[What fall TV shows are you looking forward to?]

I really love tv! Mainly sci-fi type shows. But I absolutely LOVE ncis LA. So looking forward to this !

[1st grade... assume you only do one LA program at a time....]

If she's not confident with reading and handwriting, I would stick with those first. What program is her school using for handwriting? I would try to use the same program or something similar so she doesn't get confused. Then just continue with ETC or consider finding something else that doesn't include writing (like OPGTR). .

 

This is what I would do. Get her reading well easy chapter books. Then begin spelling or FLL or WWE. We are finishing OPGTR then starting the other programs.

[I'm so tired of insensitive comments....]

I can't believe someone would say something like that! How awful and mean. They are wrong and you don't deserve to be treated like that. I would not continue to talk with them if at all possible.

[Inquiring minds want to know: How many bedrooms does your house have?]

2 bedrooms,1 bath, 650 square feet. But we do have a finished basement and someone could put beds down there I suppose. We use it as our living room.

[When/How do you do memory work?]

We do memory work as a group. One or more times a day. We run through it sometimes together or sometimes individually. They like to jump while saying each word. Or do it while swinging. The car makes for a nice captive group. Doing it all tougher seems to make it more fun for them. They also like to show off for each other. We do days of week, months,planets,two phone numbers,our address counting by 2s 5s 10s and to 100,and poetry.

[S/O: First major motion picture you saw?]

Care bears but I feel asleep. I remember my first drive in better it was honey I shrunk the kids and turner and hooch. I feel asleep for the last show too.

[My 9yo is embarrassed about her hairy legs.]

I'm the hairy person in this family... I also have dark hair and light skin. It's embarrassing to me STILL. I cannot go more than a day without shaving and even then I get a 5 oclock shadow on my legs! You can see the hair through my pale skin even when my legs are freshly shaven... IT SUCKS!

Anyways... my dd is (so far) a blondie, but unfortunately at 4 her leg hair is already coming in pretty thick. She will likely be shaving at 9 like your dd.

 

This is exactly me and my daughter!

 

Totally let her shave whenever she is ready.

[What were YOU fed as a baby?]

Formula. She said she tried to breastfeed me several times but couldn't figure it out.

[What do you bring when...]

Another vote for spaghetti salad and garlic bread. I also like to give panera bread gift cards.

[The Confederate Flag Rascist or Not?]

They either don't get it or don't care.

[s/o Wilson thread: What do you put on your popcorn?]

The dill and pepper ideas are amazing. We usually just do olive oil and salt. I add mm's if I'm feeling like a party!

[Another s/o poll: How old is your mother?]

My mom is 55, I am newly 31.

[Low carb people: Do you feed your whole family low carb?]

I wish we could all eat the same meal. But all three girls have a dislike of meat. The 4 will eat salmon (which is great the 2 times a year that's a option) . The baby likes chicken lunch meat which isn't a everyday food. They will all eat a few chicken nuggets if they are from McDonald's which isn't helpful at all :p they do eat low sugar though. Whole grains lots of fruit. :tongue_smilie:

[Crazy Stupid Love]

I'm so glad you liked it. I can't wait to see this! All the actors are usually pretty good so I have high hopes.... I just saw bad teacher and hated it. We go out so rarely and it was a huge bummer.

[If you don't use a handwriting program for K,]

Dot to dot,mazes,hangman. Would he rather do copywork? My daughter does that. She really like to make up her own sentences. I write them down and she copies. Really silly sentences Ofcourse. Then she usually draws a picture to match.

[Sorting out a history schedule for multiple children]

My girls are currently 4,3,and 1. The oldest will be in k this year (turns 5 in October) . I plan on doing 2 years of geography and cultural studies including the little girls. Then moving to sotw when my oldest is in 2nd, middle k, and baby will be prek. We plan on school year round so I don't think it will take us 4 years though. I do plan on doing a more in-depth US history so maybe with that included it will bump it up...

[Pre-School Parents?]

We just finished preschool but I think your plan sounds like a lot of fun! Have fun, read books, and some phonics if theyre ready is my preschool goals. My oldest really got into workbooks this spring so we did some free curriculum at the end. But really at this age there is no rush.

[Can we maybe get a roll call of all the moms with a new kindy child this fall?]

I will have a kindergartener this year. My oldest dd will be 5 this Halloween. Michigan's cut off is Dec 1st. So here we go!

She finished 100ezl and we called that preschool.

She is working her way through OPGTR. With some of thephonicspage thrown in. We will be done with abeka's math and phonics worksheets by september (we got them for free and she likes to do them sporadically) I plan on moving to a mm and Singapore combo this fall. After she finishes OPGTR we will move on to WWE AAS and FLL. I'm desperately trying to figure out a Spanish program to start too. We do some memory work too. I also have two younger girls 3 and 1 running around.

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