I wouldn't. I hope to never move again. It's a hassle, it's expensive, and it takes a while in my experience to feel connected and settled in a new place. Actually, it usually takes a lot longer than I wish it would. If you feel connection, belonging, contentment where you are, I wouldn't pull up my roots to move.

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It helped my son who was struggling to finally memorize the tables. I used Singapore with him. If it works for a particular kid to help with the memory connections, it's great. I don't think any type of math preclude its use.

The only natural deodorant that has worked for me is http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Free-Milk-Magnesia-Deodorant/dp/B00GGLJ2KQ My puberty aged kids use it too. I use rubbing alcohol to kill bacteria occasionally too.

I think the financial accounting sounds like a good idea for her. If she's prepared for the intensity, she can probably handle it. She just needs to be ready to get herself up to speed quickly. She needs to make sure she completely understands the beginning concepts--particularly debits and credits, the various statements, etc. It may look different now of course. She sounds sharp. I'm sure she'll be ok. My stats professor was my worst teacher in all my undergrad courses! I think a lot of students find their statistics courses to be among the most difficult, so I thought some exposure prior to that point might make it easier. I don't think I would do it cc, particularly with a weak professor, and if she doesn't need it I definitely wouldn't worry about it. Maybe self study at home would be of benefit? There is a lot of analysis in many business majors.

I don't know about extra-curricular in the homeschool environment. But I was a business major and my spouse was an accounting major. I have a minor in econ. I felt that having a strong foundation in accounting helped me in my accounting courses in college. At least back then, the pace of those intro accounting classes was quick. My first accounting course covered in about 6 weeks what I learned in two years of high school accounting. We lost a lot of majors in those courses because kids just couldn't keep up when they were learning about debits and credits from scratch. You have to take quite a few accounting courses for any business majors in the schools I am familiar with. You also tend to need more math than you would for other majors, or at least you did in my program. So prepare like a stim kid almost, but consider statistics as one of your math courses. Public speaking is important in most of her aspirations. All of the business fields require strong written communication too. She'll take courses targeting those, or at least I did and, of course, she'll need them in her field. Hone those skills. Maybe speech or debate? If someone will hire her in a position handling records or money, that might be helpful. How about treasurer of a student group? My son is treasurer of his Robotics team. However, it's his dad who is the bonded adult treasurer. Still, he's learning.

I use sugar in tea. It just tastes better to me. But I've cut down to the point where I really prefer less sweetness. Eating super sweet stuff, say during a family get together or something, will set off sugar craving for me again. But it passes, and I go back to preferring less. I never realized how, I don't know, "addicting" it is for me until I cut down. I use honey in unflavored greek yogurt. You can get peanut butter with nothing but peanuts and salt. I guess I'm saying that I prioritize things I can't buy "cleaner" than what I can make. For me the time saved is worth the extra cost.

If you can find a used or reasonably priced copy, he book Everything's Coming Up Fractions really helped here. It uses c-rods, which I already owned, to help kids visualize fractions.

After finishing an intensive (level B here), it looks like you go on to the continuation course. However, I noticed on their pathway document that you can do continuation course or theme books. Would the theme book carry us onward without doing level B continuation course? Does it cover the same material without dvd instruction? What would we be missing?

It depends for me. If I have wet or icky stuff, I put them in the right side of the double sink. If I have dishes that are relatively clean but need washed--a granola bowl or drinking glass for example--I often put them on the counter. I don't like the sink full of dirty dishes and we generally load dishes in the dishwasher just prior to washing, so things can pile up if they are all in the sink. Hubby really hates seeing dishes on the counter, so be tends to put everything in the sink. I guess to me a sink full of dishes looks like chaos and to him dishes on the counter looks like chaos instead.

Do you have a copy of the policy? Some policies provide habilitative PT for the issues you mentioned, but also if the proper skills simply failed to develop. If your policy is worded like that, I think you have a definite appeal. If the policy excludes developmental issues, that's more problematic. You need to know what it actually says. Our policy excludes all developmental related issues except autism. They only cover that because the state makes them. I don't think situations like this are uncommon unfortunately. Our options for speech therapy for my son were school system or private pay. If it is excluded by your policy, you could ask the doctor if there are any programs that might cover issues like hers.

I do like c-rods and found learning to use them easy. I used education unboxed and Everything's Coming Up Fractions (love that book) as others have mentioned on this thread.

Thank you all. I think this gives me some ideas. I think sedentary stuff is probably my biggest issue, though I could probably benefit with better diet as well. We're not terrible, but I need more fruits and vegetables. I'm sure I'm actually pre-hypertension. They caught it in a health plan required well check about a year ago. I really thought it was due to the conditions at the time, but I have followed up on my parent's blood pressure cuff multiple times over the past year and I'm consistently in the high 120's on the top number. The lower number sometimes bumps slightly above 80 pretty frequently too. Tonight I was 129/84. So the writing is really on the wall with blood pressure for me given my family history. I really need to do something, but I haven't. So in some ways I'm glad he agreed to their challenge. I should have acted a year ago. I am going to look into the breathing, indoor exercise videos, DASH, and yoga. I've got family history of alcoholism, so avoid it altogether. Thanks to all of you. This is worth a try even if I don't make it in 90 days. The sedentary stuff really needs to change anyway. I feel like I've become a bit of a slug.

I found out last tonight that my husband signed me up for a health goal suggested by his insurance to lower my blood pressure within the next 90 days. I have pre-hypertension (tonight I was 128 over 81), not high pressure, so actual blood pressure meds aren't an option. I have a family history of high blood pressure and strokes. So I would like to tackle this for my health. However, being told I have to do it in 90 days is likely increasing it! :crying: Does anyone have ideas for working on this? Supplements that work? I'm in a normal weight for height but am definitely sedentary. I tried to walk this evening and outdoor stuff in the winter cold is just not going to happen for me. Maybe I can figure out something indoor, but 90 days may not be enough time for exercise to work anyway?

CLE has Algebra I in their new Sunrise addition. I'm not quite there with DS, but I am pretty sure it's going to be spiral like Rod and Staff. I'm planning to add Arbor Math Algebra along with to up the challenge. I've been happy with CLE.

I wouldn't. You all have major adjustments to go through and adding the expectations that have to come with a change to homeschooling to an already full mix of emotions seems like a gamble with a potentially harmful downside. I wouldn't take that risk. Someone up-thread mentioned custody potentially becoming an issue as well, and I have seen that happen with new step parents and homeschooling both. It seems being a supportive adult in his life would be better than being a homeschooling adult basically. Does he have any other schooling options for next year? If you have to do something for his well-being (therapist agreeing), maybe online public school is an option in your state? You could still play supportive adult while someone else does the teaching, authority, accountability role. Poor kid.

I had Landry Academy intensives in the back of my mind for high school science labs. When I had looked previously, there were options in a major city near me for most science areas. Actually, I had multiple options in two different cities within a drive of me. Out of curiosity, I looked again last night. There are no science labs intensives in my state or even in surrounding states, though there were a few art intensives. Are they offering far less now?

I like having space to be apart. I don't think it's weird to be different. Though I do think it's probably harder for a person who needs/desires space to go without than for someone who likes lots of togetherness to have space. It's really heard on me.

I had a package arrive opened. I think it happened with the shipping company (UPS). I had a Prime item arrive late. They gave me $15 for my trouble when I called. I really think they would have over-nighted it for me if it hadn't been Thanksgiving. Call them!

Good information! It wasn't re-taped. I'm not sure what to do. My concern is that I am getting ready to order my kids Christmas, and that will include electronics and video games. The opened box was soap yesterday, so not a target, and Monday was curtains. But then I got boxes between those that weren't opened, so I'm not sure what to think. The first one wasn't opened all the way across, so I thought it could have happened accidentally. The second was clearly cut with a knife right through the middle of the Amazon tape sealing the top of the box. It was cut all the way across. I was home when it was left on the porch, so I'm certain no one had access. I'm still not sure whether to report. We get a lot of packages, and I've never had this before.

Twice this week, Monday and today, I've received UPS packages that had the packing tape across the top cut open so someone would/could have accessed the contents. Nothing was stolen either time, but then it wasn't electronics. Today's order was soap! One opened package was Walmart and the other was Amazon, so I assume it's the shipper? WWYD? I'm feeling bothered, particularly given I do have Christmas orders coming.

I have never heard of that, but I may use it in the future!

My youngish kids use Kindle Fires. They are very reasonably priced, and there are parental controls.

We took out an equity line of credit on the old home and used that to finance the new home. This meant we couldn't rent the old home and it's theoretically risky in that the equity credit lines can have huge interest rate fluctuations, but it worked for us. We believed we could sell the first home within 6 months or I probably wouldn't have done it.

The dentist sounds great! I met my sister's fiance for the first time a few months ago (they live several states away). The first day of the visit he decided to tell me why I should send my kids to school. I was shocked/taken aback. He was concerned, well convinced, that there is no way to properly socialize kids without the school experience. He's ignorant about homeschooing, but it still bothered me at the time and still does sometimes.