Homeschool Curriculum & Child Learning

Feb 6, 2010, Child constantly going to nurses office saying she is sick...

My 8 year old daughter is complaining of not feeling well at school constantly. Sometimes it's that her throat hurts, sometimes she says she just feels

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Feb 4, 2010, My 6 year old has trouble following directions and keeping his privilidges, any advice?

For example, on school and work mornings I will tell him before you go downstairs, brush your teeth, put your school clothes on (already laid out), and

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Jan 29, 2010, Homeschooling Gifted Children

The first question that would strike your mind if you have a gifted child is that is the conventional school even the right place to send your child to, or is homeschooling a better option. The answer to this is that if you have an option to carry out the exercise of homeschooling consistently for a number of years, then homeschooling is definitely a better option.

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Jan 27, 2010, Saxon Math Homeschool Curriculum

Saxon Math Curriculum is not about amassing a number of concepts in a short period of time with concentration on one topic at a time as in a chapter of a book. It is more about incremental learning that makes the students revise...

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Jan 25, 2010, Gifted Child Test - Testing Gifted Children

How to test if your child is gifted? As a parent, it becomes your responsibility to identify the special gifts of your child early on and provide the best of nurturing so that the child makes the best of his or her gifts in the longer run.

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Jan 23, 2010, lack of concentration

My six year old son can read but is always reluctant to do classwork and homework. He is left handed and very slow. The teacher suggests that

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Jan 21, 2010, Four year old Grandson likes girl clothes and toys

My four year old grandson, an only child, likes to play with barbies and dress in girl clothes. He told his mother that he wishes he was a girl so no

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Jan 21, 2010, hi,my 5'1/2yrs old daughter gets easily distracted &lacks concenteration

I M A HW & belong to a joint family .I STAY VERY BUSY BUT GIVE MY TIME FOR HER STUDIES.SHE IS VERY ACTIVE ,ANSWERS EVERY STUPID THING,INTERFERES IN

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Jan 21, 2010, teaching music to my kid at home

I am thinking of teaching music to my kid at home- in particular keyboard. We have a keyboard lying around and she seems very keen to play around with

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Jan 17, 2010, how to tell a 7yrs old about her real dad

hello i have a 7yrs old daughter and she is starting to ask questions about her brothers and sister that i have with my current husband ( which is not

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Jan 15, 2010, Sign language for babies | Teaching baby sign language

Teaching sign language to babies has both immediate and long term benefits. Sign language for babies opens a whole new world of communications to your baby. You must start to teach sign language to your baby at the right age

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Jan 14, 2010, Singapore Math - Singapore Mathematics | Singapore Math Curriculum

Singapore math curriculum has some fundamental differences in approach compared to the standard practice of teaching math. The curriculum and study materials are designed to answer fundamental questions of mathematics based upon logical explanations.

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Jan 14, 2010, The Ant

My son Austin age 5 at the time ran into the house one afternoon and asked me to hurry up and turn on the news because he just found a dead ant on the

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Jan 14, 2010, my 2 years old toddler is having white hair

yesterday i found one white hair in my 2 year old girlbaby's head.i was so much upset,is it possible for a 2 years baby,please give me suggestions or

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Jan 10, 2010, Abeka Curriculum - Abeka Homeschool

Abeka curriculum for homeschool is characterized by the amount of exposure it gives to your child, and the quality of intellectual challenges your child encounters. This learning system involves a real lot of reading.

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Jan 3, 2010, You're Beautiful!!!

My Child, Zachary, was at his dad's house for Christmas, so unfortunatly, I didn't get to see him for Christmas. A week after Christmas, he came back.

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Dec 27, 2009, Reasons to homeschool ?

I am thinking of homeschooling my kids - 4 years and 2 years old. The older will be in kindergarden soon and i am in the midst of debating with my

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Dec 18, 2009, How to teach music to my homeschool kid?

I am thinking of teaching music to my kid at home- in particular keyboard. We have a keyboard lying around and she seems very keen to play around with

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Dec 5, 2009, Learning Styles Test - VARK Learning Styles

Several learning style tests have been proposed to model the way that children learn. However, the simplistic VARK model proposed by Fleming is the most widely accepted model.

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Dec 4, 2009, Step Son Driven to Hate Me by His Mother

Okay, my husband's son is 10. His ex-wife is making everything messy! (the divorce) The ex has his son trained to not like me. Believe me before his

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Dec 4, 2009, Possible ADD ??

Possible ADD?? by: Anonymous My 6 year old daughter is constantly having defiant behavior at school. Academically, she is at the top of her class.

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Nov 29, 2009, Ho do I help my 18 year old son to self actualize?

My son just turned 18 years old and is a middle child. His two sisters are both active in dance and guitar. However, he has always been reserved, and

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Nov 26, 2009, Homeschooling fears and difficulties

How do you homeschool your kids when you have a mountain pile of household chores waiting for you everyday? I have plans to start my 6 year old on

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Nov 26, 2009, Christmas crafts help for my 1st grader

Any one knows of any good christmas crafts that i can do with my 1st grader? I am looking for easy crafts that does not require too much materials or

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Nov 26, 2009, Crying for no apparent reason

I want to know why my 5-year old just cries out of the blue. She complained of a toothache the other day, I've tried everything the doctor told me to

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Nov 22, 2009, Anger issues with my 10yr daughter, please help.

I have a 10yr daughter she is more or less an only child,She is my pride and joy, I praise her every chance I get. She gets great grades and I post

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Nov 21, 2009, My 20 year old son lies so bad. Why

My son, a 20 yr old whom dropped out of high school lies! He lies about the simplest of things. He makes up the perfect scenario to justify the

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Nov 20, 2009, Light Speed Math: Beyond Basics Bundle

Get ready for a mathematic journey to a land filled with fractions, decimals, percents, measurements, angles, and graphs. This series expands on the

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Nov 19, 2009, Spanking teenagers

It had been a few years since I have spanked either one of my children, (daughter 15 and son 13). My daughter has one heck of a attitute problem. She

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Nov 17, 2009, My 12 year old son is growing apart from all his friends...how do I help?

My 12 year seems to be losing his friends and is feeling lonely and sad. I don't know what to say or how to help him. He is much more mature than most

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Nov 17, 2009, dealing with girlfriend's 20 year old son

My girlfriend's 20 year old son is moving back from college. When he lived here before, I would make comments about taking out the garbage and

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Nov 17, 2009, 13 year old with an attitude

My son is 13, almost 14. Everything I ask him to do he replies why do I have to do that. I tell him to clean his room, has asks why do I have to do

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Nov 13, 2009, Do 20 year olds do chores

when ever I ask him for help he response with why me or my friends don't do chores. He also said I'm not a great mom because I live in the past . kids

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Nov 11, 2009, Shopping at the GAP

My son was 4 years old and i was making a purchase at the GAP store. There was a naked display of a manequin of just the lower half of the body (legs

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Nov 10, 2009, My 6yr old son says "I dont care, Ill play fine all by myself" Whenever he has an altercation with another kid

His dad left when he was 2, didnt see him again until this June (my son was 5) I allowed his dad to come and spend a few hours with him (I have full

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