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I am hosting a co-op on Monday and I have no idea what to do! This is only my second time. The first time I did a scrapbooking project.

Some parents do volcanoes, etc., if they are good at science. They are SO easy to please. The ages are K-5th grade, so there is definitely a big age gap.  I just don't know what I should do!  One time they did a beanbag toss as a game, etc.  Like I said, it's very easy. It should last about 30 minutes.

Thanks for any ideas!! I'm usually creative, but my mind is just drawing a blank right now!

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One of my grandsons is home-schooled.  Two are public-schooled.  The home schooled one is doing very well.  The two who are not are in deep trouble (one is in 1st grade and the other in 3rd grade.  The 3rd grader has been held back twice.  All the school does is complain about him, say he cannot read (he can read at my house) and plague his mother with their frequent phone calls and meetings where they try to place the blame on the parents "lack of helping enough with their homework"  (since when do first and third graders have two hours of homework at night - that is crazy).  The 1st grader is doing okay, but barely.  When my own kids were young (I have 3) my son would have really benefitted frome home school, but at that time the state of California made that impossible.  I went through so much with him and with a nephew (my sister-in-law and brother-in-law spent 800.00 a month on special reading and tutoring classes and that was back in the 1970s and 1980s.  That is the only way he did well, and the tutors agreed with the parents that there was nothing wrong with him or his ability to learn, that it was the school's lack of teaching to the individual that was the problem.  Lucky for him that his parents could afford the tutors.  Psychologist's don't know everything (and I am an old Psych RN and have met a lot who were probably attracted to the field because they were formerly psych patients  .  As a grandma who lives with her home-schooled grandson who is in the fifth grade now I say hooray for home school! It feels really good to know that he gets taught in a way that works best for him and his mother.  If the psychologists are worried about "group interaction" just take her to martial arts classes.  Since when were schools the only place a child could interact?   Martial arts is good exercise and it also has worked wonders with ADD children and I've seen that first hand.  It is helpful with self esteem and helps children work on their ability to work with others as a team.  My home schooled grandson can interact with anyone anytime and we get tons of compliments on his behavior and he is delightfully happy.  Every year we ask him if he would like to change to public school, private school or continue with home schooling.  His answer so far has been homeschool!  My other two grandsons who go to public school are much loved, but there is defnitely a difference in their behavior, their attitude toward learning, and their ability to get along with others when compared to their cousin.  The public schools are not what they were when I went to school - I had wonderful teachers and obtained an education that was second to none.  Alas, this is not the 1950s anymore and the public schools prove that to me every day in every way.  Go to some websites and check out the curriculums.  See what is out there.  I recommend Calvert's great curriculum.  Good luck! 

social aspects.  She is way ahead of her grade academically.  Eventually, she will either be homeschooled exclusivelly or I will enroll her in a magnet school or alternative school.

Finale is tonight!  Who do you think will win?  I think it will be and want it to be Michael.  

What projects do you need to get done?

I have quite a bit of scrapbooking and organizing photos to get on.

I've gotten all my coupons in my organizer. I just need to go back through them and organize the dates a bit better.

I have taken tons of things to the Salvation Army this year....Cleaned out closets, drawers and so on. I need to clean out and reorganize my kitchen cabinets.

It wouldn't hurt me to organize my recipes a bit better too!

Does anyone have any ideas for a volunteer project for a 12 y/o girl?  or maybe even a group of girls.  Most places in our community require you to be 14 for "official" volunteering, but maybe we could just do something on our own.  It doesn't have to be Thanksgiving/Christmas related, but that would be okay too.

Thanks for the advice.

My children have about 4 hours each morning from the time that they get up until I finish my work. Today I am having them both make cardboard "electric guitars" with paint and glitter, etc.  When they were younger, I had endless craft ideas, but now those are not so "cool" anymore.  I would love any suggestions - thanks!

This could not be worse of any idea.  People need to worry about their own bodies, not what other women do!  This is supposed to be the land of the free, but people are trying to turn it into the "the land of the free as long as you agree with me."  It's a medical procedure and no one else's business period!  For some women, it's a hard enough decision to make without having other people tell them how they should do it! 

If you do not believe in abortion...great, don't have one, but mind your own business and leave other people alone that need/want to have one!  Again, it's none of your business what someone else does. 

I don't have any children and don't want any.  While I always use birth control, that's not 100%, and if it failed, I certainly would get an abortion without hesitation.   I much rather have women get abortions than bring a child into the world that they don't want and mistreat or that they can't pay for and stick ME with paying for it!  There are enough leaches out there having kid after kid they can't pay for, and we tax payers are footing the bill.  Enough is enough already! 

How about all you people that but your nose into other people's business and don't want these women to have abortions pay my share of taxes too since you don't mind paying for all of these unwanted children! 

I had a friend whose father got her a diamond ring.  It was a heart made out of diamonds, from Daddy to daughter.  She treasured that.  It was her first "real" jewelry as far as something with precious stones, and it meant a lot that it was from her Dad.  If you're a Christian family, as this family was, it could also have the same meaning it had for this family, which was basically a promise from the father to be there for his daughter and a promise from the daughter to remain sexually pure.  I don't remember exactly how they did this, I know they took her out to dinner just the mom and the dad and the Sweet Sixteen-er, but she talked about it for years. 

I just remember thinking my dad would NEVER have done something so sweet.  But I digress.   

 Hey Mammamt,

I love your idea and the way you were able to express the joy of your son coming into your lives....I've been planting trees for siimlar reasons for years.  You're a loving and compassionate person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7KLnCni68M

Cat 

business, and they do all right in regards to pay.  I also have a friend that just does local (rich) or what I call (rich) people with big homes, and she gets to use their vacation homes for nothing.  She does a great job and is a nice person.  Word of mouth has been her way of getting new clients. 

I am in agreement with the "in front of the computer" thing, but I need a few more years with the kids.  However, I have thought of working part-time in a local healthcare facility and doing this part-time again from home when my kids are just a tad older.  I'm almost there though.

Little league fund raiser...candy bars $1.00 ...What we did was stand inside the vestibule to the bank on Saturday morning...Ya know they're going in to get money and weren't gonna pass up 2 boys with mitts filled with candy and deny a contribuion to the home team.      

Now, if we were in an office setting we'd all be selling each other wrapping paper, candles, candy or cookies on the behalf of our daughters or sons on a regular basis, or hit up your family and friends. 

Who in their right mind would let their daughter or son walk up to a stranger's door in this day and age? 

The good ol' days of 50 cent cookies (that I sold as well door-to-door), magazine sales, and the black and white TV are long gone.       

  Cat

I am not sure if you can do this feasibly, but if you have been communicating with this person, the police can track his computer ID number and find out where he is.  If you have any kind of conversation in an email, IM, or even through the site, they can track his computer.

Another suggestion may be to report this to craiglist, as this is where you found him and they will have info on him to give to the authorities. 

I hope this helps you. 

had any issues with the fact that she was being deployed.  There was nothing mentioned in the social history about caregiver issues, psychosocial stressors, etc.  So, I'm not saying she wanted to stay and was denied.  I guess I was just questioning what the maternity policy is in the service dept.  I guess I just thought when you had a baby in the military, you were given the option of being discharged or being stationed in the USA.  Since your hubs is in the Air Force (bless him by the way), could you tell me what the maternity policy is for female officers?  Are they only allotted 6 or 12 weeks (for a healthy newborn delivery)?  Can they request to be stationed in the USA for a period of time after that?

I have kids, and I just can't imagine being separated from them at such a young age.  Of course, any age would be difficult, but an infant is so dependent on her mom.  Wow - what an eye opener and definitely some food for thought today.