Recent content by cricutmaster

You know the thing is in Maryland it really doesn't matter. It's not written anywhere that you have to follow the schools schedule. They are just trying to make me follow it. The lady told me that I couldn't take a break,drop off of Calverts list and then re enroll. I asked her what was the...

Yep it is a HSLDA issue, I called again today and spoke to a supervisor. She pretty much gave me the same answer. She said that maybe I could ask Calvert to keep me on the books until I am ready to reorder. I just told her point blank that I was not going to take my sons break away from him...

You know what. I feel this way sometimes. Sometimes I need a break. But...I never would say I can't stand to be around him, but in all honesty, there are days when he works my nerves, and I just wish I could send him over someones house for an hour or two. He's normally pretty good at knowing...

Yep he did a year. PS kids don't even do a year. We started in October of last year with 5th grade. We normally school year around but not with Calvert. We do our Calvert and then go hands on learning for the rest of the year. Labs, cooking, building, hiking, gaming or anything that he is...

i asked this same question a while back. It's already happening in math for us. I don't know what that stuff is. A friend of mine is a retired math teacher, she was nice enough to offer her services. So I don't have to look at it. YAY! Just kidding but not really. Math makes my head hurt. I can...

What do I do? We have used Calvert for the last 3 years. Normally we are done months before PS but this year we are behind. DS will be finished in October at that time he drops off the Calvert roaster. I want to give him a break until after Christmas. October -December is busy for us.The problem...

We just got word last weekend and headed out to our Borders to get some deals only to find that they were gone already! Closed, dark and empty. They never had a sale, they were just open two weeks ago. It was like they packed up over night and left. A lot of people were going for the sale and...

See here you have to either use an umbrella, a private school or do state reviews. I wish i could pick the person. I have a few teacher friends who are former homeschoolers who would be great choices. You don't have to give any test or even participate in the test the state gives to the...

Yeah girl! You're making me wish I lived in Ohio. Not everyone has problems here but a lot of people do. This is what swayed me away from using the state option. However, 6th grade Calvert is a bit expensive. It goes from not so affordable to not affordable at all. sooo...we may be going the...

We skip a lot of things. Especially if he knows it already. I think school repeats itself anyway. DS's science book just talked about rocks AGAIN. He learned about them in 3rd grade, then again in 4th and here it is showing up in 5th. Same information. So I asked him to tell me about it, he did...

Really! hmm...ok. Well I was only saying that because that is what I had been told by some (not all) homeschool moms here in Maryland. I have heard review nightmare stories. Which is why I don't deal with the state. Here in Maryland you can't pick who does your review, you get who they say, and...

ok thanks, I will pass the info along. The reason why I said soap can be art too is because I have a friend who makes soap in her "Art Studio" but I think it's science as well. I just didn't know what to tell my other friend. I know nothing about portfolios or reviews. I do know that here you...

Quick question for anyone who used the state review option. A friend of mine asked me if she could use her science kit with several experiments to double as art. She said some of the experiments could be art as well such as making soap making. Soap comes from a chemical reaction but it can also...

We school in the summer but it's light. This year my son decided to play around so too bad for him that he is still in the 5th grade this summer. He has a regular workload right now & complaining about not having a summer break. I don't care! I gave him 2 weeks off for summer camp and then it...

I agree! I had to do this.