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I can't find this sale on the audible page. Do you have a link?
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Late 20s/early 30s is more typical.
Or not at all. Several of my friends are in long term committed relationships but did not marry their partners.
Most live with their future spouse for years (in some cases over a decade) before marriage.
For demographics: almost all of my friends have graduate degrees.
This mirrors my experience and demographic.
I was 31 when we finally got aroun to geting married. We have been together since age 19.
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Pediatricians have standard growth charts. If she's been, say, 70-80th percentile at all her check ups, maybe extrapolate forward from there?
I was going to suggest this too. WHO girls chart for Canada. US is probably very similar.
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I keep a binder with 4 sections:
1) Seatwork. A simple printed excel spreadsheet grid, with subjects listed down left hand side of the page and a spaces for the date across the top. Each day we do seat work, I stamp the date at the top of a column, and note page numbers done beside each subject. I have a few blank spaces for notes/unique projects. Five days per page.
2) Independent reading. A simple list of books read independently
3) Read Alouds and Audiobooks. Again, a simple list.
4) Journal. A place to note things we've done, places we've been, and all other things schoolish that aren't seatwork.
I don't keep a separate attendance record. I suppose if I ever needed to count days, I could count up journal entries and seatwork days.
Planning is macro, not micro. I don't set weekly work schedules. We just do the next thing. So long as there is progress, I'm happy. I don't get fussed about finishing a program in exactly 36 weeks, for example.
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We really like Librivox for free public domain audiobooks.
Favourite Librivox readers include Phil Chenevert and Kara Shallenberg. Both are prolific.
Just about all librivox audio books are also available at guterberg.org as text ebooks.
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Our Zojirushi makes fantastic steel cut oats on the porridge setting. I set it up the night before and use the time - perfect oats are waiting for me i the morning.
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I used the K teacher's guide and on of the cursive level teacher's guides (forget) which. You don't need a new teacher's guide every year - they repeat themselves.
I used manipulatives. Older DS really needed them. But I made them myself quite cheaply:
"Wooden" letter pieces cut from cereal box cardboard.
Slate and larger lined chalk board from MDF and chalk board paint. I got six slates and 4 large chalkboards out of one 4'x6' piece of MDF and a can of chalkboard spraypaint. Home depot cut the MDF for me for free. For lines, vinyl pinstriping meant for cars.
Broke my own chalk, cut up my own sponges.
The slate and chalkboard work was really valuable. We still go back to the chalk board from time to time (now age 8)
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Another vote for Kapla. My 8yo is similarly enamoured with LEGO. We've had Kapla planks since he was 4. They get daily play. The shape of the plank lends itself to very complex constructions and creativity. Benjamin Crouzier has some phenomenal youtube videos of Kapla creations.
We also had a small set of Keva pine. The quality of these was much inferior to the Kapla brand - Several of our Kevas were warped and not quite even lengths. For this toy (like LEGO) precision matters. The kids call them the "megablocks kaplas". We got rid of them. I don't have any experience with Keva maple, I expect they are better quality (certainly they are more expensive than the keva pine).
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Public transit in Toronto is top-notch.
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We've had good luck with these IKEA ones. they are a polyurethane laminate (like a diaper cover) with a terry cloth topping to keep from getting too hot and sweaty. $16.99.
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My 7 and 8yos like the Eureka science cartoons. Short, simply presented but not simple, and engaging.
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Not a course, but a great supplement: The series of Eureka videos (on youtube) covers everything you've listed. My 7 and 8 year olds eat them up.
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Not a book, but Crash Course World History youtube videos are brilliant. (For adults! Some content not appopriate for kids - mine at least).
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We've had a Thule for years. It is very securely mounted and latched. Easy to take on and off. Weatherproof. It holds a lot of stuff. The only things I won't put up there are things that require climate control (meds, fluids, electronics etc) - it gets very hot in the sun, and obviously freezes in winter.
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He will fill in as needed. He calls himself "the substitute teacher". He will teach and supervise everything except Writing With Ease. For some reason he hates WWE.
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Diapers: duct tape the closures. We also had success with a sleep-sack on backwards, (so dear baby could not reach the zipper) to prevent child accessing the diaper..
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I've always wanted something that would hold a jar over the pot to drain out the last of the sauce. Does that exist?
Wooden chopsticks. Lay a pair of chopsticks on parallel across the top of the pot, about an inch apart. Place upside down jar on the chopstick platform.
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Not specifically for kids, but very accessible: On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee. Cookbook and science book rolled into one.
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The Wealthy Barber. Financial planning course in the form of a novel. It's Canadian, but the concepts would apply in the US as well.
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Rotate the tires for your car (or swap out the snows for summers). I first learned to do this around age 12 (with direct supervision) and I loved it.
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A mix of physical CDs and mp3 files.
I like CDs better for little kids - I think it's good for them to learn to manipulate and care for physical objects. (We are an electronics/screen minimizing family). But mp3 is sometimes the easiest or only way to get particular audio.
The kids have their own little portable CD player, and have free access to their CD collection. CD's mostly from amazon.
Most of our mp3s are public domain books from Librivox. We have a few Jim Weiss mp3's from Peace Hill Press, and a few from Audible, bought a la carte. I don't have an audible membership because we don't get enough from there to warrant the cost, but I have gotten a few great deals via "deal of the day". We've set up an old iphone with playlists that the kids have free access to. Sim card has been removed, and all icons other than itunes have been moved off the main screen.
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Recommendations for scissors for a lefty?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
Posted · Edited by wathe
Both my boys are lefties. True lefty scissors (with reversed blades) have been essential. Cutting with righty scissors is just so hard for them, and providing them with lefty scissors is simple. We've donated several pairs to places where they regularly need to use scissors (library, beaver scouts, grandparent's house). This saves me from constantly transporting scissors back and forth to activities.