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Lori D.

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  1. Dianthus

    Are your booklists posted (in total) somewhere on this site?

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      Thx for asking, but alas, no.

      I craft individual booklists for each poster I respond to, after thinking hard about what they are asking for, or what I think would fit in with their needs/goals.

      Warmest regards, Lori D.

  2. Janice in NJ

    Hi Lori. I know I haven't been around for a while. Kids are grown, and I have moved into a career I am thoroughly enjoying. However, with HSing popping up in the news, I thought I would visit to see what you all are up to. I did a couple of searches and eventually landed on a comment you made during a discussion of the Hobbit back in January.

    I dug around on an old hard-drives and actually found those videos. I watched them this morning and can't thank you enough for mentioning them. Happy Times to be sure!

    Hope you and yours are doing well!

    Thank you,

    Janice

    Enjoy your little people

    Enjoy your journey

    .... even when parts of it are over 🙂

     

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      Howdy Janice! So very nice to "see" you on the boards again! Love hearing updates about what your family is doing when you pop in and out -- and the links to the organ concerts! 

      Oh, those videos of your grammar lesson on the opening sentence of The Hobbit are fantastic! Wish there was some way you might link or post them on the boards so this new generation of homeschoolers could appreciate that Grammar is not an isolated topic, and what heights homeschoolers can soar to when they dig in to teaching a topic. 😄 

      I just recently linked your "Jane Eyre and boys" thread in a Chat board ("I'm so mad at Mr. Rochester I could spit"), with a lady who was struggling with it, not too unlike you did in your thread. 😉

      I re-read that thread and realized how the boards have changed since we have both graduated all our kids (getting close to 10 years ago for me!) -- your thread led to some great deep thinking and discussion; that recent thread led to a lot of comparing of emotions. 😢

      BTW -- it would be so fun if you wanted to pop in occasionally onto the Book a Week threads with a comment about something you've been reading lately or just wave hello. There are several "old timers" (retired homeschoolers?) who post occasionally there, and it's always so delightful!

      So glad you all are doing well, and have all moved on to the next stage of the journey! Wishing you all health and peace in these unstable times. Warmest regards, Lori D.

  3. PeachyDoodle

    If TP doesn't come back into stock soon, I'm really going to regret having recycled that Rainbow Resource catalog!

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      Whew! 😄 I was afraid you were going to have to start scouring your neighborhood for big, soft leaves! 😂

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  4. PeachyDoodle

    If TP doesn't come back into stock soon, I'm really going to regret having recycled that Rainbow Resource catalog!

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      😂 -- Not laughing at your predicament -- it's your innovativeness... Did you find some TP??

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  5. SeaConquest

    Sacha is off to 3 days of Astrocamp in the mountains of So Cal. They may get snow! Let's see if my beach boy survives. 🙂

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      How fun! -- And... the cold will better help them simulate space travel... (:D

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  6. Chey

    Woo I love this site. Much better and lots more information than the facebook groups I've joined. 🙂

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      Welcome! 

  7. momto3boyz

    Hi Lori,

    We have been doing school for about two weeks.  I continue to be so grateful for the help you gave me.  History is so much more enjoyable and I also feel like we are both learning.  I just ordered four of the Kids Discover Magazines which you listed as a resource.  I think he will enjoy reading these on his own.  We have enjoyed re-watching some of  the Great Courses Ancient History & Decisive Battles lectures with Gregory S. Aldrete.  We love him :)

    Thanks Again!

    Paula

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      Yea! So glad you are having an enjoyable year with a change up in the History, and so kind of you to let me know that something I said was helpful! Have a wonderful year! Warmest regards, Lori

  8. happycc

    I am hanging in there. Mourning the death of my oldest son. 

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      (((happycc & family))) So very very sorry. : (

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  9. Andromeda

    Chocolate is made from cocoa. Cocoa is a plant. Therefore, chocolate is a salad.

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      yum, chocolate salad (:D

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  10. Word Nerd

    GOT TICKETS TO SEE U2: THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR THIS FALL AND AM SUPER EXCITED, CAN YOU TELL?!?!?!

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      We just got our tickets, too! Reliving our experience of seeing U2 on their Joshua Tree tour 30 years ago! (:D

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  11. homeschoolmama37

    Any moms looking to award credits to the transcript for an 8th grader? And if so, what kinds of credits? I'm looking at biology, writing and possibly ASL.

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      Welcome to high school record keeping, a year early. ;)

       

      Typically Math (Algebra 1 and above), Science (Biology and above), and Foreign Language (of high school level, and with the student continuing into high school with the next levels) are the credits that can be "brought up" onto the transcript from the 8th grade, because these subjects have clear progressing levels of rigor. English, Social Studies, and Electives are not so clear-cut, and so these are almost never inclu...

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  12. KathyBC

    My 14yo told me I sound mad in my texts to her. Apparently putting periods at the ends of my sentences makes me sound mad.

    1. Lori D.

      Lori D.

      Probably because you're not prefacing your texts with "trigger warning"... (:D

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