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  1. We wouldn't be the least offended, but would simply answer with what seemed the grade most appropriate. I can't imagine going into a diatribe about it! Very odd. Unlike some, we place them strictly by age. We answer with a bit of a compromise that we believe truly "places" them as they'd be placed if they were being enrolled in public or private school here and would allow for red-shirting or placing ahead if appropriate. We'd take into account the best grade for the "whole child" and what they'd be placed in if we went to enroll. Right now I'd place my youngest two by age level. Their academics are accelerated, but their social maturity isn't, and age level would be most appropriate overall and the easiest fit for the workers/teachers to group by. My three eldest, however, would be bored and very out of place at age level as well as very out of step academically. I'd place them at their academic grade or at a compromise between their age and academic. We'd evaluate all that in a blink though, and simply smile and give a grade number for each. Absolutely no offense. In our case this came up in Sunday school placement. We didn't go into why, but simply stated the number we thought best--we'd explain if asked, but if the number fits and seems right most people would just take it at face value. (If they questioned the grade level we gave it might be a flag that we didn't place the child accurately, and we'd be very open to working with the facilitators to place the child in a group that would fit better.) For this, I'd say my children are going into 7th, 5th, 3rd, 1st and PreK. The oldest three have "grades" ahead of their ages, the youngest two at age, but it's what is most accurate and where I'm confident they'd be placed if being enrolled in local schools.
  2. First greetings! I mostly lurk, but remember seeing threads (likely years ago) about copy work pages published by a WTM mom. The resources I'm remembering were available in several fonts including Italic and were downloadable at reasonable cost from Etsy, Lulu or some such site. We have (and love) Startwrite, but for this season I'm seeking something 'print and go' beyond our regular Getty-Dubay workbooks and Character Italic... something with a fun or interesting theme such as I remember being linked from this publisher/mom. I've tried searching the forums, but am not finding what I remember. Any thoughts? Thanks so much for any help.
  3. For us, music lessons absolutely. The instrument would be piano initially, but then after they had a solid foundation we'd let them choose a different instrument if they were especially drawn to a certain instrument other than piano.
  4. I absolutely love Tapestry of Grace. Some of our other favorites: 100 Easy Lessons (Teach your Child to Read) Apologia Getty & Dubay Italic and Character Italic Word Roots AVKO Sequential Spelling Analytical Grammar (& Jr. Analytical Grammar) My most recent "wow" is Meaningful Composition--we mostly use TOG's Writing Aids, but this fills in nicely.
  5. No. Like others we test on occasion, but don't give the results to the schools. I don't factor the state's public school objectives into our educational plans at all.
  6. Professor B is very much a scripted Curric. It is different, but I loved the methodology. It focuses on helping you teach, and is very relational between the parent and the child. Learning is done through interaction and you presenting. It became too teacher intensive as our family grew. (Although I still use the very beginning aspects of it to teach basic addition and subtraction facts prior to starting a child on 'formal' math.
  7. Ah, that's true, that is different. Don't ya hate it when people (uh, like me in this case) don't READ the thread well before jumping in. I'll claim PPC (Posting Prior to Coffee) :D
  8. Too funny, here either one of us would defer to the other. There's no way my husband would make a large purchase w/out checking with me, so he'd easily say, "I'll need to check with my wife and get back to you." I can't imagine that makes him a weak man--just makes us a team. I don't see why my saying, "I'll need to check with my husband" therefore makes me a weak woman--just a thoughtful partner. Here either one of us would readily say "No" without consulting the other or needing a scape goat, but neither one of us would say "Yes" to such a purchase (which on our budget would be a big deal) w/out discussing it. Not a feminist here by far, but never thought of respecting each other's partnership as weakness.
  9. I love our butter bells (um, yeah, we have two... we go through a lot of butter, lol) As the others said they aren't as good over about 85 degrees, but most the year it works great!
  10. I too found that my eldest seemed to be born in the logic stage, so we just went with it, trying to strike a balance between not over-burdening and letting her reach deeper. From the time she was a toddler we used Socratic type discussion. We use TOG, so about 3rd grade I began giving her a mix of the grammar level and dialectic level reading, and by 5th I started giving her opportunities to pursue her logic bent in her essays. She still does a good share of the grammar reading level too--because it helps her stay grounded and enjoy childhood's simplicity. Typically she'll draw logic level comparisons from the grammar resources too, and that's fine. We do continue to build on the grammar skills with lots of memory work and such as well. It is a bit of a tightrope walk with her. My others seem to be following the stages more traditionally. I'll be enjoying this thread! I wish I'd seen a thread like it when she was younger--somehow it seemed there was a pressure among classical homeschoolers to make a child fit the categories. People who knew us personally knew it was just this child's nature, but those who didn't know us assumed we must just be pushing her into a level that a child "can't understand at that age." (When instead it was the child pulling, not us pushing at all.) Some children just have their own time-table...
  11. I'm not seeing the free offer either, so maybe that's why it isn't showing hundreds of downloads? I'll be watching for these! We LOVE italic, and these look wonderful!
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