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I am looking for a spelling program/book for a second grader who is a fantastic reader and speller. I need something that he can work on on his own while I do AAS with a remedial 4th grader. I have spellingworkoutB wich he lookde at today and said was too easy. I think C or D might be a better fit but I don't really love that series of workbooks. I've only see A and B but it doesn't seem as step-by-step or logical as I would like. But maybe it's fine for DS2 (DS1 really needs to have patterns laid out for him--AAS seems like a good fit.)
TIA
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three blessings, I am going to look online at your suggestion later today.
I have AAS 1 and 2, which I used last summer with DS1. It helped some. I'm torn between using that a coupled with sight words and a few words a week from his writing OR the Tricks of the Trade spelling notebook approach. Thoughts?
Thank you and happy mother's day!
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Thank you, Lisa. I was wondering about the workbooks/teacher's text. Looking at the samples online I thought they were a bit reduntant, but I was only looking at small samples. What do you think you miss out on if you don't buy the teacher's text? Also, how much time do you spend a week or day with this program?
Again, thank you. I've checked a few times today so I was really happy to see your response!
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Hello,
My three older children left public school last month. I would like to start the older two (grades 2 and 4) with WWE, but I'm having trouble figuring out where to start, what I need to get started, and at what level to place the boys.
Suggestions?
Here's what I know about their writing levels. My second grader writes at a level well above what would be considered typical for ps second grader. His spelling is great. He punctuates well. His ideas are fairly well-formed and has an innate sense of structure and pacing. He concentrates well.
My fourth grader attended first grade in Russia (he's American born but we lived there in Moscow from 2004-2008). He learned to read and write in Russian before he learned to do so in English. His spelling is dreadful.(for example he still spells they "thay" and said "sed" if he's writing for himself.). However, his word sense, pacing, structuring are very good. He's even witty. He has difficulty concentrating unless he's really into the subject.
Finally, I was wondering if you could tell me a little about your experience of using WWE has been.
Many thanks,
Suzanne
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That should read-- parents with elementary-age children and a baby.
Hi, I'm a long-time lurker here who has finally--after years of agonizing and a few dry runs--taken her children out of school and begun homeschooling.
We are now in week 2.
Things are going wonderfully in many ways. Still, there are several issues that I could use help with. I'll be posting more in the coming days. Here's the first issue: my six month old, who has always been nursed to sleep for naps and bed, is only catnapping. He's sleeps for 20-30 minutes in the morning, and about that long at midday, mid-afternoon and early evening. He goes to bed late--around 9:30. He wakes in the night and I nurse him back to sleep then too.
This is difficult for lots of reasons, but primarily I am concerned because he's not getting high quality sleep and he is developing habits that won't be good in the long run.
(Dh has helped with night-weaning in the past (comforting the babe so s/he loses that sleep/milk connection) but is abroad until June 1.)
So I'm asking for two things. First, your best advice for getting his sleep sorted out. Second, I'd just like some examples of schedules (including naps,chores,schoolwork, music practice, sports) in families with several oung children and a baby.
My dcs are 10, 8, 6, almost 4 and 6 mos.
Thanks very, very much.
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I'm not due until the 25th, but ds3 was born three weeks early and so I've been ready for two weeks now......
My life is good--DH is home, the kids are terrific, etc.--but I've had the blues for a couple of days. It's just the waiting, I think.
So I'm looking for some suggestions of things to do/thoughts to consider/ways to regroup etc. so I can focus on the good stuff. I basically just need recentering, but I keep running the same frustrated sound track in my head.
Thoughts?
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The Times article mentions that the third grader who brought the knife to cut her birthday cake was reported to the principal after the teacher used the knife to serve the cake to the class.
Crazy people. I love the NYTimes, though!
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Thanks for the great ideas.
IT's funny how many of the suggestions we already have (playsilks, blocks from barclayblocks, even the ultimate building book). Great minds sometimes really do think alike.
If you are still on the fence about keva planks, I say go for it, mellisel. My kids have a huge set of kapla blocks (very similar--one size planks) that are the best toy for older kids ever. Little guys like them too--they make great fences, etc.--but the three older ones have made some amazing things with them. They are a favorite when kids come over.
Please keep the ideas coming.
With the exception of two laptops for mom and dad, we screen-free around here. But boy my children would flip over a Wii! The start up costs would be rather high for us, though--we'd need to get a tv and move things around to make a place to put it. I've been tempted, but I think not this year.
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I am at a loss about what to give my children for Christmas. I know it seems ridiculously early but I'm prengant, due next week and want to get as much of the holiday stuff settled before our babe arrives.
Here's the issue--over the past two years we have been giving away lots of toys that we have found don't warrant the space they take up. I'm fairly satisfied now with the number and kind of toys my kids have, and they seem to have plenty to play with--especially since they like to build, play sports, read, or run around outside. They also like to put on plays and to make huge messes with art supplies. So we have legos, a big block set, kapla blocks, a play kitchen, costumes, board games and sporting goods.
I don't want anymore stuff! And they don't need it. There are a few outdoor things I can see giving the kids -- the older 2 would like skimboards and new wet suits for example --but they are things for use later in the year.
So what I really need to think about is finding them things--1 each would be enough or something really nifty for the group-- that they can play with Christmas morning--things that will be exciting to receive, and that they can enjoy right away.
Any advice?
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I'm borrowing the outnumbering the idiots comment should I ever need it.
I've been responding to various comments lately with, "If you had children as wonderful as mine you'd have a batch, too!"
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Andrew Young--what a horrible creature he must be. He's the father of three young kids himself and took the fall for JE when the scandal first broke, claiming to have been the baby's father. I wonder what kind of arrangment he made with JE and his own wife. Good heavens.
In any case, Andrew Young made these assertions in a book proposal--which is essentially a piece of sales writing presented to get a lucrative book deal. Which he did. Does this mean it is true? No, but I wouldn't put much past either of these men.
If I were EE I would be sobbing now--imagine it is true and JE does marry this woman and she and he raise EE's children and their child together. What a horrible thought for any woman who has suffered through infidelity, nevermind one who is also facing terminal cancer and the rest.
Then I hope I'd have the strength to focus on my children as others have said.
What a dreadful, dreadful and sad situation.
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I love being pregnant and have each time.
My births have been lightening fast and the recoveries easy, especially the last one.
I've had great luck so far. Let's hope it holds....
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Lots of good ideas here.
We lived abroad for four years and I brought one idea back with me that has helped me hang on for long periods without DH: a cook.
Now, obviously back in the US we couldn't afford the 4 days a week housekeeper we had in Russia. But I managed to find a terrific woman who comes to our house once a week and cooks for three hours. She makes three entrees, three sides and a soup. Some of the entrees she just preps and I toss in the oven or on the grill so they are fresher when served (reheated food never tastes that good!). Two nights before she comes we eat all the leftovers, and the night before she come we have a roasted chicken (a favorite and so easy) and use the remains to make an overnight stock in the crockpot that she uses the next day.
I pay this great woman about what I would pay a babysitter for 4 hours of babysitting. Finding her was a trick because I was new to the area when I was looking, but she just responded to an ad I placed in the local newspaper. She's less expensive than a dinner out, and a greater value to me than a cleaner or a baby sitter. It takes a huge weight off my shoulders.
HTH!
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Just needed a post to whine for a moment. Today I went down to the basement to find that DH had left ajar our large storage freezer. He had gone down there a few days earlier to very kindly get a container of icecream for me.
So now all the food I had been prepping and freezing for his next trip abroad and for after the baby comes is in the garbage. Hours and hours of careful shopping, menu planning, cooking and organizing down the tubes. I was almost done!
He helped me clean up the mess, and felt terrible. I tried very hard not to break down in tears, and I managed. But when a container of chicken stock spilled on me I did cry a little.
Anyway, I do know I am a lucky woman--lucky to have been able to store so much food, to have a DH who runs to the basement for me, lucky to be pregnant, lucky to have the energy to start the whole process over.
Thanks for listening.
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Okay Ambitioushousewife, which 11 (or 9) haven't you read?
I too will read (almost) anything in a pinch. I once brought Ulysess on a 48 hour train ride across Europe---and never got past the first 100 pages. I found myself trying to puzzle out the meaning in Turkish newspapers instead. And thrilling at the sight of a Danielle Steele in French....
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I've read about 74 of them, but I'm old too.
I have to admit one of them was Bridget Jones and another was Davinci Code (I wanted to see what the hype was about) and the 26 or so I didn't read included the Bible, Collected Shakespeare (I've read much but not all ) and, of course, Ulysses.
I did get double points for Narnia and the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. All the Tolstoy was from high school and most of the Austen from College. But I'm 90 percent sure I read them!
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A perfect idea for math on the beach. my two older children love poker (thanks dad) and other card games, and they love math. A fun game--and portable! Thank you.
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I'm only on the third chapter but I've always found Gladwell facile, glib, clever, etc. but a little light at the end of the day. And the 10,000 idea is an old thought of the baseball player Ted Williams who wrote about the Atlantic salmon as the "fish of 10,000 casts". His theory was that it took 10,000 casts to catch a keeper Atlantic salmon--ie, it takes years of focus, practice, commitment and effort to become a master.
That said, I like reading clever writers so I'll read the rest of the book.
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I worked and traveled for six years after college--Namibia for a year, Cairo and Amman for a year, southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq for 8 months, Southeast Asia, former Yugoslavia and Paris for three years, all off and on.
From 2004 until 2008 DH, the children and I lived in Moscow. I was surprised to see how many here have lived there.
Now we live in New England but we don't know for how long.
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Are there no other Brown grads? Or Columbia grads? I'm class of '89 (brown) and 95 (Columbia).
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Very good thread. Thanks for this one. I don't want to spend a lot of time with gadgets and systems, but I am searching for away to get organized. This thread made me realize how much (busy) work this would be.
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Brown as an undergrad and Columbia for grad school.
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For us, it would all depend on the ages and maturity levels of the teens involved.
My parents got pregnant as seniors in high school. They married at the JPs in June, and my Dad joined the Navy. My mother lived with her parents and raised my brother as the parent until Dad's return, then they set up house together and went on to have three more children. My Dad went to college on the GI bill. My parents sent us all to private schools. We all graduated from terrific colleges, and two of us have advanced degrees. My parents have been married for 45 years this June, and are each other's best friends.
Which is to say that sometimes it really is love, and sometimes the teens are ready, and it can work out. But not often.
I would fight any notion that a grandchild of mine be put up for adoption, or at least adoption outside the family. I have siblings who have suffered greatly from pregnancy loss and fertility issues for one. But there are other reasons, too. I do think that with the right support the teens could continue their education and still embrace family life, including this newly created life.
I wouldn't force a shotgun wedding either.
My husband is an excellent husband, father and man. My sons will know what is expected of them as men and as fathers. I expect that my sons would shoulder their responsibilities if they ever did conceive children as teens. Just as I would expect my daughter to be a devoted and caring mother, I would expect, encourage, support and otherwise help my sons be good, hands-on, responsible, loving, mature fathers. It seems obvious, but I thought I'd say it anyway. I think some teen fathers shirk, and this is in part because their parents want them to have as little to do as possible with "that girl". And these fathers and their children lose out on so much as a result.
spelling rec for great, natural speller?
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We are new homeschoolers. DS2 is a math whiz (6th grade level or so) and an avid reader (poppy and rye, percy jackson, charles and mary lamb shakespeare, collum greek myths)
I am looking for a spelling program/book for a second grader who is a fantastic reader and speller. I need something that he can work on on his own while I do AAS with a remedial 4th grader. I have spellingworkoutB wich he looked at today and said was too easy. I think C or D might be a better fit but I don't really love that series of workbooks. I've only see A and B but it doesn't seem as step-by-step or logical as I would like. But maybe it's fine for DS2 (DS1 really needs to have patterns laid out for him--AAS seems like a good fit.)
TIA
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