chepyl
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I would hide him and delete comments.
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From what I have read, and seen with my dancers learning this method, it is not a good method. It requires drawing the lattice and working out the answer. Past 3 digit numbers it is too tedious, and they need a calculator. They don't learn true multiplication skills. It is in the Everyday Math curriculum.
I have only seen and heard negative things about it.
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We are loving it also! We get to mummify a chicken this week. Can't wait!
How do you mummify a chicken?? Sounds like fun :)
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Oh, my goodness!!!:lol:
That is hilarious!
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We start in 2 weeks, on August 1st! I think I am nearly ready...I have some lesson plans to finish entering....but I have all of my materials.
We are starting early to accommodate our crazy performance schedule in Dec/Jan.
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I need the background noise. I can't fold laundry or do dishes in silence. I have the tv or my iPod on most of the day. We turn everything off for school.
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I should have probably asked this before I voted. Do dress up clothes count as getting dressed?
I voted let stay in pjs, since I'm not strict about it. Our problem isn't so much staying in pjs all day, it's getting them to stay in ANY clothes while at home.
~Cari
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I go to work at 3pm, half the time the kids come with me. We generally get dressed right before we leave. I don't want to wear dance clothes all day and I hate doing laundry, so I stay in my pjs until I get ready for work.
Plus pjs are so comfortable!
DS usually changes at least 10 times, and still spends most of the time wearing nothing but panties :)
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We have always had used refrigerators. The first one came with the house we bought. It is still running in our rental home in MO. We got a free one from my mom's office when they moved. It is at least 15 years old, it does not run great, but we have had it for two years.
Why does he not want to get a used one? Is he afraid it is a waste of money or is he concerned about it being sanitary? Bleach works wonders if it is the second reason!
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We just started our new year a few weeks ago. Toward the end of our last year I had a lot of the same feelings you are talking about. I did a lot of thinking over our break and came to the realization that I was going to use that doubt to my advantage. The doubts that I'm going to have (becuase I know they will creep in despite my best intentions) are going to be my reminder to always strive to do the absolute best I can for my dc. To push on, to continue educating myself, to always make the most of each day and to remember that as hard as I work to educate my dc I couldn't possibly be ruining them. Even if they graduate with gaps in their knowledge they aren't "ruined".
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I just wanted to update you all and share the amazing remedy I found! I mixed 1 cup of finely ground oatmeal and 3 tbsps of cornstarch with cold water until it was a paste. I spread it all over the hives and left it for 30 minutes, maybe an hour for some. The paste gave immediate relief from the itching! I took a cool shower to rinse it all off, took a benadryl and went to bed. This morning the worst of the hives was significantly smaller. I am doing the oatmeal again this morning!
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We just do the streaming video, so our price won't change. We had talked about adding dvds, but now we won't.
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That is amazing!
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My 3 year old has and loves her dolls with clip on clothes. I think they are by Playschool. She also loves my little ponies.
What about some fun bath toys like the crayons for the bathtub wall?
Finger paints or water colors and giant color sheets. My ds sits in the kitchen floor and paints for hours.
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Last: Jane Eyre, and The Core by Leigh Bortins
Current: TWTM, and Parenting with Love and Logic
Next: finish Plato's The Republic
Read aloud: just finished Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, started Charlie and the glass elevator.
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I am restraining myself....I, too, have gone a little overboard!
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You have to subscribe to each channel. We only have NetFlix right now ($8), we may add Hulu Plus ($4). There are free channels as well. They are not amazing, but they have a few educational things on them. There are a couple of free movie stations, one that plays old tv shows (Dick Van Dyke Show is one), and one that plays old educational videos (quite entertaining sometimes;))
I don't think there is a bundle.
I do think it is worth it! We love our Roku!
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I have an excel file organized with subjects going down horizontally and half-years going across vertically, from preschool up through eighth grade. (This is hopeful thinking on my part, as my husband has only actually agreed to my homeschooling through elementary school.) Planned curriculum is listed with it's normal price and then color coded--green are the things I really want, yellow I would quite like, and red are things that would be convenient if we have the funds available. In theory, once my husband finds work, we will set aside a monthly budget for education and then whenever I see something on my list for sale I will have a quick reference chart to see how good the price actually is, and how soon and how much I wanted it.
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I should do that! I love making spreadsheets and color coding them :) I do it for everything else. Right now, we are doing Classical Conversations Foundations. That gives me a pretty good plan for the next 6 years for Aidan. I add the math and grammar and some other fun stuff. I know what curriculum I want to use and what I have. If I see something used for sale and I have a little extra cash, I will buy it for future use. I have 3 years worth of grammar curriculum ready to go now.
I will change plans if something doesn't work out. But since I am buying things used or on sale, I don't feel as bad if we don't use it.
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I forgot to say that we are also using the Math Mammoth Geometry for early grades with Singapore. We did not do a formal curriculum in Kindergarten. We worked through a giant workbook over a year and a half. I got the Singapore placement tests and taught number bonds and one other topic amd then tested him.
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Where we used to live, they did block scheduling starting in 6th grade. They had each class for 90 minutes, every other day. During testing, the kids would tell me that some teachers went over the test and gave the kids the answers before starting the test, then handed the tests out for the last 45 minutes! What did they learn the rest of the year if they needed the answers for the test?!?!
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Here, they test on everything. High school students must pass tests in every core subject in order to graduate. They spread the tests out over the 4 years.
There are great honors programs and gifted and talented programs; but, those programs emphasize creative writing (often with out instruction). They do not instruct in grammar or correct format. I had a dancer who had to write a play in her honors English class; they had not even read a play or analyzed it! I gave her a book from my masters and instructed her in what she needed to do.
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I am using Singapore next year with my first grader. They have placements tests on their website. My ds is really good at math as well. He scored 96% on the 1A and 90% on the 1B, so we are actually starting in the 2A book that they recommend for the end of second grade. I am glad I could test him and not waste money on something that was too easy.
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No other symptoms, and it has now been 3 days. It has spread a little, but not much.
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I agree with trying Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. It worked great with my son. Maybe the differently shaped letters will help her identify the sounds better.
Breast pump recommendations?
in General Education Discussion Board
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WIC here gave my SIL a nice electric pump, you could also rent from the hospital for pretty cheap. I think medela has (or did have) a single electric that is supposed to be as good as the pump n style. You might look for one of those.
Avent has one as well, I don't know how well it works, but I know it is cheaper.