wahmbrendamh

@wahmbrendamh (576)

United States • Age 49

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Shoot for the moon the worst you can do is land among the stars

homeschool4us.blogspot.com/

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Home school

carolynpb @carolynpb (647) • United States 17 Apr 07

Does anyone on here home school? Do you have nay special sites you use to get printables worksheeets or stuff to help in your home school? I have home schooled all 4 of my kids (still doing the two boys, the two girls have...

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wahmbrendamh If you take a look at my blog you'll find a ton of resources. Two other places I like are dltk-kids.com and enchantedlearning.com I highly recommend the membership to enchanted learning. Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog):...

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Home School - do any of you practice it?

nica269 @nica269 (1395) • United States 13 Apr 07

We are thinking about homeschooling our lo when time comes, but we're not sure if we should do it independently or if we should going a group, a charter. Do any of you have any experience with this? What are some of your...

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wahmbrendamh I homeschool my daughter and wouldn't change it for anything. Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog): http://homeschool4us.blogspot.com/ My ebook: "Homeschooling Without The Headaches" http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=812683

13 Apr 07

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Do you homeschool your children?

nica269 @nica269 (1395) • United States 13 Apr 07

We're thinking about homeschooling our little one when the time comes. I know a few families that are homeschooling and they are very happy with it. My question is, are you part of group, or do you do it by yourself? I heard...

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wahmbrendamh I think that groups are good even if you aren't doing this for religious reasons. I really wish that I had a group around here but there aren't many homeschoolers in my area. It would be helpful though. I'm part of some Yahoo groups now though, which have been...

13 Apr 07

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What do you think about homeschooling

kynni204 @kynni204 (2031) • United States 1 Apr 07

I am really considering keeping my daughter at home to assure she gets the proper education and treatment she deserves. I was a substitute teacher for about 5 years for the charter schools in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. This is...

children

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wahmbrendamh I would definitely say go for it. Homeschool children get more socialization than other kids, it just happens in different ways. Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog): http://homeschool4us.blogspot.com/ My ebook: "Homeschooling Without The...

2 Apr 07

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Homeschooling

jacnmkc @jacnmkc (32) • United States 1 Apr 07

We are considering homeschooling, and I wanted to hear from the other parents out there who also homeschool. What are the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling? Also what made you decide to homeschool?

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wahmbrendamh We're homeschoolers, actually unschoolers, and it's working out great for us. My dd is actually ahead by a few grades but it's sad that there's no homeschool group around here. Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog):...

2 Apr 07

I want to learn to play the keyboard...

eventualist @eventualist (819) • Canada 31 Mar 07

Do you have any suggestions of how I should go about that, and what kind of keyboard do you think would be a good one? I can't wait to go out to buy one, but the few stores I've been in so far, told me that they only sell them...

keyboard

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wahmbrendamh There's a book called "Piano For Dummies" I've been using that to teach my 5-year-old how to play my keyboard and it's working well.

1 Apr 07

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What do you think about homeschooling?

mrumley @mrumley (33) • United States 27 Mar 07

Hi, I was wondering what the general consensus is about homeschooling children. I have a one year old now, so I have plenty of time to decide. I know that there are a lot of co-op groups available now that help the kids...

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wahmbrendamh I'm homeschooling my dd and really enjoy it! I think she is so much smarter and sweeter than kids the same age in public school. Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog): http://homeschool4us.blogspot.com/ My ebook: "Homeschooling Without The...

28 Mar 07

Online Public Homeschool

satisilversparrow @satisilversparrow (24) • United States 22 Mar 07

I have a friend whose daughter goes to a public school online. This is very similar, as I understand it, to homsechooling, but she gets homework and has set assignments, but it is all done through virtual classrooms online. Do any...

homeschool

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wahmbrendamh I am a homeschooling mom who's looked into this before and it really didn't suit my family's needs. This set up definitely works for some children. I know of 1 lady in our homeschool group who uses it and it works for her family. The parent is still going to...

23 Mar 07

Lexapro 10

WAHSIS @WAHSIS (216) • United States 21 Mar 07

I am in a clinical trial at Duke for Lexapro. Just thought I would ask how this drug affects you. If anybody takes this drug please discuss how it made you feel? The Good and the bad side of it.

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wahmbrendamh I'm taking 20 of it daily. I haven't had any bad side effects. I know that it's really hard to get off of it though when/if you choose to do so.

22 Mar 07

Home Schooling....Good Idea?

Erilyn @Erilyn (3020) • United States 15 Mar 07

I have been trying to decide wether or not to homeschool my 14 year old daughter. Since about 5th grade I have had nothing but problems with her running her mouth constantly, being disruptive and generally unruly. Now she is in...

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wahmbrendamh Homeschooling is very helpful in a lot of ways. I honestly think that it could help with her behavior too. Maybe if she's not around these kids and you take some time to not do school but just spend time with her getting to know her and doing what she enjoys,...

17 Mar 07

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Do you know the educational options you have for your children?

hsmom2boys @hsmom2boys (134) • United States 13 Mar 07

We all know we have the option of public or private school. But do you know if you have the option of virtual schooling? Or is homeschooling an option for you? Virtual schools are becoming very popular right now. They are public...

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wahmbrendamh I know what is available and what I can afford. With this in mind I've chosen to homeschool my dd and it's working quite well. Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog): http://homeschool4us.blogspot.com/ My ebook: "Homeschooling Without The...

14 Mar 07

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setting school hours

Kellrae @Kellrae (69) • United States 6 Mar 07

Why is it that when other people know we school at home, they continue to call during school hours? I keep my phone in another room to limit interruptions.When I call them back later I always explain that we were having school and...

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wahmbrendamh I have that issue sometimes too. I don't have a lot of people who call me but when they do and I don't answer they get irritated. We only school about 30 minutes a day and unschool the rest but it seems to never fail that someone will call during that time....

7 Mar 07

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Associated Content, Triond etc... I have questions, please help?

yarntales @yarntales (639) • United States 5 Mar 07

With these companies, can you post the same article to more than one of them? Or are you only allowed to post it to one? I'm just starting out, trying to develop my writing, and am rather confused. Please help! Also, if you...

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wahmbrendamh With AC you can post it as non-exclusive which will then give you the rights to sell it elsewhere. I haven't dealt with Triond though, sorry.

6 Mar 07

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Crafts To Be Used For Children Or Homeschooling

villageanne @villageanne (8553) • United States 5 Mar 07

was surfing for kids projects that would be boht entertaining and educational. I was amazed at what I found. This one site has so many patters and projects and they are wonderful. Here is sample of what is on the site. I dont...

arts and crafts projects

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wahmbrendamh Thanks for sharing the site! We homeschool so I'll definitely be checking that site out closer. My dd is slowly outgrowing http://www.dltk-kids.com although I love that site LOL Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog):...

5 Mar 07

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Homeschooling- A Good or bad experience for your family?

mckenziemom @mckenziemom (522) • United States 28 Jan 07

I have been homeschooling my 5 year old son and 4 year-old daughter for a little under a year. The first few months I was using a pre-k curriculumn that I purchased online. The kids enjoyed sitting down and working on the lessons...

connections academy

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wahmbrendamh We primarily unschool but it's been a wonderful experience for us. We're involved in a lot of activities in our community where my dd can be with other kids. We also read a lot of books and do some lapbooks. We spend about 30 minutes a day doing real seat work...

4 Mar 07

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Favorite websites?

Muttnboofer @Muttnboofer (154) • United States 2 Mar 07

What are your favorite homeschooling websites?

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wahmbrendamh We have 3 web sites that we really enjoy: (1.) I bought a $20 per year membership to http://www.enchantedlearning.com because that site is packed full of useful worksheets, crafts and information. (2.) http://www.dltk-kids.com is great for crafts and...

4 Mar 07

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What homeschool curriculum do you use?

ragmama @ragmama (536) • United States 3 Mar 07

We are just beginning to homeschool (my daughter just turned three, so we do some preschool things on and off), but I'm already researching curriculums for when she's a bit older. The two that are standing out to me at the moment...

curriculum

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wahmbrendamh Unfortunately, I can't be much help as we're unschoolers. However, we do use a lot of lapbooks. A great site for that is http://www.handsofachild.com Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog): http://homeschool4us.blogspot.com/ My ebook:...

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Interested in a new "Paid to Blog"?

eventualist @eventualist (819) • Canada 3 Mar 07

I have a question out there for you all... I'm thinking about creating a new network of people that would contain sub-portions of a site for a number of people to maintain and get paid for it. I haven't attempted something like...

internet

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wahmbrendamh I have another friend who was going to do something like this and it fell through for some reason. I'm definitely interested in doing it as I love blogging.

4 Mar 07

Home schooling, Classical Education, Box Curriculum, or un schooling,

keepinghome @keepinghome (270) • United States 12 Feb 07

Where do you stand on this? I take a classical, Historical/ literature based approach to home educating my children. If you home educate, or are considering it, I wonder which of the many approaches you take, or feel led to...

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wahmbrendamh We unschool but we do read from 2 books each day and work on whatever lapbook dd has picked to do each day too. Plus we read a book at bedtime. Otherwise she is free to do whatever she wants. Brenda Marie Homeschool 4 Us (My homeschool blog):...

3 Mar 07

Why is my referral not showing up ?

WAHSIS @WAHSIS (216) • United States 1 Mar 07

I referred a friend to mylot 2 days ago and it is still showing up as 0 referrals! :-( I sent her my referral url www.mylot.com/?ref=WAHSIS she said she used it but it is not showing up. Does anybody know how long it takes for...

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wahmbrendamh That's not cool. I wonder what happened? Hopefully it'll show up soon for you.

2 Mar 07