[3 things you are embarrassed to admit you like]

1. Barry Manilow :001_huh:

 

2. Actually, a lot of the music on my MP3 player should make me run in embarrassment. (Thank you, LaMere Academy, for allowing me to admit that I have Eminem on there!)

 

Hmmm... isn't that enough embarrassment for one day?

[CM "List of Attainments" for a 6 year old - your thoughts?]

I think this along with AO's year 0 booklist is a lovely way to set up a K year. Or revamp it some to fit your needs. I know there has been discussion on the Yahoo AO lists about whether the age 6 means just six or nearly seven. I would think the latter. I know there's info on the website as well how parents have used this list in their own way...I think I recall that being on there but haven't checked lately. So, I hope it's still there.

 

Now, I want to know what YOU think of the list? :001_smile:

 

Best,

Anita

 

 

 

My first thought was, "formidable" is an appropriate word!

 

But I feel better knowing that it's meant for 6-7, not by age six. I need a :chillpill:. Now I can see that it's definitely a great goal list to work towards.

[Those of you who use Hooked on Phonics]

We just used HOP Get Ready to Read briefly, and then Becca blazed through Learn to Read K. That's what made it click for her. We also used the Big K workbook.

 

We didn't use another "program" with HOP, but she was also watching the Leap Frog videos and starting on the BOB books at the same time.

 

We're not using a phonic program for Becca any more, since she just took off like a shot!

[Are there parents who aren't good enough to HS?]

Oh my gosh... thank you for asking that question, and thank you for telling us about your DD!

 

Becca is the living blur, the kid who is constantly in motion, the nonstop, million miles an hour... well I could have written this myself:

 

My DD is one of those kids who never stops moving. She runs until she sleeps. And her mind runs just as fast. But there are days when she utterly exhausts me. And she lacks focus. She loves to "do school" but sitting still (even to eat!) is hard for her.

 

 

I'm still new to HS myself and I've been in a doubting funk lately, so I'm glad to see your post, glad to see other kids like Becca (she turned 5 in March), and glad to see all the encouraging responses. :001_smile:

[Can we talk Sonlight's questionable books...]

Has anyone else snuck "Flames of Rome" into their Amazon cart? :001_huh: :lol:

[CM "List of Attainments" for a 6 year old - your thoughts?]

http://amblesideonline.org/CMAttainments.shtml

 

"A Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six", a reprint of a curriculum outline from a CM school in the 1890's.

1. To recite, beautifully, 6 easy poems and hymns

2. to recite, perfectly and beautifully, a parable and a psalm

3. to add and subtract numbers up to 10, with dominoes or counters

4. to read--what and how much, will depend on what we are told of the child

5. to copy in print-hand from a book

6. to know the points of the compass with relation to their own home, where the sun rises and sets, and the way the wind blows 7. to describe the boundries of their own home

8. to describe any lake, river, pond, island etc. within easy reach 9. to tell quite accurately (however shortly) 3 stories from Bible history, 3 from early English, and 3 from early Roman history (my note here, we may want to substitute early American for early English!)

10. to be able to describe 3 walks and 3 views

11. to mount in a scrap book a dozen common wildflowers, with leaves (one every week); to name these, describe them in their own words, and say where they found them.

12. to do the same with leaves and flowers of 6 forest trees

13. to know 6 birds by song, colour and shape

14. to send in certain Kindergarten or other handiwork, as directed

15. to tell three stories about their own "pets"--rabbit, dog or cat.

16. to name 20 common objects in French, and say a dozen little sentences

17. to sing one hymn, one French song, and one English song

18. to keep a caterpillar and tell the life-story of a butterfly from his own observations.

 

 

 

Hive thoughts? :bigear:

[Tired of Pizza Hut]

We like beef tips and noodles - wide egg noodles with some of the pre-cooked beef tips & gravy (you can find these in the meat section).

 

Chicken parmesan - spaghetti, sauce, breaded chicken patties (and cheese!)

[Birth choice frustration]

I'm glad you're calmed down and feeling better. I know how hard it is to be faced with struggles over birth methods at such a late stage in your pregnancy. *hugs*

 

DD2 was an entirely necessary C-section, and I desperately wanted to avoid a C. I was afraid of it! But it was the only way she was coming out.

[Help me improve DS (K) handwriting skills?]

What is it exactly that's frustrating him about printable worksheets and the reusable workbooks?

[Help me improve DS (K) handwriting skills?]

Here's a website that offers a lot of free printable handwriting worksheets:

 

http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript.htm

 

 

But HWOT doesn't actually need anything more than the workbooks to be effective. :001_smile:

[Does anyone else have a kid who does this?]

If my girls had half a chance, they'd be doing that! Especially Becca... she never "walked" either, she just took off running and hasn't stopped since!

[What has your 3 year old said a little to loud out in public]

Most of mine have come from Becca at around age 3-4.

 

While walking in Wal-Mart, we happened to pass some customers who were quite portly. Becca loudly asked, "Mommy, why do all the people have BIG BELLIES?" :001_huh:

 

While at the cash register at Hobby Lobby, some women passed by in the full Muslim head to toe hijab (is this right?). I knew she was going to say something, and she quite innocently asked, "Mommy, why are those ladies all wrapped up in their blankies?" :lol:

 

We were headed to my OB/GYN for my IUD insertion when Sylvia was still a newborn, so Becca was just a little over 2. You know one of the standard things little kids know doctors do is have you open your mouth and say "ah," right? So my doctor (my OB/GYN, remember...) came in and DH was leaving with the girls and Becca asked, "Is the doctor going to look at Mommy's pink tongue?" :001_huh: Well, Becca.....

 

 

My girls are also a LOT on the talkative side, so kids that are quiet really throw them for a loop. They've been known to outright ask, "Can't you talk?" They don't understand that sometimes people don't want to talk! We've tried many times to explain that not everyone likes to talk as much as they do!

[Do you hear the people sing?]

Fox? Atlanta? September? Ooooooohhhhhhh...... Maybe I need to go pay Dad a visit. :auto: We'll be ready for a week off then anyway!

 

I have the London cast recording. Sunshine, I watched the TV movie version of MD with Patrick Stewart as Ahab. What can I say, I have a weakness for the Captain! ;)

 

ETA: Hey, this was post #300!!

[Do you hear the people sing?]

Yes... ever since someone here asked about age-appropriateness for a Les Miserables production, I've been listening to my soundtrack! DH found a copy of the 10th anniversary concert production at the library and I just finished watching that as well. I was lucky enough to see LM years ago in Atlanta - I hope it tours again soon, or whatever it is that Broadway plays do so I can see it live again!

 

Now to tackle the book... unfortunately, I'm still mired in Moby Dick! :001_huh:

[Historical fiction-prehistory and sumer/mesopotamia]

We're reading the Ludmilla Zedman Gilgamesh trilogy and Becca is fascinated!

[Walking the line between intellect and maturity...]

Well, I have been known to, when frustrated beyond coping, yell at the top of my lungs, "You're acting just like a FIVE YEAR-OLD!!!"

 

At which point the five year-old looked at me quizzically and said, "Umm, Mommy, I AM a five year-old."

 

After that, it just became a joke. When I was annoyed with a behavior I would shout about acting their age, then they would laugh, and I would smile, and all would be well. The point was made that the behavior was annoying me, the point was also made that it was age-expected behavior. After that I usually gave them my old stand by "That was fun, and now you're done. Or take it outside. Whatever. But you're done HERE."

 

 

See, I need more examples of what five year old behavior actually looks like... :glare:

 

Nita, Becca gets asked if she's "going into kindergarten" a lot, and she likes to tell them "I'm in kindergarten!" I love your son's reply!

[TN tax free days]

Oooooh boy! I made a mental note to stay far, far away from our local WM this weekend. We live in a small town and that's the big shopping target!

[FOX news...]

I missed this thread yesterday because I was caught up in baseball trading deadline news too! I knew I liked ya, Phred.... how do you think Torre will deal with "Manny being Manny"? :001_huh:

[As DC read books do you have fun ideas for keeping a list????]

I've just been making extra copies of a reading log that came with our LL science - "bubbles" for stickers on the top half of the page and lines for listing date, # of pages, and titles on the lower half.

[Living Learning Books...Science. What do you think?]

We're using level 1 right now, and the "lite" aspect is good for our young learner. The structure makes it easy to change out activities or snacks as desired, and it gives me a nice simple template to build a little horse unit too.

 

It's just what I needed for my first year homeschooling! :001_smile:

[Moving ahead in subject areas the WTM way]

Advanced in reading does not necessarily indicate that a child will be advanced in math too, or advanced to the same degree, etc.

 

I agree with Tree House Academy - meet your child where she is and move along according to her abilities. :001_smile:

[Anyone have their own laminator?]

I bought the inexpensive one from Wal-Mart too and have laminated tons of things. I most recently laminated the AAS progress chart.

[Timeline stickers... I know these exist, but where?! :confused1:]

Free!!!

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hannah_hs_helps/

 

Go to the Files section - you can print them out on sticker paper or just glue-stick them on. :D

[Oh, Hannah Montana...]

I only have boys, so maybe I am missing something here, but why would a five year old girl be watching a show about teenagers? I thought Hannah Montana was for older girls, like ages 10 and up. :confused:

 

 

That's one of my main problems with it - HM is a jr. high/high schooler - what use does a 5 year old have with the show, or anything to do with it? It's going to an age group that's far too young to deal with it. And it's also being shoved down our throats - there are HM displays at the dollar store, for pete's sake! :glare:

 

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

[Oh, Hannah Montana...]

Please give me some help here!

 

We live in a duplex and just got a sweet little girl Becca's age next door. I'm really excited about it, because the girls love her and they have a blast playing outside together.

 

The only problem is, this little girl is a HM fan. :glare: So that's of course a huge topic of conversation.. "HM this, HM that, HM HM HM HM..." and I want to POKE my eyes out! The girls come back inside wanting to pretend that their dolls are HM, just chitter chatter, and I am going nuts.

 

The girls will not be allowed to watch HM, have any HM merchandise, etc. What do I do?? I've been successful up to this point in keeping the girls from the HM madness and now it's like I've been steamrolled. How do I handle this? Yikes, it's rough having little girls!