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  1. Loved this. We only have two children, but my husband is convinced that the answer to all of our problems is the Dodge Sprinter. :001_huh:
  2. Hi KAA! Are you back from vacation? During quiet time do you all sit together, or do you send your boys off with headphones? I think this is probably what we will end up doing. Thanks!
  3. Thanks! Are my kids really going to want to hear me read it, and then hear it again on the CD? Or are people generally using the CDs instead of reading?
  4. Do the SOTW CDs contain anything other than a straight reading of the text book? Thanks!
  5. Macrons indicate that the vowel is long. Long vowels (those with the macron) are held about twice as long as short vowels. So, it matters for pronunciation. Also, according to Wheelock's: "Students should regard macrons as part of the spelling of a word, since the differences of pronunciation they indicate are often crucial to meaning." The example they give is that liber is a noun that means book, but līber is an adjective meaning free.
  6. Charter school? She supplies the effort, they supply the books, guidance, and some even provide a computer.
  7. Oh, I'm not worried about SWB! I've seen her speak before and she is fabulous! I guess that I was just worried that we wouldn't connect with the rest of the speakers/vendors. It seems a little stalker-ish to go all the way to Ohio just to see SWB speak. :001_huh:
  8. I LOVE it. Oh. My. Word. I was reluctant to sign up, but now I consider it a necessity. Seriously - specialty food items, books, office supplies, shampoo. I believe that you can ship to anywhere, but the credit card that you use has to come from the "home" billing address. Don't take my word for it though.
  9. By "filled up" do you mean that the room was full and for good seats you had to be early? Or do you mean that they turned people away who were then unable to see that session? I am interested in flying out with my mom. She wants to attend a convention, and I want her to see SWB speak. (The convention here is heavily unschooling.) I wonder if this is going to be too religious... thoughts?
  10. With the Midwest conference do you register for specific speakers? Or register for the conference and attend whatever interests you? Do certain speakers fill up?
  11. If you are simply looking to get your photos organized and into books head to a service like Shutterfly. You do not need your own software - you just upload the photos, arrange them, add text if desired, and order. I do this every year for Christmas gifts - which is good because then I can never get too far behind. Shutterfly has lots of sales, particularly around holidays. I always get my books put together and then wait for a 20% off kinda deal. Digital scrapbooking is really a whole nother ball of wax. It can be extremely involved, artistic, individual, expensive, and time consuming. Granted plenty of people do speedy simple pages - but even for those there is a learn curve to using the "elements" and software. This type of digital scrapbooking produces a book that when printed through a company like Shutterfly is still totally your vision. Just like a paper scrapbook but a smooth page. I like digital scrapbooking way better than paper scrapbooking, because you can buy supplies without leaving the house, there is really no cleanup, you can use the same supplies over and over, etc. I have mostly used the GIMP (a free Photoshop-ish program). Most use Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. A great site to buy supplies, cruise the forums, and look at galleries is http://www.designerdigitals.com/ ETA: Designer Digitals has great tutorials for sale - I highly recommend them!
  12. :iagree: I certainly ignore plenty of housework tasks, but it is never quiet around here. Reading Moby Dick while game pieces fly over my head is not exactly rewarding. Also, someone has to do all those undesirable tasks. If you are the only one doing them, even if you do a poor/speedy job, the time still all adds up. Sometimes I wonder about what my kids will remember later... and I'm not really sure that I want our household legacy to be that there were never enough clean underwear and dinner always came out of a box. I also lack a sense that anyone (now, in the moment) cares. If I turned to my friend, while we strolled around the zoo, and asked what she thought of the symbolism in Don Quixote she would think I had lost my mind. I often wonder what the difference is between SWB and myself. Is it that she is more efficient? more intelligent? determined? she has help from her husband and her mother? her kids are older? How is she getting it all done?????
  13. Do you wrap the working yarn through your fingers? Do you drop and pick up the yarn for each stitch - or hold it through out the stitches? Do you use a selvedge stitch? Have you blocked a finished project?
  14. I am an adult and I wouldn't want to be away from my family for a month! If your kids were in the local school, age 12, and having s*x in the bathrooms and drinking vodka out of water bottles - then would she be happy? Or would she be complaining that these days kids grow up too fast? I guess my point is that there is no winning. It really bothers me that in our society we are always trying to speed kids up, starting with labor, then front facing car seats, weaning, schooling. Let the kid be a kid! I think that my reaction, in the moment, would be to grab my kiddo, tickle them, smooch them, coo, and say in a really sappy baby voice "Of course they are my babies! My little tiny babies! I am going to baby them forever!" And then I would turn towards her like I was going to pinch her cheeks and coo "Be careful or I will baby you too!" Or you could mention that she should hope that when she is elderly you take such good care of her. Just saying.
  15. We have (and love) an Elves and Angels kitchen. I decided it was the one for us when I read "and the stove hinge can support the weight of a child without tipping the kitchen over" and I thought "WOW! This guy has really thought through these kitchens!" I also recommend wool FELT food, purchased through Etsy. Handmade, durable, and non-toxic. Plus it is super cute!
  16. I have learned a lot (as an adult) from OPGTR. I would think that the general "look" of the book would work well for an older student, since it isn't filled with goofy pictures, etc. Also, the lessons are quite short (for an older student), so perhaps you could use them as a warm up exercise for whatever else you are doing that day?
  17. What about looking at reading/literature through the eyes of an illustrator? If she really likes to draw, perhaps she could illustrate some of her work? Or you could each read something and then discuss how you would illustrate it. Or talk about how you think the author's vocabulary is reflected in the illustrations. Really good illustrations are more than just drawings - they enrich the words. Which means, that a really good illustrator is usually a really good reader. ;)
  18. I always hated working in groups. The kids who were smart (or cared) did all the work in order not to have their grades dragged down by the slackers. I have never been in a "real world" situation that truly mirrors ps group work. I recently read about how employers hated group work oriented schooling. Perhaps in Dumbing Us Down?
  19. I am celiac. I would fix: Grilled chicken and veggie kabos (double check any sauces) Salad Rice or potatoes a bean and corn salad salsa and GF spice cake with ice cream This spice cake is super YUMMY with or without frosting: http://www.amazon.com/Namaste-Foods-Wheat-Gluten-Spice/dp/B000LKXGKU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1247698003&sr=8-1
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