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I wouldn't expect the office staff to distinguish between a true asthma attack and a wheezing session, and I wouldn't want them to try. If they guess the wrong way, a child could die. They have to have a uniform set of proceedures for the safety of everyone.
I would sit down with DS now and let him know that there will be a specific set of very hard core consequences if he cries wolf again. For my child, (though it hasn't happened) a claim of reaction would mean an epi-pen needle in the leg. He's pretty careful to avoid that. ;-)
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Before Five in a Row is a teacher's guide that would be a good choice for spending quality time. Letter of the Week is available online.
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Yup, "I'm sorry, hon, we aren't going to play with this. I'm going to put it away now." If she keeps asking, then that's a discipline problem for her parent. If your child were the visitor and was told "no" you wouldn't allow her to keep asking, right?
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I prefer e-book if I can print it. I recently purchased a read-only version of an e-book and I find not being able to print the pages that I want to be very frustrating.
I lose hardcopies, e-books- I know where to find and can make back-ups.
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My 8 y.o. is the actual V.P. student. She doesn't read well enough yet to do all the quizzes, etc. so my 11 y.o. facilitates. The 6 y.o. just watches because he's there. ;) But they definitely all benefit from the lessons and I plan for them to watch each one together if possible.
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My PC is connected to our big screen TV in our classroom. I can run the whiteboard software on my PC and use the big screen as our "monitor." That's how we do most of our group lessons so everyone can see. The kids can't approach the big screen and write/touch it as they would with the interactive screen (I assume). We still do our work with the mouse attached to my PC.
There are free floating mouse and mouse boards that allow you to use a mouse or a stylus like a pen as well. We have one of these but have not used it much. Ours is older and the mouseboard isn't wireless, so it's not convenient to pass from child to child.
Here's a resource site for the whiteboards:
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I do the writing for my DS in math.
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We try to do the class every day that we are "in school" because I signed up to get two levels completed in about 18 months. I supplement by reading SOTW and Number Stories of Long Ago, watching Netflix documentaries, etc. My son is reading an 'old world history' textbook independently as his "core" history along with the VP class which all three of my schoolers watch.
I purchased a Scholastic e-book during the $1 sale that has some resources and Happy Scribe has a set of copywork based on Ancient Egypt so sometimes I supplement with those materials.
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But your child does go out. You indicated that the SIL never left home or went out. Different people, different situation. :grouphug:
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Agreeing with the pp, the momma stays away most of the time. Here are some additional details- interesting:
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Try typing in "DVDs" in the search box?
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Bear in mind that a smart child isn't necessarily going to excel in every subject area. Work at his pace, be gentle, and make sure your expectations don't exceed his reach. :grouphug:
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I just received an e-mail from Liguisystems and they have added a library of
free downloads for subscribers. If you sign up for their email list, you can
access the additional free downloads of printables to use for therapy (i.e.
executive function worksheets, how to communicate, etc.). There are also some
free materials that are accessible without signing up. Here's the link:
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I signed up for this course:
https://www.coursera.org/#course/cs101
And, wow, my DS gets it. He actually helps me answer the questions. He can't handle actual coding because it's so time consuming and detail oriented- he just doesn't have the patience. But he definitely understands the language of computers. It was nice for him to see that he does know some pretty cool stuff.
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http://www.foodallergy.org/section/about-food-allergy
http://www.foodallergy.org/page/egg-allergy
Subsequent reactions can be worse and baking does not eliminate the danger for most folks who are allergic. Try to avoid all contact with eggs or egg products until you can get to the allergist. :grouphug:
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I had the standard phonics instruction as a child, but am a natural whole word reader. My own experience is that I spell words using phonics, but with reading my memory allows me to sight read. Phonics is useful to attack new words, but it is also time consuming. I can read at a much faster pace if I recognize the shape of the word and keep going.
I've noticed with my own children, that despite the phonics lessons, this leads to guessing as they try to sight the word instead. So, I'm concluding that for a natural, speedy, sight reader you must "force" them to slow down and actually sound out the words. It's a matter of correcting them when they skip this step. (I'll let you know in a few years if it works.)
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Thanks! I was just trying to find some lesson plans. I purchased the pdf version of the book and not being able to print it out is driving me batty.
Glad someone else already did all the hard work for me. :001_smile:
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Here are some readers that I found long ago and listed the contents for:
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Seriously thought WTM was the liberal non-religious board. :001_huh: I must not read the right posts.
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Buy more crayons. ;) If my kids are disrupting each other, and I can't move the assignment for one or both, then they have to take turns completing it. One will be given a worksheet or a chore to do while the other works, then they trade off.
But, I am serious about the crayons. One of the best things I've done is to give each child a craft box with their own scissors, ruler, pens, erasers, colored pencils, etc. Now I no longer have to field questions from 3 kids about where the scissors are, just from the one who loses everything. :glare:
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Cost effective kindy?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
Posted · Edited by MomatHWTK
Free K Science:
http://msnucleus.org/membership/k-6.html
Free history:
http://www.americanheritage.org/elementary.html (I just found tihs one and have not previewed the content.)
Also, create and account here- http://platform.learning.com/FrontDoor?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx
For district, select "e-[YOURSTATENAME]"
Then, go to the MarketPlace. Many of the curricula are free. For inexpensive offerings, check out the learning.com icon in the Marketplace for Aha!Science and Aha!Math.
See PBSkids.org for free materials and Scholastic.com as well.
Abcteach.com offers some freebies and also has an inexpensive membership via homeschoolbuyerscoop.com.
I found this site as well, but haven't had a chance to look around yet:
http://www.freeworldu.org/static/curriculum.aspx