YMMV but.... I have been homeschooling almost 18 years and I can tell you, the years I had everything planned out in detail we got significantly more work done (even if we still took off after some rabbit trails) than the years we “just did the next thing.” But I will admit I am having a really hard time buckling down and planning for next year. I think everyone is just feeling the strain of being cooped up and feeling like all we do is school.

We’ve used Sonlight from the beginning, for 16 years now, although we’ve never completed a core without tweaking their schedule.

I almost never see it mentioned anymore, but we’ve had great success using Headsprout.

Wings

Tell me about your clock.

Or do I just create them in one kid's default deck and move them using tags?

How do you merge? And if I did merge them and import them as one, what happens when I create another cluster of cards that I want to import to each kid's profile?

I'm really confused, and I'm not sure if I'm setting this up correctly. Right now my account has 4 profiles: one for me and one each for my three youngest sons. My profile has about 7 decks in it now--a couple I built and a few I downloaded as an example. I can export them and then import them to a kid's acct, but then they show up as separate decks or as a tree. Do I want them as a tree? I keep reading that the cards should all be in one deck as it runs faster and that ends up working better. I'm worried I'm going to end up with a tree with a 100 sub files and that doesn't seem right.

No. I did however "lose" a two-year-old at WDW once though.... I started to completely panic. My husband just stared at me like I had two heads. I was holding him at the time!!!!

Another option: http://www.superchargedscience.com/opt/usc-info/#astronomy1

Is there a way to save lesson plans on Homeschool Planet to reuse with another child at a later date?

We held back our oldest dd after 8th grade because she was emotionally immature (although she was dealing with a lot of family stress) and also because we didn't want her to graduate hs at age 17. We homeschooled her from the middle of 4th grade through hs. FWIW, she qualified for the gifted program in public school in first grade, and had been doing hs work in middle school when we made the decision to hold her back. Academically she was doing great. I think we made the right choice--for her. She just finished her freshman year of college, did great academically, but in her own words she had a much easier time dealing with living away, problems that arose, etc. than she would have a year earlier.

Thanks for posting this; it looks like a fun way to add some grammar to our day.

We do 2-3 chapters a morning together as part of our morning center time. We'll slow it down once we catch up a bit. They are in 3&5 so this is pretty easy for now.

I just found this resource and I'm excited about it, because it will read to you so that you know you are using the correct pronunciation. http://www.booklingual.com There is a new Cathy Duffy review for it, linked on the homeschool buyers co-op page.

This is what is working for me: 1. I've been tracking everything I eat with The Fitness Pal app. 2. DH & I got each other fitbit charges (for Christmas, but I got mine early) and I try to keep increasing my steps every day. 3. I just did 2 challenges on diet better.com, and won (Yay!) and I've found it a good way to stay motivated. I'm signing up again. 4. I use doTERRA's Slim & Sassy, which really helps me control my appetite. 5. We recently bought a good quality mini-tramp, and I'm finding it easy to jump for just a few min. Here and there. Ours is good for up to 300 lbs.

I have been there. (((Hug))) it was the beginning of 5th grade for DS, (he's 23 now) and he had been been in a classroom for behavior and emotional disturbed students with an IEP and behavior plan. His dx's are FAS, somewhere on the autistic spectrum, bipolar and ADHD. He as too verbal to be in the multineeds needs room or autistic room, and too out-of-control to continue in a regular classroom with a 1-1 aide. When they kicked him out, they wanted to do a private placement, up to 1 1/2 hrs from our home. And they made it sound like a horrible place (in hind sight, I don't think they really wanted to pay.) Thus began our homeschool journey....which I am grateful for, esp. For all the kiddos that came after him. However, we moved school districts during his teen years, and when he turned 18 we decided to enroll him again, since he could attend to the day before his 22nd b-day. Our new school dist. Allowed us to very very involved in the decision and let us visit several schools. The school he ended up going to was WONDERFUL! I can't say enough good things about his experience there. And to be honest, it made me kind of sad that he hadn't had that experience all along. So even though this feels like a sad, traumatic, turning point, it may turn out to be the best thing ever. Feel free to pm me if you like.

See if Home Science Tools have what you need; they are very helpful. http://www.hometrainingtools.com/

This year I'll have a 2-yr.-old, 2nd grader, 4th grader, 10th grader (public school), 12th grader and a 22-yr-old.

This thread is interesting. I will admit that I don't like most tattoos I see, mostly because they aren't well done. I don't have any tattoos now, but I'm turning 50 in a week and I have 3 tattoos planned out that have deep meaning for me. At my age, I don't think I will regret my choices or care how they age. I have been thinking about this for a long time. BTW I got my nose pieced at 46 and have no regrets. Life is too short to worry about what anyone thinks.

Marie Regina

Realizing this a lot lately. :(

This. And that sometimes, there are no do-overs.

I got 3 wrong, but one of those I shouldn't have missed--clicked without thinking. FWIW, I'm Catholic.

I haven't finished it yet, but it took until at least page 100 before I was even mildly interested. I'm extremely disappointed in it so far. I find the vulgarity unnecessary, the story line dull and the writing -- just bad.