I was trying to find a leotard for my daughter to use during gymnastics class. I tried four local stores with no luck and in the fifth, I was happy (at first) when the saleslady said, "Oh, yes, they're over here..." But then she pretended to lead me over to a section of tights and leggings. "No, I mean, I need a leotard, not tights," I said, gesturing along my body to show I wanted something that you wore on your whole body. "Ohhhh," a "LEOTARD" she said, nodding her head. "No, we don't have those. I thought you meant a leoTART." :confused::lol:

No, I do not see anything wrong with letting a child come home early. No, I would not see that as a failure. I would see it as they gave it a shot, they want to come home, so they come home. Giving them that security of knowing they could (in my opinion) would make them feel better about going again next time, and maybe next time they'd stick it out. Whereas if they felt like they were going to be trapped there with no way out, they might not even want to give it a try again the next time.

Well, I would have picked the first choice except it said "we don't even own an iron." We do own an iron. We just don't ever use it. Unless we want to iron crayon shavings onto a picture or something for a craft project. :D

Thanks. :) I did get one family from my homeschool group to host this summer, too. But that was all posting/writing. I just hope I don't trip over myself when I have to answer questions in person- on the radio!! lol.

Neither Snape nor Rickman ever did anything for me! lol. And like Floridamom said- there's not one character IN the books that I ever found appealing in that way.

Well, my summer goals were: 1. To do Story Of the World on an as-we-get-to-it-basis for fun because we enjoy doing it but haven't wanted to add it onto our main curriculum over the year- and yes, we have been doing that. 2. To keep up with our 52 Books In 52 Weeks challenge, and, yes, we have been doing that. (Keeping up with it barely! We're always a bit behind)! 3. To review state capitals periodically so they aren't forgotten- we haven't done that once yet! 4. To do a typing program so that over the coming school year my daughter can type reports and such rather than handwriting them- but we haven't done that and at this point I'm thinking we'll just add it onto the school year. I haven't made any other summer plans because I knew we'd be busy with outings and play time and extra curricular activities and such and wouldn't get to anything else.

About our Fresh Air Fund experience!! I said that I would be happy to and I emailed the lady at the radio station using the contact info the FAF rep gave me. I'm excited about it- I think it's a great cause and I'm always trying to spread the word and get more people interested in hosting- but I'm nervous, too! I prefer written communication to on-the-spot verbal communication lol- but I will do my best to not sound like an idiot! And if you are interested in my blog post about our Fresh Air Fund experience so far, you can check that out here: http://nancextoo.livejournal.com/203635.html :D

I wouldn't care what my library chose to buy or not buy as long as they were willing to get me books I wanted via interlibrary loan.

Mine too- and yet I DO recommend the movie and I DID "like" the movie (if you can call it that lol).

I saw Saving Private Ryan and don't remember that scene so I guess it didn't affect me that much! There were only two (realistic) movies that had scenes brutal/disturbing enough to stick with me long term. One of those was The Passion of the Christ. The other was American History X (think curb scene if you've seen that movie. Shudder).

I, too, take out whichever ones the library has. And the ones that they don't have, I request via interlibrary loan. And then when we get them, we read most of them (but my daughter is 10 so I don't have to worry about most of them being too advanced or whatever). Occasionally one just seems too dry or too repetitive and we might skip that one, but we do read most of them.

It wouldn't weird me out at all. I might feel awkward calling but would definitely respond by email. I'd offer both options in your note though!

Huh. You know, I think if one of my children died (shudder) I would not want people I didn't know well showing up at their funeral. In a time of such grief I would want to be surrounded by CLOSE family and friends, not people we barely know. Anyone else might feel intrusive or awkward. Or like some sort of obligation that no parent of a dead child should have to deal with on top of everything else. ETA I would only go to a funeral of someone in or close to my family but I might send a card or flowers or make a donation if applicable or some such for someone I was not as close to.

What about Teaching Textbooks? Didn't they put out a third grade curriculum? TT made my non-mathy daughter who didn't really like math LIKE MATH! :) (We started in fifth grade). She gets it now, has fun with it, and it frees me up some, too. You should check it out. It's a lifesaver at our house!

They will sell a book only if you call. I think they are $45.

I guess you could but in my opinion the CDs are what make the program. They are what makes it easy to understand and fun.

Really, you guys don't remember the naked man scene? Celia almost beat him to death when he attacked Minnie outside Celia's house.

I just finished this book, and, yes, I would let a 14 y/o read it. Despite the naked man scene.

Wouldn't bother me.

Hi, We just finished OM5 (using an older version of the curriculum). Oak Meadow Social Studies and Language Arts are integrated. There will be a relatively short history lesson in the syllabus, which might have you pause to answer questions or look at something on a map, and at the end of the section, there will usually be a choice of writing assignments pertaining to the social studies reading. Meanwhile, whatever book you are reading for Language Arts will usually pertain to the social studies material- they tend to use "living books." There will also often be some sort of craft, handiwork, or activity related to the social studies material, too. Like when reading about Christopher Columbus for example, they had us make a wooden sailboat and make our own compass, as well as choosing a writing assignment (which the child could also illustrate if they wanted), reading "Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?" and making hardtack to see what might have to be eaten on a long voyage at sea- that kind of thing. It was usually pretty interesting and fun. :) They also will recommend optional/supplemental reading to further expand on the material. I don't think they did that for every single lesson, but they did for the vast majority of them. As for the science, it was my daughter's favorite subject. It's not what a lot here would consider a very rigorous or meaty science curriculum if you're looking to go heavy on that, but again it tries to immerse the student- we'd read a short lesson in the book, it would occasionally list supplemental reading (in the teacher's manual), there might be some drawings to do, or a project to do, or some sort of experiment. Some of the things we did were make a multi-media forest mural, interesting writing assignments, drawings, burying items and digging them up later to see which started to decompose, starting a simple worm bin/organic gardening, a four week "biome observation project," various water conservation and recycling projects, experiments with air pollution (smearing vaseline on index cards and hanging one near a road and one in a protected area), and stuff like that. I have used Oak Meadow for 4th grade and 5th grade so far and really love it. We'll be continuing with Oak Meadow 6 with my daughter and starting Oak Meadow K with my son this fall. Here's a link to a week of Oak Meadow 5- our schedule, a list of what we did/what it was like, a few photos, etc if you want to check it out: http://nancextoo.livejournal.com/126296.html And if you browse the sidebar to the left of my blog you can find more info about Oak Meadow in general, among other things. Hope this helps!

My daughter started book reports in fourth grade. She did one about once every 3-4 weeks. They didn't have to be very long and they were usually creative type things... she might do a storyboard, write a new ending to a book, add in an adventure of her own, compare her life to a main character's, write a letter to a main character about their behavior, that kind of thing.

I saw it and remember thinking it was very brutal and graphic. I wouldn't let my 10 y/o watch it!

I've never heard about it, so I went with "no."

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I never have, I feel like it would be distracting.