Posts by marimara

What works for us (5yo dd) is having lots of enriching supplies (arts/crafts/recyclables/materials) on hand at all times and within reach, TONS of books, a library card, streaming internet, a couple of classes in the community, some...

We love this show!  My dh has all past seasons on our hard drive and we watch them all the time.  He often jokes that I am the Sheldon of the family...the female version, lol.  I admit often what Sheldon says are the...

We like the Peterson ones too.  For really younger children my dd has liked the Dover coloring book ones and The Big Golden Book of Backyard Birds.  (its an old one, we got it at the thrift store but you can get it used on...

Everyone is right, you will have plenty of time when you are at home.  My dd is 5 and entertains herself a lot of the time, we do only about 1hr, if that, a day on actual materials.  For me the problem is getting to my doc...

I'm interested in hearing other's stories, philosophies, or even a blog link if you tend to follow an unschooly bent with your "gifted" child(ren). I understand that the concept of "giftedness" is questionable in the unschooling...

I don't have a lot of time right now to respond but I'm homeschooling my 5.5 year old only child dd.  Up until she turned 5 years old my dd was the picture of "shyness": clingy, afraid, fearful, timid, crybaby,.you name it,she was...

I have a 5yo dd, we consider ourselves to be "eclectic".     What worked well this year:   Handwriting without tears, really helped her fully grasp how to make letters properly, though she still rates handwriting...

I have the same ikea expedit and seriously without it our homeschool room would be a total wreck....pretty much everything is in there.

I don't have enough time right now to provide links or anything but I've heard of viruses triggering autoimmune activity and that is exactly what it sounds like to me.  I'd have tests done for autoimmunity ( I actually do have an...

Definately BTDT.  I'm homeschooling my 5yo dd, an only too.  We just moved here 7 months ago and knew nobody.  As of right now she has  about 2-3 playdates a week with kids she and I met.  Plus classes she...