Rockhopper
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My ds likes FreeRice.com and my dd likes ZooWhiz.com
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Has anyone had a middle schooler take Greek thru the Lukeion Project?
If so, what'd you (or your student) think of it? How'd he/she do?
And additionally and more specifically, have you had a middle school or younger student transition from ANOTHER Greek program into the Lukeion Project?
And if so, how did you place him/her and how did that work out?
Thanks!
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I know a lot about type 1; every time I interact w/ a general ped I'm pretty well convinced I know more than they do.
But I don't know how much of that knowledge is useful/transferrable to type 2, except this:
If he's having lots of low bgs and he's on insulin, he's getting too much insulin. Either he needs to change his insulin dose, or he (or doc or whoever) is assuming he's going to eat more carbs than he does and so he needs to eat more to cover the insulin (or, again, reduce the insulin dose).
Hope you get better help/advice!
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I hadn't heard of it -- we don't ever seem to have network channels on here. But I'm interested -- can someone give a bit of an overview/teaser?
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Maybe watch Spy Kids or Agent Cody Banks (haven't seen this one, I'll admit!) as reward/bribe for completing a certain amount of work?
Let him trade in each completed assignment for a piece of top-secret information. When all the information is collected, the code can be broken and the reward revealed. (I'm thinking, for instance, of a letter for each assignment and then the letters can be unscrambled to form a word, or a jigsaw puzzle piece and then the puzzle can be put together to reveal the reward, etc.)
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basically non-existent.
very small, mostly older parish.
one teenage girl comes in addition to my son.
they have their own SS. he sits in on the adult Wed night class, she helps with their younger sibs during that time.
i'm not huge into youth group stuff but i wish there were a little more going on for ds
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We're trying to reduce the messiness of our 7 yo dd too.
After yesterday's massive clean-out, we're trying a new approach. Dd loves her bedtime snack -- and the new rule is, room must be inspected AND PASS before snack time, otherwise no snack.
We're hoping daily checks will help curb the descent into chaos.
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If I have leftover wine (I'm the only wine drinker in the family so sometimes a whole bottle doesn't get used up in a timely fashion), I freeze it in half-cup portions. Then I can just pull a "wine cube" out of the freezer for recipes as needed - obviously NOT for drinking anymore!
It'd be easy to do, too, if you don't drink wine at all but just want it on hand for cooking. Open the bottle, use what you need for the recipe, and freeze the rest.
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:lol: That's pretty clever!
I thought so too (shameless mom brag) but he was just annoyed that he had to explain it to the younger sibs!
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I know I'm late to the party -- and this one won't exactly roll off the tongue for your son's performance, but I'm still giggling that my 12 yo homeschooler thought, in all seriousness, that his homegrown joke was a) hilarious and b) easily understood by all:
What's the difference between the great Greek warrior Achilles and a puppy?
Eventually the puppy quits whining!
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Maybe I had a bad ring sling? It was Dr. Sears brand with padded sides. Baby and I both hated it.
That K'tan looks interesting....
The K'tan is WONDERFUL!
I had it for my third. I LOVE how it distributes weight, and the variety of holds it allows. And it's comfy and cute. We used it a lot!
Once we reached the toddler stage, we too, like The Reader, switched to an Ergo. Also love, love, love it -- but for a baby I like having them up front.
I had a really old-school denim ring sling (the one with the padded top and the picture of the lady with big hair on the package - anyone else remember that?) w/ my oldest and we got lots and lots of use out of it. For my middle I ordered a "custom" sling from a WAHM online. It didn't really fit, couldn't be adjusted, and so that baby just didn't get worn a lot. But the K'tan was by far my favorite!
I actually pulled it out recently when my "baby" (at 18 mos) was sick and I thought she'd benefit from the closer, front hold.
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We did ours with trim, like Rockhopper suggested. We did miter the corners, but I saw a nice one done with flat edges and the square trim blocks at the corners. Here's how it looks:
That's gorgeous! (Mine is much less fancy!)
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I just bought a really nice 4' x 6' world map and while I could tack it up with thumbtacks I was hoping for a nicer presentation.
Dh says it will be way too heavy if we tried to use a conventional framing method (plus super-pricey). How have you hung your maps?
I buy trim pieces at the hardware store - those lightweight, not real wood kind. I can't remember what they're really supposed to be used for; flooring, I think? Like transitions between floor types.
Anyway, it's really lightweight, so perfect for maps. I've in the past done all four sides of a map (never mitered because I'm just not that perfectionist about them), but more recently just the tops and bottoms so that they can roll up for moving more easily. (We move a lot!)
I've tried different things to attach the trim to the map. Good-quality velcro dots would probably work. Glue didn't work so well, although scrapbooking glue dots might. You could sandwich the map between two rails and then use short nails or tacks to hold them together.
All that said, mine are currently thumbtacked to the map from the back (with the flat-headed thumbtacks) and it has lasted two moves.
I also tacked on two picture-hanging rings on the top rail, and that's how I hang them.
You notice I refer to them as "rails". It's an official map-framing term, lol. I found out about the idea from an internet search and found some companies that do really attractive map rails but alas, they weren't in my budget, so home-grown it was. But a search for "map rails" ought to get you some examples.
HTH!
ETA: check out this site for idea/pics!
another edit: Just really thought through how large a map you're talking about. Mine are 30"x50" so a lot smaller!
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Update: Made this before bed and let it cook all night. Besides the nutmeg(not a fan so I should not have added it) it cane out perfect! Everyone has tasted it and said it was good. Best of all...no mess!
Thanks.
I tried it too. It worked great! Thanks for the great advice.I'm so glad it worked for you too -- I was so excited when I found it! It's really a game-changer for me WRT steel-cut oats.
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I just found and tried this recipe for crockpot steel-cut oats earlier this week.
It's brilliant! The bain-marie keeps the oats from overcooking through the night, you still get the convenience of the crockpot, and you don't have to clean oatmeal out of it! (Obviously you still have to clean the Pyrex or whatever - I used a metal mixing bowl - but for some reason that bothers me a lot less than cleaning the crock...)
I'm planning to try it with pumpkin instead of applesauce. I also think it would work fine sans fruit/veg -- but it's a nice way to sneak it in!
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You've got me curious! I think I'll put it and her Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith on my TBR pile and see which one shows up at the library or cheap on Kindle first.
I can't figure out from the reviews if I'll agree or disagree, or whether I'd disagree from the right or from the left -- intriguing!
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I've wondered too. I think my dd would really like it, but it's spendy... so I'd really want to hear good things about it first.
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Well, I'm not a WTMer or Classical model homeschooler -- so I personally wouldn't feel bound at all to separate books according (to my mind) arbitrary stages.
So often a great picture book has information useful/appealing/helpful to an older student, and sometimes a younger student wants to pursue an area of interest by reading a more in-depth treatment of the subject.
I much prefer having books just sorted by general topic to encourage reading "outside the stage."
But other than that, yep -- I think it's a great idea!
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and handwritingworksheets.com -- but they don't have HWT.
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Yep, I do. It varies some but most often I have them use their Bible verses for handwriting practice. My older kid just writes in his best cursive, my younger student still does copywork.
I create copywork sheets from handwritingworksheets.com. Quick, easy, free. You can do print, D'Nealian or cursive.
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I tried to attach a picture of the final product. Hope it worked. Thank you so much for the wonderful idea! Ds was so happy :) I could see how I could improve in a whole ton of different places, but by the time I got it done, it was late and ....well, ds was happy :tongue_smilie:. It was kinda fun! I will be doing it again for sure! The other moms thought it cool too!
Thank you!
You did a great job! Kudos!
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Also, Journey to the Center of the Earth, the Brendan Fraser one from 2008. They're coming out with a sequel this year too.
ETA: It looks like Rockhopper and I were posting at the same time :)
GMTA!
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Prince of Persia, violence but nothing too bloody is shown. Action packed with some great themes about family and doing the right thing. I adore this movie.Race to Witch Mountain with the Rock wasn't bad.
Some new ideas for us!
We loved both of the National Treasure movies. My husband brought them home to preview, but I didn't know it was pg and when it was over I looked at him and said, Wow, the kids could watch this. His eyebrow went up and he said "Uh, yeah, that is why we were previewing it" sometimes I feel like I am living under a rock.Oh, yes -- those are good ones!
My list is a LOT like Rockhopper's. (Except for October Sky. I tried a couple different times to watch that movie but the swearing was overdone and I couldn't get through it. I was disappointed, too, as I enjoyed the book it was based on.) We also enjoyed The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, Tron and Tron Legacy.I loved the Librarian movies. Noah Wylie is so cute. (Not in an eighth grade girl "he's sooo cute" way; just, you know, cute. Like a puppy.)
Oh, oh, oh. That reminds me. Just about anything Brendan Frasier does lately is kid friendly and fun. We liked Journey to the Center of the Earth.
(And then of course on the Brendan Frasier front, there's The Mummy but we're probably holding out on that for kid viewing for until the early teens. Actually the first one is scarier, I think, than the second one. And the third one... blech! And Blast from the Past but I don't know how much a kid would like it.)
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We have a 12 yo ds and a 7 yo dd and we do this also.
Some recent movies that ds has watched w/ dad:
-Thor
-Harry Potter (but 12 was/is our rule - he got to read book 1 for his 12th birthday and then watch movie 1 at Christmas)
-Pirates of the Carribean
He got to watch Star Wars at nine or ten. (Still hasn't gotten to see Revenge of the Sith.)
Indiana Jones (but not Temple of Doom) at ten or eleven.
Karate Kid.
The Lightning Thief at 11, after he'd read the book a bunch of times.
Both my kids have been watching and re-watching How to Train Your Dragon.
What about LOTR? And the Narnia movies?
Oh, he watched October Sky at 10-ish.
Princess Bride.
Hopefully some ideas to get you started!
Life of Fred Math help! roughly 7th grade (prealgebra)
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I was very glad ds "went back" and started w/ LOF Fractions, even tho he was "ready" for pre-alg.
LOF really helped solidify concepts for him.