Calizzy
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I appreciate you owning up and apologizing. Thank you.
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37 minutes ago, EKS said:
You mean you want to teach your kids actual science? I can't imagine why that might be 🤣
Wow, you guys are kind of mean.
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Does anyone know anything about the new earth science curriculum coming from Dr. Jay Wile? I see it as forthcoming on the rainbow resource page, and on the Berean Builders website it lists it as a required text for a fall online class. But I can't find any samples of it or mention of it on his blog. Anybody know anything?
https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/013755/Discovering-Design-with-Earth-Science.html?
https://bereanbuilders.com/ecomm/online-classes/earth-science/
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I have an Australian shepherd who will be 4 years old this summer. We have been his only owners since he was a puppy. I have 4 kids and he is great with them and loves them. Over the last few months I have noticed that he is beginning to be aggressive towards other children. We have a lot of kids coming through our house and the dog goes nut, barking a scary bark. Really scaring the other children. He didn't use to do this. Also, it is only towards children, not adults. I'm just really confused and sad about this behavior. He is so sweet with our family and I hate that he is scaring other children. Have you every experienced this or have any suggestions for this behavior? THanks,
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My knives sharpened.
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5 hours ago, LuvToRead said:
I didn't get that part either. I thought it meant the opposite -- if you have never hired a babysitter to go to the doctor, then you aren't a real homeschooler. I have never hired a babysitting ever so I guess I'm not a real homeschooler?
Anyway, it doesn't bother me when people refer to themselves as homeschoolers who aren't technically homeschoolers, but in reality if you are home doing school then I guess the label does somewhat fit. I do personally see a distinction but I am not going to fuss about it. I have lots of friends struggling with virtual public school and it seems like a nightmare to me.
Yeah, I meant that I am the direct adult responsible for my children 24/7, they don’t go to school. So anytime I need to do an appointment I have to bring them with me or hire a sitter (my kids are little). My friends who call themselves “homeschoolers” don’t really know what this is like. They can schedule appointments for Monday, Wednesday, or Friday while their kids are at school.
I know I run the risk of sounding like I begrudge homeschooling. As a whole, I don’t. I believe in it whole heartedly and want to be doing it. But even with things that you love, there can still be sacrifices and challenging aspects. For me, scheduling appointments, contractors, running to the post office, etc. these are all things that I find really challenging as a homeschool mom. And I resent that they call themselves “homeschoolers” but are missing one of the greatest sacrifices that comes along with that proud title. -
This pet peeve of mine is going to eat me from the inside out! In my town there is a 3 day a week classical school with 2 days of home instruction. A lot of the people we run with attend there. It is my absolute greatest pet peeve that they all call themselves "homeschoolers." They go to class 3 days a week! I feel like saying "have you ever had to hire a babysitter to go to the doctor?" Then you're not a homeschooler. Even the home days are just doing the assignments that are sent home. I want to say "Do you spend all spring analyzing curriculum sample pdf's?" I feel like I have EARNED the badge of homeschooler. I have sacrificed and put in TIME. It irks me that they claim the title for themselves that I don't think they have earned.
Few...rant over.
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Ok, I'll go ahead and ask... how do you set your avatar?
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Would that mean that the babies are already born, or that she’s getting ready to give birth?
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Tuesday morning we noticed a rabbit about 50 yards from the house in the backyard. He was very still and nibbling. Being the good homeschoolers that we are, we broke out the binoculars and watched him. We watched for 30 minutes, then an hour, than hour and a half and he never moved. Ok, something is up. Why was he totally not moving? A little later I noticed that he was no longer in the normal hunched rabbit position, but laying on his side. I thought maybe he had eaten a poisonous plant and was sick. We went to co-op and came home around 6pm. He was still there, but now sitting back upright. Right at nightfall, he was gone. I thought maybe he had recovered and was on his way. Yesterday- no rabbit. Today, the rabbit is back! In the exact same spot, totally not moving. I’m attaching a picture, you can’t see him, but he is down along the shrubs.
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My dh already lost his..
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@Lori D. thanks for all these suggestions! I didn’t know that about the so light curriculum! They light it as for grade 6-9.
@Rosie I’m just trying to do a survey of some places we are unfamiliar with. So I’d be happy with a biography of a famous Australian, literature from an Australian, books set in australia, etc.@stripe I guess that’s because the Eastern Hemisphere spine breaks out the Asian countries individually, but it just lumps Africa into 2 sections- Northern Africa and Southern Africa.
to be honest I’m not committed to the eastern hemisphere textbook. If you know of something else that covers Africa and Middle East better I’m open to suggestions.
basically I am just wanting a survey course of cultures we haven’t studied much.
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@Lori D. can you tell me which are too low? I'm pulling from the sonlight 8th grade list and the honey for a teens heart, so I assumed they were the correct level.
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I am creating a history/culture/geography class for my 8th grader next year. She is an avid reader and this will largely be a literature base course. I would like a mix of fiction, non fiction, and some poetry. We will be using Sonlight's Journey to the Eastern Hemisphere as the spine, but I've created this list based off Sonlight's as well as Honey for a Teens Heart. She is not as interested in Asia as well studied it quite a lot this year. Here is what I have so far:
Asia-
China: The Art of War (Selections)
Japan: The Big Wave
Korea: Kite Fighters
N. Korea: ?
India: Daughter of the Mountains, A Beautiful Lie
Russia: Breaking Stalin's Nose, Stalin by Albert Marrin, Family Romanov, selected short stories of Leo Tolstoy
Middle East: Shabanu (Pakistan), Habibi (Palestine/Israel)
Polynesia: Call it Courage
Australia:?
Africa: Journey to Jo'burg (South Africa), A Girl Named Disaster (North Africa)
Capitalism: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy
Communism/Socialism: ?
We have room for about 1500 more pages. Any we shouldn't use? What else should we put in? Where are we weak? Do we need more in Africa or the Middle East?
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I'm not grumpy, but I have not adjusted at all. I am waking up at 8am! I just can't get up any earlier 😞
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Kim's Convenience- light comedy on netflix
the right stuff- drama about space race on Disney +
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The kids are all neuro typical and average students. I think that if I asked odd for her preference she would choose to just keep working through their visit. But that is because she is 13 and would rather miss out on time with grandparents than miss out on summer fun, so I’m not sure how heavily I should rely in that.
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We live in a different state than all of our parents, and we usually see them once or twice a year. Currently, we haven't seen then in 1.5 years. School wise- I have an 8th, 4th, 2nd, and k'er. We are on track for our schooling this year. I have 1 more break planned for early April when dh and I will be doing an adult vacation (yay!) And then we were going to school through the end of May. That isn't because we need that long to get it all done, just because I'm trying to do 175 days. Now, both my mom and my dad (divorced) want to come and visit in April/May each for a week. Part of me thinks "They're old, family is important, forget about school." And the other part says "we can't just miss 2 more weeks of school..." realistically, we won't do any school during the summer. Also, we can try to do some the week they visit, but I doubt that too. What would you do?
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They didn't tell me a cutoff, but they evaluated the test and said she should do prealgebra. I checked it last night and I believe she got an 84. Like @busymom5 said, we still have 2 more months of school too, so the 3 topics she didn't know might be covered in our book. I'm not trying to push my child into something she's not ready for, I just don't want to waste our time and $ on review if she doesn't need it.
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Dd has done rod and staff math for all of elementary, this year (7th grade) she finished book 7 and we will finish about 1/2 of book 8- selecting the chapters that cover prealgebra and geometry topics. I am wanting to sign her up for either prealgebra or algebra with a local co-op and they sent me the entrance test for algebra 1. What do you think would be a passing score to be admitted in to algebra 1? She missed a few questions because of mistakes and there were 3 topics that we hadn’t yet covered. I’m afraid prealgebra will be 80% review, but I also don’t want her to be in over her head with algebra, especially taking math outside the home for the first time.
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@caffeineandbooks oops, I misunderstood Emily’s comment. I thought she was saying that CAP’s cycle was 6 years. I didn’t mean that the scope and sequence directly followed SOtW, but rather that it followed the same idea of a 4 year cycle. But now I see that she was talking hypothetically about a 6 year cycle.
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I actually went ahead and ordered it for my 5th grade did to do independently. I thought it looked like a good place to start for her to be able to read instructions and material and answer questions on her own. So I’m halfway using it for history, and halfway using it for executive functions.
also, @Emily ZL I think there is a misunderstanding about the scope and sequence. It follows the same 4 year cycle as sotw. It just has 2 books per year. So there are 2 ancient books, but they are both to be completed in the same year.
I’ll let you all know how it looks when it come in the mail 🙂
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Do you do a lot of driving around? I don’t and one child in particular is asking for more activity and I just don’t want all the driving. I’m trying to decide if I’m being a curmudgeon. 8th grade Dd desperately wants to attend a drop off co-op next year. Mon/Weds 20 minutes from home. So drop off/come home, pick up/come home 2x per week. I have 3 other kids I’m homeschooling and that just seems like a lot of time driving. But she so wants it, and she is a good kid.
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Oohh, good input. I did notice that it was more workbooks. I just haven't decided how I feel about that. I have 1 child that I think it would be good for.
What minivan do I want?
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I have a 2017 Kia Sedona and I love it. I test drove all the brands when we were car shopping (2018) and the Kia was my favorite. I love the feel of it- the Honda rides low but the Kia rides at the perfect height. I also love the control panel, I like knobs for my radio/heater not the space age looking stuff in the Honda/Toyota. I also love how the middle row of seats so easily flip up for more space. We have 3 in the very back and 3 in the middle. The middle row has a removable middle seat. We usually leave it out so you can walk through to the back, but it’s easy to pop in when we have extra guests. I also feel like the engine has good power. I’ve been merging on to the freeway and had to step on the gas to get ahead of an impending car and the engine really kicks in. I don’t know about gas mileage, that’s not something I pay attention to. They also come with a crazy good warranty and free roadside assistance (which I have used with a flat tire).