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    Buying a house on the main road

    in The Chat Board

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    We live on the main road of a gated rural, equestrian community. We thought our community was small until a traffic study revealed that about 700 cars pass our house daily. Since our road is a dirt road, there is usually a tidal wave of dust hitting our house. The dust has really made my ds15's asthma so intense that he has been in the urgent care a lot and rarely can go outdoors. We will be putting our house up for sale very soon. Also, everywhere we go we meet new neighbors who recognize us because they drive by our house daily. A bit more privacy would be nice.

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    X Post: Landry Group Buy: Take 3

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    I just posted the following in the classifieds forum:

    Hi. I have a dozen Landry Academy 2016-2017 generic semester credits available for $100 each. These are good for any course of your choice available NEXT summer 2016 and beyond with no expiration date. If you are interested, please send me your email address, and I'll send you my paypal info. I will then email Landry Academy to transfer the semester credits to your account. They will also set up a new account for you if you don't already have an existing one. Thanks.

    Landry Classes 2015-2016 For Sale?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Hi. I have 4 generic semester credits (summer 2015 and beyond) available for $100 each or all 4 for $360. If you are interested, please send me a private message with your email address and I'll send you my paypal info. I will then email Landry about transferring the semester credits to your account. They will also help with setting up a new account if you don't already have an existing one. Thanks.

     

    ETA: These generic semesters are no longer available for sale.

    Any experience with Landry Academy chemistry intensive?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    My 3 oldest are attending their second day of the Chemistry Intensive today. They are loving it!...talked all evening about it while finishing a simple lab report. My goal was simply to have my children have fun while getting some chemistry exposure. They still will continue their regular scheduled labs from their current chemistry course. For the intensives, no prior chemistry experience is needed because everything will be explained by the instructor. My daughter also enjoyed the biology intensive last fall (especially the dissection of a cat).

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    Paula's Seasonal Minimalist Challenge

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    What a beautiful habit! Growing up in West Virginia, my friend and I would do something similar and take long walks along the Ohio river when we were not in school. I really miss those long walks. We usually do smoothies or ice cream in the Vitamix when we come back in from our outside time too. There are always times when we don't bring anything with us and the kids just run down our hill to the neighbors to play. This works well, but we can never spend as much time because we need to go home for snack, diaper change, etc. It does look like most of your children are older though. Perhaps there is hope that we will get to have a similar journey someday.

    Actually, I am a babywrap and Ergo user. My 2 yr old is carried right now by my ds15 because I am 33 weeks pregnant and the belly and back need a break. I can walk and nurse with a babywrap. I plan to modify my mornings the month when baby is born, but my dd17 will march the kiddos promptly at 7:00...I am sure. She's up early every day milking goats anyway.

     

    When I was a child, my mother made it a daily habit that my family walked at least an hour. Although I live long distance from her, she asks about our walks and tells me about hers. I guess it's one of her legacies. And, yes, I am a pedometer wearer too...as my four older children. (10,000-12,000 steps before school)  :001_smile:  

    Congratulations on the birth of your baby girl! 

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    Paula's Seasonal Minimalist Challenge

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Most mornings my children and I go outside on a walk around a lake for two hours (3-5 miles). It just doesn't feel right to sit down to do lessons until we get some sunshine and fresh air first. I like to have 30 minutes of transition time when we come back home for laundry rotation on the clothesline, smoothies, and nature journals. We then do school until lunch followed by literature read alouds, another time block of school, and quiet time. We also like to do school outside at home on our picnic tables with shade umbrellas.

    (But we do leave the house early at 7:00 and start school by 9:30 😀...and I think the minimalist in me says to bring nothing with you but sunhats and water bottles...just be outside)

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    Dealing with "disruptors"

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I can share what has worked for me. I keep a small timer handy, like on my phone. When there is arguing, fighting or disrupting I don't say anything but just start the timer. When they are done with their nonsense and ready to be productive, I stop the timer and record the time wasted on the board. When school is over they have to make-up the accumulated time wasted with extra assignments or chores. It's the best way to stay calm when I want to scream at them to stop.

    This is what I do as well.

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    Bonnie Landry....Homeschooling, simplified series

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I read the Dictation booklet today. Although I have been homeschooling using Charlotte Mason's methods for awhile now, I needed the basic reminder this very day to omit unnecessary things from our schedule (dictation being a powerful tool to simplify language arts). The message is similar to the "When More is Less" calendar articles and audio cd from Simply Charlotte Mason: choose activities that are simple but effective ("more simplicity = less confusion" and "more quality = less quantity"). This may be applied to other areas of life. While this booklet was short with minimal info, I am glad I got it.

    Simply Charlotte Mason - any favorites

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I generally buy everything from SCM in pdf because the prices are great.

    However, I made an order several months ago for six art portfolios, the "When More is Less" 2015 calendar, and the Learning and Living DVD set. I love SCM Art Portfolios (each includes 9 high quality art prints and artist biography).

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