found it!

There was a thread about this! SWB's name was in the title if you want to look for it. I don't remember if I commented in that thread, but now I feel like I need to watch this show ? anyone know where someone who doesn't have TV can watch it?

So exciting! Khan would be good for the 2nd grader, and I assume for the older kids as well. Mystery science for the 2nd grader, but it's a bit young for 5th+ What about foreign language? Even if it's just learning a few different phrases and gaining a bit of familiarity with whatever writing system/alphabet is used in any of your destinations. I mean, I'd just use youtube/google for that though. History, geography, and even some aspects of earth science based on where you are visiting. Bravewriter and Well Trained Mind both have PDF versions of their curricula (suggesting that for English/writing in particular)

I was worried it was getting too long. I'm thinking they should go meet the pigs (who will eventually reveal that they can fly when one of them purposefully jumps off of one of the towers) but wasn't sure if that should be a decision that we leave up to the kids. Meet the piglets or keep hiding? If they keep hiding, do they get discovered when one of the pigs climbs up a nearby tower? Is the decision then whether to go with pig A or pig B back to their home? To a different location entirely? To see a fairy friend in the forest vs. a frog friend in the river? And feel free to tweak the story and to edit. I'm not a professional author by any means - it's been quite a while since I've written anything.

~The land of flying pigs~ For what seemed like the first time in their lives, they agreed on something. They each placed a hand on the blue bag, and Argentum disappeared, leaving only the bag behind. Felicia held the bag and considered, "should we open it?" "Of course we should! The cat said 'amazing adventures await,' we have to!" cried Tristan. "Ok." Felicia cautiously opened the bag. A small box sat at the bottom of the bag. Fancy lettering spelled out the words, 'Amazing Adventure Awaits.' Tristan grabbed the box from his sister and opened it slowly. Two silver bracelets sat in the box, cradled in velvet. He grabbed one and offered it to his sister. "Take it." He put his own on his wrist, and put the box in his pocket. Felicia took the bracelet from him and put it on her own wrist. "How do they work," she wondered aloud. Just as the words left her lips, they were enveloped in a cloud of blue gas. When it lifted, they were standing in the middle of a large park. Thick forest lined the edges and there was a large castle-shaped play structure in the clearing. Tristan ran up the stairs of the nearest tower and called down to his sister, "come on, let's try the slides!" "I'm not sure, this place is kind of strange," she cautioned, "a playground in the middle of the woods?" She put the backpack on her back and joined her brother on the playscape. It made her a bit nervous that the hand rails, when they were present at all, only came up to about knee height. "Strange is a bit of an understatement," she thought. They turned around when they heard a noise coming from the forest. There was a narrow path, and someone was coming. Tristan and Felicia looked nervously at one another. "Should we hide?" Tristan asked his sister. "Yeah." "Where?" he whispered. "Quick, behind that wall!" They ducked down behind a yellow wall and no sooner than they had sat down, they heard voices approaching. "I call red tower!" "I want to go all the way to the top of the purple tower!" Kids voices. Tristan peeked over the wall. Not kids. "Felicia, they're pigs! Talking pigs!" Tristan whispered. "What do you mean?!" "Look!" Felicia peeked over the wall and saw that they were, just as Tristan had said, pigs. Talking pigs. Talking piglets? Strange, but after the talking cat and the transport bracelets, talking piglets didn't seem so impossible.

flying pigs, please!

I don't even recall what the WTM notebooking system is ? My 9yo doesn't produce much when it comes to written work, and when he does it's either in his composition notebook or it's a math worksheet that gets tossed in the recycling bin as soon as it's been reviewed.

I miss them too ?

What a cool idea! I'm not a great writer, but I'd be willing to help out!

Ooooh! We need something like that. Any idea if there is something similar, yet slightly easier?

As for your second question, does your zoo, or the university have a program related to marine animals that he could attend? Our zoo has something like that for budding zoologists. If you are near the ocean, is there an ocean rescue-type org he could volunteer with? Marine biologists he could interview with?

Not my kid, but a cousin. She had her eye on marine biology too, from at least the age of 8. She lived near the ocean, and followed through with her dream. Went to university, graduated, and had a job for about a year in her field (research-grant type job, or maybe even just an internship?) Since then (it's been more than 5 yrs) she's had a few jobs outside of her field. When I last spoke to her, it seemed like interesting jobs in her field are hard to come by.

That is awesome!!!!!!! We've been wanting to go backpacking on that trail. I'm way out of shape, but every once in a while, I'll do something crazy like that ? trekking poles really do make a huge difference!

a projector? good quality recording microphone or video camera? Or do both of those count as accessories? What about a drone? Digital microscope if the regular ones don't count?

that last letter looks more like an 's' to me, when compared to the final 's' in "songs" If you look at the other letter 'r's in the line, that last letter doesn't really look like this person's style of 'r'

Lavender4, are you the instructor for this course that you are advertising? Or is it your professor's course?

I think of the adult version as a highschool honors+ level. Young people would be good for (if only as a supplement to) an introductory level history - 9th or 10th even. You can read a sample of each on amazon.

I don't think any of what you described amounts to being a "helicopter mom" or that helping a kid study is a bad thing. He's in middle school, not college. Did the teacher for this class give a study guide? Are you sure this class is at an appropriate level for him?

Are you sure it's the measles? I read an article last week that said the measles aren't real. You're probably dealing with lyme. Or celiac. Either way, 1 drop of "spot away" blend under the tongue and behind each ear each night should do the trick. If that doesn't work, try goat urine. It really works, trust me! Whichever route you want to take, PM me, I can sell you a bottle! *shudders*

Actually, it's a yurt. And I don't have cows, they're goats. And we don't challenge our kids, that's why we homeschool!

Sadly, it is common practice with many OBs. I do not believe it to be good practice though, and would run away from an OB who suggests that (because, if they think that's ok, what other labor interventions do they think are perfectly fine?)

I also totally agree with what Arctic Mama said.

I think the midset of "my fat loved one needs help" is a harmful (or at least hurtful) one. Like the article said, I think part of it is because those of us who are obese don't tend to see ourselves that way (and in that moment that we do, we tend to be disgusted with ourselves, and make less healthy choices.) I think the more helpful thing is to move the conversation away from weight and towards health. Healthy habits, healthy foods. Not 'healthy' calorie amounts. Not "low-fat" foods. Not sugar substitutes. Natural/real foods. Taking the stairs. Parking further away in the parking lot. Talking about your struggle towards making healthier choices. But not excessively. And not with an expectation that your relative will be able to suddenly start doing all that you've been able to do, or that she'll even want to.

So I opened Amazon today, read a bit of the front page, checked today's date, read a bit more, checked the date AGAIN because, 'surely it's an April fool's prank.' Echo auto? Alexa-enabled microwave? WHY? (also snickering over how much "Echo show" rhymes with "Echo bro")

❤️ beautiful! I'm in tears!