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Phonics4free has some snakes and ladder type games that you can print for various levels.
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Going Medieval is really educational. Amazon Streaming has it.
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Our week 4 is here.
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Help me understand...teen suicide....
Maeintx replied to Juniper's topic in General Education Discussion Board
My son's best friend tried to commit suicide this summer. Thank you for this. I needed to read that. To the OP- I am so very sorry. -
I had the same problem!
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I've been here almost 8 years and I still dislike all the things you listed, but I'm not sure it will ever grow on me. I live near Tomball too. We have to drive for everything, which is something I really get tired of, but definitely the neighborhood makes all the difference. Houston has so many choices for home school families. That I love!
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Our week 3 is up!
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Our week 2 is up here.
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We have a utility that has right away too. Two years ago they came in to replace underground pipelines. We only border a small section on an odd angle since we are at the back of the culdesac. Technically none of the pipeline is on our property. They let us know they were coming, they took down the fences, they rebuilt the fences. They even paid for a weekend away for all the families that bordered the pipeline for that weekend because they were testing and pressurizing the line with water. It probably varies from state to state.
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Who can explain Dr. Who to me?
Maeintx replied to Entropymama's topic in General Education Discussion Board
This is our life exactly! We have boxes of the 70s and 80s Dr. Who video tapes in our attic. Dh even knitted himself a Dr. Who scarf when he was 14. He grew up watching them on PBS. When we started dating I had to learn to sit through them because he found out he could buy them on VHS and started collecting. Since he is the youngest, he got all his little nephews hooked on the original series. Then our 4 boys. The boxes have been loved on- some more than others, especially any that have Daleks on the cover. And then when they came back out, it was too late. I was hooked as well. Tom Baker is his favorite doctor and Sarah Jane his fav companion but he also has another fav.- Tiegan? And the latest doctor is his least fav as well. -
Weekly review (for those that have started already)
Maeintx replied to swellmomma's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
I did a review of our light first week. I am going to try to do weekly reviews this year too. Blog: Enriched -
Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization
Maeintx replied to allie911's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
We love it! We have the book and CD. I read here- I think- about someone that had their kids illustrate the poems. So, after we listen to the current poem and are working on the memorization parts, I will have them draw the poem. It has been a huge success. I had cardstock spiral bound into little notebooks at Office Depot for their drawings. They each designed their cover. We will continue it this next year. -
Liberty's Kids, Magic School Bus, and Others like it.
Maeintx replied to BugsMama's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
Not a series but just a 2-hour special, great for the older kids Going Medieval -
We shop a lot at the Mom and Pop type store in our town but the biggest reason is they employ our teenage son. We spend a bit more on our groceries but they are flexible with his college schedule and are willing to change his hours each semester accordingly, give him extra hours over holidays and summer, etc. He plans on quitting come Fall, but we have another teen that will hopefully be able to work there next summer. So for now, we shop there as much as possible. We do shop the chain store too..Costco and HEB.
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Sonlight with supplements, or something else?
Maeintx replied to dalynnrmc's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
I don't know if you can find this used but I've heard it works great to supplement Sonlight's earlier cores, there is a year 1 and a year 1. http://www.handleonthearts.com/cart/handson-history-year-2-p-44.html -
A question for those in wildfire prone areas.
Maeintx replied to pqr's topic in General Education Discussion Board
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Thank you- I have the new IG and found it in the back under Scope and Sequence. Not quite what I had in mind but it will work out just the same.
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Well.. it would help if I looked there first, huh?? I must have missed that page. Thank you for pointing it out. I will go check!
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Is there some place that has the weeks broken down into the historical time period you're reading about/studying? i.e. years? I'd like a schedule that has these weeks with the dates so I can coordinate and plan history pockets and hands-on activities before we start in the Fall. Core D- American History 1 I can do it myself but thought I'd ask in case someone has already done it.
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Yes- this is correct. Dh's grandmother gave us that picture for our first apartment back in 1989. I think the other poster was probably correct- probably something from a home show.
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Individual Desks vs. Community Table
Maeintx replied to TheAutumnOak's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
We use our dining room table but I purchased smaller tri-fold poster boards at Walmart. They decorated them with some pockets and other printables, stickers, etc. Ours are for the 50 States, Capitals, other facts, U.S. Map. When I need them to focus more, we use them to create an individual "cubby" area on the table. -
PLEASE show me your "No Schoolroom" solutions!
Maeintx replied to Pixjen's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
Our dining room is the main room you walk into when you open our front door, but it is also the only place we really can do school. We do float around a lot but this is where we store everything. I've made a couple of changes since last summer but overall this is our way of trying to hide the clutter. All our pencils/pens/markers/scissors/glue sticks, etc. are now in a Pampered Chef Tool Turnabout instead of the picture box.