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Kristie in Florida

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  1. I gave serious thought when DD was a baby to starting an Antisocial Playdate group. The theme would be that the kids play and socialized, while the adults ignored each other. But, then that involved organizing a social activity, which is problem.

     

    ME TOO!!! That would have been awesome. But now we go to a park day where I have nothing in common with any of the other mothers so I can sit and read and the kids can play.

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  2. I hate historical fiction too. And oh gosh, tell me I HAVE to read a book and I will slog through it. I have read more history books and classic literature as an adult that I actually want to read than I ever read in school. And I was an English major.

     

    I was forming a reply in my head as I was reading the others, but then I read your update. I have never used BJU but I know of children who have thrived with it.

  3. I think it'll depend on the ages of your children. My daughter is doing a lot more independent work this year, nearly all independent, because I've been sick and pregnant this whole time. But she is also 12. I couldn't even go into my kitchen for months, sometimes even the whole downstairs, so she learned how to cook. If she was younger I would have had to try to make it work somehow.

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  4. I'm an ISFJ and that description was almost dead on. I think you are right about how I choose curriculum. However, I'm way to stubborn to outsource. We did though start with a packaged curriculum that I then tweaked and I completely modified our day to accommodate her dance classes. I'm excited to see what book on classical ed you think works best for my personality.

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  5. 1. Stand on a stool to change a light bulb or dust a ceiling fan. My knees start to shake and I freak out.

     

    2. Be in a room with a ceiling fan on high speed.

     

    3. Listen to whistling. Absolutely cannot stand it. Both my husband and daughter know that they can whistle as they work all they want as soon as I leave the house. And they do.

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  6. Isn't Romeo + Julie the one with Leonardo Dicaprio that has the language with a modern setting? I'd have to google Julian Fellowes.

     

    We prefer the Zefferili one. There was one recently with the guy from Gossip Girl as Mercutio but I didn't care for it much. If I remember correctly the language was summarized and it just seemed off.

     

    Edit after I googled Julian Fellowes...

     

    That's the one I was thinking about. Gossip Girl guy is Ed Westwick as Tybalt, not Mercutio.

  7. My boy will be three in August. I'm currently looking for the best play dough recipe, gathering nursery rhymes, contemplating a seasonal book basket and display (may wait until he is 4), researching how to potty train boys, and putting together his "school notebook," basically a binder with paper that is all his own.

     

    Edit: he will also play lots and learn how to be a helpful big brother. And share. Fingers crossed. Haha!

  8. My daughter has home ec as a subject. I don't think my kitchen would be as clean as it is without it.

     

    I wipe the bathroom down at the end of the day and we have atleast one quick tidy at the end of the day to put away all the toys and everything. If someone dropped by unexpectedly they would definitely see a mess. But that is because we LIVE here.

  9. My daughter is like that. If I try to change it, like tell her that she only has an hour for math and she can just finish tomorrow, she looks at me like I'm insane because she wants to finish it all now. But I say, "you can't do just math all morning!" She loves it, is very math brained, and is sloooooow lots of days.

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