Posts by insahmniak

Well I did some exploring and found a long list of suggested questions.  Yay!  I'll post it here in case anyone in interested.  

We're considering moving from home school to waldorf.  Daughter would be gr 4.    I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions as to what questions to ask.  We're not totally set on Waldorf.  In fact we have...

Sources for fractionals? We're looking to move from 1/8 to 1/4 - wow. It seems like a huge jump in size! And if the tone is not very pleasing, well, you have all that much more of it. So I feel like we need to tread...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bekka Could you have your dd describe how an "ideal" lesson would go to her? Like the whole 30 min/45 min or whatever? Maybe once that is described, she/you could bring the...

Dealing with a request to change teachers.... My daughter (recently turned 7) has been with the same teacher for 4 years and for the past month or so she's been sighing when I bring up her lessons. When I ask her about her response...

We had another rehearsal, so here I am to give an update. After reading through your responses and giving it more thought, I realized that she values this activity as a time to go off and do things apart from me. So her look to me...

A great thing to add is sprouted mung beans. I remember eating just sprouted mung beans, with some sliced onion, drizzled with lemon and sprinkled with salt. So good for you and refreshing! Mung beans are easy to sprout. Might take a...

Quote: Originally Posted by zeldamomma ...Now she's almost 9, and if I see her having trouble with something, I will ask her if she wants help, or make a make an observation like "when I do ___, I find that ___...

Quote: Originally Posted by happysmileylady My DH does not take corrective assitiance very well either. We have talked at length about it. He takes those types of things SO personally. He feels like it's a personal...

Maybe I wasn't clear, because in the above scenario it would seem very rude to me to not physically offer the paper. Let me try to describe it again and see if you still would feel patronized: Remember - there is only one copy of the...