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#2787 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Dec 7, 2009 12:43 pm
Subject: QOTW: To Be Considered Educated
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QOTW: What knowledge is essential for a person to be considered educated?
 
I know it's a broad question!--and I can't wait to see what everyone writes for their thoughts on this. 
 
==Rebecca Miller
 
 
***Notes: Don't forget your weekly downloads***
http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/index.php New book weekly
http://www.homeschoolradioshows.com/
http://www.kiddierecords.com/2006/index.htm Kiddie Records
http://science.nasa.gov/ Space (not really anything free; just remember to check out the site. Winking smiley emoticon )
http://podcast.parelli.com/Parelli%20Natural%20Horsemanship/Podcast/Podcast.html Horsmanship
 
If you are aware of any more sites that have free weekly (or daily) downloads, please share it with me.  I'd
love to pass it along to more homeschoolers.
 
==Rebecca

#2786 From: "momhaskids" <momhaskids@...>
Date: Fri Dec 4, 2009 3:37 am
Subject: Families that need christmas help please read 2009
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Families that need christmas help please read   2009
webpage address http://familiesinneed.synthasite.com/

Families that are in need starts Today
Please involve your children and husbands too. Pray for these families and
children as you are choosing items to send. This is such a special way for
our children to be involved in sharing God's love.
Some have asked how this works. You can adopt a family if this what you are
wanting to do, or just let me know what items you can send for what child.
You need not meet every need of the child or the family to be involved.
Remember Christmas is just a few weeks away and we need to get these items
in the mail so they can arrive in time. please look to the bottom of the e-mail
for more info


PLEASE LOOK OVER THE FAMILIES
If you can help e-mail me at momhaskids@... and tell me what family or child
you can help I have families still to be added

FAMILIES


Older couple
This is an older couple all there kids are gone they are both 71years old. They
don't have much money so times are very hard around Christmas if you would like
to send them a package or card with something nice in it  e-mail me i will tell
you all about them .



family 1
this family has been on here before . they are having it hard .
Hi we need help this year to help with the grand kids there mom passed away
about 7 years ago with Caners and we care for the kids .we are up in the age so
its kind of hard we just don't have the money to give them a Christmas we are in
need of a nice Christmas dinner and gifts for the kids. if you can help us thank
you very much ps from web owner the only money they make come from selling at
the fleamarket  on sat and Sunday  so they are in need to have a nice Christmas

David he like all kinds of stuff boy stuff
Faith she is 8 she love dolls and books and learning stuff
Dianne is 12  she is getting older she like makeup and all that kind of stuff

note from list owner this family is so dear to my heart if you can help please
let me know I would also like to see if any one could give them a gift card to
get a nice dinner out or take family out thanks



Family 2  Adopted
.

family 3
I am seeking help due I only receive social security benefits I cant even pay
all the bills every month we barely have enough food a month too get by with my
husband passing and now my dear brother just passed away with cancer this year
has been really bad on the children any help at all would be greatly appreciated
It would also be nice too have a nice dinner for my children we don't even have
decorations for the tree we do have a tree the same one for the past 8 years
thank you for reading and God bless everyone !
Mikey age 14 size 38 mens jeans xl in mens tee shirts needs clothing ,likes too
draw and games personal hygine items sneakers size 9 1/2
don age 12 size medium in mens mesh trac pants xl in mens tee shirts needs
clothing and sneakers size 10 hes like games books personal hygine items
candis age 11 size 6 in juniors needs clothing and sneakers size 8 1/2 womans
loves nail polish webkinz jewelry diary
Gracie age 8 size 16 in girls sneakers size 4 in girls dollys makeup jewelry
barbies tinker bell
Julie age 7 size 12 in girls size 2 in sneakers dolls barblies high school
musical makeup hair supplies
Marie age 6 size 8 in girls size 1 in sneakers dolls girly thingshannah montanna
tinker bell


FAMILY 4
I have 3 great kids
a baby and a boy and girl we are just having a hard time this year with money :(
we don't have money to pay bills and Christmas :( i am asking if a angel could
help us .
if you can thank you very much for sending love our way  its hard when there is
just one working less the 30 hours a week
Baby does not need much she is 10 /m
Rose is 8 she loves dolls and girl stuff
Rick is 9 he likes legos and all kids of boy toys
thanks again


FAMILY 5
we are a military family of 8, 2 adults and 6 children. my husband is the only
one who works, i have not worked for many years for the reason that our last 4
kids have been born premature, from 24 weeks to 30 weeks of pregnancy. the 2
youngest ones were on heart monitors for over a year, so i had to care for them
myself. the last couple of years i have been doing severely worst with my
depression and its hurting us all because ican not get a job since i turn to
isolation a lot, and i can not collect disability because i have not even made
all of my appointments because of our transportations probs. 2 weeks ago, the
transmission on our only car broke. needless to say it has been extremely hard
lately to make ends meet, all of our utilities are on last notice status every
month, we just cant catch up or catch a break at all.
joshua 15 yrs old likes basketball, new york yankees, san diego chargers, music,
board games, vid. games, nerf toys, remote control cars. size and colors would
be adult large or xl and fav color is blue

andrew 12 likes music, yankees, chargers, board and vid. games, sports, remote
control cars size is 18 and color is blue

kiera 9 bratz dolls, purses, princess theme, jonas brothers, hannah montana,
hello kitty, jewelery making, arts and crafts, music sizes are 14 pants and 14
shirts and fav color is purple

lily 7  is Adopted

izeah 6 spiderman, batman, super heroes, tonka trucks, remote control cars,
fisher price imaginix size is 6 shirts and 7 in pants and fav colors blue

anthony 4 handy manny, spiderman, go diego go, tonka trucks, remote control
cars, fisher price imaginix size 5 in pants and shirts and fav color is blue



FAMILY 6
I am a single mom of 2 children and has been laid off my job and don't know how
my children will have a nice Christmas. They are straight A & B students that
worked very hard this year and they really deserve to have something for
Christmas. Also my mom has been a great help and I would love for her to be
included. Holidays are a sad time for her since my dad passed away.
My son is 7 yrs old and love Wii games (adventure or wrestling games) he wears a
size 10 in bottoms and sz medium top
My daughter is 13 yrs old and only wants a digital camera. She wear a sz 7
bottoms and medium top.
Thanks for Reading & Happy Holidays,



FAMILY 7
thanks for letting me post my family here. I have 6 kids 4 boys 2 girls I am out
of work and I lost my hubby to cancer last year any help would be great thank
again for any help
Colin 13 Trevor 11 Billy tom 8 , Mary 4 sue 10
any toys under the tree would be great a food card so we could by dinner would
be great
thanks




Family 8
Hi i am a single mom of 2 applying to your site for help please help struggling
for my kids no car no phone no family left and my mom passed away too abusive
family living off sons disability to pay rent it does barely and i cannot work
hope you have room for my kids thank you



FAMILY 9
I am a single mom. I was layed off in July, and I have no income except
unemployment since then. I am behind on my rent, and there is *NO* money for
Christmas for my kids this year. Please adopt our family so my kids can have a
good Christmas. Some gift ideas:

Moria, (girl), age 14- She loves to draw and use a huge assortment of markers.
She also wants the CD "Monkey Business - Black-Eyed Peas", the DVD Public
Enemies,

Caleb (boy) age 3- Sponge Bob or Batman feet-pajamas, size 5T. Legos. A lot of
matchbox cars and case.

Ayden (boy) age 3- Sponge Bob or Thomas the Train feet-pajamas, size 5T. Lots of
matchbox cars and case. learning toddler computer. Jack in the Box.

Blake (boy) age 2- Elmo or Spider Man or Cars feet pajamas size 5T. A purring
kitty that moves head and purrs when you pet it. Medium sized Car or Truck with
sounds and lights.



This is how I will do it this year;
I will list families, that need help and will keep you updated as to what we
have for them. All the items do not have to be new, I am just asking you to
please make sure its in good working order and clean. Gift certificates are also
nice if you are going to buy new. This can save on shipping costs.So please look
around to see what you have to give. Lets put some smiles on some faces this
Christmas. So please help with adopting a family, or just send a gift to a
child. Any help you give would be greatly appreciated. If you can help this year
please e-mail me at momhaskids@... and tell me you can help in some
way. I will start this NOV/09  and hope to have all family's helped and shipped 
by DEC 18. . Sandy

http://familiesinneed.synthasite.com/

#2785 From: "Terry Faust" <fausttpf@...>
Date: Wed Dec 2, 2009 2:38 pm
Subject: Re: Used_Homeschooling_Curriculum, 12/1/2009, 12:00 am
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I get this email Wednesday, December 2?
Great!
 
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#2783 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:49 pm
Subject: QOTW: Learning Experience ("ah-ha" moment)
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What is the earliest positive learning experience you can remember with your child/ren? You're first "ah-ha" (they got it; or it worked)
 
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For me, I would have to say reading.  (I think because it was it was an "ah-ha" moment for all of us.) I think the coolest moment that we have had was when my kids started to read, and I sat back and thought, "If we can do this, then we can do it all."  It was "ah-ha" they got it; and "ah-ha" I can do this. That was 10 years ago, and my kids are in the 10th grade now still plugging away! 
 
Rebecca
 
 
P.S. I went to the store to buy a pre-made turkey and meal so that I wouldn't have to cook (because this year my kids were begging for a "holiday" meal), but I just couldn't get over the prices!  My husband's income has dropped half this year, and I just couldn't justify the cost.  I ended up buying a turkey to make.  But to keep things simple for myself, I used boxed potatoes, canned cranberry, canned green beans, canned gravy, and boxed stuffing.  All of which took less than 30 minutes to put together when the turkey was near complete.  My kids and husband said it was a great meal!  (I think they were just in the holiday mood.)  Next year, back to hamburgers and hotdogs!  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 

#2782 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:51 pm
Subject: QOTW: Thanksgiving
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QOTW: What are you doing this year to celebrate Thanksgiving
Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving.
 
I'm happy to report that my son's surgery last Monday seems to have gone well.  Last year we spent Thanksgiving going crazy trying to control the pain from knee surgery (football injury) and it was two weeks before he was up and walking.  This Thanksgiving, we are happy that he is not having a lot of post-op pain from his shoulder surgery (football again!); and the discomfort that he is having is rather manageable through pain medication.  We are thankful about this.
 
So it's that time of year where we try to shift our focus on being thankful for things. This being said...What are you doing this year to celebrate Thanksgiving (regardless to what you believe in or celebrate).
 
(I never think to include my own answers to the QOTW in the email that I send out.  Here's the difficulty that I run into.  I send the QOTW out to almost 200 groups.  I then receive almost 200 responses back, as I have my groups set to individual mail.  Once I send out the QOTW, my internet provider shuts me down for sending out emails for a 24 hour period--I can only send out emails directly through each Yahoo! group....which would take me forever to do one by one.  By the next day, I am busy approving messages/members and forget to send in my own responses.  But today, I remember to include it in the original email!)
 
For us, the holidays are a no fuss.  My husband works a lot so that I can stay home with the kids...usually six days a week (sometimes seven).  When holidays would approach, and he would have a day to spend with us, I would be in the kitchen cook.  If I wasn't in the kitchen cooking, I was in there cleaning up.  The day that he would be off, I would really see him only at the meal times.  So several years ago, my husband decided that a holiday was a holiday for all of us.  No cooking or cleaning on that day.  We cook hotdogs and hamburgers the day before and we eat them the next day.  We generally spend the day watching movies or TV shows together, while eating popcorn in between.  Sometimes family will stop by on their way to the homes of others.  Both of our parents (and my maternal grandparents) and siblings live either in our county, or in the next county, so they can be seen quite easily or frequently through out the year. We do not go out on holidays, as my husband drives for a living and hates to travel on his day off; plus he wants to spend the time with us since he doesn't see the kids a lot.  Add to this that we live with my parents (to help take care of them), and my husband it when my parents go to my sister's and we have some "just the four of us" in the house time.
 
This year, however, my kids have been grumbling that they would like a turkey (a Thanksgiving dinner in general).  My grandfather (90 years old) had a major heart attack a couple of weeks ago and my husband doesn't think he will live for another year; although until this heart attack, my grandfather put me to shame: walked at least 5 miles a day and still did push ups and sit ups!  So my husband would like to go and visit my family at my sister's this year "for only an hour."  He has also said that a Thanksgiving dinner would be okay--just as long as I ordered one and didn't spend the morning cooking it--woo! hoo!  So I guess that is how our Thanksgiving will be this year. 
 
Happy Thanksgiving!
Rebecca Miller

#2781 From: "momhaskids" <momhaskids@...>
Date: Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:32 am
Subject: Families that are in need FOR CHRISTMAS starts Today 2009
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Families that are in need starts Today 2009

Please involve your children and husbands too. Pray for these families and
children as you are choosing items to send. This is such a special way for
our children to be involved in sharing God's love.
Some have asked how this works. You can adopt a family if this what you are
wanting to do, or just let me know what items you can send for what child.
You need not meet every need of the child or the family to be involved.
Remember Christmas is just a few weeks away. we need to get these items
in the mail so they can arrive in time. please look to the bottom of the e-mail
to see what else I have to say
PLEASE LOOK OVER THE FAMILIES
If you can help e-mail me at momhaskids@... and tell me what family or child
you can help I have families still to be added
FAMILIES

Older couple
This is an older couple all there kids are gone they are both 68 years old. They
don't have much money so times are very hard around Christmas if you would like
to send them a package or card with something nice I know they would love it.
There sweet Daughter passed away and they have to care for 3 children now please
pray for them, its hard on them . Please see it in your heart to send them
something nice just for them. a gift or card would be nice . i AM NOT ASKING FOR
ANYTHING FOR THE KIDS JUST SHOW YOUR LOVE TO THE OLDER COUPLE PLEASE
this couple will say on for a bite I would like to see them get cards and things
to show how the families and kids on the web page shows there love . Web owner

Family 1
Hi we need help this year to help with the grandkids. There mom passed away
about 7 years ago.with Cancer and we care for the kids.we are up in the age so
its kind of hard we just don't have the money to give them a Christmas we are in
need of a nice Christmas dinner and gifts for the kids. if you can help us thank
you very much
David is 14 and he like all kinds of stuff
Faith she is 8 she love dolls and books and learning stuff
Dianne is 13 she is getting older she like makeup and all that kind of stuff
note from list owner this family is so dear to my heart if you can help please
let me know I would also like to see if any one could give them a gift card to
get a nice dinner out or take family out thanks

Family 2
Here is a little about me and why I need help. Well I am 32 years and a father
to son that is 9 years old his name is Nathan and a daughter Brandi that is 8
years old and married to a wonderful woman I have been in the army for the past
six years now. My world got turned upside down when I took my wife to the
doctors on June
29/2009 they gave us the worse news ever that they had found out that day that
she was in heart failure and they found a 1cm lump on her lungs. The doctor did
more tests on her and found out that she was in classic cardiac failure, with
lung problems and they think that something might be wrong with her circulatory
system. I then took her to the heart doctor and confirmed everything and then he
told her that I had abnormal heart beat and that the chest pain that she had was
due to her over doing herself. It was the worse news ever I am now being forced
to get out of the army on the family care plan because I have no one to take
care of her when I deploy or goes to field or ntc. Our world completely changed
that day. I am here asking for help for Christmas because after paying all of
the bills and getting her meds
and getting food I am not going to have any money left to get my kids anything
for Christmas I want my kids to have a good Christmas this year because I know
that my wife will start to feel sicker and not be able to do the things that she
needs to do. Please help my family to have a good Christmas this year thank you
my son is in need of toys, clothes and shoes he is 9 years old and he likes
cars, and legos, and spiderman, he wears a size 8t to 9t and a size 3 shoe in
boys, and my daughter is 8 she is in need of toys and shoes she wears a size 2
in girls and she likes anything that has to deal with moxie girls, dora , hannah
montana and my littlestist pet shop.
family 3
I am seeking help due I only receive social security benfits I cant even pay all
the bills every month we barely have enough food a month too get by with my
husband passing and now my dear brother just passed away with cancer this year
has been really bad on the children any help at all would be greatly appreciated
It would also be nice too have a nice dinner for my children we dont even have
decorations for the tree we do have a tree the same one for the past 8 years
thank you for reading and God bless everyone !
Mikey age 14 size 38 mens jeans xl in mens tee shirts needs clothing ,likes too
draw and games personal hygine items sneakers size 9 1/2
don age 12 size medium in mens mesh trac pants xl in mens tee shirts needs
clothing and sneakers size 10 hes like games books personal hygine items
candis age 11 size 6 in juniors needs clothing and sneakers size 8 1/2 womans
loves nail polish webkinz jewelry diary
Gracie age 8 size 16 in girls sneakers size 4 in girls dollys makeup jewelry
barbies tinker bell
Julie age 7 size 12 in girls size 2 in sneakers dolls barblies high school
musical makeup hair supplies
Marie age 6 size 8 in girls size 1 in sneakers dolls girly thingshannah montanna
tinker bell
FAMILY 4
I have 3 great kids
a baby and a boy and girl
we are just having a hard time this year with money :( we dont have money to pay
bills and christmas :( i am asking if a angela could help us .
if you can thank you very much for sending love our way
Baby does not need much she is 10 /m
Rose is 8 she loves dolls and girl stuff
Rick is 9 he likes legos and all kids of boy toys
thanks again
FAMILY 5
we are a military family of 8, 2 adults and 6 children. my husband is the only
one who works, i have not worked for many years for the reason that our last 4
kids have been born premature, from 24 weeks to 30 weeks of pregnancy. the 2
youngest ones were on heart monitors for over a year, so i had to care for them
myself. the last couple of years i have been doing severely worst with my
depression and its hurting us all because ican not get a job since i turn to
isolation a lot, and i can not collect disability because i have not even made
all of my appointments because of our transportations probs. 2 weeks ago, the
transmission on our only car broke. needless to say it has been extremely hard
lately to make ends meet, all of our utilities are on last notice status every
month, we just cant catch up or catch a break at all.
joshua 15 yrs old likes basketball, new york yankees, san diego chargers, music,
board games, vid. games, nerf toys, remote control cars. size and colors would
be adult large or xl and fav color is blue
andrew 12 likes music, yankees, chargers, board and vid. games, sports, remote
control cars size is 18 and color is blue
kiera 9 bratz dolls, purses, princess theme, jonas brothers, hannah montana,
hello kitty, jewelery making, arts and crafts, music sizes are 14 pants and 14
shirts and fav color is purple
lily 7 bratz dolls, barbies, dora the explorer, hello kitty, purses, princesess,
arts and crafts, music size is 10 pants and 8 shirts and fav color is pink
izeah 6 spiderman, batman, super heroes, tonka trucks, remote control cars,
fisher price imaginix size is 6 shirts and 7 in pants and fav colors blue
anthony 4 handy manny, spiderman, go diego go, tonka trucks, remote control
cars, fisher price imaginix size 5 in pants and shirts and fav color is blue
FAMILY 6
I am a single mom of 2 children and has been laid off my job and don't know how
my children will have a nice Christmas. They are straight A & B students that
worked very hard this year and they really deserve to have something for
Christmas. Also my mom has been a great help and I would love for her to be
included. Holidays are a sad time for her since my dad passed away.
My son is 7 yrs old and love Wii games (adventure or wrestling games) he wears a
size 10 in bottoms and sz medium top
My daughter is 13 yrs old and only wants a digital camera. She wear a sz 7
bottoms and medium top.
Thanks for Reading & Happy Holidays,
FAMILY 7
thanks for letting me post my family here. I have 6 kids 4 boys 2 girls I am out
of work and I lost my hubby to cancer last year any help would be great thank
again for any help
Colin 13 Trevor 11 Billy tom 8 , Mary 4 sue 10
any toys under the tree would be great a food card so we could by dinner would
be great
thanks
Family 8
Hi i am a single mom of 2 applying to your site for help please help struggling
for my kids no car no phone no family left and my mom passed away too abusive
family living off sons disability to pay rent it does barely and i cannot work
hope you have room for my kids thank you ,
FAMILY 9
I am a single mom. I was layed off in July, and I have no income except
unemployment since then. I am behind on my rent, and there is *NO* money for
Christmas for my kids this year. Please adopt our family so my kids can have a
good Christmas. Some gift ideas:
Moria, (girl), age 14- She loves to draw and use a huge assortment of markers.
She also wants the CD "Monkey Business - Black-Eyed Peas", the DVD Public
Enemies, and an I-Pod
Caleb (boy) age 3- Sponge Bob or Batman feet-pajamas, size 5T. Legos. A lot of
matchbox cars and case.
Ayden (boy) age 3- Sponge Bob or Thomas the Train feet-pajamas, size 5T. Lots of
matchbox cars and case. learning toddler computer. Jack in the Box.
Blake (boy) age 2- Elmo or Spider Man or Cars feet pajamas size 5T. A purring
kitty that moves head and purrs when you pet it. Medium sized Car or Truck with
sounds and lights.
FAMILY 10

This is how I will do it this year;
I will list families, that need help and will keep you updated as to what we
have for them. All the items do not have to be new, I am just asking you to
please make sure its in good working order and clean. Gift certificates are also
nice if you are going to buy new. This can save on shipping costs.
So please look around to see what you have to give. Lets put some smiles on some
faces this
Christmas. So please help with adopting a family, or just send a gift to a
child. Any help you give would be greatly appreciated. If you can help this year
please e-mail me at momhaskids@... and tell me you can help in some
way. I will start this 2009 and hope to have all family's helped by DEC 18. I
hope to be able to help 10or more this year with all your help. Sandy
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#2780 From: "susan_serbus" <susan_serbus@...>
Date: Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:29 pm
Subject: Thank You & One More Microscope Question
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Thank you all so much for your input. I have checked all the leads and I am
leaning more toward the Sonlight microscope; however, it doesn't come with a
100x(1000)lens - although one is available separately. Is 40x(400)the biggest I
will need or is it better to have the 100x? Thank you all. Susan

#2779 From: "susan_serbus" <susan_serbus@...>
Date: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:19 pm
Subject: New Member and Microscope Help
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Hi, my name is Susan and I will be teaching my grandson Chemistry. I will need a
good microscope and would like input on what and where. I found these two at the
following site: $239 one and $329 one

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/product.asp?pn=MI-4100DXL&bhcd2=1257862557

Is this in the category of what I will need? We do want to able to see bacteria
and cells. Are there better places to find one?

I will also need a gram scale. What and where do I get one? Anyone have any
ideas on these two items. I appreciate any help on this subjects. Thank you so
much. Susan

#2778 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Nov 9, 2009 4:33 am
Subject: QOTW: Safety
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What do you do to keep your children safe? (Take this anyway that you wish)
 
Please note that I will not be posting a QOTW on Monday, November 16, as my son will be going in for shoulder surgery.  QOTW should resume as normal on Monday, November 23.
 
--Rebecca Miller

#2777 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:58 pm
Subject: QOTW: Babysitter
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Originally, I had curriculum questions set for this week, but I think I am going to go in a different direction and put out a family question:
 
Babysitter: Where and how did you find your current babysitter? What are some things that you look for in a babysitter?
 
 
The scheduled QOTW had been about curriculum and curriculum resources.  I'll leave these on here in case your are past the babysitting situation and would like to respond to this one instead?  If so, please change the subject title so that others can follow the topic thread.
 
Boxed Curriculum: What do you do when the set assignments seem overwhelming?
                                --or--
Make your own curriculum: What are some of the resources you use/have used when creating a curriculum for your child? Which ones did you find to be the most useful?

#2776 From: Minnesotahomeschool@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun Nov 1, 2009 3:47 am
Subject: Used_Homeschooling_Curriculum, 11/1/2009, 12:00 am
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#2775 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:36 pm
Subject: Homeschol with Chronic Illness and Pain
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I forgot to mention that I started a national online support group that is all-inclusive for those homeschooling and suffering from chronic illnesses.  When I sent out a notice last week about the groups that I was aware of, someone mentioned that they were interested in an all-inclusive group.  I don't know if there is one, so I started one. 
 
If you're interested, the link is:

#2774 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:13 pm
Subject: QOTW: Halloween
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I am not going to be able to post the QOTW tomorrow, so I am sending it out today.
 
This is not to start a debate as to whether Halloween is okay or not; nor is to debate that doing an alternative to Halloween is right or wrong. 
 
--Rebecca
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What are your kids (and yourself if dressing up) wearing October 31st? If not celebrating what do you do that night to avoid the the whole thing?  Or do you do an alternative to dressing up?

#2773 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:56 pm
Subject: QOTW: Flu Season and Cabin Fever
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Good morning everyone.  It's time for our next QOTW. This week's scheduled QOTW was relatively close to the question of last week, so I am going to change it to something different.
 
Flu Season and Cabin Fever: How are you coping with the flu season? What do you do with the kids whenever you have to deal with cabin fever?
 
Last week's QOTW was a great success in many of the groups.  There were various discussions, and lead off topics, and, well, just some great thought that went into many of the responses that came out.  (Too bad there not just one large forum where all of these great minds could have came together and expressed these thoughts...I could only imagine how wonderful that would have been!)  I wish that I had the room to share each and every response with all with you, but I don't.  So I did the next best thing that I could think of: I put together some various responses into a PDF file and am attaching them to this so that you can read them at your leisure, should you be interested to do so. 
 
And before I go, I would also like to share with you two groups that I have been made aware of that may be of interest for some of our members that suffer from chronic illnesses and are trying to continue with homeschooling:
 
As usual, I hope you all have a great homeschooling week.
 
--Rebecca Miller

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#2772 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:25 am
Subject: QOTW: Missing the Classroom
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Since homeschoolers are not in a classroom they don't have to compete to get attention from a teacher. Will this hurt them in the future?

#2771 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:51 pm
Subject: QOTW: Interruptions
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How do you cope with interruptions?--short (telephone interruptions, "things that just come up", etc.) and/or long term interruptions (illnesses, etc.)

#2770 From: Minnesotahomeschool@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu Oct 1, 2009 3:43 am
Subject: Used_Homeschooling_Curriculum, 10/1/2009, 12:00 am
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#2769 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:44 pm
Subject: QOTW: Teaching Multiple Grades
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How do you keep little ones busy while the big guys school?
 
This is probably one of the questions that is asked the most.  Unfortunately, I'm not much on ideas in this area, as both of my kids are in the same grade, so they are working of things at the same time. 

#2768 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:47 pm
Subject: QOTW: Things that Make You Laugh
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What is the worst thing that your kids have done where you actually had to walk out of the room or turn your back to keep from busting out laughing in front of them. (You can have a few if you want).

#2767 From: "mfgarbinagirl2" <mfgarbinagirl2@...>
Date: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:10 pm
Subject: A Fun Family Event to help us raise funds for our Sister School in Vietnam
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Please join Journey Homeschool Co-op at the beautiful Sherburne County National
Wildlife Refuge on the Blue Hill Trail to symbolically walk up one of the
highest points in Sherburne county in honor of the students at our "Sister
School" who; many times without shoes, walk miles and miles to school each day
in the mountains of Vietnam.


A Walk/Run to raise funds to benefit our Sister School in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Sunday, September 27th at 2pm
Sherburne County National Wildlife Refuge
on the Blue Hill Trail
(Hwy. 169 north of Zimmerman, west on County Rd. 9- trail on the north side of
road about 5 miles, watch for the Refuge signs )
The Blue Hill trail offers 3 loops which measure a total of 4.5 miles.  Walkers
can choose the loop that best fits their desired experience.

Registration
Pre-registered fee - $15.00 per person includes a t-shirt
Pre-Registered fee - $ 35.00 per family includes 2 t-shirts
Pre-registration ends September 20th

Race Day fee-$20.00 per person t-shirt not guaranteed
  Race Day fee-$40.00 per family t-shirts not guaranteed

Check-in and Same Day Registration begins at 1 pm


For more information or to register: www.journeyhomeschool.com

This walk is sponsored by Journey Homeschool Co-op.
The Sister School program is offered through HSCV a 501-3C in Prior Lake, MN.

#2766 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:48 pm
Subject: QOTW: Life Lessons
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What do you believe is the hardest thing that you have had to say to your child ? Were you or your child able to use this as a life lesson?

#2765 From: "rickdee12" <rickdee12@...>
Date: Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:53 am
Subject: new to home schooling
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thinking about home schooling my 2 daughters,can somebody give me the the up
ands downs about it. is there any legal stuff that hard to do.or anything that
would be out of the ordinary. thanks rick torgerson

#2764 From: "vividbibliomaniac" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Sep 7, 2009 3:02 pm
Subject: Re: QOTW: Minimal Compliance
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It means how much information to you provide to your county/state regarding your
homeschooling.  Some counties try to get more information than they are legally
required to, and if you don't know what you are legally obligated to provide,
more information than necessary may be provided.  Some families only provide the
information that they are legally obligated to, while others provide more than
what is required.

In my state (Florida) there is very minimal information (name of children,
birthdates, and addresss) that is required, by many counties  will try to get
more information, such as copy of transcripts or vaccination records, for
example.

--Rebecca

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> What does that mean in the first place?
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> Sinceramente,
> Me!

#2763 From: Kimberly Hurd Horst <khurdhorst@...>
Date: Mon Sep 7, 2009 2:33 pm
Subject: Re: QOTW: Minimal Compliance
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What does that mean in the first place?
 
Sinceramente,
Me!
 
 
 
 



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Do you practice minimal compliance? What are some of the things you do to limit the information you give to school officials?


#2762 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Sep 7, 2009 2:24 pm
Subject: QOTW: Minimal Compliance
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Do you practice minimal compliance? What are some of the things you do to limit the information you give to school officials?

#2761 From: Minnesotahomeschool@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue Sep 1, 2009 3:48 am
Subject: Used_Homeschooling_Curriculum, 9/1/2009, 12:00 am
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#2760 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:28 pm
Subject: RE: QOTW: Back to School
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This was supposed to be the first year that we did not homeschool all year round.  I had big plans of organizing things in my local groups over the summer and my kids were looking forward to a larger break than the (smaller) ones we take during the school year; but I ended up tutoring/homeschooling a boy for the summer that was a friend of my kids.  Instead of giving my kids a break, they participated and earned some extra credits also.  The week after I finished tutoring/homeschooling for the summer, my kids had a week of JROTC leadership training at the high school.  I thought that the week with them at camp would be enough time to get things ready for this this school year to begin--uh, wrong!  We all took last week off (with the exception of their sport practices each evening), which, of course as Murphy's law would have it, the majority of my time was spent with my oldest son suffering from increased nausea, vomiting and diarrhea progressing as each of day of the "off week" continued--and still into this morning he is suffering.  (I have tried the BRAT diet for him: bananas, rice, apples and toast.   But none of that is working.  Sometimes the medication for nausea and vomiting cannot even stay down.  Pedialyte drink is not working.  I welcome other ideas to help him.)  A doctor's visit on Friday at least confirmed that he does not have Swine Flu, but it is still undetermined what is causing this.  The heavy dose of antibiotic does not seem to be helping.  He is getting very depressed that he is losing his starting position on the football team as he is missing so many days of practice--nothing worse than dealing with a sick and depressed teenager! LOL!  So am I ready for the school year to begin?  Absolutely NOT! I don't have our curriculum ready, nor half of it planned!  Some is still to arrive as I ordered late.  I have never been this disorganized in any of our previous 9 years of homeschooling.  I think we need another week off--at a minimum.  I had hoped to try to to follow the public school calendar this year as  my kids are participating in a class there, but we are already behind it.  Oh, well, now it's time to practice what I preach to others and just take a step back, breath and regroup!  LOL!

--Rebecca Miller


#2759 From: "Rebecca Miller" <millerhomeschool@...>
Date: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:50 am
Subject: QOTW: Back to School
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So parents are you ready for your kids to go back to school? Or do you homeschool all year around?

#2758 From: "danilucasaw" <lcsjam@...>
Date: Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:06 pm
Subject: Home Grown Hearts Big Lake Co Op
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Home Grown Hearts Big Lake Co Op
Parents and children are invited to our informational/ planning meeting Monday
August 31st at 1pm we will meet at my house, 4618 Pondview Circle Big Lake 55309
Hope to see you there! Danielle

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