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Have you shown your leap-year babies The Pirates of Penzance?
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Our neighbors are Muslims. Their dad/grandpa, a very sweet man, passed away last week and we've been invited to a Dua-e-Maghfirah at their home this weekend.
What should we expect? How should we dress? What should we bring?
Google is not helping me at all! It only defines this as a prayer, but this invitation looks like a memorial gathering.
Thanks!!
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Holy crap. Maybe I'll replace our carbon monoxide detector just for kicks. We've got two that came with the house, the wall plug-in kind.
How scary! So glad you're ok.
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That's what I do for 4th-8th. We're in the medieval era now. We use this book as a spine. History: From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Day (DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias) https://a.co/d/bJR2giy
I combine that book with the people list and primary sources list from TWTM, sync them up chronologically, and go nuts on the library catalog. We read, watch documentaries, and field trip using those two as an outline.
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Both kids loved Miquon to start.
DD16 used all six Miquon books from age 4 to age 7. Then we used Singapore Standards Ed for a few years, until I discovered Beast Academy through these forums. She ended to switching to BA and going on with AOPS textbooks. It has been a perfect fit for her. We have not tried their online stuff.
DS12 is precisely 4 years younger, so he saw her using Beast Academy. He wrestled his way through 4 Miquon books and then insisted on getting into BA. The time worked out for him to start their 2nd grade stuff. He has also moved into AOPS and is doing well with it.
Both my kids cried when they ran out of Beast. I can't recommend it enough, if your kid likes interesting math. It's very challenging, but we like that here.
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1 hour ago, kbutton said:
Could be inconsequential or not, depending on your roommate (or self), but I want to know why our brains don’t tune out snoring as white noise, even when it’s not particularly loud snoring.
I know why mine can't... it's not regular! I can tune out sawing logs, but gurgling, snorting, and loud snarfing without rhythm is not something I can sleep through!
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2 minutes ago, GoVanGogh said:
Maxi pads. For my DH. (…one of the lesser known facts of bladder cancer treatments…)
Aw. Hugs.
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This question has been popping into my head lately. To what extent does homeschooling's growth affect the public schools?
Homeschool is BOOMING here. It's grown so much since 2020 that it is now mentioned in our state board of ed's financial outlook as a reason that they have less funding than they expected.
My county has stopped letting us participate in their AP tests, even paying our own fees. In a recent county meeting about funding schools, the school officials stated that most homeschoolers return for high school "to have access to APs." It seems they are guarding AP access to push students back into the public high schools.
I joined a national homeschool Facebook group, and am seeing a lot of stories of homeschoolers being grilled while out-and-about on their qualifications. It sounds worse than five years ago. (But maybe that's just the Facebook effect.)
What are you observing? How does homeschooling growth affect public schools in your area? How do people view that effect?
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1 hour ago, BakersDozen said:
Guess what my mom wore to my wedding? My dress was ivory lace, mid-length skirt. So was hers. I found out when she walked into the church. She was with me when I chose my dress so she knew what she was doing. Oy.
I'd definitely say something about attending the reception w/o an RSVP.Ok, yeah, that's obnoxious. I'm so sorry.
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I'd find it cute, myself, but when I go to a wedding I'm generally in a state if mind that finds everything about it adorable. I dress myself and mine as appropriately as I can and then dismiss any urge to police other people's clothes. Really, who cares? They're there, people are getting married, it's all good.
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I've frozen the juice and had good results from drying the outer layer of peel. I took it off with a veggie peeler, dried it on the counter, and stored it in a container with a tight lid. When I needed zest, I'd grind up a piece in my spice grinder or blender.
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Just normalizing the February blahs has helped me persevere. Also, I plan my garden.
For the kids, I plan extra movie nights. I need to add a couple of field trips, maybe one to a trampoline park.
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DH is rethinking. He'd probably start changing passwords.
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45 minutes ago, Pintosrock said:
I've been looking for similar. I found the graded readers for Mexico (and some other subjects) here:
https://historico.conaliteg.gob.mx/?g=1960&a=1
If you like the Pathway readers, there are similar books here:
Those Rod and Staff books look just like the ones I used to learn to read!
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Wow. That's a lot!
DH thinks someone who has emailed you before got hacked. He doesn't think you need to do anything, given the "null" name. He says you should report all the emails as phishing if you have that option (outlook has a little button).
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My friend, who is a native Spanish speaker, wants to teach her kid to read in Spanish, after-schooling. The kid will get plenty of English at school.
Is there an OPG equivalent for Spanish? Any great early readers, like the Bob Books?
Thanks!
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Hurray! I'm so glad!
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We're spreading it out over the four years, too. I made a list of topics I want to make sure the kid knows about, and am doing a combination of jumping on opportunities and homemade sort-of unit studies (huh, my 1990s homeschool Mama will be proud).
We've found babysitting certification, cpr/first aid, food safety, and childcare worker training for free through various opportunities. A few of those popped up through DD16's job. The health department offers some of them online, free.
One semester she read Bryson's book, The Body. Last semester she read Never Enough (Grisel) and Dreamland (Quinones) on addiction and drug policy, and looked at some PowerPoint slides on drug paraphernalia provided by a sheriff's deputy friend. All three of those books were excellent.
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Been there! Sometimes I'm just trying to accomplish too much. So frustrating.
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I need to clean mine. I cooked a duck before Christmas and it's always very splatter-y.
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Wow, thank you! Wouldn't that be a kick to the chin, having a cold and then getting something fungal from your meds!
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I don't think test optional will be the norm in the long run. (Pessimistic, that's me.) Also, some schools near us are officially test optional, but require tests from homeschoolers. So I guess I would need to be absolutely sure about that policy before I passed up the test dates.
I.kniw what you mean about the time, though.
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Workbook or worksheets with an answer key with worked problems to review for calculus?
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I'm not sure this will be your answer, but we're really pleased with a Schaums workbook on physics as a rigorous supplement this year. I like the way there are problems with the answers worked out, plus more with just the questions and answers. The problems are well written and clearly explained. We'll be using them again. I bet their calculus book would be good as a supplement.