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    Originally Posted by Dude
    "You can't time creativity, Mom."

    Outstanding! This line speaks for itself.

    I'll be eager to follow and learn from your homeschooling journey.


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    In the car yesterday DD4, in a desperate voice, told me that she just needs to know what 8+4 is. I told her 12.

    "That's great. Now I know what three fours make. Because I know two fours equals eight. So three fours equals twelve!"

    I told her that you can say three times four etc.

    "Like two fives is ten? Two times five is ten? What is ten plus five? So, three times five is fifteen!" And on, and on... I think this has been percolating for awhile now because she seems interested in memorizing how to add doubles-now triples.

    She is also obsessed with reading the Hobbit.


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    Follow-up brag to my last one: DD7 is making such an impression in rehearsals that she's been rewarded with an extra line... the last one of the show.

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    Christmas recital time :


    Here is my oldest DS8 doing his piano recital




    Here is my youngest DS6 doing his band recital [ He is lower center on the marimba/xylophone ]




    And here they are both together on drums and piano doing a song for the family.



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    We are very proud of our girls!!!!

    DD8 did very well on her semester grades (all A's) and she was the top AR reader (number of books read) for her grade. Her MAP scores are still more than 2 grade levels ahead and her STAR testing says she is reading at around a 7th grade level. She isn't getting much acceleration for this, even through her GIEP, so this will be something we will need to address again for next semester.

    DD7 also got good marks on her report card. I find it very odd how our district marks only what is expected for that quarter instead of what the child can actually do. For instance DD could be marked a "1" which equals mastery of a skill at grade level for counting by 2's to 50, but wouldn't be marked at all for being able to count by 2's to 100 because that skill hasn't been introduced yet. It doesn't matter if the student is capable of mastering that skill or not. DD7's MAP scores are also at least 2 grade levels ahead and she already benchmarked all the Dibels goals for 1st grade back in Kindergarten. Her STAR testing says she is at a mid-year, 3rd grade reading level. We will need to address some possible acceleration for her also for next semester.

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    Cawdor your sons are amazing! My DS 4 who recently had his first recital watched
    All your piano videos and went off to practice!

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    About a year ago, when Mr W was about to turn 4, he realized that my stepmom was not my real mom. How, I don't know.

    "Daddy, if N*** is not your mommy, then where is your real mommy?"

    "Well, Mr W, my mom passed away a few years ago."

    "You mean your mommy is dead?"

    "Yes."

    Mr W starts to cry. "Oh, Daddy, I am so sorry!" And gave me a big hug.

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    DDalmost10 has been accepted to Davidson Academy for next school year!


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    Originally Posted by Kerry
    DDalmost10 has been accepted to Davidson Academy for next school year!


    Gratz


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    My fourth grader is in our local public school gifted program (self-contained). He is breezing through the fifth grade math program and his vocabulary words/tests, which I realized are at a 6th grade level! He is also the only hearing-impaired child in the program.

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