IMHO - I think it is funny that cable raises it prices on a regular basis, and people accept it as part of life, but nexflix being upfront and...
I am doing world history for my ds grade 10 and his younger sisters as well. For the first part of the year, he is reading this cool book we found...
That reminds me of this: http://history.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/07/27/funny-pictures-history-in-dolby/ (this one is "she blinded me with...
Meghan - the literary aspects you are getting at there are referred to as assonance (the literary repetition/rhyme of a middle vowel sounds of...
If they are doing drama, art, 4H and writing somewhere else, it takes science, art, and writing off your plate - you don't have to teach as much...
We have been involved in Tae Kwon do and mixed martial arts for 7 years, and my son is currently an instructor at his studio. Some advice -...
We use it a lot - usually Wednesday nights or Friday nights are family movie nights - so we watch a fun movie or "educational" one. Now that my...
We do block scheduling on a modified 4 day schedule. Our Mondays typically involve sports, tutoring, etc, so we are too "busy" to get a lot of...
We do a variation of this but in 9 week cycles - we call the week off our "bye" week - we took the idea from my ds' rocket football schedule. The...
thank you all so so much for sharing your info and your stories!!
Thank you all for the feedback and advice (and the prayers)! I think this will definitely help me prepare her. Brooke - your Dr sounds great! I...
for anyone who may have info or advice to share. My dd 9 has been having a series of pretty serious facial and body tics for the past 6 months...
When they were younger, I helped them pick books according to their likes, so while both ds and dd read the little house and ramona books with me,...
I really liked the writer's analysis of how the program works. I don't know enough about math curriculum to explain WHY singapore worked for us,...
My blogs are linked below - the familyd.50megs.com is my homeschool blog about what we do, educationally, how we got started, articles on...
I read somewhere that most kids' need to give their brain a break from intense learning - that it helps the brain then focus on organizing that...
We do a version of this - not necessarily every 6 weeks, more like our 9th week is off. We got the idea from football. One weekend in the season...
I like that idea, that "everything is in its place" ! And that is what my hubby said, as far as accidents go, this is the one to have. Thank...
It's not the size - this is the smallest car I have driven in a while! But Lindina and Carolynn you are both right. It is *my* first ding, and...
We should NOT monitor -- public schooled kids are just as abused, and even then teachers or other parents don't do anything. Singling out one...
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