We spend 3.5 to 4 hours a day learning with my 4th grader. We have a set schedule of 10:00 to 2:00 or so with 30 minutes for lunch. We vary the...
We've been homeschooling for 3 years. I'm on and off this forum :) Right now I'm facing the onset of the tweens! I have a 9-year old. Her...
Maybe she is complaining about work, the same way someone would complain about a day at the office? I commend you for holding your tongue! I'm...
I wouldn't even engage in a conversation about it! In the beginning I would explain what we planned to do and how DD would be "socialized" but...
Hello HSing moms! I haven't been around much, but mostly because we've been so busy homeschooling and I'm not sitting at a computer anymore....
Hi Crazymama! I'm still around, still homeschooling. I got laid off my job last July so I'm not sitting at a computer all day and consequently I'm...
I homeschool my Stepdaughter (8) and she has some grammar habits she picked up from people around her. She will say "she don't _____" or "he...
I'm a big fan of sleepytime tea! I get it at the grocery store. With a bit of honey I fall right asleep. It's proven that TV and computers...
A friend of mine told me this secret, and I ended up trying it on my favorite cotton shirt that my husband dried in the dryer by accident. You...
Reading comprehension difficulties ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS stem from having words that they are reading that they don't fully understand. The...
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That's my 8-year old to a T! I'm pretty sure some of it is just the age. I have found that giving her fewer problems is better in math. I used to...
Our park district has a "Homeschool Gym and Swim" program that's one day a week. They get one hour of gym and one hour of swimming. The cost is so...
Glad to hear from you again! Happy that everything is going well!
This year we went hodge-podge on the math curriculum and worked on basic math skills, money and telling time. Our result is she can now DO the...
I think if you go at your child's pace, you won't rob them of anything. I do push a little bit, but only when I can tell she's being lazy. Her...
DSD went to a Christian preschool, then switched to our religion's preschool, then went to a public first grade and none of them worked for her....
I've done courses on study skills and how to learn. There are three basic barriers to understanding: 1. Too steep of a gradient. This means she...
I have a 7-yo who gives pushback too. We used to have TEARS and STOMPING LEGS and throwing the pencil across the room or else she'd go "dumb" and...
I'm like you, JenPooh! I'm very much "no nonsense" and I'm big on manners. It's hard, coming in later in the game as a stepmom of a spoiled child....
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