SarahW Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well, it's been decided and tickets bought, in a few months Crazypants will be in Europe attending Dutch schools. He needs to (re)learn Dutch first of all. But we would like to continue some of the subjects we've been working on. Plus, we may move elsewhere in the EU eventually, and we may pick up homeschooling agian, so I would like to make that as seamless as possible. In Dutch school he would have one afternoon off each week and no homework. But I don't want to pile on too much. I'm not sure how it will all pan out exactly, but I need to figure out what to send in the suitcases. And if there is anything I need to get, or could get from the UK. I know I want to continue English LA - I have W&R Fable. I'm thinking W&R could be a good enough for LA, especially considering... Latin & Greek - we'd be starting LfcA and SSG. Maybe we could do these on alternate days. Math - I'm not sure what the school would do with him for math. I think we'll just continue with BA. Extras - this is where I run into trouble, lol. The school would cover PE, art, music, and Dutch (obviously). Not sure about science or history instruction. Grandpa there is a bona fide naturalist, so I was thinking to schedule regular "nature walks" for them to do. We'd be out in the country a bit, so I am tempted by MP Astronomy. I was planning to do chemistry and some physics with him (that's where we are in the rotation) and I have some Ellen McHenry Pdf's, so maybe...I have been collecting "supplement books" for chemistry (Basher and the like) but I don't know if it's worth their weight to bring them. I think I'll bring the UEWH, the D'A myths books, and a few volumes of the old "junior classics."* Faith & Life 3, we just use the student book 1x a week, so we'll continue that. I've been stashing free pdfs from homeschool giveaways and the like over the past year, so I have quite a bit of "byte" options as well to draw upon if I want to add in more grammar or something. I really like using real books though. We have a kindle and tablet, but even so.... I do have plenty of cursive and copywork in pdf I can print. See, and now I have just added on a lot. Daily W&R, BA, Latin or Greek, and one of science, religion, history, or literature. How do you decide how many subjects to do each day? How do you pare down? About how much time would that line-up take your afterschooler? *ETA English children's books will be a bit scarce there. So I need to pack quality lit, or find good ebook editions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 *ETA English children's books will be a bit scarce there. So I need to pack quality lit, or find good ebook editions. Don't forget bookdepository.co.uk with free shipping to many countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahW Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Don't forget bookdepository.co.uk with free shipping to many countries. Oh yes. There's that. I just meant there'll be no public library with English books. No FOL sales with amazing illustrated hardcover lit for a few quarters. And a good second-hand bookstore will be far with slim English options for kids. Sob. :crying: I LOVE hunting in bookstores. Especially for pretty books. :laugh: Oof, book depository would charge me VAT. But oh well. I'll keep them in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Someone else on the boards told me once that importing books into the Netherlands is really expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Oof, book depository would charge me VAT. But oh well. I'll keep them in mind. Is that Netherlands VAT? Because books are zero-rated for VAT in the UK. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 You can buy pretty save at www.bookdepository.co.uk and www.alibris.co.uk. Www.amazon.de has free shipping, www.amazon.fr has some shippin like a few eurocents. Your dc wil get history, geography, nature and technical education during grade 4-5-6. It will learn English from grade 5 ;) You can take a look here for history: http://entoen.nu/en and here for Topography: Www.toporopa.eu Let him watch 'Klokhuis' and 'Jeugdjournaal' a lot, if he wants to start already let him watch Dutch school tv. Www.schooltv.nl Bookprices are fixed in the Netherlands, and therefore expensive. So English reading books are cheaper then Dutch Ones. If you would avoid expensive shippings take your curriculum from small publishers with you. These got high custom charges above the price AND the shippings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahW Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 If you would avoid expensive shippings take your curriculum from small publishers with you. These got high custom charges above the price AND the shippings. Hmm, we're keeping the American bank account, so maybe if I need American curriculum I can have it sent to a relative in America and have them send it as a "gift." International shipping from America is not cheap though, there's no "ground" option anymore. CAP's ebooks are US only. And I doubt MP will be adding electronic editions anytime soon. Blergh. So that's not an option.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 SarahW, how exciting! Just keep looking, looking, looking for sources of English books. I have been in Denmark three years now, and I just discovered a new-to-me online source the other day. But, no matter what I do, the books cost more than they would in the USA. They just do. How is the interlibrary loan system in the NL? It is great within Denmark, and I often have things sent here from all over the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Memoria Press is available through Amazon.com and www.bookdepository.co.uk MCT is difficult to get here, so is LL, something like Beast Academy can become expensive. Conquest books UK and Ichtus Resources UK have several homeschool items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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