Apollos is actually a biblical name from the New Testament. Usually I here that pronounced with a short o when read aloud.

a Paul ose. Is my initial instinct. But I have also heard it with a short o as well. I don't think I have heard either of the pronouciations you list.

If I had to regularly plan that type of thing, I think I would fail at homeschooling. We don't do a lot of crafts etc... for school. We do occasionally (every few weeks) do impromptu crafty things. We also do a lot of practical things and take advantage of those to introduce science themes. When we cook, garden, fix something around the house they get to look touch and feel and participate. My girls get lots of time to play. They rarely watch tv. Sometimes they will come to me with a craft they want to do that they found in a magazine or something. They always have stickers, paper, crayons, scissors, and glue sticks available. They play with Lego a lot as well. I am sure as they get older I will have to be a bit more intentional, but I am hoping they will take some leadership here and I will be more of a facilitator/helper.

I haven't done an all nighter, but I have done some midnight/1am nights cleaning and organizing. Those nights I slept better because I knew things were in order.

Thanks, for the suggestions. I sat down and tried it. I was amazed that they sat through 4 chapters of boxcar children, yesterday and today. And I discovered that it is a lot easier to read a "long" book than picture book after picture book :) now to keep it up.

I have to admit I am not excited about reading aloud to my kids. Don't really understand why as I love to read. My girls are bright as well. I guess I don't like the idea of sitting down taking the time to do it. :confused: Anyway I need suggestions for books and how to get going on this as it seems to be important. Both of my girls have pretty good comprehension as far as I can tell. They can finish stories and retell books pretty well. So I have bright 5 and 3.5 y/o girls. I do read picture books to them. But not every day. Anybody else not enjoy the read aloud thing or at least didn't when they started.

Well my father loves me dearly and was involved in naming me, but still regularly misspells my name. I occasionally misspell my nephew's alternate spelling name. I adore my sil and my nephew. My dh's family frequently messes up the preferred spelling of my name. We are very close, and they love me well otherwise. Let it go. I am sorry that you have a tumultuous relationship, but this is probably not a hill to die on since it is commonly innocent behavior.

I had my first greys when I was 18, that is 20 yrs ago now. It stilled generally looked brown for yrs. but My dh noticed the other day that my hair is getting more greys. He was nice about it. I don't look forward to being grey, but I have never colored my hair and have no desire to start. I can barely remember to get my haircut every 3 to 6 months. So I will probably just deal with it. I'll probably be confused for my kids grandma

Formal work ranges from 45 min to 1.5 hours 4 days a week, focusing on the math, reading, writing. Everything else is very informal, we might talk about birds when we hear a bunch of them outside, talk about the 3 states of matter while I cook the spaghetti, go for a walk and collect leaves etch... I am trying to incorporate some kind of craft once a week. (Not my thing)

I have a horrible head cold. The idea of concentrating much is unappealing. Dh asked who the substitute teacher was lol. Do you take sick days? (I am talking about temporary minor illness, not needed to rework your life due to significant illness.)

My estimated IQ based on my SAT is within 3 points of my IQ score on the Stanford Binet I took in 6th grade. :iagree: I did not have troubles in school as much. Although I did slightly underachieve when it came to things like homework. I am very thankful for the self contained gifted class I was in from 4th through 6th grade. Some of those same kids were in many of my high school classes as well, and we understood each other. However until I started researching giftedness recently, I didn't understand how giftedness affected my social interactions. Now I understand that it is not because I am somehow intellectually snobbish, and not because others feel put down by my intellectual capacity that makes me relate differently. It is truly mental processing issues that make me different. Those I can develop strategies to work around. This has been so helpful, especially since many of the current social groupings I find myself in are not intellectually oriented. I definitely don't think IQ is the answer to understanding intellectual giftedness. But the research I have read has correlated strongly with my experience and observations. I am hoping to help my girls understand themselves better. I don't plan on testing them unless it becomes necessary. But as issues come up, I realize understanding gifted processing issues/behavior is one more piece of the puzzle. :001_smile:

I hang out on the gifted forum without proof as well. But i am certain my girls are "gifted" intellectually. Remember there are different levels within giftedness. Gifted does technically have a "measurable" definition. Although it has never been an exact science. As far as I understand, the top 30% of the population as measured by IQ is considered gifted. 25% of the population is mildly gifted (IQ greater than 115 or 1 standard deviation about the mean). The top 5% of the population have an IQ above 130, 2 standard deviations above the mean. There are different labels within this 5% as well. Moderately, highly (top 1%), exceptionally, and profoundly gifted. The label changes as you move up each standard deviation. The EG and PG percentages are tiny. So really any "bright" child is most likely at least mildly gifted. Now, in this era of political correctness "gifted" has become more of a nebulous term. And those who deal with the exceptionally and profoundly gifted sometimes have severe challenges. I have heard people say they prefer using the term "bright" for people highly gifted and below, and reserve "gifted" for those in the EG/PG category. (They may not be exactly referring to test scores, but the generalized descriptions correlate well) However, I think the measured definition is helpful. Certainly there are challenges in regularly being the "smartest" person in 100, and even the smartest person in a group of 20. It appears to me that your children probably likely fall into the moderately to highly gifted category, just guessing from your description. Also 2 statistics I have heard frequently is that children are likely to have an IQ within 15 points of their parents', and within 10 points of there siblings. If you know your SAT scores you can get a rough estimate of your IQ here

Big hit: Plaid Phonics level A, that I happened to pick up at a church garage sale for 50 cents. :hurray: It has been a lifesaver since OPGTR was a big miss. :(

I have been able to to some degree. Most of these conversation occur when we acknowledge that I am not going to change their opinion and they aren't going to change mine. The goal is to understand, not convert the other person

Anyone know how to figure out which Stanford Binet? I took the "Stanford Binet" in January 1986. It was one on one, much of it oral, I was in 6th grade. We moved and the new school district wouldn't place me in the gifted program unless I scored better than 132 on Stanford Binet (my previous district used a different test) I am trying to figure which edition it would be. I know my score but have found that actual IQ varies based on test edition. I realize it is common for your children to have a similar IQ. So I am trying to come up with a range. Just because I am curious about such things. I also am trying to figure out what IQ test the military used in the Vietnam era, as I know my dads score

I think it is important to remember that STEM doesn't only mean PhD's and engineers. There are lots of jobs available in the more practical/technical type jobs. Skilled workers such as welders and mechanics are in high demand. Many of the trades have shortages because the push to go to college has steered people away from these. But they also require some science and math ability. There are many jobs in healthcare as well. I get a few job offers in the mail every week (I am a physical therapist)

I think you need to look at it as a recommdation to save 15% for retirement. If you can't save that you save as much as you can. Saving for retirement is really not optional. Saving for college is optional. So if you can only set aside say 5% for retirement, that's what you do. (You should have something since you are no longer paying on debt). You are still paying your mortgage (if you have one) so your house will eventually be paid off. If you are highly dissatisfied with your lifestyle then you need to find a way to make more income. Dave does have some resources that address this, not all written by him. You might check his website. If you listen to Dave Ramsey, you will realize that in some cases it is an income problem, and that may be the priority that needs to be addressed.

These are great! My dd could read those by herself. She will have a blast coloring them and putting them together. They are funny too. :001_smile:

We have finished most of our BOB books. We have 3 sets I don't really want to spend money on the additional sets, since dd memorizes them after one read. We try to read one new book a day together. (She reads I help) We have a lot of the Biscuit books, looking for recommendations for other books at that type of level to look for at our small library.

Yes and no. With the first I was a bit oblivious. I do remember my pediatrician asking how many words she had at 18months. I remember his initial look of concern at my look of confusion, Ped: " does she say at least 10" Me: " oh sure, I was trying to decide if it was closer to 50 or 100". (Went home and made a list stopped counting at 100) That might have been a tip off. My oldest is very quiet and shy so people rarely mentioned how bright she was. We also didn't have other children her age around much to compare. Didn't hit home until I started k w/ her and realized she already knew all the k material, and part of first grade. With my second it Has been more obvious. She is outgoing and talkative people regularly remark that she is very advanced. She also has big sister to copy, and is exposed to what my oldest is learning. I remember being frustrated when the girls started arguing regularly when my youngest was 18 months. Also we are around more kids her age and I now realize it is not normal to independently do jigsaw puzzles and write your name at 2 y/o I didn't really think that much about the "gifted" part. Since I am HG it is only what I was expecting, but I hadn't really consciously thought about it. Retrospectively I guess they both started to show signs in their 2nd year when their vocabulary started to take off.

My automatic answer was 43 as well.

Absolutely go!

We are playing it by ear. I would like going all the way through high school to be an option. Currently our ps hs offers a lot of dual enrollment. We have several colleges in our area. Dh isn't sure about hsing long term. However based on how advanced she is I think it will be the only option until she hits high school. Our school district is decent so if one of the girls wants to go to public high school we will likely let them. In my heart I want to homeschool and just do lots of dual enrollment (since that is what she would be doing in ps anyway)

I love this show. Haven't tried my kids with it. She just turned 5 so it might be a little beyond her. I am looking forward to using it though. It is excellent to teac about research methods

In the public school I attended, and in the different state ps district we live in now, social studies was the umbrella term for a subject area that includes history. So it was/is not separate here anyway. I assume part of it is because ps does not have time to teach all the topics under social studies at once, so they call it social studies and then it appears that they are doing something, even though history, geography etc...might not be covered much at all one year. I had to laugh at the community workers thing. Our ps has this listed in their curric targets for K. Must be pretty easy to teach.