If it is an afterschool program at a public school there should not be a problem. Call the school and check with the music instructor. Often they are from the outside and they can enroll who ever they desire. Good luck

Are you continuing with them or are you leaving the program?

Oooh that does not sound all that nice does it? So please do not flame me. I simply am trying to figure out approximately how much time folks spend helping their children when they use the virtuala online k12 program. It is free in California and I really am liking what I am reading...but I have had to go back to work and am working 4 five hour days and am wondering if I will have enough time to teach at home too? thanks!!

As a mom to two sets of 2, what saved me was babywize. Keeping the twins on a schedule---I know I know---flame me.... but with multiples, a schedule is helpful for parents and the babies. I got a lot of flack from moms that were horrifed I put my babies on schedules, but as I have always said, as a mom of multiples, we play by a different set of rules. Congratulations!!!!

I stumbled across these two online french courses that are 100% free offered by a cooperative of Carnagie Mellon University. http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/...courses/french I have been playing around with it and it is pretty cool. Would be good for 8th grade and up. Just wanted to share with my hive mind friends!!!

I stumbled across these two online french courses that are 100% free offered by a cooperative of Carnagie Mellon University. http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/french I have been playing around with it and it is pretty cool. Would be good for 8th grade and up. Just wanted to share with my hive mind friends!!!

I love the idea of home schooling and am a HUGE advocate for it. I strongly believe that our current public education system is broken. I believe that as parents we are best suited to teach our kids at home....however that being said....some of our kids are not best taught at home----uh like a couple of mine. My kids love going to school and being with large groups of kids. I have worked hard to get them into specialized programs at schools I can tollerate (they are at different schools) and supplement with what I feel is important and what the schools are lacking at home. I am in complete admiration of those parents who can teach all of their kids at home, but on a full time basis....I am not one of them

Okay, so please bare with me... I am crazy and I know it! I really want to teach my children a second language or at least give them a good foundation to build a second langauge on when they move towards the middle school years. Call me nuts, but I really want my children to learn Mandarin and will be sending them to Mandarin Language weekend school in about a year. Now that being said, I nor does DH speak mandarin. There are plenty of opportunites in our community of speak it but uhhhhh not at home. (I only know a handful of words and phrases) I feel really strong about this language and so does DH. I also want them to speak Spanish becuase living here in California, it is all around us. So spanish and mandarin are the languages I want my children to learn.... So fast forward to the present...I studied french for four years and am marginal at it at best. I am thinking that I should start to teach my kids basic french since it is something I can speak with them. My hestitation is that it is a langauge with very little opportunity to use in daily living. If you were me would you just teach what you know or try and teach a language you do not know. Seems like a silly thing to ask becuase when I type it....it seems clear....go for what you know....but well what would you do? See I told you I was crazy! Also any second language programs out there you can recommend?

I am curious how much others spend each month on food for their family. How many are in your family and what do you spend per average on food? What do you do to cut corners? Any great ideas you want to share on saving money on your monthy food budget? As always insight and wisdom is GREATLY welcome.

My son is an auditory learner and is good at taking information in that he hears first then sees. I would love to know if anyone knows of online sites or videos that can explain to him how to diagram, structure and organize a sentence. We have covered in books but he really needs to hear it from someone other than moi... thanks!!

I have a question for those of you that have had children that participate or participated in Awanas. I discovered the program and thought it would be a nice way to learn more about the bible and such. We are Christian, but are not evangelical (not that that is a bad or negative thing) in nature and are somewhat private when it comes to religion.... which is probably what attracted me to Awanas...was becuase it would allow my kids to learn more than what we share at home and what they learned during their two years at a religous school. When I looked at the outline today I saw that there tests and awards based on required on memorization ( I knew this but seeing it in writing ...)and while I like the idea of it, I am worried that it might be more than my kids want to take on...and that it may deter them from wanting to learn more about the bible and participate in the program. I know I know I am rambling....Its hot and I'm tired...and trying to figure out if my kids will like it and all that is involved or hate it becuase of the weekly work that is required in addition to all of their "daily work" I think my younger two will like it but the soon to be 10 year olds are iffy... The only religous activity the kids have done (aside from season church---we are still looking for the right place) was summer vacation bible school and they LOVED it.---all of them. Oh I sound like a whiney mom this afternoon.... I would LOVE to hear any thoughts pros or cons or those that poke holes in my lack of logic or whiney non committal to a church issues. I am aware that comittment starts with Moi....:001_huh:

I am looking for DVD's that I can play in the car that will reinforce Latin... I see they are linked to the text but can one use them without or with other programs?

Yes it can look that way...but in actuality...if you live center of it you'betcha...but if you live on the edge (as I do---er meaning I live downtown which is the edge) you can find acerage in less than five miles from the state capitol over in Yolo County (west sac) where you can get a 60s ranch style home that might need some updating for less than 300K. Clarksburg is on the river about 9 miles form down town and you'll be in the sticks. Head south from the capitol and just south of elk grove you'll hit the farm land that will make you think you are in Kansas or Iowa. This central Valley is FARM Land haven....in fact the big T is surrounded by farm land except on the east as you head up to the mountains/gold country to Tahoe. Also the closer you live to downtown Sac (the capital) the more expensive it is...if you are willing to live outside of downtown you can get land and a house for less than 350K nowdays...which by CA standards is cheap--not a huge house becuase homes out here are not large but decent sized. Good luck with your search....

I second or third the free dance mat typing program offered by the BBC. You can look it on by a search for bbc dancemat typing. It is funny I have played aorund with it myself

Nope don't know...but an interesting idea nonetheless. Now that being said, I am know for making my yahoos eat/prepare foods from the time period/culture/country we are learning about....as in when learning about Rome eat like a Roman? But...don't think you are talking about moi....