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I also have a 8yo doing this (level 2) and am going to add a couple days of WWE starting next week. For a different reason though. I'm not sure what he's getting out of WWW if he can plow through a week in 15-20 minutes. He's always been very efficient though.
We'll finish it, but I'm not putting all my writing hopes on this particular program. I'm also wanting to do WWS with him when he's older, and I don't feel like WWW will prepare him for that. I plan to use the textbook and pick and choose weeks that will give him the skills he currently lacks (I don't think we'll spend much time on copywork for instance as his spelling, grammar and punctuation are pretty good.).
It remains to be seen whether or not I'll buy the next level.
While I really like WWW, I don't think we'll stick with it for the long haul. It has been a great, gentle introduction and we will continue with it next year. I will also continue to combine it with WWE as I too plan on using WWS with DS later on down the road.
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DS is doing very well with WWW and does not complain either. However, I am about to add in WWE a couple of days a week as well. Narration with history and science just isn't getting done. We end up going down too many different rabbit trails.
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I do it all the time. With our busy schedule, I don't always have time to go hunt down all the books myself. Actually, in the beginning, I apologized for having quite a few on hold during one check out. The librarian said "please do not apologize, that's one of the things we get paid to do." However, I do not request a book and then let it sit there on hold for several days. Once I receive a notice that the books are in, I go pick them up.
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:eek: Now I see what you mean! My hubby just brought both books home. The 2006 edition is almost 900 pages. Me thinks I will stick to using this one from the library :lol:. My overloaded bookcases are beginning to hate me and there's no Kindle edition!
:lol: I have been thinking the same thing. I will take lots of notes while I have it. Then if I think I need it again I will make a trip to the library. I just don't have room for this on my shelves either.
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Just wanted to mention quickly that you don't need to supplement with Omega 6 & 9.. We get plenty of these in diet and too much can throw off the balance and cause problems.. Google for more info.:)
Thanks Misty! I have actually been looking into this more and don't think we will continue the 3-6-9. Just the Omega 3.
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Same here, cool! I just put them both on hold too! Ours only has the 2006 edition of Nutritional Healing, for now. The 2010 edition has not been cataloged yet, so I guess they got them recently and it seems to take a while for them to catalog them, so I'll just get the previous edition. I just want to check them and see if I should buy them or just use them from the library, for now :)!
Oh my goodness. I was able to pick up Nutrional Healing today from the library (the other one is being transfered from another library in our county). It is the size of a phone book! I did ask for a book with a lot of information. :lol:
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We started DS off in level 2 with no problems this year. I think it will be fine.
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It's surprising how many kids *will* eat veges.
He actually does eat quite a variety. A lot more than other kids I know. I just need to start introducing new ones and stay with it until he eats them well.
I've read that kids crave what we ate when we were pregnant with them. It's not an excuse or something to fret (because it can be overcome), but it gives us a bit of understanding of where they're coming from.
This would definitely explain his love for chocolate! :lol:
Do you have a Trader Joes near you? They have wild rice super duper cheap. It's kind of the ultimate for clearing out your gut with food. You cook it and it blows up like shrimp. Use it with your dinner instead of pasta or rice or potatoes. It's low starch, technically a grass, and very mild in flavor. We like it with spaghetti sauce, stir fried with veges or tofu, etc.
We do not have a Trader Joes. I so wish we did. We have one health food store here. It has an ok selection, but not the best. I have to rely on that and the Greenwise/GF selection at Publix. Not a lot to choose from unless I start ordering online.
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Well the two things that really help with bowels for us are fruit and enzymes. People need to eat much more fruit than we realize. Even a cup a day can make a huge difference, say a banana in the morning and an apple in the afternoon. For the enzymes, our speech therapist recommended Houston Enzymes. My kids and I take them when we get into milk, and they work well. For more general gut clearing, I really like bromelain. It's an enzyme, inexpensive, and it works really well. I've taken Nature's Web, but it's pricey. Right now I'm taking Jarrow and am pleased. I got it off amazon. But basically any bromelain from your health food store will work. Try two, three times a day.
Rather than giving him a supplement for the zinc, I would give him some foods that contain it. Just google vegetables with zinc and see what pops up. There are certain veges that are really high in minerals. That's all it will take. That way he's getting the enzymes and whatnot that come with it too to improve absorption. When you take a lot of vitamins (which I do btw), sometimes you just end up with expensive pee. I've used a nutritionist for years for my issues, and she doesn't put anyone on isolated things like just zinc. Stuff works together, and it's really not necessary. An isolated b vitamin isn't necessary like that either. If he's that low, it means his digestion is off and he needs to eat more beets. Brown rice is very high in B vitamins, or take a B supplement that has all of them.
The vits I take are from Food Form. They're a food source vit and you pay through the nose. They sell directly and give quantity discounts. My nutritionist is the one who steered me to them, and it was because at the time I had increasing food allergies and needed something she felt I wouldn't react to. They've worked for me, so that's what I do.
Ok, I just googled foods high in zinc. Of the ones I saw in a top 10 list, the foods I eat a lot (per nutritionist orders) are: wheat germ, tahini, and pumpkin seeds. So try those. Tahini you can use to make hummus. Or put the tahini on a rice cake with sunflower seeds, ie. sorta like peanut butter. Or use it to make halvah balls with the wheat germ. Halvah balls are sweet and tasty. Pumpkin seeds you eat raw (also called pepitos). Your health food store will have them. They're green, mild. I like eating them straight, but I also like them ground and put on oatmeal or yogurt. Try 2 tablespoons a day.
BTW, it totally slipped my mind. Probiotics also help keep the bowels regular. Not to be personal, but I never could get to where my nutritionist wanted me till I started taking Primadophilus Optima. I know you mentioned having him on one. The Optima one is just stronger, a lot stronger. It's not going to replace bromelain and getting him some enzymes to break up whatever is logging up in him undigested. But once you get that digestion going, the strong probiotic will help things keep happy in there.
Wow, thank you for taking the time to type all of that out. I will be looking into your suggestions.
He just starting taking Primadophilus so I am hoping to see results with that. We would not be able to implement the wheat germ as we are going GF, but I will check into the other foods you mentioned. I bet he would like the pumpkin seeds. He is a little picky about vegetables, but not horribly so.
Thanks again. It looks like I have a lot of studying to do. :tongue_smilie:
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There are a couple at homeschool classifieds too.
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Both of the books that Julie recommended are in my local library system!!! I just requested them. Doing the happy dance. :party:
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I just checked online with our local Barnes and Noble and "Prescription for Nutritional Healing", "The Vitamin Bible" and "The Idiot Guide" are all available in the store for me to look through! Now if I can get a chance to get there without DS I'll be set. :lol:
Speaking of DS, time to get him in bed. :001_smile:
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Edited my post above to add another one in a thread by Julie
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Actually, the one that Julie posted looks really good! I think I may get that one!
Yes, I have that one in my cart too. I also found this, this and a complete idiots guide. :lol:
I also just found this one (Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements" by Phyllis A. Balch) when searching the boards. It was another book recommended by Julie. Thanks Julie!
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Sorry... I think I need to get my glasses checked :lol:! You said B6 and I was thinking Omega 6. My apologies!
Since you will be following the gluten free diet, these books seem to have good reviews on Amazon:
Not sure if they are helpful for what you are looking for though (where supplements are concerned)! The second is only $2.50 if you buy it on Kindle.
No apologies. :001_smile: He actually is already taking Omega 3-6-9 so what you mentioned would be something that I would like to look into.
I have looked at both of those books several times. I would really like to get them and a really good book on supplements and vitamins. My Amazon cart just keeps getting more and more expensive. :lol:
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I was reading this yesterday while researching a new brand of Omega 3 we will be getting for my son Adrian and thought it might be helpful given your question:
Here's the link:
http://www.popeyescanada.com/inf_ascenta_nutrasea_hp_liq.php
Of course this is just one company saying it so I would do some more research if I were you.
Thank you, I will check into that as well. The sources of food that contain Omega 6 as per the quote above, we do not eat a lot of. Finding baked goods and cereals that are GF and dye and preservative free has been hard, not to mention expensive. As far as meat goes, we tend to eat mostly chicken and pork. We may have red meat once a week. But I will still be looking into it all.
Can anyone recommend any other good books that contain all of this information? Searching multiple websites each having varying opinions is making my head spin. :tongue_smilie:
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Have you figured out why his back and neck are hurting? It might be he needs to go to the chiropractor. If he's low tone, the way his pillow supports his neck can make a huge difference. If he has food intolerances (gluten, milk, whatever) or isn't digesting well or his kidneys are unhappy, the shoulders will tighten up. And when those muscles tighten, it pulls the neck out of whack. Magnesium is good, but you have to balance it with calcium. He's old enough to be taking proper vitamins, not a kid multi. At that age my dd was taking a full dose of calcium and magnesium (2:1) every day. She's good and tall now, despite not drinking milk. :)
He has already had an eval with the physical therapist. I think someone accidentally tossed my paper with notes so I will pull most of this from memory. (I will be calling on Mon so I can get everything in writing again.) His biggest issue was tight, weak hamstrings. This is causing a misalignment in his lower and upper back, causing tight muscles in those areas. He also has poor posture. We have a set of 6 exercises to be doing everyday to help strengthen his hamstrings. Once his insurance approves the physical therapy, he will go twice a week for 8-12 weeks. I didn't even think to ask her what type of pillow would be best for him. Thank you, I will ask that as well.
We are also just starting a GF diet as he does have issues with irregularity and Gluten is a factor for me. We are already dye free and preservative free. I was also going to be adding calcium, magnesium and zinc starting next week. I am headed to the health food store tomorrow. Is there a particular brand that you recommend over others? I was going to get Nature's Way.
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Thank you Julie! I will look into the book too.
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My DS is currently taking a kids chewable multi-vitamin, Nordic naturals Omega 3-6-9 Junior and Nature's Way Primadophilus Children.
He will be starting physical therapy for some back and neck pain that he has. Someone recommended Nature's Way Calcium, Magnesium and Zinc as it would be good for his muscles. So I will be adding that in as well.
I also want to add Nature's Way 5-HTP to help with his focus, attention and mild mood swings. His multi-vitamins say they contain 2mg B6 and the 5-HTP contains 10mg B6. Will this be too much B6? When I do a google search I get a lot of conflicting answers about what is too much B6. Any advice from experienced moms? TIA as I am new to vitamins and supplements. :001_smile:
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I never received a discount buying at the convention, just no shipping charges. And actually, I was charged tax at the convention, whereas I would not have been if I had ordered on line. So the price wasn't really any different.
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DS used Primer and half of Alpha when we made the switch over to CLE Math 100. It has gone very well. We are in 200 now and still going strong. I will say that the foundation in place value that he got in MUS Primer was great. He has never had a problem with place value and I attribute this to MUS. In the beginning, we still used the MUS blocks when doing addition and subtraction in CLE. We still sometimes pull them out just for fun.
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Don't buy it. I did and it was way too elementary.
I have been eying this one though: http://www.amazon.com/Norton-Writing-Readings-Handbook-Second/dp/0393933822/ref=pd_ybh_24?pf_rd_p=280800601&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=ybh&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=06EVSRRD857XR5N67R3H :D
Thanks for the heads up.
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I am actually thinking about ordering this one: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Red-Writing-Book/dp/1582975213/ref=pd_sim_b4
We already own several writing resources, but this looks good too. :tongue_smilie:
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Oak Meadow has a very active Facebook page. You could get a lot of questions answered there.
Thank you. I will try over there as well.
For those who use A Living History of our World
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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We have been using volume 1 all year. We are really enjoying it and will continue with the next volume (which I already have) next year. We do add other books to it when we come across a subject that really interests DS. I actually use the book lists out of out TQ AHYS guides. I have also added in a few topics that ALH did not cover that I new DS would enjoy. We have several books that I use for craft/project ideas to go along with several of the chapters. We do not use the journal, but do our own timeline. I plan to continue like this all the way through volume 3. After that we will cover World History using MOH.