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  • Birthday 08/05/1985

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  1. It took me 2 months to plan and finalize what I wanted for first grade. Finally clicked "purchase" on Amazon the other day, after rechecking everything and staring at the button for a few minutes. I felt anxious as I said goodbye to the money, but it all arrived yesterday and it was like Christmas for the kids and I. I would never let my DH order any of the curriculum under any circumstances. I can barely trust him to pick up correct milk and bread from the grocery store. (Love him, but my goodness.)
  2. This year with my Kindergartener, we're doing Elemental Science's Intro to Science and I've just purchased Biology for the Grammar Stage for first grade. So far, it all looks really good and I'm pleased with the purchase. For us, it seems to fit the WTM suggested sequence. (As a bonus, my daughter looks forward to every science lesson and talks about what she learned the rest of the week... how could I not be thrilled? :001_smile: )
  3. I have planned out as much as I can all the way to the 12th grade, and my DD is only in Kindergarten. My intention was to determine when DS1 would be joining us and what we'd be learning together and separately. Then DS2 came along and I've fit him in there too. Curriculum for grammar stage has been selected, and most of logic stage. For the high school years I am waiting to see what their interests are as far as electives go. We'll be sticking with the recommended history and science for the high school years but my DD (5) and DS1 (3) are already so very different and I'd like them to pick things that fit their personalities, decide what foreign languages they prefer to learn, etc. The only thing I have not planned yet is when to learn Latin. I've heard various opinions on when to start. Some say start now (my dad learned as a young child while attending Latin mass), some say to wait until 3rd grade, and some say later than that. I love studying language and would love to begin Latin now, but I am not sure DD is quite ready. But yeah... I'm weird I guess with my planning far in advance. It helps me sleep at night.
  4. We separate homeschool and extracurricular activities. My husband gives me a budget at the beginning of the school year (what he would have paid for uniforms and supplies if DD were going to public school). Lessons (ballet, gymnastics, sports) come from a different fund. As far as other expenses, we have two other "funds": (1) Grocery fund: I am given $650 a month for food, clothing, books for leisure, etc. for the family (2) The house fund: mortgage, utilities, etc. Field trips come out of the homeschool fund or when that runs out, my grocery budget. We do not participate in any co-ops.
  5. My husband turns in ink cartridges to Staples. You do need to buy ink from there, too, but that is not a problem for him since he buys the ink for his office. Financially, it has helped us out a lot. He uses the rewards money to buy homeschool supplies for the kids, and on months when I don't need anything, he buys paper towels and cleaning supplies.
  6. This has already been suggested, but definitely try a plant-based diet. I switched to this two years ago due to a cholesterol condition I inherited from my mother. Before the diet change, my total cholesterol was in the 370s (I've averaged 125 pounds most of my adult life, so it had nothing to do with being over weight). Two years later with only a change in diet, it is down to 240 (still high for the average person, but excellent for me). Because of the condition I have, my cholesterol levels will never be "normal". But my OB is very pleased (I have a healthy 8 month old who has been fed entirely plant-based since conception ;), and a 3 year old and 5 year old who are also on a plant-based diet with their pediatricians approval and "thumbs up"). A plant-based diet is not as difficult as you might think. I live in the south, surrounded by pork barbecue and hushpuppies, and have done just fine!
  7. I would start her with the kindergarten curriculum, and advance her as necessary. I am currently homeschooling my DD (5), who missed the kindergarten cut-off for our state by 30 days. At her request, we began kindergarten anyway (her friends from church and ballet had begun kindergarten and she was feeling a bit left out. After much thought, my husband and I decided it wouldn’t hurt to do some formal instruction in reading, writing, and math). We are doing it at a slow pace, focusing mainly on the 3 R’s. It has really prepared her ready for 1st grade next year. She is now familiar with a curriculum and following instructions (we started with Math-U-See Primer and are now beginning on Alpha, as math seems to be a strength of hers) and she looks forward to when I bring out the reading primer. Personally, I feel that an introductory course (how I think of kindergarten) is best before starting a formal first grade with so many new subjects to learn. I wouldn’t skip it entirely.
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