MerryAtHope
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This was me a week and a half ago! (((Hugs))). I felt lost and despondent at first, but tried to be encouraging. My dd is doing well thankfully, but that first weekend was hard on all of us. Hang in there!
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So far, both are still in person! Dd is on campus and hopes to stay in person, plus she’s in early childhood Ed and gets to work with young kids—hopefully none of that changes! Her campus does not have vaccine requirements, but does require masking.
Ds only has one class and then he graduates. He’s commuting from home (hour each way), so it wouldn’t be awful if they went to online. His school requires vaccines and masking.
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We homeschooled all the way through. I hope you have a good year with your daughter!
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Not a book, but a tool where you can look up the etymology of a specific word: https://www.etymonline.com/. It's a fun resource!
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10 hours ago, skimomma said:
Dd's university is not mandating vaccines or doing any routine testing. They are requiring masking indoors except for in individual dorm rooms. This was just announced. They were almost all online last year and I know dd is very concerned they will end up back online if things get out of hand. I think they will get out of hand but I have not shared my thoughts on this. I am at least glad they added the mask mandate. The students seemed to be good with this last year. At least on campus. The off campus parties and bars are a whole different concern. The area as a whole has schools with no masking or testing mandates, very low vaccination rates, and STILL has limited access to testing which means even well-meaning people are forgoing tests when sick. What's the point if it takes 5 days to schedule a test and another 5 days to get the results? I have big concerns and am just hoping beyond hope that dd has something resembling a decent freshman year.
Yes, hoping all of our kids can have a decent year!
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We use thin towels like beach towels and hang them on a hook or hanger.
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The insurance rates are not affected by vaccination status at either of my kids’ schools. One is requiring the vaccine, and giving students a $100 bonus if they get it done by August 20. The other is not requiring the vaccine, but is requiring masks, and will require non-vaccinated students to get tested weekly. Those who don’t want to get tested have to upload their vaccine information.
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Both of mine were one and done, it’s kind of nice! We also went the cc route first and then transfer. I hoped both would end up at the same school, but they ended up at different ones. Different schools were best for each one. I hope everything goes well for your dd!
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On 7/22/2021 at 3:06 PM, Not_a_Number said:
Huh. I looked through this, and it doesn't really seem to follow 100 EZ in an easy way -- many things from 100 EZ are covered again: some early on, and some way later. Why do people find this a good sequence?
It might not always be a fit, but kids who need it get more fluency practice, so the review helps and they get new content too. AAR takes kids up to high school level word attack skills, so it goes farther. Anyway, lots of good choices out there!
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A lot of kids move on to All About Reading 2 after completing 100 Easy Lessons. Here are samples for all the levels if you want to see what it looks like. At the end of AAR 4, students have the phonics and word attack skills necessary to sound out high school level words, though they may not know the meaning of all higher level words. (Word attack skills include things like dividing words into syllables, making analogies to other words, sounding out the word with the accent on different word parts, recognizing affixes, etc…)
You can check the placement tests to see what level your son is ready for if you decide to go with that one. I hope you find something that's a good fit for you & your child!
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Congratulations! Transitions are hard...give yourself time!
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10 hours ago, Storygirl said:
Right now, she has financial privileges from us (we pay for her car, gas, car insurance, school tuition and supplies, etc.), and we're thinking of having her pay for some of those things herself.
I think that’s a great idea. I think fiscal responsibility just doesn’t mean much when kids don’t have to pay their own way. College is so expensive these days that kids aren’t independent for years later than what was common when We were their age. But if she has that much free money to spend, she can certainly pay more of her expenses and head on that road of more independence. A question I read in a book recently suggested asking whether the behavior is something we as parents are enabling. It’s made me rethink some things.
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Wow, sounds tough! Our cat doesn’t like it, but she’s mellow. I wait until she’s sleeping and try then if she’s tired enough, she’ll still resist but I can get it done.
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On 7/1/2021 at 5:12 PM, hands-on-mama said:
My oldest is 13 and about to start 8th grade. She seems to be ready formal pre algebra course. I don’t think she’s ready for full on algebra. She has done mostly math u see and principles of mathematics the past few years. My first thoughts were MUS pre algebra or LIfe of Fred. I’m also considering Mr. D. It is definitely on the pricier side though. Is there anything else I should consider.
The only one of these I've used is MUS Pre-Algebra. One thing I really liked about it is that it included a significant review of fractions and decimals to help establish a more solid foundation in these before moving on to Algebra.
For a struggling student, I would also consider Teaching Textbooks (which was on my short list, but vetoed by my oldest after viewing samples! But different kids respond in different ways.)
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On 7/1/2021 at 12:40 PM, Zoo Keeper said:
The Adventure Bible (NIV) -- complete Bible, very readable translation for children
Not familiar with the other two, but my kids both loved The Adventure Bible.
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Have you looked at Essentials in Writing by Matthew Stephens? That uses video teaching.
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PE, health, and other electives went on my kids’ transcripts too. I think overall, you need a good mix for your student. We put so much pressure on high school kids…but they need time to peruse interests too. And they should get credit for it if possible. Some interests may be better listed under activities and that’s okay. I just think we make academics a rat race sometimes. I found I had to purposefully step back and relax sometimes just to breathe! Anyway…electives are not just okay, I think they are important.
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I used to create my own so I could have the pages just the way I needed them each year. I did "yearly planning" rather than a strict daily plan. I did estimate about how much time I expected things to take (so that I could come up with a reasonable amount of work for the year), but for daily work, I just jotted down what we did rather than following a pre-set plan. That allowed me the flexibility to move faster or slow, to spend more time on difficult things, to follow rabbit trails my kids were interested in, to go on field trips or nature walks instead of some or all subjects for the day, etc... I really loved that flexibility, especially in the elementary years. Have fun teaching your little ones!
On 7/1/2021 at 2:51 PM, Cass said:Hello!
Are there any good homeschool planners out there that anyone would recommend? I looked at a few options but nothing really seems to be right. For most, I actually don't even know how I would use.
In the past, I've used a Blue Sky monthly and weekly planner for each child. It does work, but I was wondering if there was something else more geared towards homeschooling that would be helpful.
I am trying to just plan a few weeks at a time this year. I've done planning the whole year, and then I felt like I was always playing catchup--bc. I've also just planned the week of but then I found myself scrambling towards the end trying see how long it would take to finish the year.
I don't track attendance, or grades (my kids are still elementary though I will probably start this year for my 3rd grader).
Thank you!
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I like but don't love my current set-up! I have two layers. For the bottom I use a Therapeutica travel pillow upside down. When you flip it, the back is a trapezoid shape rather than straight up and down, so there is room for the shoulder. I find I like that better than the curve like Eli & Elm style pillows because I tend to have my lower arm straight out instead of down by my body, and the curved shape doesn't allow for that.
The top layer is stacked foam pieces that I can no longer find. It's not memory foam--it's just regular, really soft foam (softer than seat cushion foam) that used to be a 3/4" or 1" mattress topper and I cut it into squares. It takes 5 to get the inch or so of height I need out of them.
I've tried other options for the top, but I can't do memory foam. The "rebound" of memory foam pushes against my jaw and gives me TMJ pain. Pillows with various material that shifts (down, down alternative etc...) tend to shift too much as I sleep and I end up with neck cricks or TMJ.
For the bottom, I really love the angled shape that allows my shoulder room. It's just a little firm. Memory foam doesn't work for me on the bottom either--I find it pushes against my shoulder and gives me shoulder pain, or I find it compresses gradually throughout the night.
I feel ridiculous like the princess and the pea!
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6 hours ago, happi duck said:
I use two pillows also. The bottom is foam with a shoulder cut out. The top is unknown (not foam) but I can squish it how I need it. I don't like how foam feels against my ear and one pillow is never tall enough.
Do you know what you use for the bottom?
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15 hours ago, Matryoshka said:
I've been wondering about the pillow cube! Their ads are great... wasn't sure what to think about the pillow!
I've settled on using two pillows, one is fake down and the top one is real down. I can adjust so they contour correctly to that 'shoulder hole'. And yeah, that gets it up to the 5" or so that I also need.
And every now and then when I have an urge to lay on my back (sometimes in the morning when I am pondering the idea of getting up), I just flip up the top one so I'm just using the bottom one and I don't get a neck kink.
What do you use for a bottom pillow? I have one I like but don't love.
I complained a bit about their ads to them. They could have avoided wasting a pillow and me being out 20 bucks with clearer info on their site!
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1 hour ago, Terabith said:
My facebook feed keeps trying to sell me on the cube pillow, but it looks terribly uncomfortable to me.
I tried it. The comfort isn’t bad but it squishes down to about 3.5” thick, so it doesn’t really fill the shoulder space like it advertises. I need something that’s 5” thick after I lay on it to fill my shoulder space.
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I hope he can find something. Does the school or town have a bus system? I actually lived 3 miles out a couple of years, but the buses were decent. I sometimes walked in good weather.
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Ours likes some crinkly paper or tissue paper in the bottom of a box. Also sometimes they turn a small box over the top of the cat and play with a toy outside. She loves to stick her paw under the box to try to reach the toy outside. Sometimes she’ll just sit under there and then eventually turn the box over and come out. They also make catnip balls, and ours loves her ball. She’s an indoor cat only, but I put her in our screen porch when I go out to water the flowers and weed, and she likes to sit there and hear all the sounds and smell the breeze.
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Difficulty transferring, after entry with lots of DE credits?
in The College Board
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Yes, this is good for people to be aware of. Our state has an articulation agreement so that a core of classes (41 credits) automatically transfer, and associate degrees do as well. It works great for humanities majors. However, there can be issues with other types of majors. For example, my daughter is an education major. At the school she transferred to, she was able to transfer her full associates degree and have it count towards her degree. At other schools in our state though, her courses beyond the first 41 would not have counted towards her degree. Some would have transferred only as elective credits, because those schools wanted students to take a very specific sequence of educational classes and had different requirements. So, even in a state with a good solid articulation agreement for dual enrollment and community colleges to 4-year schools, you still have to research and really know how things are going to work. We were going to find a school that took them off and lessened the time she needs for completion.
I hope things get better at your daughter’s school. It’s still early in the semester. Maybe if she gets involved in some kind of group or club, she’ll find a group of students to socialize with. My son’s school is also one where the students tend to go home every weekend, but he got involved in the InterVarsity Christian group and met some good good friends that way. Encourage her to give things time and pursue an interest. It takes time to find one’s people, but I hope she will!