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    Anybody in AZ?

    in Parents' Forum Networking Board

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    5WolfCubs lives in the East Valley and is by far the most wonderful person I know in the Valley. Her dd's are precious! If you can connect with her she is quite far out east yet it will be worth getting to know her. :)

     

    Thank you! If you don't think she'll mind, I will PM her.

    Anybody in AZ?

    in Parents' Forum Networking Board

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    I live in Avondale, AZ (west-side) and I have an excellent realtor. We bought a house last year and live around the corner from him. Not sure what area you are interested in, but there are a lot more homeschool groups/activities on the east side of town. There are still groups on the west-side, it just depends what type of group you are looking for. There are also a lot of nice, new areas around Phoenix -it's a great place to live. Are you considering either side of town? What are your needs?

     

    Hi Jana, thanks for the reply! I honestly don't know where to live (one of the great stresses I'm dealing with!). My dh can telecommute, but we want to be within a somewhat reasonable distance for commuting in case he ever loses his job or decides to move on. We were thinking East valley, but I'm not sure if we can find nice houses in our price range (under $200k, around 2000 sqft). We just want a quiet area not on a busy street. Oh, and dd wants a pool :)

     

    As far as hs groups, we are secular and classical. Just as long as there is a welcoming group with some girls dd's age, we'll be ecstatic. There's just tons of boys here in the Milwaukee area :)

     

    Thank you!

    Anybody in AZ?

    in Parents' Forum Networking Board

    Posted

    Hi everyone!

    I know this is an old thread, but hopefully some of you are still around :)

     

    We'll be moving to Phoenix in August and I have a ton of questions. If anyone has realtor or mortgage lender recommendations, we'd greatly appreciate them.

     

    We're going to be in the area at some point in July for a few weeks to do house-hunting. Any suggestions on areas would be great. We need some great homeschool groups, too.

     

    And if anyone in the metro area has a daughter around the age of 8, my 8 yr old is very scared and nervous about the move and would love to correspond with someone before we move, and possibly meet up when we are out there.

     

    Please feel free to PM me.

     

    Thanks!

    Amy

    How do you deal with a child who is easily frustrated?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    This happens with my almost 7.5yo dd also.

    Especially with math.

    The only we have been dealing with it is that if she gets that frustrated we take a break from what we are doing and I have her go up to her room and read something that she needs to for school (she usually has 3-4 things on her reading list - including her choice). She comes down when she has control and we pick up where we left off. Stuff still gets marked off her school list and time isn't just being wasted that way. It helps that she is reader.

    I hope you get lots of advice. I know I'll being watching this thread.:bigear:

     

     

    THANK YOU. It is so nice to know I'm not alone. Does she communicate with you that she's at the frustration point?

    How do you deal with a child who is easily frustrated?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by prim*rose

    Have you discerned what is at the heart of the issue? It would be good to know WHY she's crying. I know you said she's frustrated, and that could be. It also could be impatience, pride, etc... To deal with the topical outlet...you might need to deal with what's underneath.

    Also, she's still a baby. I thought my children were so grown up when they were in 2nd and now when I look back, I just realize that they were babies.

    Have you walked her through understanding how to deal with this? You know...saying something like, "When you start to not understand what I'm saying, just raise your hand...or say to 'please stop' "

    She has years to learn the material, but the habit of being frustrated is probably more important than the concept of math etc...

    Carrie:-)

     

    She just says that she's "frustrated"; I don't think there's anything else really there. Both my dh & I have said over and over to let me know when she's starting to get frustrated so we can stop and she can walk around or go do something else for bit, but it just doesn't seem to sink in. I'm really happy to let her go do her thing for a bit, but she has to be able to tell me that she needs that and it's just not happening now. Thanks for the feedback!

    How do you deal with a child who is easily frustrated?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I'm not sure if this belongs in this forum or the general, so my apologies if I picked the wrong one. We have an only child, 7.5 yrs old, in 2nd grade & we've been hs'ing from the beginning. Sometimes, while I am teaching her she will get frustrated if she doesn't "get" what I'm teaching, and instead of telling me she's frustrated, it builds up inside her and she starts crying. There aren't any outward warning signs that this is happening; she holds it all in and then it just comes bursting out. I don't really think it's the curriculum, as she has plenty of great days understanding everything. It's just if there's one concept she doesn't get, she gets so frustrated and it just builds and builds.

     

    I just don't know what to do or how to handle this. We've talked with her about letting me know when she doesn't understand something, and taking break and walking around the house for a bit, but that hasn't seemed to work.

     

    Does anyone have any suggestions, please?

     

    Thank you,

    Amy

    New England- Roll Call Whose out there

    in Parents' Forum Networking Board

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    We're not New Englanders, but we are thinking of moving there. We're currently in Wisconsin and dh is going to telecommute once we sell our house here. New Hampshire is one of the areas we are thinking of, but we know very little about it. Dh would like to be somewhat within commuting distance to a technology corridor (he's a software engineer) in case he needs to look for a job, but we're not sure where that would put us. And we do want to be involved with hs groups for our 7.5 yr old daughter (not many in our area now and she'd love to find some friends).

     

    Any input, feedback, positives or negatives of the area would be greatly appreciated as we're doing this somewhat blindly.

     

    Thanks!

    Amy

    2nd grade math curriculums

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We love Rightstart math! We've been with it since K and it just makes sense. It's so different from the traditional way I learned in school and things actually make sense (versus when I was told in school that "that's just the way it is!"). It's hands-on and very visual, which is great for us. You might want to purchase the math card games book first to get a feel for it.

     

    And yes, I purchased several spelling programs this year to help me figure out which is the best for us. I'll sell whatever doesn't work - sometimes you just need to see and use things to see if they will work for you :)

    Wisconsin!

    in Parents' Forum Networking Board

    Posted

    We are buying a house just south of West Bend and would love the Homeschool scoop of the area. Dh wants to put at least the older two (15,13) in public high school. If we had remained in MD, we would have joined a classical coop. What are the options and support for homeschoolers in the N/W Milwaukee area.

     

    I am also looking for referrals on piano teachers, ballet studios, choir/voice lessons.

     

    We are staying at the Residence Inn in Brookfield. DH works in Menomonee Falls.

     

    I am still in MD packing the house but will be there next week!

     

    Feel free to PM!

     

     

    I sent you a PM

    Rightstart users....talk to me.

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We've been RS'ers from the beginning, so I can't speak on other programs, but for us RS is so worth it! I can't believe all the things 7 yr old dd has learned. I was in public/private school and the concepts she's learning now I didn't learn til 6-7th grade. And it is like school all over for me because I'm learning FUN ways to do math that make so much more sense. We haven't supplemented, but I did get Singapore's CWP for this year.

     

    LOVE LOVE LOVE RS!

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