It looks like we'll be headed to Albuquerque in March for a year as dh goes to Korea. We'd love info on hs'ing in Albuquerque or hs groups there!

LOL! This is my fear, too. :lol: My dd has already "rearranged" the green cards around the school room. We've just started and it's been GREAT! Although the little round plastic pieces have gone missing and we had to improvise with faux plastic gems from the craft container. LOL. Ds seems to be enjoying it.

I just bought the program. I had a friend buy it a year ago & wished she had bought the magnets. I'm glad I did :)

Oh, wow, good point. I'd have to agree here. :P

I agree with Melissa :) We do school mostly in our schoolroom. I used to do it at the dining room table, but the structure and boundaries for a schoolroom work well for us. That said, when we do reading for social studies or science, we sometimes do it before naptime. Too, when ds reads aloud, it can be on the couch, in his room, in the car... LOL.

Yay!!! :001_smile:

We're a hs'ing, military family, but not in AL :( We're in CO for the time being, most likely PCSing in the next year.

:ohmy: Wow, Regena!

:lurk5:I'm curious, too.

:ohmy: LOL.

I was a SAHM. :) Prior to having children I was a social worker. While we were in NM I did contract work with adoptive families (homestudies, post placement reports, etc.). I don't know what I want to do when my kids leave the nest :D ITA with Jessica. Homeschooling has taught me so much about myself and my children!

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ITA. This year we have given ds things to do prior to school work: feed dog/cat/fish, make bed, etc. He does take pride in doing these things. It helps quite a bit to have our lives on more of a routine. I don't know why I fought it so hard in the past, but it has made a HUGE difference. I put ds's list of things to do academically on a white board. It changes from one day to the next, so a white board works best for us. That way he can mark off what we've done. I've done small breaks between subjects, but no t.v., computer, etc., until schoolwork is done. Anything else is fair game. As noted before, we've done A LOT of work orally and if need be condensed the lessons. I think, too, that if ds were in PS, he would be recommended for meds. He's a lot of energy in one boy :D I'm curious about other's answers here, too :)

You've already had many replies, but I thought I'd throw mine in there, too. :lol: We have the wooden letter pieces that we actively use with my 4 yo. We obtained slates from Hobby Lobby for about $1 a piece. They don't have the smiley face on them, but that can be fixed w. a Sharpie. LOL. I think you could use other tactile exercises, too, that are a little less costwise (i.e. cornmeal/shaving cream/pudding on a cookie sheet). :)

I'm always 2nd guessing myself. :P I agree that it's hard because there aren't good answers. While one program works great for one child, it might not be so great for another. It's trying to find that fit that can be frustrating. Too, I come here, learn of a new curriculum, and feel like I need to check it out, and the whole rollercoaster begins again. LOL

I think you can do Adventures with a 1st and 3rd grader, but use different Language Arts/Reading levels for them. That way, they're doing the same History, Science, etc. There's a message board for MFW, too that might help with the questions you have :)

In addition to the lessons? Probably 1-1.5/day. I still very much enjoy picking out read aloud books for them. We just finished a condensed version of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" for ds. He loved it and would beg for me to read, "Just one more chapter." :)

I vote MFW. :) It's been very enjoyable for us.

I saw a documentary about tying in SW & Classical Mythology on the History Channel, maybe? Very interesting!

LOL! This sounds like my ds. Quite the detail oriented one. :)

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How timely :) Thanks!

Just curious.

I do this with a lot of books I read :) I'm glad I'm not the only one. :lol:

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