I would like to see my 8 year old son work more independently, but I am not sure how to work him in that direction. He CAN do some of the work himself (without me hovering over him), but that would actually require him to READ the directions and the work (and he thinks he will die if he does that alone)....any thoughts on how I can gently encourage him and gain confidence in himself??

lapbooking for me is a new concept. Also, that there were SO many curriculums "out there"...I just about fainted when I was first introduced to the rainbow Resource catalog!! Workboxes is another idea I had never heard of.

That the same 3 kids can be best friends one day and the next day they are the worst enemies on the face of the earth?? I can't for the life of me figure out what is different today than yesterday...but all I know is today I want to give away the very same kids I couldn't get enough of yesterday....UGH!!!!!!!

I have 3 kids and we have just started lapbooking. At first I thought I would have each one do the same lapbook whenever we would do one...but I just couldn't figure out what would be the purpose of having 3 of everyone we did. So, I decided if we were doing a lapbook along side of a school topic, we would do one lapbook and each child would do part of it. But we have also done lapbooks on topics each child was interested in, they could do a lapbook on that topic...but at any rate, we will only have one lapbook per topic. Much more managable.

We haven't used the Chemistry program, but we have used both the Life Science and Earth Science and we love both of those. I hope someone else can speak specifically to the Chemistry for you.

thanks.

plastic containers and plastic zippered bags, what do you use to freeze food in? I make extra food all of the time so I have a quick meal when I need it...I simply do not have enough glass containers to keep food in the freezer in..so what would be some healthy alternatives? Kathy

I also agree whole heartedly with this. Kathy

let me recommend Hyrdasip...they have AWESOME customer service. I haven't received my bottles yet...but if they are as great as their customer service, they will be wonderful. Kathy

excellent point. thanks.

Excellent....perfect...and a great price too...THANKS!!!!!!!

If I ordered something and it was too late to cancel the order, is it ok, legal, acceptable, etc to just refuse the package and return it without opening it? A couple days ago I ordered water bottles...single walled...thinking I could buy insulated covers cheaply somewhere...haven't found any, and for the regular price of covers, I could have easily bought the double-walled bottles. SO, now I am trying to see if I can still cancel the order, but if I am unable to, I was just wondering what my cheapest options were to fixing my blunder. Thanks.

Do you trust them? I mean, the organic version of Ragu Spaghetti sauce for example. Do you believe them when they say ORGANIC on the label, or are they just trying to sucker us in by making usbelieve it is organic. I have even wondered if they can fake the little USDA ORGANIC sticker on their label. Does anybody have a thought on this???

ok...thanks...I will be sure to cook it super well....thanks for the assurance.

oh please tell me what to do???

My head cold has killed all of my brain cells....I made another blunder...I put thawed stew meat in my crock pot about 3 hours ago and I just now discovered I forgot to turn it on....did I just ruin my meat?? Should I continue to cook it or trash it??

Oh, it is so easy too.. 1 block of cream cheese softened 2 small cans of tuna--drained 1/4 cup of mayo all mixed together...and that is it. My kids LOVE it on Triscuit crackers, my hubby loves it on homemade bread...today we put it on torilla wraps...and that was good too. It is one of my favorites!!!

oops...I already mixed it up and then I thought to ask you guys..is it still ok??

I love making a tuna spread that uses soften cream cheese, tuna and mayo. My cream chesse wasn't softened, so I put it in the micro to soften it (my micro has a special button for this)...and the phone rang, and when I came back to check it...the cream cheese was soft (not melted) and sort of warm...can I still use it to make my spread???

I just bought these...I don't even have them yet... stainless steel bottles. bpa free stainless steel. water bottles by hydrasip the company had great bottles for a good price...but no sleeves. and the ones that I have seen are all about $10 each. So if you find some for less, please let me know...I just spent $75 for water bottles...I can't hardly fathom spening another $50 just to cover them and keep the contents cold..UGH!!

I would really prefer to buy them...I don't sew and by the time I buy the material and pay someone to sew it, I may as well pay $10 for the ones on the web. I guess I was really hoping for cheap ones somewhere.

I am looking for the insulated sleeve to go over our water bottles...but I don't want to spend $10 for each one (we need 5)...does anybody here know where I can find them cheaper? Thanks. Kathy

I am bumping this through one more time to see if any other great ideas are added.

My gut says that BPA is bad and I need to rid our home of things that might put BPA in our bodies...and I am wanting to read articles that will put it to me straight as to the dangers (or not) of BPA...can someone steer me in the right direction??? Kathy

bummer...