*Jessica*
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Yum! Those both sound like good ideas. I just checked and we're all out of mozzarella. :(
Crissy, do you think fresh pineapple would work in the sweet and sour chicken recipe?
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I need inspiration, please?! I have no idea what to do with my boneless skinless chicken breasts for dinner. I'm definitely going to get back to menu planning, but I still need to feed the family tonight. Any ideas? I would prefer something quick and easy after this very long day.
We have a wide variety of items in the fridge/freezer/pantry.
Thanks!
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We school year-round and are on day 136. We're required to do 180 days, so we're getting very close to that requirement! We will just keep going, taking days off whenever needed, and won't start the next grade's materials until July. We'll use the rest of the school year to delve deep into things that interest us and to review anything that may not have been learned to mastery.
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I don't know how much the one is at Michael's, but I bought one at Wal*Mart for $15.
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Punxsutawney Polamalu
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We have a wireless Lexmark copier/scanner/fax that works great, but you have to watch out for the ink costs! Lexmark ink seems to be one of the most expensive brands. I finally bought a laser printer and will only be using the Lexmark for copying. Just be sure that you don't buy a cheap printer to save money and then end up paying hundreds more in ink than you would have with a different brand.
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We generally don't do projects. They take an enormous amount of time without producing a whole lot of academic gain. They're not worth my time and energy.
That's exactly how I feel. I started out trying to do lots of fun activities. I was exhausted from the hours of preparation, he wasn't learning any more from our projects than he was gleaning from our reading, and he had less time to play because I was taking up his time with projects.
So with the exception of science experiments, which we enjoy and from which he learns a great deal, we do very few projects.
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I like the DK style retellings by Selina Hastings. It covers most of the stories in the Bible, even the ones that are of people being foolish and having consequences, that often don't make it into the average Bible storybook (ex, David & Bathsheba, Baalam.) I think that these are lovely books that are well written and add a lot through the use of the sidebar photos and maps.
FWIW, many of the retellings of other myths or fairy tales don't spend a lot of time on disclaimers.
I wanted to add that I think this has been published in several formats. Hastings is the author listed for the DK Children's Illustrated Bible. I have two volumes published by Hermes House as The Children's Illustrated Bible The Old Testament and The Children's Illustrated Bible The New Testament. There also seems to be a collection of stories (David & Goliath and others, Jesus, Noah's Ark and others) that are probably taken from the CIB. I scanned the copy that I have and while it presents the background of the Bible (what Christians hold it to be, how many books, about when it was written, etc) it is done in a third person style similar to what I would expect in a book about the Illiad (Homer wrote the Illiad to describe the Trojan War, a long war between the city of Troy and the Greeks in which even the Gods took sides. Just as an example.) I think that the Hastings book is probably in many libraries, so maybe you could check it out before you use it or not.
This is the book we have and would recommend. It does a much better job than others I have read at presenting the information as stories instead of fact.
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I read when I should be dusting or vacuuming.
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I wish they would increase the resolution. If we could hook the computer up to the tv and watch them with good clarity (or even with a bigger screen size and good clarity on the computer) I would be all for it. The size it is now is, in my opinion, far too annoying and not worth nearly $200.
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I cut up workbooks and have the pages drilled with three holes (yes, even if they're perforated), and keep them in a three-ring notebook. I take out the one page the child is working on so he can lay it flat on the desk/table. When it's finished, it goes back in the notebook.
This is what I do.
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I have lived in the same county for my entire life and can't imagine living anywhere else. Even if we were to win millions of dollars in the lottery we would stay here, we would just buy ourselves a vacation home somewhere warm so we could escape the coldest, snowiest months of the year.
ETA~ I have traveled through most of the states from NY to Florida and the only ones that could entice me to leave home are NC and VA. I've never been west of the Mississippi, though, so maybe I'm missing somewhere that I would really love.
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Okay, will do.
Have you got any Greek cookbooks? If you can get a copy of this book it is a great start. It is what I use to make potatoes, Greek salad and dressing, dolmas, and some other things.
Thank you! I'm definitely ordering that one!
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We had the tzatziki last week to go with the dolmas. I'm looking for a really good and easy gyro recipe. Two weeks ago we had moussaka.
I've had to learn to cook the stuff myself. If I don't have Greek at least once every six months I go through DTs
There is a new guy coming to dh's station soon. He is in the academy or somewhere right now. He is Greek and his family has a restaurant. I told dh to make nice with him when he finally gets here for good so I can get him to teach me how to cook.
Oh, if he does teach you how to cook, please share the recipes and tricks?! I adore Greek food!
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I've been like that lately but mine are sinus headaches and happen with the changes in barometric pressure.
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You're welcome! Please tell me you're not making souvlaki and tzatziki to go with those pitas or I may shrivel up with envy. :)
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We love that one. You might also like these sites.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids
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We are.
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The Light Blue books are a complete grade-level curriculum (e.g. 1A, 1B, 3A, 3B, etc) so they are the most comparable in format to the Singapore books, since they integrate all the topics that would normally be covered in that year (e.g. addition, subtraction, multiplication, place value, clock, money, measurement, etc). The Light Blue books are IMO the best choice for someone using MM as their main program.
If you are just using MM as a supplement, you could go with either the Light Blue or the Blue series. The Blue series are divided by topic (Multiplication, Fractions 1 & 2, Money, etc) and some of them cover several grade levels. So it depends on how you plan to supplement ~ will you be using Math Mamoth one or two days/wk as a change from MEP? Or just pulling out a few MM worksheets each week to complement what you're doing in MEP? Only using MM if your child struggles with a concept in MEP and/or needs extra practice?
Depending on how you want to use MM, you could buy the Light Blue book for the level your child is at (2A&B for example) or you could just buy the topical worktexts, either as a package or on an as-needed basis. The complete Blue Series package for grades 1-3 is only $40 (and I think you can get another 20% off using the code HSBC1419 at the Kagi checkout page). The Blue Series Grades 1-3 includes the following books (770 lesson pages total):
Addition 1
Subtraction 1
Add & Subtract 2-A
Add & Subtract 2-B
Add & Subtract 3
Place Value 1
Place Value 2
Place Value 3
Multiplication 1
Division 1
Clock
Measuring 1
Metric Measuring
Early Geometry
Money
Canadian Money
European Money
Introduction to Fractions
Link to the page with the package deals:
http://www.mathmammoth.com/packages.php
Jackie
Thank you! I can buy the All Inclusive package (which contains all of the MM material she currently offers) for less than the price of 2 years of Singapore. Without your post I never would have noticed that, so many thanks! That way I will have both the Light Blue and Blue series so I can decide which way of supplementing would work for us. Or we may like it so much that we switch to MM as our main program and use MEP to supplement.
Is it silly that I'm super excited about this?! :lol:
Dinner Ideas
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I have lots of cast iron! That sounds tasty and easy. I'm off to make it. Thank you! Thank you!