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Oh, no. I am sorry you have been harassed like that. I dont have much to offer other than a :grouphug: but I did want to say that you ( a general 'you') cannot let people like that have too much of an impact on your life. those who are toxic are best kept at arms length and keep it so they have very little, if any, impact on how youfeel. Dont give them that much power over you. Surround yourself with people who support and love you. It is all about mind over matter - you dont mind because they dont matter. Oh, and I shop at goodwill and garage sales as well. There were times we could not afford otherwise but at times it is because clothes and 'things' are just irrelevent. Being thrifty and trying to be a responsible consumer are things to be proud of. Your children will learn the value of a dollar and hardwork. I hope you feel better soon.
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I really want my kids to get the idea that school isn't something that we rush through to get to other fun things, but that learning happens every day, all the time, in whatever activities we are doing. Maybe that is optimistic on my part! :001_smile:
I share that optimistic attitude, LOL.
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Weekends, it depends on what you mean by taking off. We continue reading our read alouds, often that's when we'll do fieldtrips as a family. Dh used to do science with the kids on weekends, but it was fun so it was nice father/children time! We've been known to watch movies that have something to do with history or lit on the weekends. Do you mean don't do the seatwork involved in learning? For us, learning doesn't divide up that neatly that we can stop on the weekends. It kind of naturally overflows.
Also, I have teens who take outside classes so they often opt to do homework on the weekends (if their class is scheduled on a Mon for ex.).
It works better for us, if on the week days when we are doing seatwork we start around 9 though sometimes we don't get going until 10.
How many hours each day really varies. I'd say minimum of 2 but depending on what's going on things can continue through early afternoon. My older kids often do work after dinner with their dad (math and science). So it really, really depends.
I don't have to keep track of my school hours, so I don't! No help there.
My goals are to complete whatever plans I have. If I have a textbook, it is to complete the text. If I have a workbook, it is to complete that. If I have a syllabus of reading material or a lecture series then that's the goal. However, I have to say that especially for workbooks sometimes we get bogged down and don't complete them or if they are too repetitive, we tend to jump around in them and skip stuff that is redundant.
It is easier to get all the kids moving in the same direction if you are consistent. However, I find over the course of the school year that time varies according to what is going on. For ex. we'll spend more hours working on academics in the fall, but as Christmas approaches we'll cut back because we are preparing for the holiday/involved in shows, recitals, etc) So I don't see why you can't work your own routines around the natural ebb and flow of the year.
I suspect that when you get into the groove of home learning it becomes natural to look for an opportunity to learn everywhere.
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My oldest will be 5 this fall. In Texas, where we live, she would start pre-k this year because she misses the cut off of September. We are starting phonics and reinforcing math skills right now and doing lots and lots and lots or reading. I thrive on structure and I love to organize things, on the same note, I do experience burn out if I dont let myself deviate from the 'master plan'. I hope to start first grade next year and I have not settled on any specific cirriculum yet. I am taking alot of advice straight from the book but I ordered several different books (on the cheap!) to check them out for myself. I am leaning towards Math U See and Spell to Read and Write as well as the Usborne and Kingfisher History Books. I did order Dempsey Parr World History Encyclopedia so I could check that one out as well.
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It puts me on the edge of going postal. I HAVE to read it myself to really comprehend and my dh INSISTS on reading me things. My (least) favorite is when he spells things to me, he loses me on the second letter. :confused:
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or do you use the weekends to catch up or teach lessons? Do you have a specific start time? How many hours do you 'log' in each day or does it vary? If you are keeping track of school days do the 2 hour days count as much as the 4-5 hour days? What kind of goals do you set for the year? I am hoping that I can be flexible and just have goals set for the year. I hope that I can have some weeks where we 'do' school 2 hours a day 7 days a week and others where we accomplish 4-5 hours a day 3 days a week. Perhaps it is easier to be consistent, I am not sure. I would greatly appreciate any feedback!
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Yes, I totally agree about this and I am sure this is the case, but I still have to wonder a few things - does abuse (if there truly was abuse) excuse deliberate killing? How can those poor children grow up knowing their mother killed their father? It is the children I feel sick for.
I think it could be argued that the level of brainwashing an abused women receives and the isolation she feels plays into how something like this happens. If a women is told, repeatedly, that she will be killed or that her children will be killed is she tries to leave, she would most likely believe the abuser. She has no reason to believe that he WONT hurt her, he has made that point perfectly clear. An abused woman does not feel she is able to leave. He will find her and kill her and she might feel pushed to an extreme to save herself and/or her family.
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It is hard to say what anyone of us would be pushed to during times of extreme fear/isolation/abuse. I hope her kids are in therapy and the family has support.
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I wish I knew. My 2 year old is not allowed to have crayons cause he eats them. My almost 5 year old has to be reminded, still, to take stuff out of her mouth.
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Wow, GLAD to be in Texas!
Do you lie to your children?
in General Education Discussion Board
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I have been known to withhold information. I will delay answering a question to spare a nasty meltdown but, no, we try to be truthful.