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We went from FLL 3 into Growing with Grammar 4. FLL 4 wasn't quite out yet, and I was happy to find something that was a little less teacher-intensive. Grammar gets done a lot more frequently now!
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Good for you! I completely understand that feeling!
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I don't know of any either, but I feel exactly the same! It's too much work for me to find music with beats that match, but I get so sick of the "fake" music. So sick of it that I basically stopped exercising with DVDs. Not good!
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I love mine! They're practically the only pans I use now (except for some stainless stell saucepans and stockpots). A well-seasoned cast iron skillet is about as non-stick as any pan (besides teflon, which I don't want to use). I wash mine with hot water, no soap. For the ones I use less often, I oil them and heat them on the stove to dry completely after each use. For the one I use almost everyday, I just dry with a towel and don't worry about it. My only complaint would be that they *are* heavy, but it's not a problem for me.
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We used Saxon K for my oldest DD. It was OK, but I didn't love it. I did Right Start A with my 2nd DD last year and I loved it! I would look into Right Start, especially if you like the idea of manipulatives.
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I *love* the "Games for Math" book, too! I own it and also her "Games for Writing" book. It has some really fun games and many of them are very quick.
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I have many Janome machines, and I really like them all. I don't have that model, but I think the Janome sounds great! I'm sure either machine is a nice machine that will last, but the extra features of the Janome would make me go with that.
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I'm not sure about where you live, but where I live the local thrift stores sell sewing machines (and they've even been tested by an experienced seamstress). They're very inexpensive, and often they are the older type with metal gears that will last much longer than a new cheap machine made with plastic gears. Sometimes they even come with the owner's manual. Older Singers are definately nice machines.
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I've been reading the girls the All-of-a-Kind Family series. I loved those when I was a kid! It took me forever to find them, because I couldn't remember the name, just the characters. I was so excited when I finally did find them! Another of my favorites is the Betsy-Tacy stories. I got the first one on tape, and my youngest DD just loved it. Now I'm reading her the rest.
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That looks like fun! I'm not the OP, but thanks for posting that. My DDs will love it!
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We also use OPGTR as our main program, and then supplement with ETC workbooks. My DD loved Headsprout when she did the trial version, so I spent the $ and bought it for her. Part way through, she started to *hate* it. I didn't like that there was a lot of whole language instruction, and we were really concentrating on phonics. We finally just stopped doing it. (Yesterday, however, she asked to do it again, and seemed to like it OK. Maybe her reading ability has progressed to where it is fun again, and the whole language instruction is not as frustrating.)
So I don't know of anything better, but Headsprout was not so great for us.
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Yes, we've never done the 1/2 books. They've always gotten enough practice without them.
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I feel the same way. I buy programs, and then they never seem to get done. We've used Rosetta Stone as well. My DD has taken a Spanish class at a local school, and although it is fun for her, I always feel like she'd learn a lot more if we just spent that hour at home working on Spanish.
We're going to try "Espanol Para Chicos y Grandes" this year.
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The lady who has cleaned my house never did that type of heavy-duty cleaning. She just basically cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed/mopped the wood floors. AND, I think she's pretty inexpensive, at least for my area. I would definately except to pay more for heavy-duty cleaning like you were doing!
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I have someone who will clean my house for $10/hour, using all my own supplies. She's more like $15/hour if she uses her supplies. She's a friend of mine who cleans a few houses for extra money. We have no ongoing commitment. I just call her if I want her to clean.
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Check out the boards at sewingmamas.com
I have learned a *ton* of information there! It is great to see pictures of what everyone is sewing, too. I know there have been people who didn't know how to sew, joined, and were sewing beautiful things pretty fast!
Also, I've made a few leotards. I like the Kwik Sew patterns because they seem to fit well. You can use swimsuit fabric or a cotton/lycra fabric with a good amount of stretch to it.
Good luck and have fun!
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We've played Quiddler. My DD was able to play it by age 8. It's pretty fun.
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We have allowed it, but I have to say I've started to just *hate* sleepovers! My DD always comes home the next day tired and grumpy. Last year she went to a few birthday slumber parties where they stayed up until 2:00 in the morning or later. That just seems ridiculous to me.
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There are a few pages in the back of ETC (a book-end quiz-type thing) where you would read certain words for the student to write. I think that info. is only in the teacher's guide. I've never had them, though, and my older daughter did ETC books, too.
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That sounds right to me. My 1st grader is just about to start ETC Book 3. We're using the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading along with it. She's always learning something in OPGTTR a bit before we reach it in ETC, and this works well for us. It's a nice review.
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We didn't finish it early. We didn't do a lesson each day, though. I just scheduled the number of lessons we needed to complete each week in order to finish the book in the school year.
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Yes, that made my stomach hurt too! I laughed so hard I cried. "Mom says no..."
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My kids and I all loved this! Thanks for posting it!
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I've never thought of leaving them on the counter. I always refrigerate them, but of course sometimes they sit outside (in the laying boxes) for 24 hours or even 48 hours. I've never had a problem with them.
cool book...
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I don't have that one, but I have her "Games for Math" and "Games for Reading" books. They are great! I need to pull them out and use them, especially with my 6 yo who is really fighting "schoolwork" right now...