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I think it's ridiculous. A local museum tried to organize a homeschool science program. They didn't allow parents to bring younger children, but expected parents to be present in the building while their children were attending classes. This was during the day. That whole thing flopped big time.
We had this with a Middle School Math team here. We eventually dropped, even though ds liked it, because it was just not realistic. They met in the meeting room of a library, which was the only not quiet part, and siblings were not allowed in there. We were expected to stay and keep younger siblings quiet for 1.5 - 2 hours out in the main part of the library, but not leave. The person running things had one child, who was in college and really and truly didn't get it.
I can see why they have a no child rule at a book sale, but agree that sometime when more other parents would more likely be available would make more sense. For much of our homeschooling time, we were in areas with very few teen homeschoolers, so finding a teen sitter (or any sitter) during the day was not realistic.
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I think that the asker should pay for the date. I'm not opposed to the girl being the one who asks/plans the outing, and then she would pay.
My older ones aren't really interested in dating yet, but I have a boy and a girl who are getting closer (within a few years).
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Yep, looks like a corn snake. Nice for pest control, but yeah, I'd rather have them a distance from the house.
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the same clothes they wore the last 2 days :D
Mine have started getting better about changing every 24 hours because if dh catches them in the same clothes they were in 24 hours ago, he makes them SHOWER and then change, and then they risk melting or something. ;)
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I'd be REALLY scared to take a book off that shelf. YIKES!
LOL -- it was probably the then-6 year old's turn to 'declutter'. Usually, I have the other dc actually put things back properly, but it can be a challenge to get them to fit. It seems that one really can't have enough bookcases.
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Here are my kids' old uniforms.
The new ones have forest green shirts instead (the picture is pretty dark).I let them pick the new one -- they voted on it.
Next time I may have dd design a school crest that I can have embroidered on if it's not too expensive.
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Does Costco have a Click and Pull? I've never been there but that is what I love about Sam's. I can shop online then they will pull out exactly what I want and load the cart. My husband will drop by on his way home from work and pick up my groceries.
No, they don't. If there were a Sam's more convenient to dh's work than Costco, this might tip the balance the other way for me.
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For the items you listed, I think that they'd be about equal. Both chains offer one day guest passes where you can go in and check out items, prices, etc. ... for a while, I had both because my dh likes Costco better, but Sam's opened a lot earlier, which worked better for my schedule.
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Usually pajamas -- they usually get schoolwork done first, then get around to getting dressed.
They do have uniforms, though, for when we're out on field trips, especially if there's going to be a crowd, it's nice to be able to pick out my dc at a glance.
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This is exactly what my chiro has recommended for my boys (with the backing of their pediatrician and both of their orthopedists -- one at Shriner's Houston and one local). Lots of exercise, some massage, and some minor chiro adjustments. So far, neither has had any progression -- they were each diagnosed at age 7-8, and at 11 and almost 14 -- so we have a while to go, but everyone is saying to keep doing what we're doing, because it seems to be working -- massage, chiro, Tae Kwon Do (active, with lots of stretching), and swimming seem to be a good combo (along with all of the activity that Scouts, CAP, etc. add).
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My older children are both using the Kolbe syllabus with Miller-Levine. They have no problem following the syllabus. The tests are easy to administer and grade. It is very rigorous, especially if you choose the honors track (there are 3 tracked schedules to choose from). Virtual labs were not going to cut it for my children, who will more likely than not be doing hard sciences in college. We took some labs directly from the textbook, with a full write-up and they also did a Landry Academy two day lab-intensive, which is pretty packed with labs appropriate for this course.
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Mine meets at my house.
Common meeting places for meetings at the elementary (Daisy/Brownie/Junior) level around here are the area public schools. One troop that I know meets at the police station (the leader's dh is a city police officer). Here, our library and recreation center charge $20-$50 per hour, so those are out, but in other places, I know that they are more reasonable.
My church would offer free meeting space (yes, because I'm a member), but it's even further to one side of my HUGE area that council sends me girls from (I have offered to take all D/B/J girls in my county and surrounding area because this area is very ps-oriented where Girl Scouts is concerned and MANY homeschooled and private schooled girls have been told that they can't join troops).
If we get to a bigger group, I might ask the city what other accommodations they might be able to provide (a conference room in the new city hall?) I may check with the Y, too, but for now, it's easiest just to meet here.
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When I brought my younger ds home from the hospital, older ds (barely 2 1/2) declared that he wanted a baby sister. 'But you HAVE a baby sister' (dd was 17 mo). No, I want a LITTLE baby sister (the first one got bigger than him by the time they were 7 and 8, and is now 6 inches taller and 20 lb heavier). He was persistent. It took 4 years. Dh and I had pretty much given up on the idea, as I had a bunch of early miscarriages and the doctors couldn't seem to get my thyroid right ... but eventually, he DID get that baby sister, when he was 6 1/2 ... she's an intense kid who drives her siblings cra y a lot of the time, and sometimes ds1 is the only one who can manage her.
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For me, it's definitely about quantity over quality. It's also about getting one more story bug out of my head so I have a hope of putting something useful in the place that it's taking up.
I won in 2006, 2007 and 2011 ... I attempted in 2008 (in the middle of having a house on the market and househunting ... no wonder I didn't get it done) and 2009 (not as good an excuse), didn't attempt in 2010.
It's a really cathartic experience for me (and yes, I usually go a week or two neglecting other things, but I can usually bang out 50-60K in 10 good solid days, whether they're consecutive or spread out ... when they're spread out, I might get a little bit written on the other days). I might be able to combine two of my NaNo books and come up with something that would be better than some of the self-published garbage available on Kindle sometimes, but I really don't have the time, energy or desire to do so at this point.
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Only occasionally, but I do leave them.
Once, we left the older two for a 12 hour day. They were sick, we didn't want to infect the family who offered to take the dc, so we sent the younger two with them and left the older two at home. We were only 10-15 minutes away, and though we didn't have a phone, our pastor was there and did have one, so they could call him.
Next month, my oldest was going to have to be taken to a camp 6+ hours away ... so, a 13-14 hour round trip for me, minimum. Dh would have had to go into the office for at least a half day, but might have gotten to work from home for the rest. I was fine with leaving dd in charge at home, though I'm much happier that the camp got moved, and is now only an hour and a bit away. (I guess that I'll still be gone for about as long as they would have been left, but without dh having to rearrange his schedule.)
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I think that your concerns are valid and your request for a compromise of a closer site or just sending all of the boys are both reasonable.
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And now I am being serious... This is why I left it at the library. I already struggle with decreasing the amount of potty humor around here (I've got 3 boys), so I didn't want to bring home a book that might encourage it. This is just how it is for my family. :001_smile:
Sometimes as a parent, you need to do things like that. I still wouldn't call it 'adult' as most adults would just find it immature, but I can't think of a single book that every person I've ever known would find unobjectionable.
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There's some potty humor -- but the target audience is elementary kids, and they really like that kind of stuff. I can't remember anything that I'd consider adult, though, and all of my dc have read all of the books numerous times ... aloud, when I'd really prefer silent. :tongue_smilie:
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I flew Dulles last year alone with my four kids, and it wasn't bad. The international and domestic flights are more integrated than some other airports, which could help. My older two navigated their way through security and out to the gate on their own (practicing solo travel, which they did a lot of later in the year).
One of the last times I flew O'Hare, I just had my youngest (4 mo at the time), and had to go out of and back in to security (they'd recently done the no liquid rule, so I had to dump formula, try to find water (couldn't before I boarded my next flight) ... 2 hours was barely enough time to make it across the airport, and the staff were NOT helpful.
I haven't flown through Newark in ages -- but as a college student, was glad that I rarely had time constraints when I had to change planes there, and once had to have my roommate's family in North Jersey come and get me and drop me back at the airport before dawn the next day, or spend the night in the airport alone.
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My kids did a project on make it yourself vs. store bought, and the store brand (not the super, super bargain, but the regular store brand) was significantly cheaper than ingredients, which were about the same as the premium ice cream. (Bread was similar, by the way, which kind of surprised me.)
If you're looking for something cost-effective, I second the popsicle maker -- you can get a creamy texture with just a little bit of yogurt and a lot more juice -- a combo which doesn't freeze well in the ice cream maker.
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We went on the SAS shoes tour a couple of weeks ago, and the kids really liked that. It was free, too! I'm still waiting for my science museum pass to come (I joined the planetarium in Killeen), so that I can use it at the science museum in SA ... though with field trip season and schools getting out, at this rate, we may wait until September. I hear it's a good museum, though. We saw the IMAX movie ... it's a rather fictionalized account, but still entertaining. We did a river barge tour this last time, too, which was informative and a nice break from our walking.
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:iagree: Do you rent her out?
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My 2 year old niece's answer -- "Hold on tight and don't fall off. Camel rides are bumpy." Ok, so she wasn't in a story spinning mood (sometimes she can spin some good ones). But apparently, it IS from experience. The Knoxville Zoo offers camel rides at times, and she was NOT impressed with hers (she has liked riding other animals, but the camels are too bumpy).
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There is a LOT of analysis in the high school levels -- compare and contrast -- sometimes not culture to culture but to things that had happened in the student's life, and there was just SO much research, he just really didn't have the maturity for it and found it pretty boring. We did some Great Courses programs instead. Now that he's almost 14, he'd do great with it and enjoy it (but we're taking a different direction than the 4 year cycle right now for various reasons).
Poll: Same program for both kids?
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What is a strength to one person can be a weakness to another. I can see Singapore and MUS as good examples of this.
Both do a good job of breaking things down and showing HOW math works, not just plug and chug (which can be an advantage to some people, but is not ideal for most students IMO).
MUS is great for students who have to actually put their hands on things and touch them, feel them, and also for students who need to focus on one thing at a time and practice, practice, practice it many times before they own it.
Singapore is great for students who pick up on concepts more quickly, with less practice, and are ready to move on. It is great for students who can/prefer to look at a picture and get it, try it a few times and then are ready to move on to something different.
For a child who learns better with MUS, the lack of something to touch (sometimes you can add manipulatives for this if that's the only stumbling point), but it can also be frustrating for some children to switch topics so much. They do better following one thread of thought all the way through, exploring it thoroughly.
On the other side, some students find MUS hopelessly boring as it IS doing the same thing (or almost the same thing) over and over and over again.
If you have one of each, I don't really see any benefit in forcing one child to be like the other either way. This is one of the advantages of homeschooling that we don't have to force our children into educational methods that go against the way that they learn.