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Berta
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Anyone???
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I'm trying to find the complete set of Paths of Exploration. If anyone has it used I'd like to buy it. I'm also open to buying individual pieces of the set too.
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Michele, if you do find it and want to sell it let me know please. I'm pretty sure I can find most of the readers at the library.
GTJo, thank you for the review! My daughter is very much interested in history and this looks like it could be a good fit for us.
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Does anyone have the complete set for sale?
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Does anyone have the complete set for sale?
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I'm looking for the complete set of Paths of Exploration, does anyone have it for sale?
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Does anyone have the complete set for sale?
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Bumping this up to see if anyone has the complete set for sale?
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I'm going to revive this topic because I am very interested in this curriculum for my 8 yr old rising 3rd grader. She loves history and this looks like a good fit for us. Does anyone have any updates to add? Does anyone have the complete set for sale?
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We have been using the workbox system (modified) for the last three years and it has worked out well. This year I bought a Student Logbook for my rising 3rd grader. She will check off as she does the work and take breaks as she sees fit. She already works pretty much independently, the logbook is more for her to keep track of what she accomplishes.
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I have told my husband on more than one occasion that I need a wife. There just isn't enough of me to go around to get everything done.
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We live in rural SC and my daughter is the only Chinese child around. It has not created any issues what so ever. She just turned 8 and has been with us since she was 20 months old. My oldest (bio) son is a middle school teacher in China and speaks fluent Mandarin so he is teaching it to her. He lives 6 months in China and 6 months in a different state, so it's not consistent.
I have a friend that has adopted two children from China and two children (at the same time) from Ethiopia. She would do so again in a heartbeat. Her children were adopted at 2 and 3 yrs of age. They had no attachment issues that I know of. If I could talk my husband into another child, Ethiopia would be my choice. I just can't convince my husband that five really isn't too many.
I would suggest reading adoption forums and connecting with other parents that have adopted from the country of your choice.
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I put my babies out in the baby pen brooder around a week old. I have a heat lamp inside the brooder. Our temps can go down in the 40's most nights during the winter with occasional cold snap in the 20's. But it warms up during the day. I can lock the babies in the brooder (it's a 3x4 doghouse) with the heat lamp on if it's really cold.
My first set of babies were hatched on Christmas. I kept them inside for almost 12 weeks because my coop was not finished. Never again!!
I love the salad bar. It is a wooden box made out of the wood from a deck we took apart with chicken wire stretched out over it. I put three different varieties of grass seed and it grows in quickly. They can stick their beaks down there and get the grass as it grows but they cannot scratch it up.
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No I would not.
We spent 9 years in a double wide trailer, and when it was time for us to go house hunting, one of our requirements was "No Modular Built Homes." We wanted a stick built.
Again, a double wide is NOT a modular home. Modular homes ARE stick built homes. They are stick built in pieces and put together on site.
Double wides are not stick built. I don't think there is a real piece of wood IN my house.We had planned on putting a new modular on our property but have yet to do so because I honestly like my double wide. I have tons of space, it costs me very little to own and that allows me to be home with my kids. If a tornado or hurricane blows it down, the cost of new double wide is not much. My husband can level it with the tractor, haul it off and in a week we will have a new one in place. lol
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My daughter had an awful time with algebra. We literally wasted a full school year trying to find a program/tutor to get her to understand algebra. We found Teaching Textbooks and it is the ONLY reason she was able to grasp it. She took geometry after algebra 1 and then did algebra 2. She is very good about doing her school work and she was able to do the geometry in about 4 months over the summer by doing several lessons a day. She finished the geometry and will be doing the Teaching Textbooks calculus this summer. She had a year of business/consumer math and was able to graduate last week with her homeschool high school diploma. The college she wants to attend requires the calculus, so that is why she is taking it this summer.
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Sounds like you can get a good deal on a great modular house!
You do not have to disclose a modular home to a potential buyer. When you walk into a modular there is no way you can tell the difference between a modular and a stick built home. There is no way to pass off a manufactured or mobile home as a regular modular or stick built home. There is no comparison.
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You are confusing a modular home with manufactured and mobile homes.
Modular homes are stick built in a factory and brought to the sight in several large pieces and put together on the lot.
Manufactured homes are mass manufactured (not stick built) and quality can vary, but must meet HUD standards. They can be insured with homeowners insurance if they were manufactured after a certain date, which means they are up to code.
Mobile homes are also mass manufactured but do NOT meet the HUD standards and cannot be insured with homeowners insurance.
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I wouldn't hesitate to buy one. I did a lot of research on modular homes when we bought our place. We have a few acres and a double wide manufactured home. The plan was to live in the DW while putting a modular home on the back of the property. It's been 3 years and we have yet to even start the modular because I'm pretty happy with my DW. You couldn't have told me that 3 yrs ago though lol... I was going to stay in a hotel while a modular was being put up. They are structurally sound and no different from a stick built home once it's on your foundation.
Manufactured and mobile homes are NOT modular homes.
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This is my original coop (converted shed) and run. It is completely covered in hardware cloth.
This is the entire coop nearing the end of adding on the left side run. That is my baby pen/grow out pen in the middle.
Close up look at the baby pen.
This is what you see when you open the big doors to the coop. I have a wire wall with two doors that lead to two separate coops. I saved four feet in the front to store feed, etc.
This is the dog kennel extension, complete with pool and misty mate mister on the roof to keep them cool.
Some of my eggs
And their "salad bar"..
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Thank you for the recommendations! Do they get along better if all are of the same breed, or does that not matter? Maybe I could get one each of several different breeds. It would be fun to get different colored eggs...
Age is more important than breed. I have Buff Orps, Barred Rocks, Easter Eggers, Ameraucana, Black Sex Links, Cinnamon Queen (also very friendly), Black Australorps, Black Copper and Blue Copper Marans and probably a few I can't think of at the moment. Integrating them when they are different ages can be tough. I would decide how many chicks you think you might want, then get twice that amount lol. This will save you the hassle of messing up the pecking order and having to integrate new chicks in a month or two when you realize how cute and fun it is to have four chicks....so eight chicks is double the cuteness and fun.
Skip the chicken wire. It's good to use inside your coop but not on an outside wall. Predators of all kinds can easily get through it. Get 1/2 inch hardware cloth and use that to keep out predators. I have it all around my coop on the ground so dogs (my biggest predator to date) cannot dig under the fence. My neighbors dog dug a hole under my fence and got one of my girls. After that I laid down the hardware cloth and that has solved that problem.
In this pic you can see the hardware cloth on the ground on the outside of the coop. I zip-tied it to the bottom of the coop so it can't be moved. If you have grass around your coop it will grow up and cover the wire, you won't see it.
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My Buff Orpingtons are calm, friendly birds. I also have to say my other favorites are my Barred Rocks and Easter Eggers. I know Rhode Island Reds are prolific layers but mine have been flighty and not as friendly as the other girls.
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I'm from Northern New Jersey, born and raised. When my boys were younger we moved to South Jersey. Same state, totally different accents. My son came home from school with homework and one of the questions was to circle the ONE word that didn't have the same sound.
Dog, Log, Frog and Cab
To me, dog and cab do NOT sound the same as log and frog. It's DAWG! Dawg does not sound the same as log and frog.
I have since moved to South Carolina and people ask me for a "pin" when what they really want is a PEN.
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This is just my opinion and is what worked for our family.
I have a son with high functioning autism. He was not diagnosed until he was seven years old, although we knew something wasn't right long before. I was given several differing opinions, just like the OP.
Long story short, during 3rd grade the public school sent him to a private school for kids with autism at no cost to me. This school was a lifesaver. It totally changed my sons life. He was in a school with kids that had similar issues and a staff that was incredibly patient and qualified to deal with his social issues. Academically my son excelled, it was the social aspect that was a big issue.
He went to the private school from 3rd grade until age 19. They had a program that lets the kids go to the local community college, all through this private school. At age 12 my son was a published poet. Last week he graduated from college with an Associates Degree. He starts school again in August to complete his Bachelors degree. My son is now the most social out of all my kids. I totally believe he would not have achieved all he has if I had homeschooled him. My 17 yr old just graduated homeschoool last week too and I have an 8 yr old that I homeschool, so it's not that I am anti-homeschool. I firmly believe in it for my other children. But when it came to my son I know we made the right decision.
And.. like several have mentioned, if it doesn't work you can always pull him out of ps.
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I already bought a planner for myself for next year but thought I would take a look at the link anyway. I really like what I saw! I think it will be perfect for my 8 yr old to keep track of her work and what is expected of her with one of these. The only issue is that we don't work M-F, we do days 1,2,3... up to the required 180 days. After reading the post about having the logbook customized I emailed to see if they could do the same for me and remove the days/date from the pages. They responded back shortly and said no problem. I placed my order last night.
curriculitis-- stop me
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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LOL Just say no!
I wish I could take my own advice. I just finished last week buying all of my curriculum for next year. Then I came across an all-in-one curriculum that I just have to have. I have been on the hunt to find it used and it's still going to cost hundreds.
Maybe there is a 12 step program we can join?