Posts by Dakota's Mom

Long Valley Shepherd's Creamery is about an hour away but they have incredible cheese and yogurt. They are often at the local farmer's markets. I know they come to the one in Nyack, NY which is not far from Ridgewood. Teaneck...

I've always heard it said, "When in doubt, don't." You're obviously having doubts about sending your child to public school, so don't do it. If homeschooling doesn't work out, you can always put him in school then. In my...

About a year or so ago my husband was doing a small electrical job for the mother of his best friend. He took our son with him because he was going somewhere else with him when the finished the job. THe whole process only took about 20...

I'm not sure what coated ripstop vinyl is. I line my bags with hemp jersey. I make them with PUL on the outside and hemp on the inside. I've been making them this way for a couple of years now. Kathi

I bought the level one packet and the letter tiles. I bought a strip of magnetic tape at Staples and attached that to the letter tiles. That's all I bought. We have a magnetic board that we bought several years ago to go with some...

First of all, we do not have to keep records of any kind for our state. But being super obsessed with having proof of what we did, I do keep records for myself. Also since my health is not very good I want to make sure my husband has...

My eight year old is not a reader. This year I have decided that he needs to read ten minutes a day out loud to me. I told him that if he reads to me for 10 minutes, I will read to him for 20 minutes. Any book of his choice. Usually...

Teacher appreciation Days | Sat. & Sun., Aug. 14 & 15 Teachers, visit a store near you to receive 20% off purchases and a free tote bag. I have never had to show an id. But I have a Homeschool Buyers Club card just in...

We bought just the workbook for my son. He is starting third grade. Since he does almost all of his work on the computer we haven't done a lot of handwriting. I bought the level 1 book to help him get more practice writing. But we...

The Quaker Meeting House in Ridgewood used to have a preschool. I don't know if they are still operating or not. Just because the area where your friend works for Huntington had a lot of Friend's kids that were deficit in math doesn't...