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Mine too! My 6 yr old wants to start school today! He wanted to start reading the Burgess books last night and I really had to hold off on that because we're not starting until the 25th. I have some R&S readers someone gave me and we have been reading those every night before he goes to bed. He even...

how about one of those little mint containers (i can't think of the name of the candy right now) they're a small rectangle shape or i think even round ones. and they're metal.

there is also a product by Redi-tag available at Staples that is basically the same thing but has more colors (5) than the others. I used these things all through nursing school to organize my binders and if anyone in class needed to find anything, they came to me because all of my stuff was so neat...

(and here in NC, once you pick a name, you can not change it!) Thanks for the tip :) I'm thinking about Trinity for the 1st part of our name, and a host of others too :lol: I love the reasons behind the names also. I want to pick something that shows my family's beliefs but is also distinguished en...

"Lord help me to love and see them as you love and see them. Help me to teach them what you want for them to learn. And if I can't do it please do it for me, through me." That is the best advice! One of the hardest things to do as a mom is to raise your kids up to God and remember that your plans f...

here in nc we can pick one or they will pick one for us based on the administrator's name (at least that is what i read). we don't have to declare intent to homeschool until the child is 7 so if yours are younger you may not have had to send anything in yet. i know the rules vary from state to state...

I am filling out my paperwork to mail into the state and I have no clue what to use for our school name There are so many words I can't use in NC and I am not sure of using our last name. Can anyone share the names you use or some you have heard of to get my creative juices flowing? Thanks

This too is my problem, is there any way to "place" your child in phonics? I have a rising 1st grader who just finished kindergarten in ps and I have no clue how proficient he is in phonics. He is reading at a beginning level and to me does a good job of sounding out his words but I have no idea whi...

thanks for the advice! i'm just so new to this and it is really strange to me to try to determine my child's placement into the proper program instead of just saying, "ok, he's finished with kindergarten, now comes 1st grade." I had really thought of putting him in LHFHG just because it follows LHTH...

Hey everybody, I am still mulling over the choice for my 6 yr old ds who I am pulling out of ps. He has already taken phonics in kindergarten and is reading ok. My question is this: if I start him in beyond, do I move up a program each year? He is placing in beyond instead of lhfhg. I am trying to p...

thanks for the replies. i was wondering about the combining for my 2 (1st and 5th grades) but wasn't sure that could be done based on what was in the catalog. it looked to me like if there was a year or 2 difference in levels it could be done but this is a 4 year gap. so possibly i could use Beyond ...

i will be totally new to homeschooling this year and need all the advice i can get. my 16 yr old is graduating high school next year so i dont think i will mess him up at this point! i have a 15 yr old, 10 year old, and a 6 year old (all boys) that i am debating curriculum choices over. my 15 yr old...