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"interview" with homeschool detractor

Yikes! Is this guy for real? Come on, get a clue! Yea...I can't teach ballet...so I send my daughter to ballet classes...duh. I may not be 'smart enough' according to him but I know that much and yet he doesn't seem to grasp that simple concept. Also...where does he get off saying that if we are smart enough to homeschool then we'd be smart enough to earn enough money to send them to private schools (as if we'd want to)...geesh...then using his reasoning we shouldn't be sending our kids out to be taught by people who don't make enough money to send their own kids to private schools either(school teacher salaries are notorious for being on the low side...no?)

Sleep Deprivation and Behavior Problems in Children | Metro Family Magazine

Sleepy time reading...

Sleep Deprivation and Behavior Problems in Children | Metro Family Magazine

Easy Picture Books
How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight? By Varsha Bajaj (warm, reassuring bedtime ritual for animals and people alike)
Good Night Harry by Kim Lewis (when Harry, a toy elephant, has trouble sleeping, his friends help him.)
Down in the Woods at Sleepytime by Carole Schaefer (baby animals object to bedtime until Grandma Owl hoots that it’s Storytime)
Sheep Asleep by Gloria Rothstein (countdown to sleep is all aboutŠsheep counting sheep!)
The Noisy Way to Bed by Ian Whybrow (sleepy boy on a farm decides it’s bedtime & meets several animal who in their noisy way, express the same idea)

Easy Readers
Good Night, Little Kitten by Nancy Christensen (reluctant little kitten resists his parents’ attempts to get him to go to bed)
Time for Bed? By Susan Hood (young girl tries various excuses to postpone bedtime)
Good night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore (a Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.)
Piggy and Dad by David Martin (Piggy & Dad have fun with drawings, the bathtub, sandwiches, and bedtime.)
Monsters by Diane Namm (a little boy counts ten monsters in his room at bedtime but is able to get rid of them all.)
Amanda Pig and the Awful, Scary Monster by Jean Van Leeuwen (her parents & brother find different ways to convince Amanda that there are no monsters.)
Read Me a Story by Rosemary Wells (Yoko pretends she cannot read because she thinks that if her mother finds out she can, no one will read her a bedtime story.)

Videos
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (approx. 26 min) (Children & stars come together in a delightful exploration of the nighttime world.)
The Big Comfy Counch. Picky Eaters and Naptime for Molly. (54 min) In the second story, Molly won’t take her nap. Loonette tries everything. Nothing works until Storybook Time.

Information Books
Babar’s Yoga For Elephants by Laurent de Brunhoff
Remmy and the Brain Train by Dr. James B. Maas. A magical train conductor explains sleep to tired Remmy. (Includes a read-along, sing-along CD).
A Good Night’s Sleep by Sharon Gordon (why the body needs sleep, what happens to the body during sleep, and ideas for falling asleep).
Sleep Well: Why You Need to Rest by Kathy Feeney
What to Expect at Bedtime by Heidi Murkoff (Explores why sleep is important, what a dream is and what to do when you wake up in the middle of the night.) Ages 2-5
Zzz- the Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep by Trudee Romanek.

Website
www.remmyweb.com Don’t miss this entertaining and informative Website chock full of interesting facts about nighttime and sleep.

Poetry
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field
Lullaby Moons and a Silver Spoon A Book of Bedtime Songs and Rhymes illustrated by Brooke Dyer
When the Dark Comes Dancing A Bedtime Poetry Book compiled by Nancy Larrick

Stories
Debi Gliori’s Bedtime Stories, Bedtime Tales With a Twist
Tuck-Me-In Tales: Bedtime Stories from Around the World by Margaret Read MacDonald,

Juvenile Fiction
Holiday Horse by Bonnie Bryant (Baby sitting members of the Saddle Club find their evening interrupted by Maxi who refuses to go to sleep.)
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by John Erickson (Hank the Cowdog pursues a chicken murderer.)
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep by Eleanor Farjeon (Celebrated since childhood for how well she skips rope, 109 year old Elsie once again skips, to save her English country town.)
Starring Rosie by Patricia Giff (Rosie volunteers to provide the prince and the props for her ballet class production of Sleeping Beauty.)
Magic Tree House Collection #3 by Mary Pope Osborne, (Dolphins at Daybreak, Ghost Town at Sundown, Lions at Lunchtime, Polar Bears Past Bedtime)

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow . Books . Book of the Week | PBS KIDS

Beginning readers

Classical Christian Education Support Loop: 1000 Good Books List: Primary Reading Level 1-3:
"1-3 Beginning Readers
Beginning and Easy Readers are for children who are just learning to read for themselves.


Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Crash! Bang! Boom! by Peter Spier
Do You Know What I Know? by Helen Borten
Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss
Fire Cat by Esther Holden Averill
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and others in the series by Maj Lindman
Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
Put Me In the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr by Maj Lindman
Stop That Ball! by Mike McClintock"

children' s Reading List

Reading and Books | Recommended Reading

Jellyfish

Learning About Jellyfish - Unit Study on Sea Creatures, Lesson 8

FOOTPRINTS ON THE WATER

FOOTPRINTS ON THE WATER


When I was a little fish, swimming happily
I heard the sound of footsteps
Walkin on the sea
I swam up to the surface
And much to my surprise
There on top of the water
Right before my eyes

Chorus
And I saw footprints on the water
Footprints on the sea
Footprints on the water
And I could not believe
I saw Jesus, Jesus
Walking on the waves
Footprints on the water that day

Then a man named Peter
Stepped out on the waves
He tried to walk to Jesus
Then, he sank away
He took his eyes off Jesus
What a big mistake
Down he went into the sea
O ye of little faith"

Amazing Jellies

Amazing Jellies

We are doing FIAR through the Summer and our first book is 'Night of the Moonjellies'...I thought this might be a fun field trip to go along with it.

ANTS: Facts about ants

ANTS: Facts about ants

Entomology (Study of Bugs):

Entomology (Study of Bugs): ants, dead ants, species of ants: "Ants carry other ants for a few different reasons...

1) When an ant dies in the colony, another ant will pick up the dead ant and carry it to a 'trash' area of the nest. This trash area may contain dead ants, remains of insects eaten for food, bits of grass or other particles in the nest that are considered by the ants to be 'trash.'
2) Ants get parasitic diseases and fungal diseases that are contagious and may be passed to other ants. Sick ants are carried as far away from the nest as possible to reduce the chances of introducing a disease into the colony.
3) Some species of ants are very territorial and will fight with other ant colonies (same or different species) for territory. Ants get killed in these battles and the victors will carry the dead ants around and sometimes place the dead ants around the entrance of their nest."

Heck...we have so many of them around that we might as well study them...lol. I was noticing an ant carrying another dead ant around and decided to look it up (see answer above).

curriculum ordered!

Sample packet

The above is Sarah's first grade curriculum...Christian's Kindergarten lessons I still need to play a bit with. He's too advanced for the CHC K stuff (he's already reading), but not mature enough to tackle 1'st grade work. We'll probably do some 'Little Saints' stuff...I love their reading list and practice more with his writing.

Will be doing Math-U-See with both kids.

This will be our first year reporting to the school system...so I'm very excited and a little nervous. All prayers appreciated.