Posts by Mere

Khenn, thank you for your response...you've convinced me!  Well, that and the 50% off from HSBC.  I will admit that I'm a little overwhelmed at the volume of materials to read through, but I did get the Writer's Jungle and...

It is!  It's supposed to be less of a curriculum and more of how to incorporate regular writing into your daily life.  I was just curious to hear if anyone had used it.  There are many different components to pick and...

I have been reading through their website (very extensive!) and am intrigued...in some ways it sounds like a lot, but in other ways it doesn't.  I'd love to hear from someone who actually followed any part of this...

Up and coming 5th grader here, and while I haven't pieced it all together for next year, I do know a few things we'll do.  Easy Grammar is also on our list; we did it last year, and it really was easy and pretty quick.  Dd...

You all are so right...I think MY insecurities about her not reading very much are the issue here.  I just worry about all the normal things HSers worry about - you know, your kid falling behind in some arbitrary set of...

AAK, I love that idea...did your dd and her friend come up with that on their own, or did you make a suggestion?    I also think a trip to the bookstore to pick out books from different genres might help, since we don't...

I'm thinking like a summer reading challenge program, but without a big reward for reading X number of books at the end.    DD (10) likes to read, but when she's got spare time in the middle of the day and is doing...

We do 'science' with a small group of kids that happens to be getting together for another activity as well.  We do it in 2 age groups, 7ish and 10ish.  We have done: Real Science for Kids Chemistry - it was great, but we...

We've been using Easy Grammar, and I do truly find it easy.  We do a little bit each day; it doesn't take long, and yet reinforces basic concepts.  So far we've done the grade 2 & 4.  I plan to continue it next...

Some of my dcs did a 2 day/week preschool/daycare, but it didn't seem to affect them one way or another.  They always knew they weren't going to school.  I think this was mostly not a big deal for them because early on we had...