Posts by Wildflower

We are really liking K12 so far! Our teacher is extremely nice, and dd loves that "being industrious" feeling. Does anyone know if they try to keep you with the same teacher for more than one year..?

Our books/classrooms will also b a few dayslate, but I found that the first few math lessons could be completed w/out books, ie just online. I also looked ahead at the lists of approved novels for lit., and since we had one of them at...

Hi all! Our school is supposed to start on Tues, and I haven't been contacted by a k12 teacher online yet--is that normal...? Thanks!  

Hi K12-ers! We did a charter with my daughter for K and first, and then unschooled 2,3, and 4th grades, and now are enrolling in a local K12 virtual academy for 5th as a kind of experiment. DD wants to " see what its like" to have...

We're adopting 2 nigerina dwarf does that are a week old. Have bottles and Pritchard nipples...Thinnking of doing a recipe of whole cow's milk, half and half, buttermilk, and a little karo syrup instead of kid milk replacer (read it at...

My 3 year old had a mild fever last week with lots of snot, and this week the deep coughing fits, more at night, with the "whoop." Other than being woken up by the coughing, he is pretty happy. Anyone with experience--can I...

We recently joined at newmoongirls.com/subscribed to the print mag, and mamas, it is a wonderful wonderful thing. All-girl generated, empowering, educational creative content, no ads...I have used so many of their articles as a...

Thank you for all of the replies and helpful links. I am digesting them, and pondering. It does seem sensible to remain vague. BUT, I find that I am going through some sort of obsessively authentic life stage. I'm just so dang happy...

I'm feeling like it's time to give my mother-in-law some information about unschooling. They visit 4 times a year, and they seem to believe we do 'school-at-home.' When my 8 year old was a baby, we had a falling out over their...

Thanks--I hadn't thought of cinnamon!