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Agreeing with most of the rest......rice & double water in pot with lid (med to tight fit...whatever). bring to nice rolling boil, turn down to LOWEST low setting. Timer for 15 min. Turn off stove. Timer for another 15 min. Done. Never burns, always perfect.
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yup, this is us, too. Sorta crazy busy, but my kids (almost 14, 17, 19) are crazy/artsy kids and need outlets. All 3 do musical theater 1-1.5 hr/week. Youngest ds is in scouts, AWANA, piano lessons, jr high guys bible study, and church choir. He has dreamed for *years* of playing golf, so when I found *very* low cost golf program, I had to let him do it. That starts in Oct. Most of these are 1x per week, and not during prime school time. Mainly Sun-Wed evenings. Middle dd does violin lessons, art lessons, high school choir affiliated with a local college, AWANA, and orchestra. Both youngest and middle take a writing class 1x per week, and middle dd is in a coop class with our homeschool group. Almost all of middle dd's classes are part of her performing arts credit. Friday and Sat nights are family time, as well as Sundays. We prioritize. There are times one activity has to give while another takes. It all works out, and my kids are happy. It is a season of life....relatively short, all things considered. We didn't do as many activities when they were younger.
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I was up getting kids ready for the day. My kids were all in elementary grades then, and we had co-op at church that day with a few other families. My neighbor knocked on my door and told me, and since I had no cable tv, I went next door and sat with others and watched it all unfold. It was just really eerie. We decided to have co-op anyway....wasn't much else to be done, really, at that point. It was so weird with no planes going overhead. It was a different world after that. It still is.
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I put my son from R&S 6 into CLE 7, and it was a fairly smooth transition. Grammar is very comparable. My son is a good speller, so there wasn't any problem there. I would think you'd be fine making that switch.
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wow Donna, your dd sounds just like my ds! Only he plays piano :). I totally know what you mean about dual track brains. ds has been able to hear and reproduce 4-6 note chords since he was very small. I still don't know how someone *does* that. But yeah, his piano teacher doesn't let him get away with stuff just because he has a good ear. She kicks his bottom regularly and makes him learn his scales, use the metronome, play slow, sightread, pay attention..and all those other things he hates doing :). Gotta love it.
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Ha! I knew it! ....and yeah, the piano might make her nutty, OR, she might get the wrong notes in her head from it. Something to think about. But perfect pitch is certainly not the be all end all. Having a good sense of relative pitch (intervals) is just as useful. My ds's piano teacher said that she's been in situations where someone with "perfect pitch" was just downright obnoxious about it with those around her..choir situation, I think. I've made sure to NOT make a big deal of it with my son. He knows it, and does sometimes drive his sisters batty (imagine having your little brother mad at you because you are singing a song in "X" key, when he knows that the "original"...from the cd, or the actual musical or whatever....is in "Y" key. Oy.), but I try to make sure he keeps it in perspective. Something he is good at, but lots of others are also iykwim. "And your sister's are allowed to sing songs in different keys, OK????" grrr. I had a good friend who, when ds was very young was fascinated that he could correctly sing any note she threw out to him. Every time we'd be at her house, someone would say "Hey Ben sing _____". I had to tell her to please not do that any more. Anyway, you have some fun times ahead with your dd. Enjoy them. Sounds like she is already enjoying music. As I said before, enjoy the "spooky" times as well as the not so spooky :o). My personal favorite spooky moment with ds was when we were driving back home late at night after having performed in Peter Pan. He was maybe 9 years old. It was quiet, and he was quietly singing the "Once upon a time and long ago...." song to himself. He paused, and said sort of to himself very matter-of-factly "thats in A flat.......but I could sing it in G...". I just sort of looked at him and said "ummm...ok...". He was just so *himself* in that moment :o). It was very sweet. Enjoy all of *your* dd's sweet spooky moments :o).
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sigh....ok, I *did* sort of jump to the extreme end of things there at the end of my post, especially for a 10yo girl. I *did* qualify it by saying that she had NOT done anything to deserve this, in this instance anyway. I guess my point was that sometimes you have to be creative. And yes, I have an extremely strong willed boy (13) who occasionally gets a very "entitled" sort of attitude when it comes to "his" possessions, and "his" room (yeah, like who pays for your room, board, and possessions??"), and he has, on rare occasions, spent a night with his sleeping bag and pillow on the kitchen floor, and was a bit wiser and more reasonable child for having done so. So humble apologies to all for lofting a grenade to kill a gnat. Please, in grace, just mentally X out that whole last part where I forget I'm not dealing with *my* kid.
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you might consider doing something like History Odyssey level 2. It follows the WTM method, and schedules all those details for you. Google Pandia press, and it will come up. Just a thought if you want an easier start.
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well, I live about half hour north of Los Angeles, and I know there are probably quite a few people that live in the S. CA area. I know that Kitten 18 lives in Santa Clarita, but not sure who else.
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well, I'd feed said child and make her lay down somewhere boring for a nap. While child is napping, think of creative consequence for her. Like cleaning toilets. Those can always use an extra scrub. If this kind of behavior happens when she isn't tired or hungry, then you need another place for timeouts. Stairs, couch, spot on floor, spot to put her nose on the wall, corner. Lots of choices, really. I think you need to explore dirty chores as an option for discipline. Also, if she can entertain herself so well in her room, you might stop to think about what she is entertaining herself with in her room, and start removing some of those things when attitude crops up. Does she value her bed? make her sleep on the hard kitchen floor. Her privacy? you can always take the door off her room. I'm not saying she has done *anything* deserving of such measures, I'm just giving you some ideas.
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well, my son has VERY good auditory memory, as well as near perfect pitch.....I don't know if he could recite whole chapter books from memory, and he sometimes has a hard time summarizing/analyzing. We incorporate lots of auditory stuff with school....sotw audios and the like. It *is* spooky sometimes....the kid can spiel stuff like nobody's business. Songs, funny stories he's heard, all manner of things. Lots of Wierd Al songs ;ob. When he was about 9, he got the part of Michael in Peter Pan.....he could literally recite the entire play - all the parts. It was actually very funny, & I wish I could have gotten him to do it as a monologue and I'd video it...he does all the voices too. Ya know...to a certain extent you just go with it. It's useful for some things, but not everything. See how she does with music. Make sure to balance with visual stuff as well. My son has a MUCH harder time recalling things he reads, so I have to keep tabs on that. I don't think you need to *do* anything with the knowledge at this point, but it could be a clue to other related areas of giftedness that you might keep an eye out for. Enjoy the spookiness.
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Well, I've been using the non-hs version for quite some time (Alg 1), and my dd is currently doing Alg II. My son loved it, but he was only doing it at about half speed. It is very well done, and engaging, and VERY thorough. It is just a LOT of work to get through at a pace that will actually get you through the course in a year. You need to get through about 3-4 units/week in the Alg. or Alg 2, which is challenging. Great course!
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amen to all of the above. our cc experience,in general, has been fine. Yes, I know there are teachers that are worse than others. Yes, we do our best to check Rate Your Proffessor and choose profs wisely. Difficulty level has been fine, overall. We have transfer agreements with the state Uni's. We've been happy overall, so far. The annoying thing right now is class availability due to state cuts.
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Well, I would look at Exploration Education if your boys want hands on. Lot of cool stuff to build & use for experiments, all the stuff included to do all the experiments. Very well laid out, step by step.
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If your breath rivaled catfish bait, you could call it fetid breath :o).
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Whitehorse Music - they carry Gliga's which are excellent violins at fairly reasonable prices.
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I'm in a PSP (private satellite program), which costs a certain amount per year per student. There are many co-op type groups that organize and run under their auspices that I have been a part of. It is a fairly large group...I certainly don't know everyone in it. They keep my records (impeccably....they have been audited before, and consistently get happy green stamps of approval), and provide oversight of academics. All of the co-op and field trip opportunities are parent initiated and run. They always say at the first meeting..."If you want it to happen, make it happen". These opportunities are on various days of the week, and I've participated in some of them over the years depending on the ages of my kids. Right now my youngest is in 8th grade so we mainly participate in PE/sports, and the high school coop. We stress parental involvement, BUT we also get qualified teachers. Each parent has to sign up to help a certain number of days during the semester. We pay the teachers approx $300 per year per student (varies by class). If we can find teachers, we have classes. I not, we don't have that class. This year the hs coop will have Biology, Am. Lit, Civic/Econ, and a couple others, I think. My dd will only do Am. Lit. Overall, my hs group has provided all of the above....social opportunities, academic opportunities, enrichment....etc. We have a statement of faith, so there is a level of likemindedness, which I like. We have standards of behavior and dress for school functions. Those on this board would probably not consider it a very diverse group, but I've made some VERY good friends, my kids have made some of their BEST friends here, it provides enough of the "school" aura to keep my kids happy as homeschoolers, and provide lots of social opportunities. We like it.
Kayleen
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Algebra 2 - Kinetic Books
American Lit - co-op class with our homeschool group
Bible - AWANA...final year to get her Citation award
Spanish - Visual Link on computer
Performing Arts III - this is her forte, I let it encompass her theater (2 major productions each year with a local children's theater group), Choir (a sr high choir sponsored by a local christian college), orchestra, & her private violin lessons. She'll be doing the certificate of Merit test this year again also.
PE - through our homeschool group
for the record, this is a very artsy and NOT mathy kid. She did well in science, but math is the pits for her. She finished the last class of a very good writing teacher last year, and has already tested into Eng 101 at cc, so i'm not making her do any extra grammar or writing. She'll do enough in Am. Lit to be good. She has some civics from last year to finish up, as well as finishing up a little bit of Algebra 1 with ALEKS, and finishing some Geometry, while trudging through Alg 2. Math is her grindstone :o). She loves and excels at music, theater and art (she takes an outside art class for fun as well).
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Well, for awhile after we got it, I wiped it out, then occasionally cleaned with hot soapy water, and that seemed to be fine. Then, certain teenagers in my house got lazy, and just left it after popping corn. It got seriously gunky with that rubbery oil residue. I mean BAAAAADDD. Well, from my experience, the only thing that really cuts that stuff is baking soda, and I could care less whether the pot gets scratched, so I took my cheap metal toothbrushy brush (dollar store), and went at it with baking soda. I just hacked at that thing, in all the crevices I could get to. It took forever. My fingers got majorly pruny. It was a big fat pain. I told my kids under pain of death that they better wash their pot out EVERY TIME grrrrrrrrrr. Actually the pot looks fine, even after being scrubbed with a metal brush. So I say scrub away. won't hurt it.
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Another die hard here :o). Wasn't sure I would survive my oldest......but she's in college now and doing fine. Trying to keep my 11th grader on track with her classes....some in house, some out. Youngest is my stressful one at the moment. SPD and ornery to the hilt 14yo. Makes me want to pull my hair out daily. I totally get your headspace right now. We have started doing science this week. On top of piano, of course, which doesn't end. And boyscouts which goes through the summer. I swear I don't know how I'm going to get this kid through everything this year. I routinely go through bouts of despair. But I know school would NOT be the answer for him. Not sure exactly what you need to hear right now, but know there are those of us out here rooting for you :o). Plan a few baby steps, then do them one at a time. I tend to do the "ready or not, here we go" method, and hope the unfinished planning works itself out LOL.
All the best
Kayleen
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MATHCOUNTS Reinstates Homeschool Teams for Upcoming Year
August 23, 2010
On Tuesday, August 17, MATHCOUNTS, a prestigious foundation dedicated to the encouragement of math among middle school students, announced a ban on homeschoolers competing as teams.
Banning homeschool teams from the annual competition program was a shock to the homeschool community because MATHCOUNTS had allowed homeschoolers to compete as teams for the past 20 years.
HSLDA, as well as many homeschoolers, contacted MATHCOUNTS to express our concerns about the new policy.
After a phone conversation between HSLDA and MATHCOUNTS, an agreement was reached to have a face-to-face meeting on Friday, August 20. The main result of the meeting was a temporary change in policy which allows homeschool teams who participated in last year’s competition to be grandfathered in and allowed to compete again in this year’s program.
This is a welcome change, because many homeschool teams are already busy preparing for this year’s competition. HSLDA appreciates the quick response from MATHCOUNTS.
It should be noted that MATHCOUNTS does not intend to discriminate against homeschoolers. However, the organization faced a growing number of problems that caused difficulties for its program.
We understand that the revised policy does limit some homeschoolers, but MATHCOUNTS has committed to work with HSLDA, and homeschoolers, to find a long-term solution to this problem.
We can assure you that MATHCOUNTS has heard your concerns and is willing to make a good faith effort to reach a solution which is fair to everyone. At this time we do not believe it is necessary to make any more phone calls to MATHCOUNTS.
HSLDA appreciates and applauds MATHCOUNTS’ work in creating a fun way to get students involved in math. We have heard many stories of students beginning to enjoy math and wanting to further their studies in math due to their involvement in a MATHCOUNTS competition.
It is our hope that by working closely with MATHCOUNTS over the next few months we will be able to achieve an equitable outcome for homeschoolers.
For more information on MATHCOUNTS’ change, please see their most recent statement.
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I recommend the ESV. http://www.esv.org/ .
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here's a good article on the NLT http://www.bible-researcher.com/nlt.html , and where it came from........on the spectrum of most accurate to least accurate translations, it seems to sort of fall a little above paraphrases, but just a caution. The NASB update, or the ESV (English Standard Version) seem to be the most accurate out there right now. KJV/NKJV a bit further down. NIV and other "dynamic equivilant" versions jostling around in the middle somewhere, and then all the paraphrases...The Living Bible and the like. We have NAS's, ESV's, NKJV's and NIV's that float around our house and all get used :o). KJV is too archaic for my personal tastes. Paraphrases have their place, but I wouldn't study from them.
Cheers,
Kayleen
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Oh my....my thoughts exactly LOL! They either have not dealt with kids like mine, or they are crazy - like me :o). Ha. Seriously, what has gotten me through the long haul is the relationship that I've had the time to cultivate with my kids. My oldest is now a Soph. in college, next one gonna graduate next year....my baby is 13.....all of them (mainly oldest and youngest) have been tough, tough kids to parent. 13yo still is. I will NEVER regret being able to take the time to work on the relationships, the time to deal with the discipline issues, the time to set school aside if the situation warrents it. The time to read aloud to them. And yeah....I don't always want to take that time, cuz it means getting behind in something. But at least I can DO it.
Sunday School curr. ?
in General Education Discussion Board
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you might look at Discipleland. It covers a lot of what you are looking for. http://www.discipleland.com/elementary-curriculum/core-bible-overview.html