My daughter has evening activities four nights a week. On our easy nights where it's only two hours, we have a late, hearty lunch and then have a light dinner as we walk in the door after dance. Then she usually crafts quietly for awhile, listens to music, and/or reads until lights out at 10. She sleeps until about 8 or 9 in the morning depending on what time she actually falls asleep. Tonight she walked in the door at 9 and I can tell she's still awake now at nearly 11. She has always been a night owl,though.

I am so very sorry for your loss. :(

My daughter does at least an hour a day of the book. If she runs into a problem, or doesn't get something, she'll watch the video. Sometimes I'll work problems with her. Sometimes she explains to me how it's done. She'll play on alcumus as she feels ready/wants to, usually when she's not quite ready to move on or before a review section.

We started last week and with only a couple of bumpy days. So far we are doing much better than last year and she seems to be really enjoying our curriculum choices this year.

I know this is older but was going to ask the same question so wondered if anyone had updates on what the used or new recommendations.

This looks awesome! Thx!

thanks for all the suggestions! I have started with Elementeo as she's into super heroes right now and see where it all goes.

Yes, sight words are repeated but the majority of the words are just building off each other. So you learn "act" and then spell a 19 other words with the word "act" in it, from simple to longer and/or more complicated words. Every so often there is a review and then you use that to go over the sections they had trouble with/redo those rows. There is a ton of info on their website about their approach. It was originally meant for kids with dyslexia.

SS does not teach spelling rules. The concept is that words build off of each other and just learning the patterns teaches spelling. it appears to be exactly like the books, which works for some but not for others. Thanks for the feedback on the voice. Between that and the fact I feel writing it out is better for brain connection, I'll stick with the paper guides.

As a parent with a child who is homeschooled and one who is in public school, I'd recommend that you consider talking to the school as to what they are doing about her concerns. Is she the only one struggling? If so, does she need testing to see about Learning disabilities? If not, why are so many kids struggling and what are they doing? As for after schooling, you have to get to the root of the issue. Is she having trouble with basic addition/subtraction? Is it multiplication that needs solidifying? What is she struggling with? As for good programs to use to remediate a child in math I'd consider the blue Math Mammoth books or the Key to Math series. But first, I'd figure out what the underlying issue is.

My dancing daughter is also dealing with an injury on her leg, ankle. I'd definitely get her in to see a specialist. We put it off much too long. She ended up in a boot for a month and limited dance since then and it still bothers her even after physical therapy. All that to say that they discovered that her right femur is longer than her left and is causing her to smack one leg harder into the ground then the other. If she wears a lift in her shoe, she's ok. But dance, lift... Yeah, it's been fun adjusting her dance shoes. Anyway, before all that there were a million things it could have been and it took quite a bit to figure out what it was. Also, my daughter also dances competitively. Will her studio not give her a pass if she's injured temporarily? At ours, you have to come in and watch but you're still on team and they do choreo with and without you. MOF, we have one girl who was out the entire audition process due to back surgery and she was still placed on team and is fitted into dances with the understanding she might not even be able to dance this year.

It's been awhile since I went but my kids loved to explore World Showcase and they were four and six at the time. They got to march in the Patriot Parade and received copies of the Constitution, they spent time watching the trains, played at the drums section, and of course we had breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus snacks in different countries. We also stood in line to meet the dwarves, jasmine and alladin, beauty and the beast, and I'm sure others. And it's a long walk around. We did not step foot in a shop, either and it still took us all day.

Dance mom here and I've done fittings as well. It's really hard to say but I usually recommend you take her current measurements and look at the size chart. Whichever is the largest size recommended is the minimum size you want. If she's at the top end of the size range, go up. If at the bottom, she will probably be ok as there is usually a bit of seam to play with, in or out. Although my daughter grew six inches one comp season, she was fine, albeit not for too much longer, because we had ordered her costumes with the above in mind. One other thing, you want to find out if the company size charts are accurate. One company we use, we always go up one size to start. Their charts are just that off.

Thanks for the suggestions!

I'm looking for board game suggestions for learning the periodic table and/or chemistry. What have you tried or heard of?

Sleep Medication Exercise

Yes, it would bother me for the same reasons everyone above said.

Sports headbands Nail kits (clippers, etc) Lip balm Sport socks T-shirts specifically for girls about their favorite sport Small thermal to throw in gym bag Sports bottle jewelry Playbook Journal Lotion Hand sanitizer (bath and body works have great small ones with clip on holders)

Good idea!

I ended up getting this one. Going to see. A little simpler than I wanted but it may work. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q56BSEA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My daughter does Girl Scout camp and they actively do everything they can to keep all girls there. But yes, they stay up late and no, a counselor can't go alone back to camp for one scout. Two leaders to a group/scout. Period. Otoh, they'd encourage drinking but not forcing. That seems like a lot of water. That alone could be making her ill. I drink too much and I'm sick to my stomach. And the girls can sleep any which way as long as they are on their bunk, alone. Either there is an underlying something that maybe they've picked up on but don't have words for or the counsellors are just odd. I hope she sleeps through the night and all is well in the morn.

Thanks for all the suggestions. His school may be doing chrome books next year so I will look into that. His IEP does have accommodations but we are working hard on independence this year so we are hoping he'll get on track and then his teacher will sign. I'll make my own if I have to, I'd just rather not. But it may come to that. I use the notebook method for my daughter but it just wasn't cutting it for him for some reason. His school uses the format of that first link; the weekly planner model. It was just too distracting for him. I wonder why the one I posted never went to print. It looks fab. Thanks for the suggestions. I just may have to do it on my own.

The volunteer fire station a couple blocks away from me is a "gym". At 11 tonight on my walk I saw a car stop there for a couple minutes. I was amused.

My son attends the local PS and the planner they provide was not helpful enough last year. I'm looking for a planner that would have a page per day as he has trouble with handwriting. Anyone seen anything like this? I love the look of this one but it doesn't seem to be around anymore. http://www.agendaworks.com/inside_page.html Or, anyone have planner recommendations for their disorganized child?

The kids and I just went walking at 10:30 at night cuz I just download it. This could be bad. :)