Mini usb won't work either. On the first gen Kindle it's just for connecting to the computer, not for input devices. I was just researching this for you in the other thread. Sorry.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/raw-veggies-are-pp/ This is a good introduction to the matter. Cooking may diminish something like Vitamin C but it also boosts levels of other things. I have to admit I file the whole raw food craze in the "Natural is Magical" nonsense file.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/raw-veggies-are-pp/ This is a good introduction to the matter. Cooking may diminish something like Vitamin C but it also boosts levels of other things. I have to admit I file the whole raw food craze in the Natural is Magical Nonsense file.

https://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/devices/kindle-fire/specifications/01-device-and-feature-specifications There's a chart with specs for all Kindles. Unfortunately the first generation ones don't take Bluetooth or USB keyboards. Another option would be to trade in your Kindle to Amazon for a gift cards towards a newer HD model that does have Bluetooth.

That. I have no huge issue with it but I can't get past the stink of it. Blech.

Thank you for the information.

The cult of personality aspect is another commonality with Ham.

He expects people to take his word as gospel and is quite vicious to those who disagree with him. His MO isn't exactly the same but he still has an entitled authority that his fans seem loathe to question. There's a willingness to cede reason and the work of faith to certain men in some quarters and Ham is as much a symptom of that as Gothard.

Honestly, you would do fine with a Samsung, Lenovo, Asus or Dell for tablet under$200. But a Bluetooth keyboard and you're set. There's no reason to spend more then$200 on a tablet for your purposes.

I think you could clean house all you want but if you don't acknowledge that the house itself is the problem, the unthinking surrender to patriarchal authority, it will be a rather useless exercise. For every Gothard that's deposed there's a Ken Ham who's uncritically adored.

I hate the word "rapey". My lip curls into a contemptuous sneer whenever I see a business described as Christian or a ministry. No people, it's your for-profit enterprise. Announcing that it's Christian or a ministry makes me suspect it's exactly the opposite. Christian worldview? Really? There is one? Which one, tell me please? Roman Catholic? American Evangelical? Russian Orthodox? Amish? Westboro Baptist? Stop pretending Christianity is some homogenous lump and learn more about the larger church. Then you can construct your own worldview instead of buying someone else's. For a related rant see the term "Biblical".

Can you just get a Bluetooth keyboard for your kindle?

I'm sorry but if Obama deserved the blame for having them deported, he deserves the praise for NOT having then deported. Unless God is on the US government payroll now...?

Books. It's a provincial initiative and every baby goes home with a small bag that has 3 or 4 books and some information on reading to kids. Nothing other then that. I think there's a province wide policy against mothers getting anything that isn't supportive of breastfeeding.

You could start Philosophy for Kids by David White right now. It's not expensive and is discussion based. I have no idea why it's not more talked about on this board. Next year you could use an IB Theory of Knowledge text. Oxford and Cambridge both have excellent ones but we choose the Cambridge text because all the teacher resources are free online where you gave to buy a TE with the Oxford book. You could pair that with Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition from TTC (maybe from the library). The book gives the tools for thinking and the lectures give a great overview of key figures and ideas. You could also pair the lectures with the PfK book.

I think that's ridiculous. If the concept of Pi is beyond the kids then why bother with it at all? Or it could be introduced as 22/7. Heck, I was very shaky on what Pi was until I started homeschooling and saw it written as 22/7 in some book on the history of math. All of a sudden it made sense because written as a fraction it relates more directly to what it represents.

Nevermind. I read your post wrong. D'oh. Pretend I'm not here.

Reread the OP.:)

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Ha! My husband and I are both lefties (the oldest kids are righties but there's hope yet for the toddler). He's a logical, step-by-step thinker. I'm the opposite. I often think too much is made of the left/right handed thing.

I love snow but we're running out of firewood. We might have enough to last until the end of the month IF these ridiculous cold snaps stop. I hate electric heat.:(

Cross stitch. My son likes it and my BIL has fond memories from when he was a kid and he did it with his mom. It's calming and portable. I also wouldn't hesitate to try knitting and crochet.

A Jesuit school opening up nearby. My kids wouldbe enrolled in a heart beat. Congratulations!

Apples and Pears, Dancing Bears. After all kinds of false starts and reading programs that only seemed to show results within the program it was A&P and DB that finally gave my middle the skills to read. Lots of hard work and long mornings but enough redeeming stuff that he never hated the program.

Yes! A bunch of stuff that fits on the hard drive that I never use because if I don't see it, it doesn't exist. And yet I can't delete it because I *gasp* paid good money for it. Curse you Scholastic!