I just asked a similar question, and I found this website: http://www.drugfreeworld.org/download.html You can get that DVD for free as long as you give feedback.

Thanks, Chris in VA. I found this, it looks intriguing: http://www.drugfreeworld.org/freeinfo.html

YIKES! I saw one that truly frightening! And so, so SAD. Oh my, why do people do this to themselves? :(

We do the same thing. A safety and health issue. Thanks for reaffirming my ideas on this issue. Thank you to both ladies. I will preview the above meth effect video before showing ds for sure. I still need books, if any. If there are any good YA books about drugs and the negative effects it can have on people's lives I would really like to know. He's just 11, so books with sex maybe not yet. Maybe there aren't books like that, not sure.

We use K12 HO as a supplement to Dorothy Mills' Ancient books - World, Greeks, Romans. Ds11 thought SOTW was too "young" for him, which I found surprising. This kid, like me, leans toward the immature. He likes reading from HO on his own. It's easy to outline from, so he uses it for that purpose. The sections are clearly defined, and he chooses one small subheader to outline so far. We are working toward doing a whole chapter by next year. I read the DM books aloud, and we both enjoy them.

What books and PSAs are great for showing kids the bad effects of drugs? When I was a middle schooler, we were educated on substance abuse in school, but what has made the most impact on me were the posters (think 1980s) as well as a few books. One book in particular, in Dutch, Het verrotte leven van Floortje Bloem (The rotted life of Floortje Bloem), impacted me to such an extent that I never, ever, wanted to even be near the stuff. It was so.. despicable and unimaginable to me. Of course my mom's admonitions and lectures helped a lot, but it is this book that actually portrayed the realities and suffering of kids with substance abuse. My kids don't understand or speak Dutch, so I'm looking for books in English. Any ideas? Ds11 is young and impressionable, still very receptive, close to us. I don't want to wait until he's a teen.

Ds11 likes dramatized whenever possible (different characters), but definitely tries to look for a different version if the reader's voice is annoying or boring. Right now he's listening to White Fang, second version. I don't download, I iust stream them. If we can't find anyone suitable (now we know about Loyal Books - thanks!), I read it out loud.

Ugh. Just ugh. Our earth is the greatest artwork there is. I don't care if you are Michelangelo, you are defacing nature and it should be cleaned up. Pronto.

I used and liked PLL with ds11, and now I'm using it with dd7. Ds is doing well in his paragraphs now after working on so many narrations in his younger years. Ds11 very much disliked ILL, and although I was ok with it, I dropped it for something more explicit this year (sixth). Actually, a combination: VIE for grammar, Paragraph Book 2, Sentence Composing, W&R, and Wordsmith Apprentice. He also writes one paragraph a week, outline, and takes notes weekly.

My 7-year-old is learning Spanish and my 11-year-old is learning Spanish and Latin. Spanish because we live in the US and we're bordering Mexico and have more of a chance to practice it with Spanish-speakers, plus the kids have Cuban heritage. Latin because 60% of English is derived from Latin and it helps with acquiring vocabulary. In addition, we are Catholic as well and can understand some songs better and such. Ds thinks it's cool that we're learning the language of the ancient Romans :)

I think they'd be surprised to find themselves there, but I think yes.

Yay! This changes my plans somewhat for Pre-Algebra/7th Grade next year as I was planning on working with Dolciani's Pre-A. If someone is combining MM 7 and Dolciani's Pre-A please let me know -- if not maybe we will continue with Dolciani's odd problems and 7 worksheets.. But MM7 looks great. I'm not sure..

Starting Week 5 next week. Here we are in 6th Grade after some schedule-tweaking: English Spelling: Natural Speller lists, copied in notebooks by moi, copywork, letter tiles activities, plus Spelling City games throughout the week, Spelling City quiz. This is working well. DS11 is a good speller now. Grammar: VIE 6 on Mon Writing: Paragraph Book 2 on Tue, Sentence Composing on Wed, CAP's W&R Narrative II on Thu, Wordsmith Apprentice on Fri. He also writes across the curriculum: one paragraph weekly, one outline weekly, one note-taking session weekly Literature: Reading as well as read-alouds, literary classics and historical fiction (ancients this year), discussions with or without lit prompts from Classical Conditioning Math: Math Mammoth 5B, then moving into 6A Spanish: Galore Park's SYRWTL Spanish Book 1 3X weekly Duolingo Spanish daily Science BFSU 2 and 3, Behold and See 5 and 6, independent science readings, NeoK12 and Bill Nye videos, 12-week unit of taking notes from a high school text, and science project at the end of the year Usborne Science Encyclopedia with Internet Links History: Dorothy Mills' Book of the Ancient World, Book of the Greeks, and Book of the Romans and Kfamily's Book Notes K12 Human Odyssey supplementary reading Geography: A Child's Geography: The Holy Land and The Classical World, correlating with our studies of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Art: What Life Was Like in: Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome - Time Life books Usborne Introduction to Art Music: Usborne Introduction to Music and Internet links Poetry: Poetry for Young People Series: Emily Dickinson and Edward Lear Latin: Big Book of Lively Latin 1 Online (both of us are learning together) Bible: Sundays before or after Religious Education at church Extracurriculars: Piano, Swimming, Taekwondo, Boy Scouts (in the Winter, Basketball instead of Swimming)

In sixth grade we are using a multi-pronged approach for writing. DS is 11 and a reluctant writer as far as motor skills or effort are concerned. He actually has a vast imagination and prefers "free writing" where only the story counts. We are using the following: Mon: Voyages in English 6 for grammar Tue: The Paragraph Book 2: The Paragraph That Tells a Story (Thank you, CrimsonWife) Wed: Sentence Composing for Elementary School Thu: CAP's Writing & Rhetoric Narrative II Book 3 Fri: Wordsmith Apprentice He also writes across the curriculum: weekly paragraph, weekly outline, weekly note-taking. Although he still doesn't like the effort and actual physical act of writing, he likes what we're doing much better than ILL. He started resisting ILL two years ago big time. He was fine with PLL, but not ILL. I'll have to ask him, but I think his favorite of the whole shebang is W&R. It's also a lower level (4th/5th), but has a creative component that he enjoys.

I take a shower. I get naked, get wet, scrub a bar soap on with or without the pouf, redo critical areas ("the cross": armpits, down under), rinse well. Voila. I am a showerer. I find that in the shower I have had my moments of greatest clarity, thoughts, ideas, insight, plans, and epiphanies.

My 11-year-old must be "young" I guess. He still prefers cartoons over anything else, but he's slowly expanding. He still complains a bit, but I think he's starting to like some of the non-cartoon movies we introduce him to. These are some of his favorite fun shows: Kaijudo Ninjago The Munsters (on Netflix) Wild Kratts (Amazon Prime) He loves How The States Got Their Shapes (so do I), but it's not free on Prime anymore.

Oh this honestly sounds like me. I have an Anti-Procrastination book I haven't read yet - I keep procrastinating.. Of course I need to read the Smart and Scattered book too.

If my SIL sends her chocolate chip cookies home with us, these get hidden. I looove these cookies with milk. I sneak and eat them - not always easy. The kids can have the cake, the m&ms, anything else, but these cookies are miine.

What a coincidence! I was just reading a chapter a few hours ago titled Empathy in the book by psychologist Marsha Lucas "Rewiring Your Brain For Love". Check out mirror neurons - as pp suggested - and VENs.

Pick up kids Play video games with ds Watch movie with dd

Dd7: Science Ds11: reading Ds11 and I: Latin Both kids: Usborne Quicklinks History, Music Piano lessons individually, by moi Drop off ds at play date Drop off dd at birthday party Grocery shopping with dd3 Prepare Chicken Scaloppini Fold and put away clothes Do laundry (2 more loads) Give dogs special meal on occasion of Intl Animal Day Tackle boxes in front of whiteboard Read books to dd3 and attend home play tea party

I live in S FL and dream of living part-time in the Western NC mountains/Asheville area. I feel like this part of the country is calling me, even before our visit. We stayed for 2 weeks in late spring and my memories still sustain me. I love, love late spring, summer, and early fall in this area and wish to become a snow bird.

To me it's God's job, not mine, to decide. However, I'm inclined to agree with the what Pope Frances said.

Oh, Veritas. I feel like I've "known" you for a while on these forums. Sending you hugs and well wishes your way. At first I found myself agreeing with the previous posters, but after some thought I'm not sure about sending your 7th grader to ps. I've heard and read about sending homeschoolers to middle school for the first time as being akin to being thrown to the sharks. Middle school is really tough for lots of kids. My suggestion would be first and foremost to take care of yourself and develop a list and schedule of things to do when you are feeling well. Have your oldest do either virtual online school or something else very independent. Maybe if you have a HS co-Op nearby you can ask friends to rotate taking your younger kids to these activities (or all kids). Have audio books at the ready and have oldest in charge of putting them on in your absence. Give your oldest a list of things to make sure your younger kids accomplish. In short, develop a system. You can always check it when you are feeling better. In no way do I mean to imply or suggest that this is going to be easy, but having mom being ill and being sent away to school is scary and confusing. I know my kids would rather be close to me. Hugs, and be well.

Dining table. We have to take care not to erase too vigorously or it wobbles back and forth, but otherwise, we manage.