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Thank you so much for the warm welcome. And the great advice.
Mamabgood - Thanks for the link to 4Real. I am exploring over there and getting some good ideas.
I agree clwcain, please don't go. This "One of the beauties of being Catholic is that the devotions grow out of the practice of the Faith. Start with that." was wonderful advice. And if we only do the two things you mentioned for Advent/Christmas this year, then that is a great start as well.
love2read - I also like your advice about following my own talents instead of trying to copy what others might be doing.
More soon. DH is home so I get to go vote!
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Jessica - I can't really help you out with MOL, but it is currently my math curriculum of choice. I have pored over the website and am a member of the Yahoo Group as well. I love the living aspect of it, the variety of methods for teaching, and the flexibility in the lessons. My kiddos are still really young (3.5 and 1.5), but I will probably purchase it next year (when DD is 4.5) and begin it slowly.
So glad to be here gleaning info from CM moms!
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Drama Queen - Big hugs.
A brief intro - My name is Pam. I grew up Southern Baptist/Pentecostal deep in the heart of Dixie. Now, my husband and I are attending RCIA classes at the only parish in our town. I will be entering the Church on Easter vigil. My husband is still not totally sure, but will support me and our children in the faith.
This journey into the Church has been one of the best ones I have ever undertaken. I never dreamed that the issues I had with organized religion would actually be addressed and solved by the Catholic Church, but they were. The faith means so much more to me everyday. It feels like I just can't do my conversion process justice with mere words, but I am very happy to be on this road.
That said, I was hoping to get some ideas and inspiration from you about how you live the faith in the domestic church. There is an overwhelming (to my type-A self) abundance of faithful practices and honestly I am finding that I am frozen with the choices. So what practices would you consider integral to living out the faith at home? Does anyone have a step-by-step plan to phase things in and not be overwhelmed? :001_unsure:
Right now we are saying grace at meals and teaching the kids the sign of the cross. Um, yeah, that is pretty much as far as I have gotten. I do read Bible stories to the kids each day. We did talk about Our Lady and celebrate her birthday. My kids are very young - three and one. I bought a rosary and a guide for praying it, but have yet to make a habit of it.
Also, with Advent season coming up, I always thought Advent was a count-down to Christmas, not it's own thing. :blushing: I would like to include some meaningful Advent practices this year as well.
I have a few books on living the liturgical year, but don't know where to begin.
Thanks for listening to my ramblings.
Pam
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Kristina - I agree with Jesi! Thanks so much for the implementation story. My oldest is three and we are certainly doing CM. I love your idea to add things slowly and working on your OWN habits. Very doable.
Pam
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The truth is, little children are so. much. work. My youngest is seven now and life is so easy, it seems like I've died and gone to heaven some days! I think you have to do what's needed for your own sanity and survival. Don't think for one minute about what other people do, or seem to do. No one knows what really happens in others' houses.
Just jumping it to say that I am so glad to see this. My two are 3.5 and 1.5. I try to enjoy EVERY moment, but can't wait for things to be a bit "easier".
Pam
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I too am researching CM and her methods. I started with "For the Children's Sake" and then moved on the the Levison books for more practical "how-tos". I also enjoyed "Real Learning in the Heart of my Home" by Elizabeth Foss which has Catholic perspective, but also many great CM ideas. My favorite book on the topic so far has been "When Children Love to Learn." It is not specifically geared towards homeschoolers, but it really made me more aware of some important CM principles. I also spend time at the Ambleside Online web site as well as Simply Charlotte Mason.
Pam
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children are still too young. But I wanted to point you toward Simply Charlotte Mason in case you have never seen it. They have book choices for history that span several age groups. To me it seems like a combo of AO and TOG. Since it is free it doesn't have the wonderful helps that the TOG IG does, but it does allow for an easier way to teach one history topic using age-appropriate books. It is set up more like AO with more "approachable" book selections and a very loose schedule. I am not explaining this well -- the site does it much better. HTH
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:iagree: Wonderfully said.There are very few people in this country being "denied access" to education, health care or gainful employment, the physically or mentally ill are the only ones that honestly come to my mind. Anyone who wants it badly enough will easily find access to all of the above. And if you can't find access on your own, there's a plethora of governmental organizations to help you. Is it perfect, no, definitely not, but the alternative is a much worse scenario.
When the "incentive to work" is broken, or not there at all, that is when the serious problems arise, and that is the underlying problem with socialism. Bigger government, less self sufficiency of the masses and massive income redistribution. Sure it sounds great on the surface - "free health care", "no taxes for the little people", just as Obama does, on the surface, but look at the underlying issues of what he's proposing. When people don't have an incentive to work increasing numbers won't. In small business when owners aren't entitled to their earned "reward" for their hard work and risk taking, they won't take those risks, they won't open those businesses that create jobs that pay taxes and fuel the capital economy.
No incentive = No workers = No jobs = Bigger government to take care of the employed = Higher taxes on the few businesses that can survive the burden and government "control" = increase in monopolies from lack of competition = fewer consumer choices = inferior products and services = government run everything = Socialism. Sorry, but I don't like the "change" that would come with this scenario.
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for one person or a small family, I would consider that well-off.
But for a small family business...no.
My husband's family had a small business, and there were years where we had a few million in receivables, but almost all of it went out again to pay employees, materials, taxes, fees, overhead, insurance.
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$250,000 is wealthy if that is a family's take home pay. Most people pulling in that kind of money, though, are like my boss. He also pays my salary, my associate's salary, and all of our business expenses, not to mention his own social security and employment taxes out of that. He still does pretty well for himself, but would certainly feel the crunch of a tax hike on the "wealthy". I am just afraid that the crunch he will feel is going to be equal to the amount of my salary.
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Blurb.com is another option. A friend did a photo book for his wife using the service and was very happy with the product.
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So glad you found it helpful. What you were describing really reminded me of that article.
I don't have any experience with ADD, but I could certainly see the issue you describing being related to giftedness.
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This struck a chord and reminded me of an article I read a few years ago. Sorry I do not have the link to the original article, but here is something similar. The gist is that some kids get the idea that if they must apply effort towards something that simply means they are not smart enough to do it. This particular article deals with how to praise, and that is not what you were asking about, but it seems some of the things you were mentioning about your daughter's attitude seem like they could fit here. Is she not working hard because she thinks if it doesn't come easy then she just isn't smart enough to do it?I don't know if this is a behavior problem as in she doesn't like working hard at something and really prefers for life to be easy or if she is struggling with this and we need to make changes.I know I was exactly like this as a kid.
I don't know how you praise and reward at your house, and you may already be doing this, but maybe try praising and rewarding effort over accomplishment for a while and see if that helps.
Good luck.
Pam
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so I couldn't see which EPSON you are looking at. I have an EPSON Photo 1400 and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.
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They now have a chalkboard tint base that you can do in up to 12 different colors. http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=168 We are going to use this in our new school room.
My neighbor painted a lightweight panel (about 5'x7') with black chalkboard paint, framed it out in white trim, and put it in her breakfast nook. It is really cute and functional.
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Yes, was so depressed. I am trying to look up and give it to God through prayer. In fact, I noticed so many church signs this morning that simply said "pray". So if the result of the election is a swell of prayers heading heavenward, that is a bright spot.