I feel badly for this woman who doesn't yet know the joy of helping her family. I hope the Bible Camp is a good wake-up call for her.

Well, I have a ten year old daughter that has been mostly home schooled. When people ask I tell them she's in 4th grade. We'd do the daily lessons and then just two of the weekly lessons - this is about four hours of work. This is what I have planned Daily Math - Singapore Assigned Reading - AO 4th grade suggestions not tied to history Chores/Life Skills - my daughter has a chores list she has to do each day Cursive - Cursive Writing Skills for Left-Handed Students Religion - AWANA book PE - Wii physical games Weekly Geography - Evan Moore North America then Europe History - SOTW 1 with activities Fine Arts - Mike Venzia books for artist study; Art for Kids for creation Latin - Prima Latina Music - Laudate! Grammar - Simply Grammar Nature/Science - Biology for Every Kid by Janice VanCleave; Backyard Birding for Kids (setting up bird feeders come winter and keeping track of what birds we see) Logic - Mind Benders or Red Herrings (this would be new to us, and I'll just be testing it out to see how it goes) Touch Typing - a computer program we have that is just titled "Touch Typing for Kids" Character - The Book of Virtues for Young People

I used a letter I asked my local school district for. It said all of "This person chooses to home school their child".

I no longer have my first edition book, but the third edition looks like it hasn't changed at all in third edition. Yes, SWB does still suggest the Slow and Steady book.

Chrissa by Mary Casanova and the sequel Chrissa Stands Tall would be good books to read. It is about one new girl and how she deals with the girls who bully her and her eventual friends. There is a movie of the books too. My experience with summer activities has lead em to believe that the cruelty of second grade girls is nothing compared toe fourth and fifth grade girls.

How was it for seeing the example given, or getting the hand over the middle of the book? Thank you for the suggestion, I am looking at it right now :D

My daughter can't read regular cursive from having learned the Italics. Maybe it's the style in BHfC but it hasn't translated into understanding grandma's handwriting (which is lovely). We'll be finishing out the book we are currently using. It's truly wonderful!

Hummm. I can speak for my DD and say that for her depth is easy. She can go over something once and just get it. She HATES going over something time and again. For example; math. She hated Saxon and all the reviews. She loves Singapore and flies through it. So all that said I believe that mastery of the main subjects is the most important objective. We don't, IMO, have to cover every subject because our children have a lifetime of learning ahead of them. I follow most of The Latin-Centered Curriculum and supplement with some WTM. When neither of those guides work I go to Charlotte Mason. This combination, for me, keeps things simple but provided a solid education that fits my child just right :D

My daughter is left handed and hand writing is her least favorite subject. We've used "Italics: Beautiful Handwriting for Children" with great success and enjoyment. We're almost to the end of the book and we need to move on to full cursive. Why? Because we have a multi-generational home and my mom writes exclusively in cursive. What have people tried with a lefty and found useful. Annabelle doesn't hook her hand much.

Ah, don't assume because someone lives with family they don't pay rent. I live with my Mom and pay half my income in rent. The woman you know may not qualify because you can't have money in savings and get food stamps. Lots of people believe it's easy to get welfare or food stamps or SSI and the like. I'm hear to tell you it's not. The government by and large does not want to give the money out and will look for any way to say no. My daughter has never been to Disneyland or Disney World.

My DD had this surgery last Spring. It really was two weeks of recovery. It's not all laying in bed, but it's a lot of the same soft foods. My daughter loved tha ll you can eat jello/ice cream/mashed potatoes/pudding diet. IMO, this is a great time to break out "The Velveteen Rabbit". When I had mine out I got the book as a gift and connected with the recovery from illness part of the story. When I had my tonsils out I was one of the rare bleeders, but my daughter was not.

I nursed my daughter until the day of her fourth birthday. I had to ween her because I had to start taking anti-seizure meds and I didn't want her getting any in my breast milk. She was nursing only about every three days at the time. To me personally I think the mother is uncomfortable with still nursing, but is equally uncomfortable with telling her daughter no. She makes rules about getting dressed and how her daughter can nurse - that's what suggests to me she is uncomfortable with it. I also think the documentary could be misleading. For example, I bet her daughters aren't as nursing focused as it seemed. Suggestions from the crew could have been "Can you draw us a picture of you Mum's boobs" or "What does breast milk taste like". Those parts would have been cut out and it looks to us like the girls are always talking about nursing and breasts. I am very thankful that my daughter nursed beyond the age of two. The UN suggests that nursing should happen until the age of two, and the AAP recommends that breast feeding the the main source of nutrition until at least the age of one. My daughter has food allergies and had little interest in solid foods until she was sixteen months old. She never had a thing to do with baby food - she pretty much just went straight into regular adult food. She's also left handed so she had problems learning how to use a spoon until I started showing her how with my left hand.

Anne, I'm happy to hear that Drew and said kiddo are good. I've been worried and alternating between prayer and wringing hands even though I've heard they are fine. Y'all are in our prayers. :grouphug: and it's time for me to go take a :chillpill: