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by jamieswife
Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:06 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Box day - woohoo!
Replies: 10
Views: 3583

Isn't that such a wonderful feeling?!!!!! :D

I am so anxious to get back to schooling myself...it will feel all brand new again!

It IS kinda like Christmas! :lol:
by jamieswife
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:44 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Schooling year round...
Replies: 26
Views: 9603

we'll probably mostly do a traditional schedule with the main reason being that my dh is a public school teacher and he messes us up when he's home! :wink: That's not totally true, but there is a different dynamic in the house when daddy's on break. We almost never school when Papa is home! I've ha...
by jamieswife
Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:30 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Then v's Than
Replies: 11
Views: 3599

Re: Here are the rules...

[Look at the very bottom - Rule 10 - for the 'then & than' rule] Good vs. Well Rule 3. The word good is an adjective, while well is an adverb. Examples: You did a good job. Good describes the job. You did the job well. I tell my children..."You can't DO something good but you can BE a good somethin...
by jamieswife
Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:09 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: age/placement question with 2 kids
Replies: 10
Views: 4348

I needed to choose between Little and Beyond Little for my two boys and decided to go with Beyond. The younger one hasn't had any trouble keeping up at all....and both boys have their own individual math and language at their own levels. It has worked really well for us!
by jamieswife
Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:05 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Placement/combining ??????
Replies: 11
Views: 4491

A great big hearty congrats on your newest wee one! What a blessing!!!! What I have been doing with my 6 and 7 year olds is using Beyond with both of them and the math and language that came with it for the 7 year old but the math and language that went with Little for my 6 year old. I think it's n...
by jamieswife
Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Schooling year round...
Replies: 26
Views: 9603

It's interesting what Carrie and LeAnna said about being schedulers by nature and not schooling year round. I wonder how much of that plays into how we decide. I am a fly by the seat of my pants gal and that can't help but work it's way into our schooling. I know you can schedule year round but it ...
by jamieswife
Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:43 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Then v's Than
Replies: 11
Views: 3599

I read somewhere that one of the most common grammar mistakes we make today is then vs. than.

And my pet peeve is the misuse of good vs. well!

:lol:
by jamieswife
Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:36 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Greetings...once again...from Alaska!
Replies: 17
Views: 6060

Thank you ladies for all the replies! I'm glad to be back here again! Hello Terri....nice to "see" you again! Barb....do I remember you? Hmmmmmmmm....let me think.....of course I do....ya goofball!!! We can't wait to start up school again and reading here is making me all the more anxious to get goi...
by jamieswife
Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:31 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Schooling year round...
Replies: 26
Views: 9603

We don't usually start out the school year planning on going year round but it always works out that way! We end up taking so much time off during the year for whatever reason that we need the summer to finish up (which we never REALLY finish up, haha). We like a long break at Christmas and any tim...
by jamieswife
Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:35 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Greetings...once again...from Alaska!
Replies: 17
Views: 6060

Greetings...once again...from Alaska!

Hello Ladies! I am Crystal in Alaska....I was here at the start up of this board and I've popped in a few times since then. I haven't been here in a few months though. Almost 2 months ago our house burned down and we lost everything but the clothes on our backs....including our dogs and cats which ...
by jamieswife
Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:01 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Would love your opinions on whether or not to move forward
Replies: 6
Views: 4396

I would definitely move on! I think it's important to keep them moving forward and challenging them. If they have something down pat they may enjoy it doing it but they aren't neccessarily "learning" any more. I think also it helps down the road if they encounter something that takes them a while to...
by jamieswife
Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:10 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Where should I start with a 7 yo ds?
Replies: 7
Views: 5021

I've been able to us BLHFHG with my first grader and my second grader so if your son is ready I don't see any reason to wait. Besides, that's one of the many beauties of homeschooling...who cares what's official?!!!!!!

:lol:
by jamieswife
Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:48 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: To combine or not to combine? Please share insights.
Replies: 8
Views: 6103

I haven't used more then one of Carrie's books at the same time but I am using one book for two students in different grades. I am doing BLH with my first and second graders (almost 6 and 7). It is working beautifully. I have reading and math for each of them on their own level but they both do ever...
by jamieswife
Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:29 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Timesavers? Could we share our ideas for saving time?
Replies: 6
Views: 4917

My biggest time saver is definitely the older children! My 15yo and 11yo can do any subject I need them to with the 5yo or 7yo. It also helps them see and feel how far they've come! I know some moms who don't utilize their older children and I think they are really missing out on some valuble help!!...
by jamieswife
Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:25 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What comes after "Bigger Hearts for His Glory"?
Replies: 12
Views: 17050

I can't wait!

Do you think it would be do-able to adapt this to a more advanced 11 year old (actually by Aug. 08 she'll be a 12 year old)?