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  1. Short answer: no long answer: if they've been trained to flip properly at gymnastics or whatever, fine.
  2. Meh. I'd go anyway. And I echo everyone else that it doesn't matter what the other lady said when the librarian values you. I'd probably also act oblivious to her "rules" comment. Months shy of six doesn't look much different from months past six.
  3. Meh. I don't necessarily use the number bond terminology, but my older kids fully know their stuff when it comes to percents and fractions. I think as long as the child understands the putting together and the reciprocity in taking apart, you're good. And we move forward when they've memorized to ten.
  4. I'd voice that it sounds strange. My fluent children wouldn't need to sound out cvc words. My current 6yo doesn't sound out words until they become polysyllabic, and at that they'd have to be more than two syllables. He taught himself to read so I have run him through ETC. It would have taken me completely aback if he had needed to sound out 3-letter words in that program.
  5. See, I didn't think of this. She does want to do a graphic novel alongside. Maybe I should suggest this for her drawings. (Yes, she does have lofty visions. =P)
  6. My daughter (11) wants to recreate a Midsummer Night's Dream in Minecraft for a history report. She only knows how to play Minecraft on her phone for fun. I am completely Minecraft illiterate. (I literally feel like my Baby Boomer generation mother trying to figure out how to dig a hole.) Before this, I have not had much impetus to learn. She has three weeks or so to make such a creation. Will that be enough time? Are there any apps or tips that would make such an endeavor easier? This particular child has a tendency to turn in halfway work so I want to supervise to make sure she is turning in a quality product. So...Is this do-able? Or shall I tell her she must record a video of herself and various friends because that would be more feasible? I absolutely don't want to crush her dream and creativity if it can be worked out. (And feel free to ask your Minecraft-capable kids...because I'm sure there are plenty out there.) Thanks in advance!
  7. Saxon is designed to have the tests show mastery. If she's scoring above 80%, she's got it down. I KNOW the book says not to skip problems, but I believe in the curriculum working for me. Therefore, i pick 10-15 problems for my kids to do (ones I want them to review more or I know it's scaffolding them to the next step) and only require those. My daughter would take FOREVER with 30 math problems. And it sounds like yours is similar. Mine consistently scores above 80 on her tests and scored above state standards here. So something is working. If Saxon is going well, I'd be inclined to stick with it and tweak the program if needed.
  8. VP's 1815 to present is all American history.
  9. We have Rocketbook Everlasts for certain journaling/note taking. This style has wipe-clean pages. The ink on plain paper will disappear with heat.
  10. My oldest did levels 1-3 of AAS. Nothing really stuck. At all. And it was so teacher intensive I was starting to dread it. My middle kids have been doing SYS as a copywork program. My 4th grader is dyslexic so we have been remediating spelling with A&P. Because of a shipping mix-up, he has been only doing SYS while we wait for A&P. Even he has made improvements with certain words that he almost always spelled wrong prior. It's simple, but it's sticking (in other writing too) so we will be keeping it next year. (He'll also do A&P.)
  11. I also love the Frixion line. I've found there are several varieties on Amazon. We have the tricolor one for fine tip and the seven clicker back for normal writing. I use a blank dot grid journal (artists something or other from Michaels for $5) as a bullet journal and they work well.
  12. We've done most of the purple level. The other levels aren't out yet (I don't believe).
  13. I'll be the dissenting voice. The neuropsych we saw did not attend or engage our son. There were marked differences between parent reports and other testing and the "results" she found. I would vet your neuropsych thoroughly. My nephew had one and his results made much more sense, were thorough, and gave lots of advice.
  14. Does it help if you read it aloud? My girl is a strong reader and enjoys the stories and understands them. HOWEVER, the executive functioning portion of this text is hard for her. She's got to make sure she's understanding the info, pulling out important information, synthesizing it, organizing it, and writing something that makes sense after that. I go through the text and mark up what I want her to pay special attention to. She's grown quite a bit with this. FWIW, we took two weeks on the Caesar paper. She's now working on the digestion one after that and it's going much smoother.
  15. No!!! I got this response when I put in the order. I assumed all was good. "Thank you for your order. Your books will be printed on demand in the US and sent to you directly by the printers. I will forward tracking details as soon as your order ships. Please contact me if you have any comments or queries about the programme." I will have to email someone.
  16. We have this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0146QXOB0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_pmrZAbPTBF28V our first two cats were happy with the refilling water holder (where you fill the tank and flip it over to fill the bowl), but our third was a faucet drinker. This fountain works well and all of the kitties drink from it. The filter needs to be cleaned regularly. And the plastic bits do as well. We just run it through dishwasher for the bowl and parts. It holds a fair amount and is pretty quiet when the reservoir is full.
  17. Oh, and we only school M-Th. Friday is either co-op or catch up or cleaning house or running errands.
  18. I sit down and schedule out who will have independent time with me when. I am folding in kid #5 next year. He's lucky that my kindy plans for him include finishing some preK books and learning to read. He is not a morning kid so I will likely start him somewhere in between my kids' two morning blocks. I get up at 6, exercise, breakfast, scriptures, unload the dishwasher. Kids trickle out of bed around seven-ish. They get breakfast on their own. Morning meeting is from 8-8:30. They do chores from 8:30 (simple morning routine stuff). Schoolwork starts at 9. The kids follow a loose schedule. We are at this point of the school year where they are finishing things and end up with more break than is represented here. But I plan a schedule like this every year. We do one LA block in the morning, then a math block, lunch from noon to one, and the last block of finishing up in the afternoon. My oldest currently has her own checklist that doesn't have to follow this exact outline. If she does follow it, she's done at about this time. She typically choose to do what she deems "fun" first and then ends up doing all of the heavy lifting (Latin and writing) after lunch...which means she's not as fresh and she dawdles a lot. But she doesn't care so I let her. Lol
  19. I ordered the second level back Jan and we still don't have it. Does it really take three months to get here?! At this point I should have ordered level 3 simultaneously. This might be as long as it would have taken to complete the curriculum!
  20. My oldest also has her week written out. She's most responsible about getting it done. But she takes forever doing it (literally seven or eight hours of dawdling through her work).
  21. I'm not sure... SWB said that levels 1-3 were designed to start with one level and progress through three. But she also said you could fold in kids as you go too. So maybe not?? The IG is for all levels so I think maybe the quotes and context in the next will be harder, but maybe the same concepts? We'd just be happy to get through this first level...I think you could likely use the same level twice in a row for more mastery. That might be what we do if the next level isn't out next year. At this point, we've paused because my oldest is only 11 and hitting harder stuff in writing. She's reviewing with AG for the rest of the year and we'll pick up GftWTM at the beginning of next school year at the latest.
  22. 1. Up and get ready for church 2. Church leadership meeting 3. Go back home to collect family for main church. 4. Coax 2yo into her dress while she is crying about wanting her pajamas (regular Sunday occurrence) 5. Grab a Diet Coke on the way back to church 6. More church.
  23. There isn't really a next level as much as spiraling back. We put it up after week 25 and will start again at the beginning for my oldest next year. She will be seventh grade. I feel like it is very, VERY thorough and so I'm fine taking a few years to work through it. She's getting more grammar than I ever did.
  24. Geographic tongue? It can mimic allergies but is not a true allergy.
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