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My boys have far fewer than 14 pairs of pants. They have 3-4 pairs of jeans, 1-2 pairs of khakis and a pair of dress pants. They wear shorts or pajama pants around the house. 14 does sound like a reasonable number of shirts.
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Do you stub your toe or stump it?
Wisco replied to fairfarmhand's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Stub. -
My first Wordless Wednesday. :001_smile:
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What Do You Call Your MIL and FIL?
Wisco replied to Georgiana Daniels's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I call my in-laws by their first names. My husband calls my mother by her first name and my father "Mr. Lastname" or "Sir." :D -
do you do a date night with your husband?
Wisco replied to ProudGrandma's topic in General Education Discussion Board
We have a babysitter come every Saturday night and we rotate between taking each of the boys out for a special night with Mom and Dad, and going out alone. So, every fourth Saturday is date night. We usually go shopping and out to a late dinner, or go to dinner early and then to a movie. Now that my oldest can keep an eye on his brothers for a short time during the day, we also like to go on quick "day dates" for lunch, coffee or just for a drive. -
I just started a new blog a few weeks ago. It's a little rough, but here's Week 1.
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Your fave drawing book/curriculum for 3-6th grade?
Wisco replied to Halcyon's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
I stay out of the way of my oldest son's art, but he prefers art books written for adult beginners to children's books. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is his current favorite. -
AMC 8 Math Exam
Wisco replied to Sebastian (a lady)'s topic in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
I'm on the fence about signing my oldest up... he's not the competitive type, but I think it could be a good stretch/push for him. :001_unsure: -
What is for #1 favorite thing you've used for homeschool?
Wisco replied to bttrflyvld's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
Curriculum: Singapore Math, Writing Tales, Story of the World, Alex et Zoé Other: Internet, library, IKEA, coffee -
Need a word/term/phrase
Wisco replied to BibleBeltCatholicMom's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Something about putting human anomalies on display? -
Should we drop WWE or stick with it? Also, level for Writing Tales?
Wisco replied to Halcyon's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
It sounds to me like you've gotten as much out of WWE as you're going to get right now, and Writing Tales is fantastic, so I wouldn't feel bad about switching. That's not curriculum hopping, it's moving on. My 4th grader is about halfway through WT2 and my 3rd grader is just starting WT1. I would probably start with WT1 in your situation. I think the shorter stories in WT1 are great for a natural writer, where the focus can be on improving the quality of the writing, not just on getting it done. You'll probably want to speed through or skip some grammar sections, and he'll get through each level in less than 30 weeks. I love WT so much that I'd want to get as much time out of it as possible. :) -
Thanks! My 3rd grader will be spending 3-4 hours, so 5-6 hours for my 4th grader should be about right to start out with. Heather
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Do you read your kids' books?
Wisco replied to mothergooseof4's topic in General Education Discussion Board
If there's a book that I really want to be able to discuss, I either read it aloud or read it before them. I don't pre-read books because of content - there's no way I could keep up if I tried. Heather -
Thank you all! I can see now that I'm looking at this from the wrong angle - I was looking out from a "school" perspective instead of looking in from the rest of his life. I'm sure that doesn't make much sense to anyone but me. :D Ruth - Last year, I moved art and music to his free time because I knew he'd do those on his own. I never thought to do that with academic subjects, but it'll be interesting to see whether he ever opens the German books he so desperately needed. ;) For now, I'm thinking of limiting each subject to about an hour and the full school day to six to see how it goes. He practices piano for an hour every day and has outside activities three nights per week, but that should still give him a couple hours to cause trouble. Thanks again! Heather