My son is entering first grade in the fall. He has tested in the gifted range for both reading and math. We live in a small suburb of Chicago with decent elementary a...
My 9-year old & I had a homework hell week. The transition from the coddled 3rd grade to "you are responsible for everything" 4th grade has been the worst homework e...
Hello, I am 39 weeks pregnant (per my Docs estimation from my last period) and my baby is measuring at 37 weeks, two weeks behind. Has this happened to anyone and is...
My son is finishing up 8th grade. Last night he came home from a marching band practice at the high school, an honor he fell in to with another boy whose older brothe...
Well, I've been thinking of homeschooling my children since my daughter was born. Unfortunately, or fortunately :), both of my children are supremely stubborn and nee...
Hi everyone, Mamasource is great. I was a member in my old hometown, too. Well, we just moved to White Lake from AZ about 2 months ago. We are in a temporary situatio...
My son will be 5 in a few weeks. Is it normal for him to still not know all his letters? He knows about 2/3 of the alphabet. We have a snow day today, so I figured...
I have a 7 year old neice that I pick up from school. She is in the second grade. Her grandmother -my mother- and her dad -my brother- both have dislexia. Her dad ...
My daughter just started 5th grade this year and a few weeks into the school year, hadn't brought home any spelling words. I figured it was just so the kids could ge...
First off, the purpose of my question is to get feedback from SAHMs and not start the working/SAH fight. I always worked 2 days/week when my 2 boys (a year apart) we...
