Comments for Homeschooling for the Real World http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com Teach your kids the skills they need for the real world. More than just the three R's Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:24:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Filling Out Forms (or “How Many Different Ways Can I Write My Name?”) by jana http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/filling-out-forms-or-how-many-different-ways-can-i-write-my-name/#comment-54 jana Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:50:23 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-54 Great resource. Can I post this on my blog with a link to your site? I love all that you have going on here! Great resource. Can I post this on my blog with a link to your site? I love all that you have going on here!

]]> Comment on Understanding Centuries: The 17th Century Was When? by Kathy http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/understanding-centuries-the-17th-century-was-when/#comment-53 Kathy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:37:38 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-53 Thanks for sharing this...we were talking about centuries just a couple days ago and this will be very helpful. Thanks for sharing this…we were talking about centuries just a couple days ago and this will be very helpful.

]]> Comment on Telephone Skills by Mother Hen http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/telephone-skills/#comment-52 Mother Hen Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:59:11 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-52 Wow! I totally love your site! You will get some traffic from my Pirates in the next few days. They don't need this particular lesson, but I scrolled all the way down the page, they'll be reading some of this stuff. Thanks so much! I can't tell you how many times I have wanted the alphabet/words list in the last few days, dealing with folks over the phone and having to repeat the SN of my desktop seventy gagillion times to different people and having wildly divergent levels of success. Thanks. What a collection of useful info. Thanks. Wow! I totally love your site! You will get some traffic from my Pirates in the next few days. They don’t need this particular lesson, but I scrolled all the way down the page, they’ll be reading some of this stuff. Thanks so much!
I can’t tell you how many times I have wanted the alphabet/words list in the last few days, dealing with folks over the phone and having to repeat the SN of my desktop seventy gagillion times to different people and having wildly divergent levels of success. Thanks.
What a collection of useful info. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Telephone Skills by Teach Your Children Life Skills | Happy to be at Home http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/telephone-skills/#comment-49 Teach Your Children Life Skills | Happy to be at Home Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:19:38 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-49 [...] Telephone Etiquette—Teach your kids how to answer a phone properly. In our house we say, “Hello Crandalls, may I ask who’s calling?” Teach them how to take messages and what to say to people who call when you’re in the bathroom or otherwise indisposed. Joy wrote more about how to teach your kids telephone skills here. [...] [...] Telephone Etiquette—Teach your kids how to answer a phone properly. In our house we say, “Hello Crandalls, may I ask who’s calling?” Teach them how to take messages and what to say to people who call when you’re in the bathroom or otherwise indisposed. Joy wrote more about how to teach your kids telephone skills here. [...]

]]> Comment on Filling Out Forms (or “How Many Different Ways Can I Write My Name?”) by Teach Your Children Life Skills | Happy to be at Home http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/filling-out-forms-or-how-many-different-ways-can-i-write-my-name/#comment-48 Teach Your Children Life Skills | Happy to be at Home Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:04:02 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-48 [...] Forms—Teach your child how to fill out forms. I cannot believe how many forms you have to fill out as an adult! Joy has written a great post about this here. [...] [...] Forms—Teach your child how to fill out forms. I cannot believe how many forms you have to fill out as an adult! Joy has written a great post about this here. [...]

]]> Comment on Who Am I? by Curtis McMinn http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-46 Curtis McMinn Thu, 01 May 2008 21:41:34 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/who-am-i/#comment-46 Your site is very interesting! I am also from Texas! I look forward to reading about these tips and tricks to homeschooling. Your site is very interesting! I am also from Texas! I look forward to reading about these tips and tricks to homeschooling.

]]> Comment on Grocery Shopping and Sales Fliers by Laane http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/grocery-shopping-and-sales-fliers/#comment-36 Laane Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:27:04 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-36 Great post! I've also told them about ways shops try to get people to buy. Like by putting the expsnive things at eyeheight, handing out food, so you'll buy etc etc. You can find out what works for me <a href="http://www.laaneworld.com/2008/04/works-for-me-telephone-hours.html" rel="nofollow">::here::</a> Have a wonderful day! Great post!

I’ve also told them about ways shops try to get people to buy. Like by putting the expsnive things at eyeheight, handing out food, so you’ll buy etc etc.

You can find out what works for me ::here::
Have a wonderful day!

]]> Comment on Grocery Shopping and Sales Fliers by Corrie http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/grocery-shopping-and-sales-fliers/#comment-34 Corrie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:53:01 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-34 This was educational for <i>me</i>. Thx! This was educational for me. Thx!

]]> Comment on Filling Out Forms (or “How Many Different Ways Can I Write My Name?”) by happyhousewife http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/filling-out-forms-or-how-many-different-ways-can-i-write-my-name/#comment-32 happyhousewife Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:05:18 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-32 Great idea, my kids never seem to know their address (we move to often). I am definitely going to start collecting forms, this will be great independent work for my 7 year old! Great idea, my kids never seem to know their address (we move to often). I am definitely going to start collecting forms, this will be great independent work for my 7 year old!

]]> Comment on Prevent Spelling Confusion with the Phonetic Alphabet by xboxwife http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/prevent-spelling-confusion-with-the-phonetic-alphabet/#comment-30 xboxwife Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:53:34 +0000 http://realworldhomeschool.wordpress.com/?p=71#comment-30 Mr. Brownstone always laughs because I have my OWN phonetic alphabet ~ egg, horse, orange, table. He knows the correct version by heart! Thanks for stopping by my blog! Always happy to meet another Kingsbury fan! Mr. Brownstone always laughs because I have my OWN phonetic alphabet ~ egg, horse, orange, table. He knows the correct version by heart!

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Always happy to meet another Kingsbury fan!

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