Emily in FL
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I do Homeschool Storytime for our group at two local libraries. Some themes we've done are fireflies, fairy tales, tall tales, seeds and plants, libraries, elections, teeth, Valentine's Day, winter, Thanksgiving, and sunflowers. If you go to my blog choose the storytime category, I have written about our storytime sessions including the books we used. This year I am planning themes of vacation/travel, alphabet books (unusual approaches to the alphabet), and presidents. I know we will do more, but just haven't planned that far in advance.
In our storytime, I read the books. Then we have been doing a lapbook on library skills.
For your beginning readers, I would suggest Mr. Putter and Tabby books. My dd loved those as she was learning to read. She also enjoyed The Young Cam Jansen series.
HTH:001_smile:
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Go to the College of Education. Click on Lit2Go under Resources for K-12 students and teachers. There are lots and lots of books and poems there for free. Have fun!:001_smile:
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I am from a very small town in North Florida (or Lower Alabama). I thought everyone talked like me. I don't hear it normally, but can lay it on thick when I want to. My ds' accent is worse than mine I believe, but it is because of the area we live in (again in North Florida, just a different county).
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Seriously. I can't remember where I learned this, probably from this board. It won't work for set in Sharpie marker (ask me how I know), but it did help with other ink. Soak the stain in milk for a few minutes then wash. Hope it works for you.
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Before we found out about my ds' allergies, I only used peanut oil for frying. Now we use regular vegetable oil or canola. I do use olive oil for some things.
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I think it tastes like olive oil. I like olive oil for some things, but not so much on a sandwich. It tastes better than Canola Mayo. I only tried it once (at my mother's house) so I don't know if the taste would grow on me or not. I am pretty picky about mayo though. I only like Hellmanns or Kraft REAL mayo. HTH
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Now I have to change my blog theme so that I can put the link in the side bar. My current theme doesn't have widgets. Thanks for organizing this!
Edited to add: I just realized that I didn't put my WTM name in the description. I couldn't find a way to change that. Let me know if I need to do something else.
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If you are able to get friends and neighbors to join you, make sure you advertise as a multi-family sale. The bigger the sale the better for everyone.
List in general the items you have for sale in the ad (children's clothes, baby items, books, furniture, etc.).
If you have to put up several signs, make them consistent. Don't use cardboard at the corner and neon posterboard at an intersection. Try to make them look the same. Use the same terminology on your signs as you did in your ad. If you advertised a huge, 3-family yard sale, write those words on the sign so that those who saw the ad will find you easily.
Be sure to have plenty of change on hand.
I advertise a start time, but always try to be ready earlier. If you don't want early birds, state it in your ad.
Try to have every thing on a table. Don't put clothes out in boxes. If you don't have enough tables, turn large boxes upside down and use as tables. I also turn laundry baskets upside down and rest plywood on top of them for a nice long table.
Put larger items up front where people driving by can see them.
HTH Good luck with your sale!
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Some may not be comfortable with going out to eat at all, but we do order from certain places for our ds. At Sonic and McDonalds, we order a hamburger patty without the bun. He can have an apple juice slush. If we are worried about cross-contamination with the fries, we bring along some veggie for him. It sounds weird, but our ds loves frozen peas. I freeze these in small portions and just pull one from the freezer when I need it. If for some reason he doesn't want them frozen, I can easily heat them up in a few seconds before we leave.
If I'm not sure there will be anything for ds to eat at the restaurant we are going to, I try to have pre-cooked chicken tenders in the freezer. I freeze them in serving sizes and pop them in the microwave just before heading out the door.
Many fast-food places have allergen information on their websites. I printed these out and highlighted the things my ds could have. It helps to be prepared. They may get strange looks from people when ordering a burger without a bun, but I haven't had anyone tell me they won't do it.
Is he allergic to milk or eggs? If so, Great Foods Without Worry is a great cookbook, especially for baked goods.
I haven't tried replacing regular flour with an alternative flour blend because we also have to replace milk and egg. I'm not sure how it would work. There are a lot of gluten-free recipes floating around. There are also some good yahoo groups for support and recipes. :001_smile:
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It is very expensive. Miss Roben's is a little cheaper than most health food stores. The xanthan gum is extremely expensive, but lasts for a long time. You only need a tiny amount for most recipes. If you know someone who has some, perhaps they might share enough for your recipe. I also keep some of these ingredients in the freezer to make them last longer. I am still using the first box of egg replacer I bought almost 3 years ago (kept in the freezer), so it has been worth the initial investment.
I also buy some of the alternative flours at a bulk food store (my Mennonite friends say these are common in Amish country). I am pretty sure that I could get a very small bag of xanthan gum there if I asked (though it is still expensive by the pound).
Since it is only my ds who has to eat these special foods, I always freeze the extra servings. I take out what I need, and either microwave it or let it sit out on the counter to thaw. I do this with everything I make for him. We try not to waste anything unless he just doesn't like it at all.
It may take a while for him to adjust to the new textures and tastes of wheat-free baking. I have heard that the best thing to do is not try to substitute anything for a few weeks. Let his taste buds forget what "real" food tasted and felt like.
Since my ds was so young when he was diagnosed, we were fortunate that introducing new textures was pretty easy. The bread that he eats is not soft at all. I don't think I could eat it. He is very happy with it though. It is better than nothing to him.
It is very sweet of you to do this for your friend. Dealing with food allergies is a really big adjustment for everyone in the family.
HTH:001_smile:
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I am registered with the county. I prefer it to an umbrella school. I appreciate the accountablity of yearly evaluations.
I have several friends who are registered with a very inexpensive umbrella school that is low hassle, but I am not interested. I think this particular umbrella has less accountablity. (My friends actually go above and beyond what is required of them by the umbrella school, not sure that I would).
Eventually, we hope that our children will participate in extra-curricular activities through the public school system. Those who are under an umbrella school may not be able to do that.
I think the law in FL is pretty reasonable. I find it easy to comply with the rules.
I could see us using an umbrella school in high school because of transcripts. On the other hand, I wonder if writing transcripts can be any harder than any of the other things I've learned to do as a homeschooler.
You just have to decide what works best for you and your family. What works for one person doesn't work for another.
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My ds has several of the same allergies as your dd. It takes time to find replacements for so many foods, but you will eventually get the hang of it. When my ds was diagnosed, I had no support from the doctors. They told me simply to avoid soy or avoid milk. They didn't tell me what words to look for in the ingredient lists. I had to find that out for myself. Thankfully, I found some wonderful support on the internet.
One really good forum is Parents of Food Allergic Kids (POFAK). You have to pay to post on the forums, but the free membership allows you to read the general forum. If you get a paid membership, you will have access to the recipe database.
The babycenter food allergy board is also great. They have a huge recipe thread that may help get you started.
I would suggest starting with making a list of foods you know your dd can eat, and add to it as you find new foods.
My ds drinks rice milk (We use Westsoy Vanilla Rice Drink because he reacts to Rice Dream for some reason). We do not give him any kind of supplement. There are plenty of other real food sources for calcium if you are worried about that.
In addition to the allergy grocer, I order some of ds' food from Amazon. It is often cheaper than buying it at the health food store (which is an hour away anyway).
My favorite source for recipes is Great Foods Without Worry by Cindy Mosely. I have had success with every recipe I've tried from her book. The recipes are simple and taste pretty good too.
I hope this helps. You can do this.
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The reason for limiting the size of the crayon box is probably because they only have a small space to store supplies. When I was teaching, I wanted to limit box size simply because the whole 64 box with a sharpener is a huge distraction. It takes forever to find the right color, and some kids spend way too much time sharpening crayons.
I was with my sister the other day when she was picking up a few supplies for her kids. She had to buy 3-ring binders for each of their classes (middle and high school). I wondered how the teachers expected the kids to carry so many large binders along with their books. I would think that a folder with prongs would be sufficient (and cheaper).
Our community has a special event every year before school starts where kids can pick up free school supplies. They have to visit all of the sponsors' tables to get a stamp. When they have all of the stamps, they can turn their paper in to get a bag of supplies appropriate for their grade level. They don't have backpacks for everyone, but give out one to every tenth person at the sign-in table. Many of the sponsors also give out supplies also.
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My dh works as director of R&D for a plant tissue culture company. Before that he was an ag teacher/FFA advisor.
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I slice it into rounds and put it into a skillet with a small amount of oil (whatever kind you like) and salt. Saute it until it is very tender and no longer slimy. I like it dark (not really burnt, but with some good carmelization). It is delicious. It is much healthier than deep-fried, and tastes better too. It shrinks up a lot so be aware of that when you are deciding how much to cook.
HTH:)
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You do have to call. Here is the info from the website.
If your school does not participate in Box Tops for Education, ask your school principal or administrator to enroll in the program by calling 1-888-799-2444, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CST, seven days a week.
We are a pretty small group, (about 20 families) and have done better each year collecting box tops. The check that they send is made out to your group so you may need a checking account for the group to cash it.
We also collect Campbell's labels, but haven't purchased anything with them yet.
HTH:001_smile:
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I recently asked about laminating there. It is normally something like $4.50 a linear foot. The manager did mention that they would be offering half-price laminating soon (didn't give a specific date). HTH
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I am not as active in it anymore, but belong to a coupon sharing group. You can probably find one if you look in yahoo groups. This is not a group for trading. You submit a list of the coupons you would like from the Sunday paper. If someone else has extra or doesn't need those coupons for themselves, they may send them to you. You do the same for the others in the group.
I also make sure that my friends know that I use coupons. One precious lady at the church we attended before had been an avid couponer when she had a husband and child at home. Since she didn't need so many coupons anymore, she began bringing all of her coupons to me at church. When we moved away, she sent them to me through the mail. If there are any coupons I don't need, I try my best to share them with others.
If you sign up with VocalPoint, they will send you coupons and free samples. There are also short surveys to fill out every once in a while. It hardly takes any time. They almost always send a really good coupon for you and some that are almost as good to share with friends.
I also often get offers for printable coupons through mypoints. Our small local grocery stores won't take these, but other grocery stores will.
I always hear the advice to only clip the coupons that you will use. I find that clipping all the coupons and sharing what I don't need is a much better practice. I don't feel compelled to hang on to coupons for things I don't really need when I know someone else may get the benefit from them.
I hope this helps. Happy couponing!:001_smile:
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I love Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. The soundtrack is one of the best parts of the movie. :001_smile:
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My husband makes fun of me because I used to eat mayo and ketchup on saltines. Oh, and I spread the mayo thin and put a small dot of ketchup on each cracker. My mother taught me to love these.
Heather in NC, I love banana sandwiches with mayo too. It has to be white bread though. A tall glass of Dr. Pepper to drink with it makes it perfect.
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Panama City is not really a big city, but does have a mall and lots of places to shop. Traffic is worse around the beaches, but not horrible unless you are on "the strip."
Though the salty air may help a little, the oak pollen is thick in this part of Florida. We live an hour north of PC and have a lot of trouble with our allergies because of it. If you can go to the beach fairly often, it would be excellent.
Homeschooling in FL is easy as the others have said. There appears to be an active homeschool community there (They just had a used curriculum sale there this week). HTH
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This is such an interesting thread. I can't believe that with all these names, I haven't seen my maternal grandmother and great-grandmother's names, Bernice (pronounced BURN-iss) and Levada (prounounced Le-VAID-uh). My grandmother's sister was called Willie Murl. Her brother was Dovel.
I had a grandmother and a great-grandmother (paternal and maternal respectively) named Lily Mae. I sort of wished I could have named a little girl Lily, but it makes too many "L"s with our last name.
I had a great-grandfather named Brown.
My grandfather was Barney Mansel.
My uncles on my father's side are L.E. (Lovard Ezekiel), James, Shyne, Robert, and Marvin.
My mother is Sarah Catherine and is still called SarahCatherine (all one word) by people who knew her when she was growing up. She prefers to be called Sarah. Yes, we are in the South.
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Equal groups stories
HTH
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I agree that you either love Saxon, or hate it. I happen to love it. It keeps concepts fresh in my dd's mind. She will tell you that she doesn't enjoy math, but she is good at it. We do not do the timed drills because they stress her out (this is where I think her dislike of math began). Still, she knows the facts very well. She is just not very fast.
Today I went back and did all of the oral assessments (you are supposed to do them at every 10th lesson). I am glad I waited. It showed me that she really did retain a lot this year. I was also able to see that she truly understood the concept of regrouping in addition and subtraction (more than just knowing how to work the problem). I feel that this understanding is a direct result of both the individual attention she gets because we homeschool and because of the way Saxon teaches these concepts.
I didn't supplement too much this year. I did use the One Hundred Sheep tape to help her learn skip counting.
HTH
Online audio stories - show me some links please - lower grammar age but twaddle free
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Go to the College of Education section and select Lit2Go. Don't limit yourself by grade levels there. I felt that some of the selections for older grades suited my younger student just fine. Have fun!:001_smile: