Sobeknofret
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I rarely time the facts sheets. Sometimes if Darth Kid wants to try, I'll time him, but I hate the idea of timing math drills. I believe strongly in the drills themselves, but i've never seen any value in timing them.
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Well, I just signed up at Fabletics, and it's actually very user friendly.
I really want a high-rise legging for yoga and running/walking.
Give us a review when you get them! I really want to try them, but I want to hear a user review first!
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Has anyone tried the pants from Kate Hudson's new website Fabletics? I usually wear Target's Champion, and Danskin or Avia from Wal-Mart and had good luck, but I bought a pair of compression shorts from Under Armour (I was seduced into it by Misty Copeland's UA ad, so sue me), and I really like them, but not the UA price. Fabletics seems to have some nice colors and styles and great prices, but I know nothing about their quality.
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And in honor of this thread, I shall pour myself into a tight, immodest swimsuit (albeit, one-piece), and my sexy, sexy, tight black latex...swim cap (what did you think I was going to say, you pervs?! ;) ), and try to defraud the people at the evening swim aerobics with my hot lap swimming.
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My son and I are both competitive swimmers. This year alone, I have had a cousin reprimand me for letting him swim on a team with girls, because they wear "immodest" suits, and besides "mixed bathing" is sinful anyway, never mind the suits; someone else reprimanded me for letting him wear tight swim jammers (a men's mid-thigh/knee length swim suit) because it is immodest, and loose trunks were just fine for *her* kids (non-competitive swimmers), so I should make him wear those instead; someone who visibly shuddered with horror when I announced that I won two medals at the state games, and asked how I could be so immodest as to swim in front of a crowd of men in a swimsuit (all I cared about was beating the woman in the lane to my right- she won by a huge margin anyway :) ); and at least two more such incidents *all by different people*! The common theme was immodesty and sexual impropriety. My son is nearly 11; his only thought about the girls on the team in their "immodest" suits that were surely going to "defraud" him, was if they were fast enough to help win the mixed medley relay and if he could find one who was willing to swim anchor on the relays! I was floored by the very idea that these people somehow thought that they should be allowed to dictate to me what was modest/immodest, and that somehow we were responsible for the thoughts of others. Outside of the pool, I'm a pretty conservative dresser naturally, and I prefer to be a bit more covered than many people, but what others wear is none of my business, and I've got no business judging them regardless.
Someone also mentioned someone getting huffy about a man wearing overalls to church. At my grandfather's funeral, nearly every adult male wore cowboy boots and jeans, which, since they were cowboys/ranchers/farmers, was totally appropriate and IMHO, was completely respectful. I also had to laugh because many of the men had clearly pressed and creased their Levi's before attending the service! Talk about respect! I suspect both God and my grandfather were completely satisfied with them.
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I'm beginning to realize this same thing as well. The fewer subjects that we do every day, allows us to plunge deeper into those subjects and explore connections more thoroughly. I've been trying to cram too much into a short space of time and stressing the whole family out as a result. The only thing that remains constant from day to day is math and Latin, because those are his two favorite subjects and he loves to do them everyday. Everything else gets done much more slowly.
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Annals of the Former World! I love this book! It's the geology and the geosociology of large chunks of the U.S.
Trail: The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Novel
Sacajawea: The Story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
And if you get a chance, do look at the Lewis and Clark documentary by Ken Burns. It's really well done, and I think it's worth the time and effort.
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We're going on our second year with one set of Lyra Ferby pencils, and they're still going strong.
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We did Songschool Latin 1&2 and we're moving on to Latin for Children. They're painless, and ds loved the adventures of Simian and Franklin :)
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I pulled my DS out of a "top-notch" private Montessori school half-way through first grade, and we had multiple reasons. First, the expenses just got to be too much for our family: $11k tuition, and then steady nickle and diming throughout the rest of the year- $100 in supply fees, $150 each semester for the school camping trip, $50 for the class fundraisers, books once a month for "book club," the expectation to give (and generously!) to the school foundation, art supplies, Earth Day party, class snacks once a month. The last straw on that was when I informed the headmistress that at the age of 8 ds couldn't read three letter words without help, and was certainly not able to read the books they were assigning for book club (Because of Winn-Dixie, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Charlotte's Web). I was offered the chance to send him to the reading tutor lab- for an extra $1k a semester. After that, I just got fed up and we pulled him in December. By May, he had whizzed through all the Hooked on Phonics programs and was reading the Magic Treehouse books. Although reading tends to still be an issue for him, it's so much better.
Ds likes being at home, but he does occasionally miss school, especially when I haven't given him enough social time. Right now, he takes a homeschool science class at the local science museum, and has a winter swim program for the team he swims on in the summer, and he'll be starting a Latin class with some of his homeschooled swim team members, which I'll be teaching. I also make sure that he gets plenty of play time with his former classmates.
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It reminds me very much of this article from Harpers, published many years ago: On The Uses of A Liberal Education: As A Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor
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Museum/Zoo/Biopark memberships
Tablet for Darth
Audible membership
Amazon Prime membership
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I can't ever plan more than a week in advance, so I've given up on trying to make it out any further. Two weeks is the maximum, but I almost always end up adjusting the second week because of something that happened to put us off schedule in the first week!
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As necessary, but I won't interrupt school time to have him do his chores, unless it's something like letting the dog in or out. Most stuff gets done in the morning, but picking up just before bed and the dishwasher loaded and started are evening chores.
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Arbor Alma
Ferdinandus Taurus
Harry Potter
Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit
There's also a Latin version of Olivia
ETA: EEEE! There's also Walter Canis Inflatus! (Walter the Farting Dog)
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Wizard of Oz
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Beowulf
Frankenstein
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I have to admit that other than the science, it does appeal to *me*. But ultimately, it would never work for us- my kid would hate every second of it, and I'd get upset trying to force him through it. So, yeah, no. And besides, I spent years trying to find a math program that worked for us, finally found it at the end of last year, and I am *not* giving it up!
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I do for swimming and science lab, and I'm going to have to start for Spanish here shortly. Don't feel guilty- at least you're wise enough to recognize what you are and are not capable of and finding competent teachers that can expose your kids to those activities and subjects! And, besides, homeschooling isn't about being at home all the time; how boring would that be!? Learning is facilitated at home, and that's what makes it homeschooling!
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Magnifying glass/hand lens, a plant press, tweezers and containers for bugs, binoculars, a small journal, plastic ruler, mechanical pencil, perhaps some light-sensitive paper to make sun prints with the things she finds. I'm not sure how old your daughter is, but for my 10 yr old, I'd add stuff like ph paper strips, eyedroppers, and stuff for rock collecting.
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Oy. I've spent $500+ this year, and will probably end up shelling out more once Darth's outside science classes and his Spanish class. I'm horrified by what I've spent so far. :crying: I still need to buy new bookcases too! :ohmy:
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I do bush beans, globe and cherry tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, hot and bell peppers, Japanese eggplant, cucumbers, and broccoli in containers. Japanese eggplant are hugely prolific- they love the warm and the sunshine! I can only do broccoli and lettuces in the cooler part of the year, early spring and fall, but they also thrive in containers. We're in New Mexico, so a similar climate to So Cal, only probably hotter and less humid :D Check with your county ag extension office as well; they'll have lots of tips and ideas for good container gardens.
Oh, and don't be afraid to experiment! I would never have thought that Japanese eggplant would go crazy here, but I picked one up at Wal-Mart's garden section on a whim, and it's got at least 8 small eggplants at the moment!
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We have one cat who *will not* use any of the multiple cat scratching posts we have scattered throughout the house, and is destroying the carpet, so we do use the soft paws for her. It's quick and easy, and she really doesn't mind them at all, once they're on. I prefer the colored ones, so I can see at a glance if she's missing any. We wrap her back paws and the paw we're not working on up burrito-style in a bath towel, and once you get the hang of it, it goes fast- maybe 5 minutes at the tops. I absolutely do no believe in declawing cats, so this is a great option for this particular cat instead.
Thoughts on Minecraft?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Darth plays Minecraft, as do most of his friends. I guess I'm not seeing why it has to be either or: real world experience ~or~ a video game. No Minecraft is not real. However, it's given ds some real boosts in his problem solving skills, which he applies in the real world. It's also given him a lot of enjoyment, which is no small thing in my eyes, either. I'm with Sadie on this one- no reason to treat it, or the technology, like it's inherently evil.