I all, I like having having last-minute or random printable worksheets on all sorts of subjects and am currently a member of superteacherworksheets.com. I have very little ones at home so I don't have a lot of time to sift through a bunch of sites through a google search. (I know they're all out there for free, but I'll pay for the convenience of one website). While I've been somewhat happy with superteacherworksheets, my renewal is up and before I spend $20.00, does someone have ONE printable worksheet website that covers everything from preschool worksheets to handwriting to 2nd grade science? Thanks!

OP, the sentence you posted would be recognized by anyone as wrong. There are many more situations in which the correct answer is not terribly clear, but becomes so with knowledge of grammar. The use of I/me, for instance, or how about this: The group of puppies and kittens are always running. Are? is? How would you know what the subject is if you didn't understand prepositional phrases and their objects? As a college professor, I see many, many mistakes in my students' writing, and I teach in an excellent university in the Honors Program. Poor writing reflects badly on them and will lower their grades.

We didn't use it for 1A/B and now I totally regret it. There is a LOT of conceptual work and reinforcement in the HIG that is not given in the text (plus the "mental math" sheets in the back are awesome!). We're on 2B now and I absolutely wouldn't teach without it.

Thanks for entertaining my pity-party! A little perspective does a mom good!

I know, another "can I do this?" post...but for the past 3 weeks I've had some seriously bad days. Yelling at the kids, losing my temper as the slightest things. I'm desperate for a break and all I can think about is stopping homeschooling. The baby and 3 year old make everything impossible. We don't do science, we don't do music, we don't do all things I want us to do. My kids are actually learning a lot--my oldest is quite gifted, so that makes it easier, but most days I feel like a failure and am in tears almost daily because of it. Has anyone put their kids is PS for a year or two to wait out the baby stage? Will I not want to return to homeschooling? Need a little encouragement if you have the time :)

Yes, this. The YouTube video of an ancient lyre is a made-up song. We don't have any "notes" from ancient times, though we do know what kinds of instruments they played and what they must have sounded like. There was no method of recording score in the ancient world.

No advice here, but I was in the same boat (some days, I still am). DS is a year now and things are much better. Just power through this year...make the changes you need to make and know that it will get better. We did (and do) lots of workbooks from Evans-Moore. Not exactly the most creative curriculum choice, but they get us through the day when I just can't sit down with my older kids for long (or baby starts screaming).

You could come to my house and endure the hours and hours and hours of screaming my 4th (and probably last) needy, cranky baby puts us all through :blink:

Love, it, but it's mine. Kids aren't allowed even to get close to it :laugh:

I hope no one will be offended if I light up a virtual Marlboro Light... [takes long drag]. Ah, to be young again...

UPDATE! Yes, it was the sharpener. I had three new but cheap ones and all failed miserably. I went to Hobby Lobby and got a nice artist-quality sharpener for 4 or 5 bucks and it took care of the problem! I love colored pencils so much more than crayons, so I'm very pleased. Thanks so much for the advice on how to sharpen my pencils! [insert joke about not being the sharpest pencil in the box here] :)

We have gone from Crayola (barf) to Pentel this year and are still not happy. I simply cannot sharpen these things. The lead breaks all the time. I know SWB recommended some...do you have a favorite brand? Or could it be my crappy pencil sharpener that breaks off the tip EACH and EVERY time?!?! Can you tell I'm ready for Christmas break? :drool:

Except paragraph 1 is talking about everyone else and paragraph 2 is talking about the victims. How's that for a "duh" moment?

Where is the contradiction, exactly? Oh nevermind... Anyway, thanks for your opinions. Glad to know that my instincts are not unique. When all is said and done, I'm fairly sure my kids will have slept over at someone's house and at camp before they've hit 21, but right now I'm sticking to a no-sleepover policy. That's all from me!

I agree with the krisperry for #1. Too wordy. For #2, technically what comes after the semicolon should be a complete sentence. I would have replaced the semicolon with a dash, maybe even a colon, since it is a list (colons are generally used for lists).

But this is exactly my point. No one can spot every molester. There *are* no doubts. As one Hive member put it: "My grandfather was a pedophile with many victims, yet I can almost guarantee that any of you would have felt very comfortable having him pay attention to your child. He worked at the local school, tuned skates at the roller rink, and appeared to be a very involved parent and all-round nice guy. He wasn't a nice guy, but it was impossible, IMPOSSIBLE, to see that unless you were his victim. To be sadly honest, some of the victims didn't even really figure it out for many years. They covered for him and made excuses for his behavior repeatedly, and ALL of the parents were in the dark."

I"m not assuming sleepovers will result in molestation, but I just think it's a totally unnecessary risk. As HomeschoolMamaOfTwo perhaps more judiciously pointed out, my kids are too young right now so perhaps I'm jumping the gun a bit. Still, the statistics for child sexual abuse are out. of. this. world. and I am loathe to hand physical custody of my child to anyone while he/she gets changed and goes to bed.

There is an education.com poll going around on Facebook and I simply can't believe the responses I'm reading. Almost everyone is for sleepovers, and thinks that parents who don't like or won't allow them are robbing their kids of their childhood. I'm floored. With all we know now about predators, how absolutely *incapable* we are of spotting them until it's TOO LATE, I will never allow another adult to take care of my child at night. Period. I don't see the point, anyway. I had sleepovers, but they were not a defining part of my childhood, and frankly, there was some sexual experimentation at one (not involving me, but still)... Am I the only one? What says the Hive?

Ok no flames from real musicians please, but honestly, can I teach my 5 and 7 year old basic piano using a text? I had 10 years of piano as a kid/young adult. I can read music reasonably well, but obviously have never taught and don't play much now. Let me have it! (and yes, I'm expecting you all to tell me I'm just going to teach them bad habits). Right now dragging the kids to lessons and the expense is more than we can handle this year.

I would also recommend pulling them out now because, like a lot of other moms, my first few months were pretty much a disaster :) Well, ok, not a disaster, but I had so many expectations that ended up in the trash can. It took me a good 6 months to find our rhythm and now I (and my kids) are going so well! Year 2 is light years better than year 1 for us! I am so much more confident in what we are doing (I had not expected the resistance to doing work and I am not a patient person at all). Give yourself the time to start now, especially when you won't have to be doing so much (K is a breeze). I'd rather have my first year of homeschooling doing K stuff than 1st grade. Also, are they teaching your kids to read? You could be well on your way at this age, far earlier than the PS kids, and they will really benefit from it. The quicker they learn to read, the more independent they will be in ALL their subjects, which is crucial for homeschooling more than one kid! Good luck!

So funny--this same question was posed to my 1st grade class. I thought of infinite, tiny sides, but couldn't express this in words, so I drew a line just touching the edge of the circle, trying to demonstrate that at some tiny point, there was a "side" and that the whole circle could be made from them. :)

Thinking of Christmas ideas for my 7 and 5 year old, and thought about getting something that would allow them to listen to audio books during quiet time (in their rooms). Should I just get a cheap CD player, or do you ladies/gents have something better?

No chance. I think 6 yrs is too young in general, but there are more serious things to consider. I hate to be paranoid, but the statistics for abuse in children is horrifying. Really, really horrifying. It happens ALL THE TIME, and in situations that parents can think are just fine (church outings, boy scouts, etc. etc.). Six is too young to be able to stand up to suggestive/inappropriate behavior from adults or other children. Keep him home.

I don't have anything to add that hasn't been said before, except that please please do not call the university or get directly involved in the matter. This is your daughter's education, her fight, her experience to learn from. Sure, you can help on the sidelines (you are obviously a thoughtful and caring parent), but please don't get into the game. Getting involved, in my opinion, is marginally ok in high school, never in college. I am a college professor, and the two times a parent has gotten involved in my students' work, it turned out badly for them. Ok, so was already bad to begin with, but parental involvement just made it worse...and irritated the professor (me). It will make your daughter seem immature and not ready to handle college life. And frankly, they would be right.