Having the music selected 1-2 weeks in advance would also give her the option to transpose it into an easier key (or play it out of a different hymn book), assuming there are no other instruments playing with her. 😉

In our location, they are called "Accessory Dwelling Units" by the town and will change property taxes (big deal here, but maybe not so bad in other locations). (Edit: We don't have one yet, but have done the research as it's a future possibility. Footprint size is a huge consideration here - 10x10x10 means a lot of zoning things are easy, but bigger than that opens up a lot of permits. These are completely different from town to town in my area.)

That's happened to me so many times!

Your writing genius lies in that perfect balance between tone, content, and style. They were smart to snap up the article!

I can't type it on my phone, but when multiplying like bases, you add the exponents. So 1/4 + 1/6 = 10/24 10/24 = 5/12 Which can also be written as 12th root of x^5.

I also get J. X ^5/12

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#1 Library of Congress #2 Spy Museum #3 Lincoln Memorial, especially if it's spring time ❤️

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We haven't done it ourselves, but our DS often gets hired to help when a friend-of-a-friend brings his portable sawmill around. It's super interesting to watch!

For my own kids 8th/9th ish - for our friends' kids, 9th/10th/11th-ish. I want it earlier for mine so they can get more out of future classes; plus, mine have grown up in heavy-lit home. I do consider it adaptable for a range of ages. (Edit: I'll have a 7th grader next year, and am considering it for him + some friends; the decision will probably come down to what ELSE we're doing, whether we do WtW next year or the year after.)

It's my all-time favorite "English" course to teach. I also used Jill Pike's syllabus, and we usually invite a (very) few friends to join in the adventure. I also teach AP Lit, and WtW has been a fantastic pre-AP course in our (admittedly limited) experience. It definitely teaches kids HOW to analyze what they're reading. It begins with a very IEW-style tightly-scripted "formula" analysis pattern, and then gradually backs off / has the kids do their own thing so that by the end of the course, the final exam is a short story handed to the kids with a blank sheet of paper and 3 hours to write a complete analysis. I've never had a kid NOT be able to do it, and the fantastic bonus is that the kids feel confident and comfortable with it, too. It's been a favorite course for most of my own kids (though that may partially be due to the friends + incorporated parties, LOL) - if you have specific questions, I'd be happy to gush in more detail. *grin

Our high school kids prefer both a mix of STYLES and a mix of INTENSITY. Styles: online live sessions online asynchronous self-study from a textbook / no screen involved small group of friends self-studying together w/a parent facilitator (+ snacks) live teacher-taught class (co-op or DE or similar) video based self-curated (we've done this for electives, not core courses) Intensity: casual / keep track of hours if you care about "credit" moderate / follow a set schedule rigorous / AP-style . . . bigger commitment We basically brainstorm WITH the kids to set up their own schedules, but they do need a balance between the styles and the intensity levels. We've often done a "let's see" elective in planning that (if the load is too much) kid can drop or (if the load is lighter) beef up. ----> We think this planning aspect is fun, so we tend to dwell / linger in it.

Did you ever have any fig variety actually bear fruit? (Anyone? In colder zones w/ successful figs?) [Edit: In a large container? That we move indoors? DH has a Meyer lemon tree that we do this with, as well as a so-far-no-fruit-producing avocado tree. Could also put things in a greenhouse over the winter, though unheated so still exposed to freezing.] (I grew up where pawpaws grew wild, and we ate them on the roadside, but nobody here has ever even heard of them. I'm not overly hopeful for their survival, but I'm giving them everything I've got!

That's my fancy name for "weed-ridden hill in weird little corner of the lot where I would prefer to sit with a friend for coffee so I need it beautiful." LOL It's most definitely still a work in progress, but . . . the butterflies have been understanding. 😉 (As have the hummingbirds!) I got the idea to work toward a certified monarch waystation, and have been little-by-little working for a few years, and finally hit my goal 2 years back.

I'm in Zone 5b and just learned about "Hardy Chicago Fig" . . . and now I'm dying to try. Have never tried figs, and not sure I want to risk the $ . . . hmmm . . . I ❤️ Baker Creek so much! My pandemic garden project was birdhouse gourds (I know they're so common down south, but I'm at the upper end of their range) - they turned out beautifully, and I'm over the moon thrilled. Have quite a few ready to put out for birdhouses as soon as we turn the corner of February. This year's repeat plan: maple syrup (first harvest!), asparagus, cranberries, raspberries (black, red, and "white" / orange really), 2 cherry trees (we found a new net cover last year that worked PERFECTLY!), blueberries, green beans, butternut squash, tomatoes (all kinds, tons of plants, we eat ALL of them), peppers, potatoes, onions, lots of herbs, peas (kids eat these raw and they never even make it into the house), Concord grapes (wild, but we "maintain" and harvest), rhubarb, strawberries In my butterfly garden: zinnias, tulips, roses, azaleas, calendula, butterfly bush, milkweed, mock orange, hostas, lillies (trying to expand my varieties), soapwort (weed, but I'm trying to learn to use it), sweet william, dahlias, sweet annie, hmmm, some I can see in my mind but can't remember the name of . . . Newly added hopefuls: peach tree (I had 2, one died, 1 remains and I'm cheering for him) 3 little pawpaw trees would like to try some Asian cabbage / greens this year borage "bushel basket" gourds - I'm getting SUPER into gourds! Planting more birdhouses for sure, too. We built a (small, DIY) greenhouse and are trying different experiments with it - DH wants to make another one this year out of old trampolines.

It's good to plan ahead.

I read aloud to my teens, too. 🙂 In years (semesters) when we have built our own English courses, I've counted the read-alouds as part of the "English credit." (Example: read Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn aloud together, discuss as you go, field trip to Twain's home or related location = 20 (or so) "hours" towards a 120-180 hour Carnegie-measured class.) In semesters where the books didn't match or we didn't want any "hours", we just read. ❤️ And you don't have to decide now; just take notes (I jotted into a calendar), and you can assemble the official record later, if you like.

Can he give music lessons to kids? That's a fairly well-paying gig in our area (better than retail or YMCA by a long shot).

Could you un-screw the legs from the table tops, and put Kid + Table Top directly on the floor? (Un-screwing is easy, and if Former Teacher objects, it's temporary - they can always be screwed back on later.)

Etsy has some interesting looking ones, but I don't know any reviews personally. We recently adopted a dog from Houston to way up north, and the poor thing was shocked by the snow & cold. He started LIMPING which temporarily freaked me out, but when I realized it was because he was getting snow in his paws, we were able to just ease him into things. We celebrate his 1-year-with-us this week ❤️ and he has definitely adjusted both to our family and to the snow. I'm thankful, because my next move was to try to MAKE him some boots from an old waterproof coat, and I suspect he wouldn't appreciate that very much at all. (He's ~60ish lbs so not huge but not tiny.)

Wow! That is so cool! Our family has done 3 libraries so far.

Kids (even younger ones) can collect books for an African Library Project.

Passport works fine for older teens, if that helps at all. (I understand your concerns.)

We found one on the Fort Sumter site (I think?), and I coached the letters pretty heavily and required excellent penmanship and letter skills (introduction, specific requests, easy way for the rangers to reply, how I would share the info they sent back). The NPS rangers knocked it out of the park, I tell ya! (Occasionally a flat ranger didn't come home, so we just made a new one in that case.)