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:iagree: This sounds so much better. Honestly, L&D/Nurseries get these all the times so it isn't something out of the ordinary. I do have to ask, no bath for a baby born in a hospital? From the nursery side, these are all normal occurances except the no bath. We do have parents request that they do the bath.

Couple of options. Sonlight Science. Pick a level that is appropriate for both. Probably level A or B. If that is more than you want to spend. How about Abeka? My older kids really liked Abeka's elementary science series. I didn't use it like a textbook ( didn't do unit tests, etc). We read and did experiments. It is inexpensive enough that I keep one around for my science kid to read on his own.

Yes. If a deist organization created a youth religious emblem then they could offer it. BSA does not create or administer the religious emblem program of any faith. I don't know of the process to decide which religious emblems get recongnized by BSA (which just means that it can be worn on the uniform). I am not aware of any religious emblems that are not currently recognized by BSA. The current list is varied enough that it is obvious not just Christian faiths that are recognized. Also, a boy can meet this requirement through his home and with his parents. Honestly, after having gone through a religious emblem program with my youngest son, we will be meeting future requirements at home. HTH

A boy does not have to earn a Religious emblem of their faith to progress through scouting. This is an elective type of requirement. I believe the "don't accept" comment was related to the Religious emblem. The Religious emblem is something earned through a religious organization that can be worn on the scout uniform. My eldest son is an Eagle Scout and never earned a religious emblem of any kind during his scouting career. My younger son is a Webelos and earned one but doesn't wear it on his uniform. http://usscouts.org/advance/cubscout/intro.asp will give you specific information regarding the "Duty to God" or reverant requirement during the various stages of scouting. Each rank has it's own requirement. Any person " of faith" can meet these requirements in one manner or another. HTH

BSA doesn't expect a proclamation regarding a particular diety. The expectation is reverence as shown by personal practice. What that may look like would be dependant on the boy's family and religious leaders about thier particular religious devotion. In reality, I've had boys respond to "How are you reverent" by answering about going to service, serving during a Scout Sunday (even if they weren't typically church goers), etc. One boy talked about his tenure as a Chaplain at Philmont. He wasn't especially concerned that everyone getting the religious badge ( or whatever it was) but he did say grace before each meal and took it upon himself to deal with each person who experienced homesickness. He stated that he was reverant by tending to his fellow scouts during their time of need. HTH

Yes the religious issue is going to be an ongoing issue.You could just skip the Duty to God requirement and not earn the Bear badge. In practice, at the Cub Scout level, Duty to God is typically left to the parent's discretion. However, at the Boy Scout level, being Reverent is an importmant aspect. This is a question that can be asked at each Board of Review just like any other quality that is part of the Boy Scout Oath and Law. There is a requirement to have a reference from a Religious Leader for the Eagle Scout rank. Each boy that I know that has received his Eagle has been asked questions about how he has been reverent at various points of his scouting career. I do know of one boy who was not actively involved in a church organization. He got involved with a local youth group in which the Scoutmaster was a leader so he could have a reference of a religious leader. HTH

First a story, my oldest dd didn't start reading until 8-9. She is in college doing quite well. SO hang in there! What level is she reading at? I did the reading level tests that I found on donpotters . MWIA is about halfway down the list. At age 8 my current late reader (vision fine, no LD but with a history of a severe speech motor problem) was reading at a 1.8 level. I retested him this summer at age 9 and he is at a 4.3 level. We approach reading from multiple angles. First we did All About Spelling. I can't recommend this enough. I have him read the cards during our spelling lesson. I keep a card in the reading pile until he reads it multiple times without hesitation. Second, we do a review of phonics. I started out using Phonics pathways but halfway through the year switch to Reading Pathways. I have him read a page a day and call it a "reading warmup". Third, reading. I use Pathway readers. This past year I spent 2 days per story. We analyze each new word before reading the story using the terminology that he is familiar with from AAS. We read each story 2 days in a roll before moving on to the next story. Fourth, fun reading. During the afternoon, we do some fun reading. Since he was hesitant about reading, I do not force him to read a story that he hasn't already read. So we either re-read a pathway reader or read some super easy books during this time. I want to boost his confidence during this time. 5th, Lots of high interest read alouds. I want him excited about books. So that's our story. He is now reading at grade level but we are going to keep up the same plan this year. My recommendations is... -- find a reading test that you like and use it. You want to be able to evaluate if your plan is working or not. --AAS is a great way to review reading in the context of spelling. Easy to use. --find a systematic reading program that builds on itself. Both of my late readers really benefited from using a program like Pathway. HTH

We spend about 4 days per step once we got through the first part of book 1. We do lots of review and all of the dictation. Typically, I do..... day 1. Review as prompted from text , introduce/teach lesson, have child spell 5 words on the board, do 1/4 of the dictation. day 2. Review any previous concepts as needed (ex. concept that needed prompting in previous days dictation or a mispelling in other writing), Review current step, spell 5 words on the board, do 1/4 of the dictation. day 3. Review as needed. Read through cards of previous lessons. Spell 5 words on paper, do 1/4 of dictation. day 4. Review as needed. Read through cards of previous lessons. Spell 5 words on paper, do 1/4 dictation.

I finished ADV last year with a kid who loves science. My first advice is to do everything with ADV science first. Make sure you "talk it up", there is a lot there. Do the lab sheets. Frequently people who state that ADV is lite really aren't delving deep into the nature study day. I use Comstocks' Handbook of Nature Study to help me with nature study. I believe it is online. I pick a topic, read up on it, and then we do our nature study with a purpose. Another option is to look at Harmony art Mom's Handbook of Nature Study blog. I added in extra optional science with other volumes of Usborne's Book of Science Activities books. I already owned these. MFW uses a few of the individual titles for MFW 1. I purchased a corresponding science kit from Sonlight. When my science loving kid wanted to do more science, I let him pick an experiment and we did it. Since I had the supplies on hand this was an easy way to add in more science without the burden to teach something extra.

If X-ray Tech interest you then you might also want to check out Nuclear Med. Tech.

I tear them out.

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Hs'ing in the 90's... You met hs'ers at the library. They were the people at the library in the middle of the day with the KONOS vol. searching for the books you wanted. Park days were a BIG DEAL. I miss park days. A weekly park day and a monthly field trip was all we needed. Nobody was trying to figure out how to hs in 3 days because of multiple outside commitments. Less distractions. Period. Somehow we managed to hs our kids without 3 LA programs or trying to merge two completely different math programs. If I didn't know the answer to a question, instead of google, I would look for the answer at the library. Computers and the internet are a nice addition to homeschooling but not essential. We would get along just fine without it. Sometimes I feel that the internet and computer is too much of a distraction. Occasionally we have internet free months just to get back on track.

:iagree: I just recently loss our school room so we are back to using the dining room table. I been hsing since 1994 and used to say our home was decorating in "Early American Homeschool". :lol: I really got used to having all the school stuff in a separate room and LOVE the look of my dining room without all the clutter. So in my family, I'm the one that wants the main part of the house to look homeschool free. I converted a coat closet on the first floor into a school supply closet. I have sterilite drawers taming our books/supplies in the closet. Each morning I pull out a pencil/crayon organizer thing and a small crate that has our books needed for that day. Everything I need to have accessible for the year is in the closet. The rest of my stuff ( I have a lot of stuff!) is elsewhere in the house. My kids still like their stuff on the wall, so I put the educational posters, etc in their room. Looks cute and they are happy. I had a timeline on the wall in our schoolroom but the child moving in wants it to stay. Ultimately they both may have a time line in their room. IDK. The only item I have not found a acceptable solution for is our 2x3 whiteboard that we use for AAS. Currently it is upstairs and it seems a little silly to go upstairs to do spelling but that is what we may be doing. LOL

Ohhh. I like Rivendell Academy much better. I did not include anything extra reflecting our homeschool status to our transcripts. Once you get serious about a particular college or option then you can adjust your transcript if they have any particular requirements. My oldest joined the Navy and his recruitor suggested that I note which courses were outside courses so it would be obvious that my son had some experience with "group learning". So I did. For 9th grade, keep a running log of classes and grades. Finalize your transcript the senior year when you have narrowed your options. But seriously.... Rivendell Academy!

How about Rivendell High School? Honestly, you are way over thinking this. IMHO.

I hope this works out for you! This sounds like an awesome schedule. Your children should be able to get school done in 4 mornings and 3 afternoons. Your older children sound like they are ready for the challenge of watching the youngers a few hours a couple days a week. Having DH on board sounds like a winning combination for all of you! Have you considered paying your children that are old enough for the sitter course? Make it more of a job with a detailed list for them with specific responsibilities. Good luck on the interview!

I work 4- 12 hr shifts every 2 weeks. 2 of those shifts are on the weekend so that means I work 2 weekdays every 2 weeks. It's doable. I've been doing this for so long that I'm not sure what a non-working homeschooling schedule looks like. :tongue_smilie: I generally don't expect my kids to get any school done while I'm gone. However, when my older 2 were teens they would typically do math, writing and reading on the days that I work. Everybody in the family pitches in for housework/laundry. Everyone over the age of 10 ( including DH) is responsible for their own laundry. DH does dinner on the days I work. The older kids from middle school to college were responsible for keeping the main areas of the house clean. ( I miss those days. LOL) I currently have a college age dd at home and she does my usual housework jobs on the days I work. Typically, directs youngers for pick up, sweep the floors as needed, wash a load of dishes, etc. I never made my older two responsible for the care of my youngers on work days. In fact, my college age daughter is not my first child care option. Backup yes....first choice no. I pay grandma to watch my younger children while I'm working,and my college age daughteris back up if grandma has an appt or needs to leave before dh gets home from work. My dd will occassionally watch the youngers for an entire day but this is not the norm nor would I want it to be. Meaning....if I need her for an entire day, I ask if she is available, and I'm willing to adjust my schedule if the answer is no. Will the shifts be 2 or 3 afternoons per week? I Do you have another child care option for your younger kids for the afternoons? OR are you willing and able to not have any school work done on these afternoon shifts? Who is responsible for dinner on those nights? Does the entire family pitch in for housework/laundry? Working and homeschooling is a viable option. I love my job and am very thankful that I get to work. For us, the pros win. In addition to the money....there is retirement, health insurance, extra money for fun stuff....and Mama is happy! I would only quit if there was no other way for us to continue homeschooling. In fact, I would probably work nights (dreadful alternative) to create a workable schedule that did not require childcare before quiting. HTH

I did not allow my older kids to play with guns, etc. My oldest son is in the Navy and is training to be on the "pirate greeting committee". My oldest daughter is planning a career in law enforcement. My younger kids have an arsenal of weapons and we encourage daily play. Maybe they will grow up to be accountants. IDK.

Funny you should ask! I had mine taken out last Friday. I knew it was time when I had my oldest dd drive me to the ER for the pain .....and pain meds didn't help. Pain worse than childbirth is an excellent analogy! My liver labs were totally out of whack so surgery couldn't have waited even if the pain wasn't as unbearable. I didn't try anything else before since I was diagnosed in the ER that day. Although the surgeon listed off several of my non-specific symptoms that I had been having for some time. It's been a week and I feel good. Surgeon says that I will be able to return to all normal activities in 2 weeks. Specifically stated that if I had an "desk" job I could return in a week but anything labor intensive to wait 2 weeks. Haven't received my final bill yet. My bill will include an ER visit, 4 day hospital stay, and an Endoscopy procedure to get the remaining stones out. (AND I have to go back in a month to have another Endoscopy procedure to remove a stent that was placed) Oh....and pain meds.....lots of pain meds before the surgery. I think if you can go in and just have surgery and stay 1 night ( or do a 23 hr observation) it obviously would be much cheaper than the route I went.....so don't wait too long. If you want, send me a message and I can get back with you with a cost..... If I had known that I was having problems, I could have done the surgery and been ready to go home the next morning very easily. Good luck!

Ignore and stay uninvolved. Kids need to learn to work this out on their own. If I have to get involved, I sent them all to separate spaces for a time out.

:iagree: I have found that the most important skill to learn in the early years is good habits. If she is crying every.single. time. then it's time to re-evaluate. I would take a break for a couple of weeks. During the time that you normally do school, do some fun things. Keep the routine but drop the content....even the content that you know she can do. Play some games, play with the AAS tiles, read, etc. Do lots of easy review during this time. I would keep the routine because you want her to know that school is something she has to do. If she is still balking about schooltime during this decompressing time then push through, but try to make it easy enough that she doesn't balk! Once you have the routine going without tears start adding your curricula. Add in one subject back at a time. If you hit a wall with a particular curricula then back off just a smidge. If writing the words in AAS 2 brings tears, back off and plan on reviewing previous content, or doing the lessons without writing, or have her only write 1 word per day. She may be able to do the content, but it may be just a little too challenging for a 6yo. It is possible that if you back off just a little bit and give her some time to mature then the tears will stop. It will not be detrimental for her long term academic success if a 6 yo backs off a bit from the level that you currently have her working. Note, I'm not saying let her decide when or if she does school. I'm not saying drop content and do games for an extended period of time. I'm not saying make it all fun and games. Give yourself some time to decompress while keeping the routine of school. Reassess each curricula individually to see if you need to review content, teach at a slightly lower level, or find an another way to do the work. Realize that she is 6 and may just need a little more time to mature. Best of luck, mama!

I did MFW ADV with my 8yo, 3rd grader this past year, and it was not too lite. I had some of the SL 3 readers/read alouds that we used for book basket. I did not add to science. It was a perfect fit for 3rd grade.