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They do offer a few samples.
What I've been doing is searching for Evan Moore books on Amazon so I can figure out the EMC number. Then I plug that into the search and up comes all the pages in that book (in sections so it's kind of a pain if you want the whole book, but still doable). I just printed out, as an example, this one:
http://www.amazon.co...an moor science
Sweet and thanks!
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You just need to start telling people. Things won't change if you don't start making it known. There might be an uncomfortable time or two at first, but in the long run the truth is always the best.
I would have just told the lady with the brownies that you are so touched, but unfortunately you just found out your daughter can no longer eat artificial dyes.
Agree. My kids decline politely and are happy to explain we don't ingest dyes. We might say how it affects their behavior and/or add on...it's just crap, anyway, LOL! The people we interact with are great listeners and usually agree. Times have changed, and people are aware of how bad our food really is. We also keep a stash of goodies we can eat, if we feel we need a snack.
But, that brownie situation is tricky. I guess be more upfront/verbal about all the diet limitations, so you don't get put in that situation. I probably would have let my LO have the brownie, scraped off the icing, and not let him have the juice. That situation is bad anyway you look at it. :(
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Written on paper and stuck on the outside of my kitchen cabinet. I cross off as I go. I also have my shopping list in the same place, where I write items as I realize I need them. I also write appmpts, games, events on our calendar on the fridge.
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I combine, a lot, especially for hands on. Or, I do the two olders, and the two twins in a group, depending on the topic.
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We are in Charlotte!
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No, I don't, but as a former teacher, I can get a good feel of what encompasses a curric by the table of contents and reading a few lessons throughout the B, M, and E of the book. Most, I can't stand, or think they are overpriced, so it really helps me save money! :)
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I have young children, so my children are still in the first stages of those expectations, but yes, those "core human skills" are exactly what I aim to teach through our everyday living, and experiences, on top of assimilating them into the 3 R's. At this stage, academics take a back seat to teaching how to be a "good" social person, investigator, mediator, be flexible, and a self regulator. Thanks for posting this..it reaffirms my core beliefs. :)
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My boy/girl twins will be four next month. They do everything together and are super close, however they have never recieved a joint card or gift from a guest at their party, including family. They were born together on the same day, but they are two seperate people. We also do a seperate cake for each twin and sing happy birthday one at a time. I would look at it as a joint party for two seperate kids and do the cards and the gifts seperately.
same here.
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I know just as many, if not more PSing families whose houses are way messier than mine. But, you cannot have a picture perfect house with children...hsing or not. My house was and would still be messed up just the same, in the time my kids got home from school. That's just having kids...especially the more the messier. And, when they are in those elem. school years, where they are doing projects, mobile, making their own choices, and LEGOS are a favorite, :lol: I think lowering your standards from having a pristine or even constantly clean house is sanity for the entire family. That being said, most of my friends are in awe of how clean my house usually is.
As far as dress, I have never seen a homeschool mom looking "bedraggled." We just understand the value of not ruining good clothes, and save those for our Mom's Night Out! :lol:
Seriously, I think you will see changes in your house and expectations just as your children grow, and become their own little people, and as your family grows in size, vs whether you are hsing or not. :D
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We usually wake up between 8 and 9, closer to 9. On rare weekends I/kids sleep in until 10.
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!we would be naked, homeless, and have half the furniture we do if i was opposed to used things.Yup! My kids love talking about their garage/goodwill finds, and who handed what down to whom!
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Here's one thing I can't grasp: how on earth do you accomplish the rest of life while homeschooling? :confused:
It's way too difficult for me, right now, to:
Go the OBGYN, the dentist, the dermatologist, schedule bloodwork....
I take one or two days a year to get these appointments done for myself, while the kids stay with a friend or DH stays home for the day.
Get a haircut
My kids used to sit while we each took our turn, but our awesome hairdresser now comes to our house! I <3 her!
Clothing shop for myself
Either on the weekends, with them, or buy and return, as needed.
Take care of special errands (like the dress fitting I needed for a recent wedding, DMV, anything that requires privacy or a ton of waiting)
Take them with me. They each have a bag of things they bring to keep them busy...leapster, coloring, ipod, snack, work
Attend most of the events our church has for women
Weekends...you just can't do those things unless they have childcare.
...anything that is impossible to do with multiple young children in tow.
Everything is possible. :001_smile:
Not to mention how challenging it is to keep things at a reasonable level of cleanliness and order when all of the children are home all. the. time. Complicated and time-consuming projects (like those get-out-the-ladder, once-in-a-while cleaning projects) aren't getting done.
I have a cleaning schedule, but honestly I have begun to live by this quote: Always live up to your standards - by lowering them, if necessary. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966 :lol:
When my siblings and I were growing up, we got off the school bus and returned to a clean house, dinner ready, drawers that had magically refilled with clean laundry, and a mother who had been to Bible study or the mall by herself or been out with friends, and who often had some kind of surprise (baked goodies, something she'd sewn, a room redecorated, etc.) waiting for us. I loved all of that, and so did she!
Those times, for the most part are so gone! Even the SAHM who PS their kids are busy, busy, busy, and go back to some kind of work once all the kids are in school.
So, homeschooling mothers of young children, how do you fit in your errands and appointments and projects?
While it might be easier to get all those things done sans kids, I actually enjoy the outings with them. They are learning day to day life, chores, activities while we do/talk about them. I get to spend my day cooking WITH them, not just handing them a cookie as they walk in the door. My nights are not rushed and exhausting with homework, like they were when my kids attended PS. We have no rush to get to bed, as we can get up whenever we want. We can learn what/how we want, and are not tied to a specific schedule. I would rec making friends with some fellow homeschool moms to trade off childcare, if you feel overwhelmed with taking them all the time. Good luck!
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My four dump all their candy into one pile and can pick a few of their favorites to eat. After binging on it for 2 days..me included! we sort it out between hard/sugary and chocolate. We freeze the chocolate and they earn the other stuff for chores and work, etc. until even they don't want anymore candy. Toss the leftover crap.
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Got my first grays when I was 14, and have been dying regularly since I was 21. No way would I go gray, as it makes ME look so old. I have seen others who look stunning with gray/silver hair. I have to dye every 2 weeks, now. Sigh
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There must still be
cheerleaders, preps, stoners, farmers/country, druggies, gangsters, band kids
Love those 80's movies! They definitely had real to life aspects and some exaggeration, but overall, I think they were harmless, as people didn't seem to be committing mass murder like they are today. :glare:
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I have weeks/days where I crave chocolate. Other than that, none.
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Some of my fave books/movies EVER!!! I love AOGG (and Gilbert, Miranda, Matthew...)
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1 cup of coffee in the a.m., water during the day, wine after 5, and a cup of tension tamer tea before bed, is my schedule! ;)
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My kids are legomaniacs. Lots of creative building going on, daily here! I wear crocs in the house as my slippers, but the sight of the legos are bothersome, to me, when splayed all over the floors.
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Leather is really the only option for resisting stains. I had microfiber, and had to clean it every week, until the protectant finally wore off, and it just couldn't be cleaned. I went cheap, and had my microfiber couch re-upholstered in vinyl, LOL. I was scared, until I saw how amazing it looked. Even under my cushions is vinyl, so I can clean everything!
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Here's what I think would work for most of the citizens in a community:
- No tax-payer supported, school-based sports at all. Instead, the schools would focus on academics :D and do a great job with that.
- The tax dollars the community would have spent on school-based sports could be channeled into (a) municipal parks; (b) a community recreation center; and © community fields/tracks/hiking trails, for use by all tax-paying township citizens. Existing school-based sports facilities would revert to the ownership of the township; there would be no connection of the facilities to the school itself. School students would not utilize the facility as students, but as township citizens.
- This could result in the academically-focused "school day" becoming shorter, but with every student encouraged (and permitted) to be involved in an after school recreation club.
- The entire community would work to shift the focus away from competitive, team-based sports with their heavy dependency on facilities, large fields & pools, faculty/coaches, equipment, uniforms, insurance, transportation, parking lots, etc., etc., etc. Instead, the community would encourage life-time fitness for all its members, by providing access to fitness opportunities for all its members -- e.g., hiking trails & clubs, walking tracks & clubs (indoor/outdoor), bike trails & clubs, running trails & clubs, and so on.
- All citizens would be encouraged to make use of their community's resources to promote life-long fitness. Instead of school sports teams purchasing and laundering expensive uniforms, citizens would wear and launder their own clothes! Instead of school districts building pools for the use of only their students, communities could build parks and trails and fields for the use of all their tax-paying citizens. Wouldn't it be great if, rather than pay for a pricey high school football team, any of our citizens could check out a bicycle from the township "rec center?" Wouldn't it be great if, rather than pay for an expensive high school swim team, any of our citizens could jog at the indoor/outdoor track in any season?
That's what I see as a better... and fairer... and healthier use of tax-payer dollars. AND, doing it would help the overall school budget, when we don't have to pay for all those P.E. teachers/coaches and their benefits. :tongue_smilie:
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