Posts by LuxPerpetua

I agree with the deschooling, as suggested by the previous poster.   As far as making your own curriculum, that's rather a large question and people do it in all sorts of ways.  I would take the time that your daughter is...

Hugs to you!   I have a 6.75 year old and a 2 month old, so our 1st grade is a little crazy too.  We are Waldorf-inspired so that helps me calm down a bit.  Actually my dd (the 6 yo) had already aced the entire...

Enki includes all the stories that you need, as does LAL.  I'm not sure about Christpherus, though.  

Congratulations on your little girl!  Beautiful birth story--thanks for sharing!

Our daughter is 6.5 and we're expecting a new little one (due this Thursday, actually) and we've been experiencing some of this, as well.  For our dd, it is less sassiness than it is just being sensitive and not willing to forgive...

We flew with our daughter around that age, and here are things that worked for her:  sticker activities, pages for drawing and a new set of markers, Jacob's ladder, finger puppets, new read-aloud books (especially interactive,...

In regard to the OP:   My child is a very private sort of person so literally one day she woke up and wanted to read something to me--and she did!  I was surprised.  I really didn't know how far along she was at that...

We order Puzzle Buzz from Highlights for our daughter (6.5) and she loves it.  It has lots of various puzzles and games and sticker activities.  What about a sketch book with various drawing media, modeling clay, geoboards...

Quote: Originally Posted by pammysue  We don't do SC/EB/TF for religious reasons. We tell Ds1 they are a game some people like to play and they are pretend like talking cars we see on tv or talking animals in books. He...

Quote: Originally Posted by BroodyWoodsgal  So my daughter asked me this and the conversation didn't really go anywhere because we were in the middle of something and she was distracted, etc. but it's going to come...