Posts by Meg Murry.

Quote: Originally Posted by dogmom327 I'm making kombucha for the first time and I think I may have blown it. I got a mother from a friend today. I brewed some tea, added a cup of sugar and then added the mother. But...

Quote: Originally Posted by MamaLisa1 yeah, it seems like we can talk to him about it until we are blue in the face. I've pointed out every aspect of it that we can think of! I had a talk with him last night and asked...

Quote: Originally Posted by MamaLisa1 and I don't know what to do about it. We give him every chance to try and have a nice sibling relationship and he wants nothing to do with her. Tonight, things seemed like they...

Quote: Originally Posted by chrissy i'm sorry, but i have a very hard time believing this. you're saying that your kids school had a black history celebration which the white children were not allowed to participate...

Quote: Originally Posted by AuntNi Wow, Meg, thanks for your post. This is very interesting. I'm 37, and do not remember being allowed to just spell stuff however I wanted in kindergarten. When DD started Kindergarten,...

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeybars Kid writing isn't taught to children, as in the teacher giving them incorrectly spelled words to copy. Rather children are encouraged to write (and to write often and about all...

Quote: Originally Posted by darien There's no official hs'ing group in our area, but there are a bunch of families that seem to be involved in every possible activity available to hs'ers. There's one family that...

Quote: Originally Posted by mangopassion I'm going to purchase Singapore Math (finally!!!) today and I was wondering if I need both the textbook and the workbook or just one of them? Also, would you recommend the...

Quote: Originally Posted by purple_kangaroo In any case, I think it is extremely rude and inconsiderate of me to subject another person to an uncomfortable situation I'm forcing them to remain in just because I think...

Quote: Originally Posted by malibusunny As someone who TEACHES a history class (well, several) on a daily basis, I can say that ALL of those things are taught in history classes. My World history class has a strong...