*Jessica*
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We usually have an outside the house activity every weekday except for Tuesdays. We’re not doing any of them this year. I think they are all open now, but I’m not comfortable with other people’s behavior so we won’t participate. No music lessons, no exercise classes, no homeschool group. It will be a lonely, but probably very productive, year!
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I’m shopping for my grandparents and they needed canned diced tomatoes. All 3 stores I checked for grocery pickup were OOS, so I gave her some from my pantry. I’m hoping that isn’t going to be a long term shortage, because it isn’t fall until I make a pot of chili and I think I gave her my last cans.
I haven’t had any school supplies to buy, so I’d don’t know what that situation is like here.
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That’s so wrong!
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I have a 9yo daughter, as well as teenagers. I own and have used parts of Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding and Real Science Odyssey.
BFoSU was exhausting to put together so I gave up, but I didn’t have the program Syllieann linked. That looks nice!
While I like RSO I do feel like it is too textbook-like to use with grades K-4.
I’ve spent this 3rd child’s science education filling her up with whatever science she was interested in through good books and videos. She’s retaining more of it than my older two did.
This year all 3 of my kids are doing chemistry because she wanted to do “real experiments” like the teens are doing. I’ve chosen to use The Kitchen Pantry Scientist once per week, plus whatever chemistry topic books we have on our home library shelves in a basket for her to choose from.
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Thank you!
These are also an awesome chemistry resource for the elementary set. Molecularium Molecules to the Max!
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😭 So many of the books mentioned were ones I loved. Steinbeck haters? Dickens haters? Noooooooo!
The only books I can remember really hating, so I gave up reading them before I finished the book, were by Hemingway. Maybe I should give them another try, though, now that I’m 20+ years more mature. I did love The Old Man and the Sea.
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I’ve tried easing in for years and it’s always less than satisfactory. This year I decided to just rip off the bandaid and we started on Monday with a full schedule. It’s been a much smoother start to our year!
Of course, my wake-up time and the 9yo’s is 8am, not 6am! And the teens sleep an extra hour and have to be ready to start at 10am.
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25 minutes ago, Junie said:
And Kraft has decided to market their mac and cheese as a breakfast food...
Please don't tell my dd10.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/business/kraft-mac-and-cheese-breakfast-trnd/index.html
Don’t tell my daughter!
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They were Sahlen’s hotdogs, and I ate mine without a bun because I’m on a keto diet. I’ve never been a fan of beef hot dogs.
This child is definitely good at arguing her case. She can often talk us into what she wants. I’m going to have to be really careful not to be outdone by her as she gets older!
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....because if you don’t eat you’ll die. So, basically, all food is good for you.”
😂 Hard to argue with that logic. Hot dogs for lunch!
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On 7/28/2020 at 11:10 AM, Reefgazer said:
I think GH is a great choice for a non-science/non-biology kid and I am using the botany curriculum for my son because he detests biology and will never go into any field that remotely needs biology. But if you have a kid who is sciency, or who may specifically need biology as a college student, I would just get a more rigorous program and use the GH resources as a supplement. It's not worth the effort, IMO, to re-tool it to be a rigorous college-prep biology program.
I agree! My 17yo musician/never-gonna-be-a-science-major-or-take-any-science-classes-not-required student is using GH Chemistry this year. My 15yo future engineer is also doing chem. I thought about beefing it up for him, but decided against it. If he wants to read some of the books his sibling is reading I’ll be happy to lighten his load elsewhere so he can, but tweaking the whole GH Chem is just not likely to give me the strong course I want for a sciencey student.
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I don’t have any insight, but I’m using it with my 3rd grader this year. We start school tomorrow.
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It’s great on popcorn, too, if you want sweet popcorn but are too lazy to make caramel. 😬
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I can’t believe I haven’t planned O’s 3rd grade year yet! She’s a third child, with two teenage siblings who I planned pretty extensively for. I was just finishing up their plans when the pandemic began, and I got busy reading articles and watching press conferences, then as spring and summer arrived I got busy with outdoors projects. I need to write up IHIPs and it occurred to me that I never planned anything for her! Thankfully we’ve always homeschooled so I have plenty of resources without needing to buy anything. I’m too tired to start tonight, but I’m replying to remind myself to do it and post it tomorrow.
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We don’t have carpet, but a couple of weeks ago I cleaned large rugs outside with my power washer, then sucked up the water with the carpet cleaner. Yeah, we’re filthy people, too. *shudder* I obviously need to do that more often!
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12 minutes ago, SusanC said:
I think I have the opposite. I take my book and wander into my room or the living room to sit and read for a bit and gradually everyone (who have been in there for at least an hour prior to my arrival) all study away. I'm not chewing! Do I need a different deodorant?
Sigh, I suppose they are concerned I'm going to notice them and be reminded of something they should be doing.
I feel like the only things I say to my teens these days is a reminder to do some chore or another. They definitely avoid me! I’ve told them if they spent more time out of their bedrooms I wouldn’t only tell them to do chores when I see them, I would actually play games or have conversations with them, but I don’t think they believe me. 😂
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Surely there are videos that could be shown of how the mouth forms the sounds?
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It’s so hard, isn’t it?!
My rambling thoughts.....We’ve been very careful since this all began. We live near Buffalo, NY btw. We just in the last month started letting my mom and dad come over to sit on the porch or in the backyard with us. We progressed to letting my grandparents do the same. We’ve had a couple of distanced meals in the backyard with them all, and they’ve only been in the house a couple of times, masked, when they just couldn’t put off using the bathroom. They are the only people we have seen socially. Well, my brother is living with my parents right now while he and my dad remodel a house they just bought for him but he hasn’t been here, but he is in the same airspace as my parents so I consider him in our bubble.
Today, for the first time since the middle of March, my 15yo went to hang out in person with a friend. His friend is a 16yo only child, and his family is distancing, masking, and in a bubble with just his aunt’s family. I am mostly comfortable with this arrangement, and we’ll be having his friend over to our house soon, as well. My 15yo is my most extroverted kid. He was really starting to feel down being stuck home with just us, so we’re taking care of his mental health needs.
But my almost 9yo daughter having friends over yet feels risky. They are just so much less likely to keep out of each other’s space at this age. I would love it if she had a friend whose family I felt comfortable letting into our bubble, but so far I am not there. Here are our current numbers where I live, though. “On July 7 there were 36 Covid-19 patients in WNY hospitals, 35 of whom were in Erie Co ( where Buffalo is) Also, as reported yesterday, 1.6% of all Covid-19 diagnostic tests received by our Health department on July 7 came back positive (52 out of 3,240).“
With the number of positive cases in your area I wouldn’t be comfortable, but if things start to fall again (and I really hope they do soon!) this family sounds like a great choice for your bubble.
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3 minutes ago, Night Elf said:
Kaiser told me they usually look for a fever of 100.4 or higher so my 99.7 is close enough to that so they want me to test. But it went back down to between 97.9 to 98.4 the rest of the day. I was just thinking if I had the virus, wouldn't my fever be continual?
No. You can be infected and have no fever, fever that comes and goes, or continual fever. This virus is all over the place as far as symptoms go. So if you have any symptoms you should isolate and test.
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Oh, and we had our first wave right after NYC did, and with everyone complying with mask laws and distancing we’ve managed to keep cases from climbing. The whole Western New York region, which includes Buffalo, currently lists only 52 Covid patients hospitalized. I feel safer here than I would in many, many areas of the country right now!
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I live in a Buffalo suburb. Are you just planning to spend the night in a hotel, or looking for things to do in the area?
Either way, to travel through NY you’re required to wear masks in all situations where you cannot stay 6ft distanced. People in Buffalo are taking it seriously. Even drive thrus have signs reminding you to mask since you’re closer than 6ft to pay and get your food. A lot of fun stuff has been canceled for the season, so the hotels should have plenty of room!
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No suggestions, but I do not understand why it’s so hard to find them considering how many tall boys there are out there! It’s as though clothing companies never adjusted to the increased average height.
Signed,
Mom of a 6ft+ 14yo
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The neighbors two houses down are in a classic rock/blues band and they hosted a porch concert today. Everyone distanced properly in their family groups, which was very nice to see. We invited my parents to come over and sit in our front yard, properly distanced from us, while we listened. It was so refreshing to do something different! I think I’ll put some money in an envelope and drop it in their mailbox as a thank you.
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6 minutes ago, Fifiruth said:
In the end, he went back because the job market it going to be tough for a long time, and this is a good employer.
I think this is exactly why most people will go back, even though it will mean less money. How long will the $600 bonus last? I had to look it up; July. The choices seem to be more money for 3 more months and then little chance of finding any job, or the extra for 3 months and then unemployment for the foreseeable future.
It really sucks, though. I feel very fortunate that we don’t have to make that choice.
The Part Of Homeschooling I Didn't Hear About
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Actually, prepare yourself to take a school break for all of February! If you’re lucky it won’t happen to you, but it’s a thing. February burn out and spring fever hitting at once makes for a rough month for a lot of us!