One thing I'm doing with my son and Singapore math is when he gets stuck on a problem (CWP or IP) I have him attempt it for a while, then take it away and move on, then give him it to again the next day. Sometimes I'll give a hint or we'll talk through problem-solving techniques (draw a bar model, draw a picture). Right now we're on day 2 of one IP problem :) I don't want him to see math as just getting the right answer and I want him to have some time struggling with a problem and not seeing it. It also can help to encourage the effort rather than the outcome.

Check with her parents. Each child's allergy can be different and there are different levels of severity. Definitely no sharing of food though. And if there are concerns, be sure your daughter doesn't eat around her friend and washes her hands after eating. SoyNut Butter is a safe substitute for peanut butter (if there aren't soy allergies). Tortilla chips should be safe too. From a parent of a child with allergies, thanks for thinking about your daughter's friend and her safety. It's tough.

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You can also look under "dimensional analysis".

You can also do bullets and change the look of the bullet to an open box.

:grouphug: My son has will just continue to answer my questions about how he's feeling as often as I need him to answer. I would definitely call your doctor and see if they'll call in an Epi-pen prescription. It does sound like a food allergy. You can find a food allergy action plan at FAAN's site. That'll also be a good place to get more info and to start a list of questions to ask your allergist. My son did have a biphasic reaction with his tree nut anaphlaxis. It was good that we were in the ER (about to be released... sigh... ended up admitted).

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MCT's books seem very rigorous to me with regards to grammar. We've used level 1 and are in level 2. I'm using Rex Barks to occasionally diagram. It's a useful resource (and nicely inexpensive). Available on amazon.

I've got what I think is a sun allergy in that if I'm out without sunscreen, I get a rash on my arms. It's not a sunburn - but it is very hive-like. What you're describing doesn't sound like an allergy in the way that I'm familiar with allergies (my son has severe food allergies and some environmental allergies). Good luck figuring it out. Do you think taking a video of yourself when it's happening would help to show your doctors?

Be sure to follow the instructions about not taking anything with red dye - so don't use red Gatorade! My cousin went through the prep but then since he'd used red Gatorade, he had to go through it all again later! I had a colonoscopy last year. Not tons of fun, but much better than dental work :) Prep is the rough day but I bought some books to read and viewed it as a day off. I also resolved not to fight the sedation in any way and only remember the doctor coming in the room and then talking with him afterward briefly. No soreness or problems with recovery. I did have a rather large polyp (my doctor was very surprised by it and showed me). I spent some time waiting for results and being a bit nervous about the possibility of precancerous or cancerous cells. What I found though was that I was much more nervous after having the colonoscopy scheduled and before having it than I was once I had the procedure done. At that point, I knew more what I was dealing with. It's great that you're going in. I found the time before when I was letting my mind wander over the what ifs was when it was worst. :grouphug:

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I'd move on. One thing I'm doing with my son for really solidifying math facts is keeping a graph of his times. I've got a set of flashcards (0-12) of the multiplication tables. Once a week I time him on the flashcards and then he records his time on a graph. So it's giving some practice with data collection and line graphs too :) May help with motivation too.

The yahoo group isn't really active anymore. There are forums through RFWP.com and you may want to check them out at any point when you have questions. It's absolutely not necessary to be on either to use the program.

:iagree: I'm just dealing with this as well...only it's $6 a month to block long distance and $5 increase to keep the phone the way it is. At this point I'm deciding whether to keep a home phone at all or switch to different service since I'm not giving AT &T my money after this.

From what I've seen on the Singapore site, they say that Interactive Science labs really don't work well at home. That said, here is where you'd get the burners at HST. There was a recent thread on the h.s. board about which type of burner to get and I believe the butane ones were recommended over alcohol.

Hey, it's better here! Only in the $10,000-15,000 range. :glare:

Nope. It's this one. The pigs leave the story entirely and pick up a dragon.

Creative Home Schooling - Lisa Rivero (a book) Originally written for the gifted child, but it does give some good overviews of different homeschooling approaches and a list of resources. Not as overwhelming as WTM :) (This may be one of hers you have listed.) If it's a local area, anything IN that area for support that's available - or courses.... Our state also gives free access to Discovery Streaming. If your state has that, mentioning it (if not, mentioning DS anyway may be useful). Our zoo, art museum, and state museum do homeschool classes. David Guterson - Family Matters - doesn't give homeschool approaches but may be of interest... Rainbow Resource - for reviews and ideas Great Homeschool Conventions (or any convention resources in the area)... with warning that they aren't secular but there's plenty for someone secular there. Reminders: The first year is probably the toughest. Take "me time" too... don't just have your identity as teacher/mother alone. You can't do it all. Show grace to yourself. (Still working on that one here.) Good luck! If you're willing, you may include your email address for any questions.

We're still generally doing WWE3 twice a week with roughly two lessons at a time. Exceptions are when there's a really long dictation or on day 3 when we do narration and dictation together. If it ain't broke.... ;)

CWP is only word problems (at least the old editions). IP has some review at the level of the text (very few problems), some new topics or expansions of the text topics, some word problems on text level, and some challenge problems. I use both. We don't always complete all of IP but we have completed all of CWP (we're in 4 now). Some of CWP is very challenging so I don't agree that it's average and IP is bright. If I were only getting one for 1st/2nd grade, I think I'd choose IP (books A & B) because you do have the extra review with the arithmetic concepts and I don't think there's enough in the workbook. It also will give the word problem practice.

We're on week 7 in LfC A. I have my own text/activity book and am learning along with my son. I picked it based on a bunch of stuff I read (mostly here through a lot of old threads). I wanted classical pronunciation. I wanted to learn things correctly so I don't learn things that need correction later on. In lesson 1 we're told that we're doing memory work that we won't need until much later but it's just as easy to memorize now. I am leaning towards using Wheelock in high school and it seems like LfC will get us a really solid foundation. We are doing translations now. Only 2 word sentences, and this is where I think it's much better that I'm learning along with my son, because I can point out just why the endings matter. "Look, here servi has the -i ending, so it's plural, so you have to say "The slaves" rather than "The slave"..." Hope you find a program that fits you. I'm very pleased with LfC so far... and I'm buying my own copy of the History translation book because I know I'll want to write all over it... :glare: My son is getting some great modeling of learning through this though. And with the derivatives, I've even learned a new word (cenacle). Pretty cool.

The Teacher's Guides have some book suggestions. From there, you can also do a search on subject topics at your library. And here's a thread where Luckymama connected it to K12's Human Odyssey text. She's also got that on her blog with (yea) a list of suggested books that match up. Definitely worth a look.

A set can be countably infinite (like the natural numbers, integers, and rational numbers... all are the same size) or uncountably infinite (like the real numbers). I'm off to check out Cat in Numberland now :)

The DVD doesn't take long to watch. We only watch on the first day. I'll often pause during the "lecture" part and make notes in my book (my son and I both have our own textbook and activity book and we take tests together). I'm very pleased with the program. I find the end clips really cheesy but my son adores them & we rewatch them when he asks.

They have some bargain copies of Mayan Adventure on amazon right now (remaindered?) for $9.75.