Posts by Savoir Faire

Both of my children, now 5 and 6, went to preschool. My daughter started at 2 because I had a baby in the house and she was also a Wild Child. I was literally at my wit's end.   In my humble opinion, preschool and "regular"...

So...I finally broke down and started doing more seatwork with the kids. I just purchased Singapore math...but I'm not sure if I'm doing the right amount each day.   Do you do the textbook and workbook each day? Or...do you do...

Personally....I'd stay away from that website. Homeschooling arguments are, quickly, becoming like discussing politics or religion. I just don't go there. You're probably not going to change her mind... and it doesn't seem as if she...

My 6-year-old daughter is a VERY staunch vegetarian. She started realizing around the age of 3/4 that the meat we eat is actually animals. Finally, she decided on her own (trust me, I did not push this on her) that she was no longer...

Yup, it was fasting. (Totally miserable, I wanted my AM coffee!)   My husband says to find a family doctor...this place was a community health clinic....and while it's a decent place to go when sick... I'm feeling I might want...

Hello all,   So I visit a new family doctor and she asks when was the last time I had the routine blood tests that check cholesterol, etc. I say "3 years or so," so she calls for the test.   It was one of those early...

I have a boy who just turned 5 and a 6 year-old. We don't do much TV...but let me just say...older kids? Gonna be a bit ticked if the little one is getting TV while they're hashing out phonics.   Just include the 3-year-old....

Locking the children outside and not letting myself touch anything seems to work.

Hello all...   We moved to our current state  about two years ago. That's when we started homeschooling...and it was a very lonely time for us. We joined a local religious group.   Slowly but surely, we found out...

I feel like I'm either all or nothing. "I'm just going to toss EVERYTHING!" Except it feels like everything is either kid (or homeschool) stuff...or stuff that just can't be tossed. Except I know it can...I just feel...