I plan to turn an old dresser into a kitchen island I am going to top it with a piece of butcher block (I think....if I can afford it)...and I want to make it big enough to hang over the edge so I can put a chair or a bar stool or something next to it. My question is how far over the edge should it go...a foot, bigger, smaller...what do you think?? ANd how tall should it be? Thanks. Kathy

yea...that would work here too..the problem would be turning the TV OFF when I got back...:001_smile:

do you start leaving your oldest in charge for a short amount of time...like 10-15 minutes? This is the deal...we live in a tiny town (400 people)...so the post office is down town...about 5 blocks away. We usually walk together to get the mail....or pick it up on our way out of town....but I have often wondered if I could leave my 3 kids (ages 9,7 and 5) alone for the 5-10 minutes it would take me to go to the post office and get the mail and mail a box. (the box is about 15 lbs which is why we are NOT walking today)...so, is 9 old enough to be put "in charge" for that amount of time and for me to not be on the homefront? I know it sort of depends on the kid...Hannah is responsible and would probably do just fine...oh, their dad is just across the parking lot at church (he's the pastor)...so if something did go terribly wrong, one of the kids could run over there. So what do you think??? Thanks.

I also LOVE FLL1/2...and so do my 3 kiddos. we got sort of bogged down on the nouns...so after about 30 some lessons on nouns, I started to look ahead, combine a couple lessons together...still memorized the poems (which I think is so important...memorizing something of substance..not just lyrics to a silly song...)...but I figured if my early 5 year old could tell everyone he knew what a noun was and could identify it in a spoken sentence (and so could my others)...we could safely move one. I knew we would be hitting those ideas again later anyway. But when we are done with this book, I plan to move on to the next one...at least with my 2 bigger kids (ages 7 and 9) Kathy

yea...I don't really "cook" anything...other than oatmeal

I am in need of a new microwave...but need some assistance in what features are good to have and which ones that I don't need to worry about...any suggestions??

I bought this for my son for Christmas, so I haven't seen his reaction to it, but I did open it up so I could look at it. It looks very cute and appears to be well made. The premise of the game is each child gets a flip book where any combo of characters and clothes could be created. Each combo is on the game board and they all race to find their combo. The combos are created by the roll of a die. For what it is worth, it got good reviews on Amazon (I always check that out)...and I bought mine for only $7.00 on clearance at a local store. But I am now eager to see if anyone who has actually PLAYED the game responds. Hope that helps a little.

I just bought the Egypt ones along with several other Egypt books for our VP study this year. I am hoping these will be enjoyed by my kids...the box should be here today...I'll let you all know.

OK...I will try this again this morning...maybe someone out there can help me!! THANKS!!!

I am using VP Old testament/ancient egypt this year with my 2nd and 3rd grader (my kinder sits in and does some of the things we are doing)...but what do I do with the projects where there are stories after stories (like the Unification of upper and lower Egypt)...am I to read these to the kids or is that just information for me? IT seems dry and I know my kids aren't going to sit and listen to me read that, but I don't want to skip over vital information either. Please someone, direct me! Thanks!!

There are so many different opinions and thoughts on this...how in the world is anyone suppose to decide what to do??? Good grief!!!!!!!

this is helpful...thanks.

great!! My kids are 5, 8 and 9. Kathy

please someone...I know that there are people on this board who use this program. Thanks. Kathy

THAT was very helpful. Thanks for your response.

We have just started this program this year and I am finding that I probably should have bought some of the supplimental books for the year. We can't even begin to afford all that are recomended, and was wondering if someone here could tell me which ones they found to be the most helpful. THANKS!!! Kathy

We started Homeschooling last Janurary. We started out with using SOTW for history. We got as far as Ancient Egypt, the pyramids and mummies etc. I thought the kids had a good understanding (ages 8,6 and 4 at the time). For a variety of reasons we decided to swtich to VP this year. This program starts out in a similar fashion...using some Bible History stories first and then going into Ancient Egypt. I am surprised by the lack of knowledge (or remembering) that my 2 older kids have of things we talked about last January-Aprilish. Should I be surprised...or is that to be expected of at this age. My children are not that fond of History (I am not either), so I am sure that plays apart of this. I really like VP and don't plan to change...but I was really hoping to skim through the parts that we covered last year..but now think I better not. WHat do you all think??? Kathy

We are using Saxon for math and there is a huge emphasis on skip counting and my daughter is having a huge mental block....she can do 10, 20, 30, 40, etc...but then when they ask her ___,___, ___, ___, ___, ____. 230, 240, 250, 260...she just shuts down...especially if she needs to go back into the 1 hundreds. Does that make sense? So my question is does anybody have any way to help this click with her that might be sort of fun too? Thanks. Kathy

also, if you put it in a bigger pan, it will harden faster...I figured this out the hard way once...for what it is worth.

I am going to bump this because I am interested in seeing what other will say.

Can someone direct me as to HOW to find a good dentist...what kinds of questions to ask, etc? Thanks.

We do workboxes in our home...so maybe I could put in one of her boxes..."Go and tidy up your room".

This thread has been very helpful to me...lots of thoughts, ideas and strategies to try. Thanks so much!! If you are so inclined..keep it coming...the more ideas the better!!!

thanks for all of the replies on this one. The deal with us is we have been going to a pediactric dentist...she is so busy it's hard to get into her, so we have only been going about yearly (maybe a little less)...and she has X-rayed our kids' teeth the last 3 appointments. She also found 2 small cavities in my 5 year old...on his molars..on opposite sides of his mouth. She wants to fill them with a silver filling with 2 separate appointments...which means 2 novocaine shots, 2 doses of "laughing gas" and 2 scary expereinces. My 7 year old son was told he needs his 6 year old molars coated with a protective coating. WE have done that before with our daughter...but I wonder how safe that is too. All 3 got a flouride treatment (and we don't use floride toothpaste at home)...I admit I am very lax when it comes to flossing...so I probably need to step that up some. I am just debating whether or not we need to find a different doctor and if so, how do we go about doing that. We don't live in or even near a big city, so our options are limited unless we drive 3 hours away. ThANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR REPLIES.