBTP leans more towards schoolish type activities...lots of worksheets etc.
I guess it depends what type of method you were hoping to follow in K. MBTP level 4-5 is very gentle as is BYL K. I think MBTP 5-7 is a much heavier academic load. Still doable for K if your child is at that level to want more.
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When this thread winds down, the OP should pick a winner for the "Unhealthy Dinner Hall of Shame." Maybe for the prize the OP could agree to "like" a certain number of the winner's board posts?
Maybe the OP could pick a top three then let everyone vote in a poll.
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Paw Patrol is a favourite here
Peppa Pig is also very popular
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We use MBTP and I have the K and 1st grade curriculum from BYOL. They are totally different in my opinion.
BYOL is more of a booklist and reading schedule. Where you do a lot of reading, ask some questions, maybe do an activity or two. It reminds me a lot of Sonlight.
MBTP is much more hands on, doesn't use as many books and the activities are much more planned out and linked to goals and outcomes. It is very full...you won't need much else to go with it.
Which level were you looking at doing? My DS who is 5 is doing 4-5 level and loving it. It is a very well thought out program. It introduces letters and such but doesn't focus on them. I used 5-7 with my older two last year...it has a lot of writing ...not sure if your DD can write yet or not but you could scribe for her I guess.
Their is a facebook page that is very helpful. You can see what it is all about there.
My personal preference is to use MBTP but next year I will be using BYOL K for their read alouds as we will be doing an around the world geography theme. I just didn't think it meaty enough to use as a spine....but I guess it depends what you want for your child.
As to the projects involved...the activities in BYOL seem more like busywork to me .. ( a made up example..build a pyramid from sugar cubes) whilst MBTP has projects that actually teach skills or reinforce knowledge...they aren't just for " fun".
Of course BYOL is much, much cheaper then MBTP so there is that.
Anybody do Christmas early?
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We are doing it early this year. DH is going to Canada on the 18th and won't be back till January.
That said..I'm just going to give them their big main shared present early and the Santa gifts will be left for Christmas Day. We will have our Christmas dinner early with DH but my kids won't care about that as both they and I actually hate Christmas type food..,we only have it cause DH wants it and prepares it.
Christmas Day will we have tacos and cheesecake..our favourite..instead of dried out turkey that nobody eats.
All my kids still believe in Santa (I think) and since it will only be me and the kids Christmas Day as we have no family close ...well we don't want to sit around doing nothing. So Santa gifts will wait till the actual day....so I guess we are splitting Christmas rather then celebrating it all on the one day. DH will be celebrating with his family in Canada ...so we deserve two Christmas's too lol