Posts by erika

how about CS Lewis' Narnia series? And, of course, Lord of the Rings - the BOOK. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is another. HG Wells' Time Machine and War of the Worlds. I can't remember if Ann McCaffrey's dragon books series contained...

when you homeschool you can take cheaper (and longer) vacations because you aren't limited to summer when airfare (and everything else) is more expensive. you can also try one of those hospitality exchange programs where you swap houses...

maybe this is a cliche answer, buthave you read siblings without rivalry? also, i understand that after a time of getting used to being together so much, hsed children often get along much better. he probably needs to wotk out his...

i work part-time. since my little one is an infant, i start work at 8pm after both have gone to bed. i'd rather not be working, but since i must this works out well for us. i only work about 12 hours/week - if i had to work more i...

hooray for supporting our children's own intuition!! my dd was very iffy with people when she was little, too. we would just tell people she was (i can't spell this, it's spanish) oo-rran-ia. i assumed i was going to have to learn...

my 5yo dd is a social butterfly. i mean, this child has the personality of a cheerleader (one of the nice ones) - it's a little shocking to me, to say the least. i mean, i'm also both extroverted and introverted, but she really has a...

in reference to the book suggestion, the other day dd asked me to find her some books about 'girls who are smart'. couldn't really find anything with a search on the library computer with the keywords smart and girl, so i asked the...

i don't know the faithful henry version of frog prince! i confess we edited that version of cinderella when we read it. isn't that also the one with the burning hot shoes that danced the stepmother to death? speaking of rough...

yeah, sounds so familiar. demands rather than the polite requests she used to make. physically attacking me when angry. as i noted in my other thread, 4-1/2 is also when my dd STARTED thumbsucking. i sometimes have thrown up my...

dd gave up thumbsucking at about 13 months, nursed until age 3 (though she didn't self-wean -- she'd still be nursing at 5-1/2 if I let her), coslept, AP etc....... and then, at 4-1/2, she took up thumbsucking again. i assumed it was...