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  1. My posts the earlier part of the year were all about our many off days. The best advice I got was to relax a bit in my expectations. The other thing I learned was to make sure that we had a really good breakfast....I know this sounds simplistic, but I have found it to be very important. Lately, I have had some frustrating days, but many great ones....though it took months. Hang in there, trust yourself, don't worry about what's going on at public school, give out plenty of hugs. I have really worked at turning learning into an adventure again, which is what I wanted when I started HSing. 

  2. IRL there are positive and negative things. This board is made up of more than 50K individuals who deal with reality every single day, and still find time to give generous time and support to the others. This is one place you don't have to look far for the good in people.

  3. We watched two episodes of Dr. Who this morning....the Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and the Black Cubes one. I found nothing objectionable, and my 10-year-old is hooked on them now. I can see how we may be quoting from them very soon... in a British accent, of course.

     

    Robot 1: You're going straight on the naughty step!

  4. We use the Middlebury French course from K12, have the French Bouquet package from Dish, so we have French cartoons etc., plus Rosetta Stone. It's my idea of French immersion at home, more or less. We listen to French music on YouTube a lot, just for fun, too.

  5. I never heard of MEP math until you mentioned it above. I am so excited by the website, I can hardly contain myself! And I think your motto is wonderful. I love your spirit and your daughter's. Thank you. You have educated, enlightened, and encouraged, all at the same time.

  6. Here it is, attached as a file.

     

    Honestly, the Times Educational Supplement is a topnotch resource. I discovered it by accident while researching something else, and the bunny trails it has led me down are taking hours of delightfully spent time. The British Library resources are incredible, all by themselves.

     

    Message me about your thoughts on the article and the sites?

    Why_classic_authors_are_dead_to_pupils_The_T.DOC

    Why_classic_authors_are_dead_to_pupils_The_T.DOC

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