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I signed up for the free Reading Eggs trial that someone posted a couple weeks ago, my 4 year old is really enjoying it. I got an email this week that there is a sale through Memorial Day for $41.40 for the year. Is that a good deal? How often does it go on sale?
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Check with the buyer. Make sure there are no minimum amounts and determine whether they have any particular size or quality requirements before you gather the nuts. Hammond used to set up regional buying stations and did quite a business, however I have heard that they have greatly reduced the scope of their purchasing. I haven't really heard of any other large commercial buyers.
You might also consider calling your county's extension service, which should be listed in the phone book. They usually are very familiar with any cash crops in your area and might know of additional buyers you could consider.
In my limited experience, usually one or two tree's worth of production is not worth the trouble. I think most of the people I knew who were selling to the commercial buyers were harvesting from at least 25+ trees. Good luck and let us know what you find out.
I did have the extension office on my list to call. My state forestry department buys them too. I will definitely talk to the buyer ahead of time, I would hate to be stuck with them if I can't sell them.
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Can't answer about the situation today, but we did this as kids. I think we had about 5 walnut trees. We had some kind of nut processor in town and we sold a bunch to them. I can't remember what we got but I remember that it seemed like a lot to us as kids. But I think it was more in the category of Christmas present money rather than college education money! Still, nothing wrong with encouraging hard work and entrepeneurship.
Good to know, my kids are young right now so any amount would be impressive to them.
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Wear gloves or be ready for stained fingers!
My 6 year old picked up our yard and our neighbor's this past fall, he stained his hands and face somehow. He looked bruised for awhile.
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We do not have the equipment to dry them, my understanding is they don't have to be dried in order for the huller to accept them, but I could be wrong as I haven't called the guy yet.
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Anyone harvest and sell black walnuts?
I know we would need to collect a ton (literally) in order to make any money so I'm wondering if it is even feasible. It looks like the pay for a pick-up load is $80-$120 depending on the year. We only have a couple trees, but we know a lot of people with 1-2 black walnut trees who find the nuts to be a nuisance in their yard.
How many could we reasonably expect to collect in a weekend? Would this be worth our time to set aside several weekends in the fall? I'm trying to think ahead for jobs our kids can do to help save money for college.
We do have a commercial huller nearby who accepts black walnuts in the hull so we would only have to collect them, not hull them.
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What about breaking up your day? Could you wait until dad gets home to work on the more intense subjects? Or do it while the toddler eats breakfast and is occupied? Then feed the older ones breakfast after WWE is done? I know it's not ideal but it may help you get through until the toddler can entertain himself better.
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The craft projects my kids have enjoyed the most are the ones in which I provided materials and they did it on their own. Sometimes they need a little guidance, such as what could we make out of x. Other times I'll suggest making something like a car and ask what materials they think we should use.
At 5 my son made a robot by raiding our recycling bin. He's made masks out of egg cartons, and cars out of toilet paper rolls. My daughter is 4 she likes anything with glue. Last week she made a snowman by gluing cotton balls on construction paper. They have made boats and baskets from craft sticks, using an idea they saw in a magazine.
Materials they have access too: glue and glue sticks, cotton balls, q-tips, popsicle sticks, construction paper, tape, crayons, markers, watercolor paint, scissors, stickers, stamps, and the recycling bin. Their projects will not end up on Pinterest, but they have a lot of fun.
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Bananas and milk. My husband does not stop at the store without picking these up. We also usually have tortillas, beans, eggs, tomato sauce, oatmeal, frozen blueberries, and cheese. If I have those and a few staples on hand I feel capable of cooking about anything.
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At the GHC, the Peace Hill Press booth (publishers of WTM) was advertising that beginning this fall they would offer K and 1st grade school in a box. I don't know the pricing, but that would get you through the first couple of years.
There are several people on the boards who live outside the US, I'm sure they have tips too.
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I've flown with 2 on my own a few times. I have twice been able to bring a non-ticketed person with me to the gate to help with the kids. Not all gate agents will allow it, but if you are polite and confident they will. You may also be able to call the airline ahead of time to arrange it, I'm not sure I they can pre-authorize it though. At Cinci, they even allowed my husband back to the gate when we returned, I was really surprised to see him there, but he has no trouble because the gate agent had remembered him from the week before.
As far as the bathroom issue can you coach them ahead of time and whoever has to wait, wait right outside the door?
Even if the younger one melts down, it will be ok. Do what you can ahead of time to help prevent it and have an action plan in place if he melts down anyway. When I traveled for my grandfathers funeral my then 6 week old had a meltdown right as all the emotions of the week hit me. A couple flight attendants stepped in to help me out, it was much needed and appreciated. I was embarrassed, but it all worked out.
As far as driving in an unfamiliar city, plan your route ahead of time ask people familiar with the area for easier routes or landmarks you can watch for. Rent a gps if it will help.
Even if your inlaws drive you crazy your kids will always appreciate the effort you went through so they could see their grandparents.
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If you go to the website for Singapore Math there are placement tests. I can't link from my phone, but you should be able to find it by googling.
Education Unboxed also has a lot of videos that explain various math activities and games you could do with her for reinforcement.
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Since you can immerse your children in Spanish, go for Spanish.
We will be doing Song School Latin because I think my kids will find it fun. If either me or my husband were fluent in Spanish we would teach Spanish instead and wait until 3rd or 4th grade for Latin.
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My 6 year old and I am going to build some planters for our front porch. If that goes well we may tackle shelves for our closets. Other than that lots of swimming and hiking. Plus planning our first real family vacation, Glacier NP and Yellowstone.
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Your children sound like the ages mine were when we began this school year. We started out schooling in the mornings during morning naptime, then my youngest quit napping. So, we switched to schooling during his afternoon nap, but I was tired and it was hard for my oldest to stay focused so that didn't last long. Now we are back to schooling in the mornings. Our playroom and school room are the same area so my youngest plays, I'll pull out different toys for him. My middle sits at the school table and plays sometimes or does her own work sometimes. If my younger two start getting rowdy, I send them across the hall to my daughter's room. Some days that doesn't help, so I cut school short and we go read or play, then come back to the schoolwork later.
At first there was no way I could have schooled when my youngest was awake, but he is slowly learning how to play on his own for longer periods of time. My 3 kids all have completely different personalities and some are better at entertaining themselves than others.
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I sympathize with the problem of playing with stuff in the room, drives me bonkers.
We are moving soon, and DD's closet will be quite large. I totally sincerely suggested we put the bed in the closet and keep all her stuff in the bedroom. DH looked at me like I had two heads. Maybe if instead of "closet", I called it the "little windowless side room" he would have gone for it. (sigh)
My two boys share a room but there is a 4 year age gap. For a year or so I did have the baby nap in our closet, it was plenty big and I could better keep my other two from bothering him.
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Could you set up a pack n play in another bedroom for the one that doesn't sleep?
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Following too. I love the idea behind Cozi, but the full version is too pricy for me.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
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Definitely say something to him. Mother's Day is a tough day for me for a couple reasons so my husband never knows whether to ignore the day or go all out. After a couple years of tears he explained that he isn't a mind reader so he needs me to tell him directly how to celebrate or not celebrate Mother's Day, subtle hints don't work with him
I told him this year that I wanted to skip church and go hiking, so that's what we are going to do.
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Was it from Focus on the Family?
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I've found the method of skipping ahead worked well with my son. He was struggling with the facts to 20 in the 1a book, so we skipped ahead. I did have him do xtramath and we played a math game most days to keep practicing his facts to 10. It took about a month but he's solid in his understanding now. We went back and reviewed the pages he was having trouble on last month and it was a breeze this time through.
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I would let them sleep in the tent.
Reading eggs sale
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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No sorry, it was a link in an email they sent me.