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Lots of great ideas! The kids are 9, 11, 15, and 16 now (for some reason my signature isn't updating)...it takes 17 hours to drive from my home to Myrtle Beach anyway, so I thought going to the coast and driving down it, stopping in at different spots a good idea, since dd will be working full-time next summer. This is our last summer together. We LOVE the warmer ocean in Myrtle Beach so I couldn't imagine NOT going there. The kids have told me time and again they'd rather do Myrtle Beach than Disney World. :)
I haven't decided how long we'll go but friends are taking our dog, so likely 13 days or so will be our max...wanting at least 6 days in Myrtle, so it's a quick stop in each city as we go down the coast. Maybe we'll cut out Charleston since we've already done so much driving to MB and back with all those stops. Not interested in doing day things like an aquarium or theme park - more historical sites and things we'd see on TV (LOL) and experience food from each area.
My niece lives fairly near Williamsburg yet we've never done it, nor anything historical in that area. I guess I figure she'll be there for a while so it'll always be available to us! :) It's always a possibility. Maybe I'll suck up a separate drive to her home when they have the homeschooling price break and do it with her. Hmm...now that I'm saying that I could get her sister, who lives near me, to come with her kids, too!!!! Ding, ding!!!!
Keep the great suggestions coming! I love the idea of going to Chincoteague as well as the restaurant ideas! -
I'd like to travel down the east coast starting at Boston (I'm coming from Canada). We don't have long...thinking of hitting Boston, NY, Philedelphia before stopping at Myrtle Beach for a little vacay. Would there be another must-see city in between there (have done Washington and Norfolk)?
From Myrtle Beach we may go to Charleston for the day - what the the top three things you would recommend there?
We've got a day, maybe two in each city...what are MUST SEES in each (no museums!! LOL)?
Thanks!
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This has been such a fun thread to read, folks! Thanks so much for sharing your favourites! I've ordered a slew of books -- my dh won't be impressed when he finds out, I'm sure! Oh well, I want to create those memories now...as it was in my search I found a book that had been one of *my* favourites as a kid and ordered it...so I hope that when my kids are grown they'll have fond memories of their favourites. :)
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Our all-time favourite book is....
(drum roll please)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry!
We have a number that you lovely folks have listed and I'm ordering some new ones, too!!!! Love the suggestions. :) -
What is the SLP doing? Have you talked with her about her suggestions for at home work? Is she doing any activities to build working memory? Does you son have more difficulty with memory relating to auditory tasks, visual tasks with symbols, visual tasks w/o symbols or all of the above? What specific difficulties does he have with the task of reading, other than the memory issues?
Many parents find the Barton Reading & Spelling system to be a good solution for teaching reading at home for kids who have difficulties decoding (sounding out words) and encoding (spelling). It is an Orton Gillingham based reading program that breaks everything down into the smaller bits that kids with reading LDs need, and is organized very systematically to make it easier for these kids to learn.
I would, however, check with your speech pathologist, because if she is using a highly explicit reading program you don't want to double up and use different programs. It will be too confusing for your son. If she is working more on general language and memory tasks, then you can think about using a reading program like Barton.
I haven't hired the SLO yet, so I don't know what they'll be doing! He was just tested last week and I read the report a couple of days ago so nothing has been done yet to build working memory. It seems like he just has problem with working memory with language...he can remember multiple instructions. With reading he struggles with everything: phonics, ortho and morphological - again, had it explained to me, now I have to let that sink in and go from there. I guess I'll just continue on with what I'm doing and wait for the SLP direction.
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So ridiculous! Dang -- now I have to teach a lesson in money management!!!
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This is my fourth child at home and I've taught all of the kids how to read. My older son had a difficult time, but his LDs were different than this child's. This one has reading LD and working memory, a combination that's proving to be tough. He's reading at a gr. 1 level. HATES reading, especially baby books. Today we read Christmas stories. :)
We've been using OPGTTR, Christ Centered Phoics, Abeka grammar, WWE 2...had to back up on the OPGTTR.
Any idea on how to reinforce rules? How to make this painful process fun?
We ARE going to go to a speech pathologist for help, but there's no reason I can't help figure this situation out here, too!!!
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I'd like to add to my collection and am wondering what your favourite Christmas books are! Go!!!
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We have the original Skylanders for Wii. If we want to purchase Swap Force for our son, do we need to purchase another starter package?
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My almost 14yo son is in gr. 8. He has LDs and ADHD, predominately inattentive subtype. Working memory is terrible. Expressive skills terrible. Spatial skills and working with hands, great.
My eldest is in gr. 10 at home and I've homeschooled all four children from the beginning (though I don't post here often anymore, I've been here since I've started schooling!). She's a great textbook learner, test taker, memory skills great, etc. A dream to teach.
I'm just not sure what to do with my son next year. It doesn't help that I run with two high school guidance counsellors that feel that school would be *so* much better for ds, even though the psychologist that tested him said both in gr. 4 and now in gr. 8 that he's done as well as he has because he's been home. He said if he were to stay home in high school he should take one class/year outside of the home to get used to advocating for himself, get used to a classroom setting should he choose college, and get used to solid deadlines.
My dh is a plumber and jack of all trades. He could teach my son lots, but we don't have extra money for renovation projects now so extra-curricular around the house fix-it jobs are few and far between.
This is where school and tech classes would be great. Plus, we're feeling the effects of not being in a homeschool group - lack of friends for after-school, even though kids are involved in hockey and youth group.
What to do, what to do. Does anyone have a son like mine? Did you homeschool him all the way through? If I keep son home, what can I do to give him the "school" that he so desperately wants...less seat-work textbook stuff and more hands-on stuff that lights his spirit.
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How does Coursera work? Can one sign up for a course currently in progress or only for ones that haven't started? Do you have to watch lectures at specific times or at your leisure?
Does anyone have their high school kids participate in the courses?
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DH seems to think that Ikea couches will look like crap quickly. Has anyone bought one? What's your experience been? Have they held up well?
I'm just reading online that you have to assemble the couch yourself? Ugh. I'm looking at the Tidafors.
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From one small business owner to a potential other: read "The E-Myth" by Micheal Gerber. Then read it again :D.
Best of luck!
Can you give me a synopsis? :)
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You could put a spin on it being a personal concierge service, but I think it depends on whether you want to market it as more upscale vs. to more middle class folks.
This would work really well in the city...I've seen that there are a couple and they seem to be big business. Maybe I should quit homeschooling and work for them. :) lol
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I had a friend who tried to start a business being a 'mom's assistant'. Her services included things like driving kids to activities, laundry, personal errands, accountability coach, walking partner, etc. It didn't really take off, but I think it could have if she found the right clients.
I think it is going to be a matter of combining the right marketing with just getting lucky.
I would separate them into different job types to market to different clienteles. Then once you have a client, you can offer the other services to them as well.
Ya, this is what I'm thinking. I'm wondering if I had the right business background it would be better.
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The apple pie turned out looking delish. Now we'll have to make one for ourselves to see! Thanks! :)
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They recently (last few months) had an article in Macleans about this type of business. It even was featured as the cover illustration for the week.
Will have to look. Thanks! :)
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Will check it out -- thanks!
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Lily and Angela -- two votes for the same recipe is a YAY in my opinion! Done! Thanks for the advice! :)
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Sorry I've left it so long. Tomorrow our Fair entries are due, and ds13 is making apple pie. I don't LOVE the filling recipe we have for it and want to try something else.
Also, the pies will be judged on WED of this week. Could we make it today or are we better off baking tomorrow?
Thanks!
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Thanks for the additional replies! So helpful and very encouraging! :grouphug:
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Thanks for the name ideas, Ladies!!! As well as the advice!
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Great ideas. It looks like you have a few different businesses here that would all use different marketing. I've split them up in a way that I think would make targeted marketing easier.
These would be a good - "Make your to do list a done list" type business.
-house chores (think of anything)
-dog walking/care
-garden and lawn maintenance (fall cleanup)
(Maybe add indoor and potted plant care while homeowners are on vacation)
-driveway care in winter
-house repair (husband's forte), which could include little things like sanding and restaining a deck, etc
This could be separate or go with the "to do" business. There are lots of sites for professional organizers that could have great marketing and pricing ideas for you. If you made it separate, you may be able to go higher end with it.
-organization
-personal assistant
This I would leave out for now unless you are talking about grocery, etc. shopping. That could go in the "to do" business. Personal clothes shopping would be a diff. market, I think.
-personal shopper (I would need to bring in my sis for that)
If you have certification for this, go for it. If not, there are already a lot of businesses that do this.
-personal training (I would need my friend for that)
These could all go together. You would probably need a background check.
-visitation (maybe for older folks) Could add some of the chore business here. I think someone who would take an elderly parent grocery shopping, to drs. appt, help with their housekeeping, etc. would be very useful.
-child care
This I would make a separate business where you would use your marketing to showcase your skills, degrees, experience, etc.
-tutoring younger grades
LOL, "Caralyn" the lady with five businesses. I think Shark Tank would be all over me on diversifying too much! Thanks for helping me sort it out!
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Rent-A-Helper
Assist-Temps (sort of a play on "assistance")
Someone Else (tag line: Get Someone Else to do it!)
Could you imagine two friends talking:
"Who got this house cleaned up?"
"I used Someone Else."
"Ok, who was it?"
"It was Someone Else."
and on and on.... :lol:
Gr. 8 independent history suggestions needed
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Next year my dad will be in gr 8 and ds in gr 5. Dd will be heading off to high school in gr 9. Because it's a great time to restart SOTW with ds I'd really like to do that, but dd is beyond it. I'd love to give her a one year world history overview that's interesting and which she can do on her own. Any suggestions?