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The caffiene would be the biggest thing, if you're drinking caffinated soda. I like iced tea. I make sun tea, so you can make whatever flavor you can find tea bags for.
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Well to be honest, before having kids, I would have said that homeschooling was one of those things I would "never" do. In fact initially we both thought homeschoolers were kind of wacko. :lol:
But during oldest dd's 1st grade year it became increasingly apparent that the reading program the school was using just wasn't working. I tried to do all the right things, read more with her at home, talked to the teacher, etc. The teacher's response was that she was young for the grade and that I should practice more with the materials at home. I wanted to ask if she was referring to the materials that clearly weren't working. (She turned out to be dyslexic, but the teacher didn't recognize it.) That and the fact that dd cried before going to school. Every day. For two months. It broke my heart, and I hated being away from her and not knowing what was going on with her. And I thought that by the time I was spending all that time trying to remediate what the school was supposed to be teaching her, why not just do it all myself?
It still took until the end of 2nd grade to make the leap (dh needed serious convincing, then he got laid off and I had to keep working for a while). For the first few years, we had to have a conversation every summer about whether or not we were going to continue, but now we both are so happy with the decision. That doesn't mean that there aren't days that I would love to put them all on that big yellow bus (doesn't even matter where it's going), but overall it has been a huge blessing to our family.
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praying - good luck to him!
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I have no answers, only sympathy.
My ds12 does this from time to time as well. For him it's not art supplies, it's his Lego robot. I really think it's the boy equivalent of PMS. Some good hard physical exercise usually does the trick. We are (attempting to) clear our lot of buckthorn :glare: and 30 minutes with the weed wrench usually puts him right.
I do like the latte w/ rum idea though....
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I remember the homework being 20-30 min a day too, but it's been a while and don't remember the details. I do remember dd had to work through a maze-like thing with just her eyes. It looked like 4 wiggly lines scrambled together and she had to follow one of the four from one side of the page to the other. There was other stuff, but she was about 10 at the time and was able to do it independently. The time consuming part was driving to the therapy location twice a week and waiting for her to finish. We were fortunate that her issues weren't too severe and she finished in about 10 weeks. Good luck!
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If you haven't been able to sell so far and just want to get rid of them you could look into donating to your library. Either they'll keep them or sell them at a "Friends of the Library" (or similar) fundraiser.
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I want to want one, but the temperature is in the mid 90s. I just can't. :sad:
:iagree:That and it means summer's over!
Burying my head in the sand as long as possible.
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I don't know about statistics, but I saw an article in the local paper about this in the last few days. If I remember correctly, it said that during the first 2 years kids in daycare are sicker, but after that they start building more immunity. The article was related to kids (especially kindergarteners) getting sick more often because school is starting. It said the kids who had been in daycare/preschool would likely not be as sick as those who had not been in those situations.
I guess it kind of makes sense that kids who are exposed to a lot of stuff eventually build more immunity, so it's possible that if your dd had been in school she might be more resistant to the junk that's out there. But it's also certainly true that she's picking up the germs from somewhere (sick kids at school). I know that since I've had my kids home they haven't been sick nearly as often as when they were in school. And the year my oldest was in K, I was never sick so often from the stuff she drug home.
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Probiotics and cutting out dairy helped me. I use Acidophilus Pearls. I was eventually able to get back to eating yogurt, cooking with dairy, and some eating some cheese, but no straight milk and if I want ice cream I have to use Lactaid. (probably tmi)
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When I was married seven years ago, in a sleeveless dress with the straps at the tip of my shoulder, my photographer commented that it was nice to see a dress that didn't require the bride to constantly hike up the bodice all day :lol:.
LOL At my niece's wedding a few years back a group of us were dancing and another niece had to keep hiking up her strapless dress. My younger son, then about 6 or 7, was dancing with her and started copying her "dance moves", dress hiking and all! I thought my hubby was going to fall over he laughed so hard!
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Oh, bummer! My twins were hoping for these dolls for their birthdays next year. I don't know why they keep retiring the cool older dolls. I have to say I'm underwhelmed by the Julie doll they brought in.
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I didn't see this on your list. I think it means Edited To Add (rather than Estimated Time of Arrival) LOL
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LOL, I'd forgotten about the dialect in Secret Garden. I muddled through, butchering it all the way. Wish I'd thought of the audio book for that one.
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Totally my personal opinion, but dd hated AG and so did I. She was in 6th grade when we started and maybe should have done JAG first, but according to the website it should have been OK. I bought it because the idea of not repeating the same grammar year after year made so much sense, but it just really didn't work for my oldest, and I never went back.
It seemed to me that the program expected kids to know a lot coming in, even though I'm pretty sure it said no previous experience was necessary. The thing that was hardest for dd was that so much seemed to be thrown at her at once, with fewer examples than she would have liked. We had previously used R&S for grammar and I guess we were both used to the pattern of introducing a concept (say verb phrases) then practicing that almost in isolation for a little bit before adding trickier stuff to the mix.
I think the best example I can give is actually math related. You know how when the child is learning long-division, most programs will have some problems that practice the skill straight up before throwing in word problems that require several steps using different skills to get the answer? Well, AG seemed like it went straight to the multi-step word problems without letting you get your feet wet. We got through about 5 weeks before giving it up.
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I've never had any trouble w/ B&N. At first (being paranoid), I took a copy of the letter I submitted to the school district, but no one ever looked at it in any detail. Last year I got an email inviting me to a "Homeschool Educator Open House" at one of the stores. I walked in with my 5 kiddos in tow, the woman took one look at us and said, "You must be here for the homeschool open house!" She gave me a card and that was it!
Later the same morning I ran across the street to JoAnn's to pick up some items and requested a teacher discount card. When the clerk asked for documentation, I provided a copy of the letter to the state. We went through a similar conversation.
Don't you have a card or something from the school district? No
Anything with your name on it? No
I need to call the manager.
Manager repeated above process.
I showed her the Educator Discount cards I had from Borders and B&N, which she scrutinized like I was trying to pass counterfeit bills. Finally she said she "supposed" she could let me have a card.
I thought it was hilarious to have 2 such different experiences within an hour of each other.
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Did it used to be possible to send an email to someone by clicking their user name? I though I had done this once when I first joined (before I got the pm thing down), but now can't seem to do it. Or does it just depend on how the other person is set up?
Thanks!
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:seeya:Not an option under any sort of regular circumstances.
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As Time Goes By
I love this one too. Our library has the series on DVD.
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One of the twins had what looked like a pimple on the bridge of her nose last year. It was white and round and looked like it should pop, but just kind of sat there. At age 6 I was pretty sure it wasn't a pimple. I finally took her in and it was some kind of sub-cutaneous cyst. The doc said to leave it alone, as trying to pop it could cause scarring. It eventually cleared up.
That said, I'd still take him in to get it checked, just to be sure.
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I found this frustrating as well. So many leveled readers either include a lot of "sight" words or words kids are supposed to guess based on a picture.
I recently found a series called "Dr. Maggie's Phonics Readers" by Margaret Allen that make a nice supplement to Bob books. In addition to the Henry and Mudge series, I think I remember Mr. Potter and Tabby being pretty good.
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Wow!
This is one of my favorite songs, and that's a gorgeous rendition. I had goosebumps. Thanks for sharing!
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I failed the 1 hour w/ ds #1, and felt the same way after the 3 hour (dizzy, light-headed). It turned out that it was because my blood sugar was so LOW. I ate (a lot) when I got back to work and did feel better. When the nurse called with the results, she even commented that my blood sugar had been very low at the end, and that I should be sure to eat every 2 hours or so. Yeah, great.
Did you feel better after you ate? When do you get the results of the test? Good luck.
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It's been a while since I read it, but I thought it was darker than the others. Although 5 and 6 got pretty dark too. Rowling kills off several fairly central characters, which made even my teen sad. However, it was the natural outcome of the war - people die and that is sad. In the end I thought it was redemptive in many respects.
If you're trying to get through all 7 before your daughter, can you try listening on CD? The narrator is fabulous.
S/O Who wanted to homeschool?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Funny! I have to admit I like that part now too. Just another reason to never say never.