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we were also not eligible even though it was PERFECT timing as my mom is purchasing 6 fires for christmas THIS WEEK! *sigh* annoying
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my 8yo isn't overly comfortable with time yet, either. i figure it will come eventually.
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math usually- but it's an attitude problem. ironically yesterday was vocab (again an attitude problem), one of her favorite subjects.
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following. we got amazon prime a few months ago, but i have yet to make use of it. no idea what's there.
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it is appearing that way. :) all 4 of mine are still asleep and all but one are usually up by 7:30. we school in the afternoons so it doesn't affect that at all.
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if you're doing well with gwg, maybe try winning with writing? when we get some money i will be starting my 3rd grader on just write or writing and rhetoric.
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check out the mental math games at educationunboxed.com
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i have not read any responses, but you have just described my 8yodd. she claims to HATE math, but enjoys cwp, lof, and xtramath. our core is mm and she does JUST FINE until she gets to something that makes her think, including some corrections. then it's stamping and clenched fists and tears. we have that for a week or two until it becomes easy for her then are fine again until the next thing that makes her think. it's maddening! we leave math for last so SHE is in control of how long it takes/what it cuts into. and dh is a math professor so when she gets really difficult or i just can't handle the attitude, i leave it for him to deal with.
so, no advice, but you are not alone.
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we have "specials" each day. monday- logic and conflict resolution, tuesday- map study, wednesday- art and cwp, thursday- cooking and following directions, friday- typing and music. latin is done daily (as is greek simply because it was her choice and she loves it). if we skip one of these or don't have time for it, i don't worry about it, though.
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fil got my kids a sub to nat geo kids and they love it. haven't had any issues with advertising.
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wow. if you look all the way to the bottom, it looks like it's supposed to be $42.00
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I have three girls.....9, 6, and 2. The 2 year old just had her party yesterday and we got her some Doc McStuffins shoes and a doll stroller. Our older girls had cheap doll strollers that broke and we threw them away a couple of years ago. Now Christmas is coming up. I haven't a clue what to get her. We get the kids three gifts plus some stocking giflts....then "Santa" brings a gift too. Santa is bringing her one of those toddler flip open sofas. Our older girls had those and they got used daily until they were dirty and ripping and we threw them away. So hopefully she'll enjoy one as much as they did. But otherwise, I'm absolutely clueless. There's not a single thing I can think of that she needs or would want. The last two years I could get away with barely getting her anything. This year she'll be really into the gift opening though.
following as i could have written your post. i have 4 girls- 8, 6, 4, and 20mos. we have baby dolls, barbies, dress up, ponies, cabbage patch, strawberry shortcake, legos, blocks, cars, animals, play dough, magneatos, knex, puzzles, puppets, games, videos, books, stacking pegs, leapsters, play kitchen/food, etc, etc, etc. i have a bday coming up in 2 weeks and then christmas. we also do 3 gifts, stockings, and a "big" gift. big gift will be a doll house and stockings are things like tape, lip gloss, pens, notebooks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair bands, etc. i am also at a loss. plus i have to give ideas to the grandparents! they don't need anything! help! i do know she is getting a lapdesk like her sisters have. they use them for school, crafts, eating in the living room, etc. and i think mil is getting her a pillow pet so she feels like a big girl like her sisters.
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i had that a few weeks ago. turned out to be a really bad uti. took 3 days on antibiotics to feel better.
ps- i had no uti symptoms.
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I remember that my sister had one protruding buck tooth (I think that's what you're describing with your dd). This was maybe 35 years ago, so well before two-phase treatment was common. She did get braces early to bring that tooth back in as it was thought to be pretty likely to break if she had any impact to her mouth. And she had braces again later to fix her bite.
My youngest has finished her phase one and we opted to pull in her protruding front teeth at that time though we could have waited. The memory of my sister's issues and the fact that this dd is a soccer player made me want to do what I could to avoid breaking teeth. She took a ball to the face during indoor soccer after we made the decision but before she got the braces. Her teeth were fine but it was enough of a scare to make me feel we were making the right decision. And she was about your dd's age--just turned 9 when she got her braces.
thank you
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My husband (an ordained minister) performed my cousin & his wife's wedding.
They had him open the ceremony with the wedding scene:
"Mawwage... is what bwings us together today. Mawwage, that bwessed awwangement..."
LOL. I think only half the audience "got it." The other half shifted uncomfortably, wondering if DH had a speech impediment. :D :D
my brother put our pastor up to quoting this at our wedding. we had no idea!
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i know this is an old thread but we are just entering the world of orthodontics. dd1 is 8.5 and had her first visit today. she is recommended for a tooth extraction (baby tooth blocking a permanent tooth from coming in) and phase 1 braces in 6 months (4 on top and 4 on bottom). the reason is because her 2 top teeth are growing in opposite directions- 1 is growing out and one is growing in. she has a nanny mcphee like look going on right now. ortho is concerned with the bite of her top 2 teeth and trauma probability given their positioning. the bottom ones will also help make space for the permanent tooth behind the baby one being pulled since the permanent tooth already coming in will take up the space created by the extraction. phase 1 is expected to correct her teeth to 65%. i have 0 experience with orthodontics. does this sound unnecessary to anyone?
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I started them on the "fill out a form" type (google "3rd grade book report" and you'll find lots, and the Book-It site has some), then, after they had done a bunch and knew what kinds of things to look for, transitioned to writing a 3-paragraph report. For the non-form one, I gave them a list of questions from CHC's 4th grade lesson plans, but you can find lots of other lists. For Book-It, I'm more likely to require a book project instead of a report (this is my favorite site plus I found a book of ideas at Goodwill). The reports are a separate requirement, every month or two starting in 3rd or 4th grade.
thank you. this was helpful
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Doing book reports at all, is a controversial subject here. Many people are vehemently distainful of them. For those that do them, there is such a variety of methods, one family's "book report" is unrecognizable from another.
One family might want the child to focus on Christian character traits of the main characters and little else. Some families use them to teach summary, while others don't allow summary and expect evaluation instead. Some families dive right into using high-school level literary techniques language, while others don't expect students to even know the terms.
"Book report" is almost as vague a term as "homeschooling".
I have used book reports as an easy and repeatable writing prompt, for students that are intimidated by the writing process.. I don't think book reports are necessary in general, but they can be useful. They should never be assigned for EVERY book. That can dampen student enthusiasm to read.
I don't plan to use them for every book. just 1-2 a month so I know she's actually read them before blindly rewarding her. she's never done one before and may never do one again, idk. she's also never done formal writing and needs to work on her skills and I thought this would be a good way to incorporate that in a fun and rewarding way. that's why I chose to not have her just tell me what its about.
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anyone?
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I would like my 3rd grader to write book reports to earn her book it certificates, but she's never written one before and, in fact, has never done any formal writing. how do you teach kids how to write book reports?
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we are down to basically just reading a chapter a day. i'm going to have her do a timeline, but just haven't gotten around to getting it ready yet due to printer issues. i'd LIKE to do more, but it just hasn't worked out for us.
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another phonics pathways vote. we are just finishing it up with my 8.5yo and have just started it with my almost 6yo and 4yo.
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I still disagree. The time she's taking sounds excessive, and the time that seems to be wasted in the mechanics of the school day and whatever else happens before 8pm seem excessive, but the workload does not. She's taking high school level classes, and to do high school level Math, I would expect some calculation to be done independently every night. Simplifying 11 expressions just isn't that much work. I'm curious what you would recommend: not have any independent math work? 5 problems? 3?
And for reading, even if it does take an hour a day, that doesn't seem excessive. If we are all classical educators here, and think that high school freshman should be reading the Odyssey, the Iliad, the Aeneid, Shakespeare and Milton freshman year, an hour a day of reading is about on schedule. I read complaints here all the time about public school students who only read two novels a semester. If you think it is reasonable to read a novel every two weeks, that's going to take some time to get done. Again, how much reading time do you consider reasonable? How many novels should a high school freshman read in honors English in a semester?
i don't believe the math was the problem. he even says he/they flew through it fairly quickly. it was all the other stuff.
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following. my mom got them fires for christmas but i'm still not sold on them.