smevavold
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Conservative Christian, married, mother to a 6 year old boy, pro-life
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MN
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Reading, digital Scrapbooking
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MFW Adv. or HOD Beyond? That is the question!
smevavold replied to Sue G in PA's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
My son will be 7 in April. I'm also having a hard time deciding between the two programs. I like that the language arts lessons and copywork are written into the Beyond manual. I also like the poetry studies and the lessons on the 9 different genres of books for storytime. It gives you flexibilty in choosing the titles for the storytimes. MFW Adventures also looks like a fun program also. The book basket sounds neat, but I have read many reviews about people not liking the repetition of the states study. The names of Jesus lessons look interesting also. -
Need help finding "Snuggle on the couch" type history.
smevavold replied to mom2agang's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/History/livingworldhistoryframe.html I saw a preview for the first volume of the history book. It was under the price. I think there is only a preview for volume 1 of the series by Angela O'Dell. -
Need help finding "Snuggle on the couch" type history.
smevavold replied to mom2agang's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
Queen Homeschool has many history books. She has a new, two volume series that is for ages 5-13. It is called, A Living History of our World. Angela O'Dell just finished writing Volume 2. She is a homeschooler herself. Here's the link. http://www.queenhomeschool.com/productpages/History/livingworldhistoryframe.html Here's the summary from the website: "Angela O’Dell’s A Living History of Our World series is a complete year-long history curriculum that reads like a living book! Combining the Charlotte Mason style elements of real, whole books, subject integration (history, geography, art, vocabulary, narration, and more) with a no-preparation, simple to use curriculum that will captivate all ages, this is a history program you and your children will look forward to every day! The accompanying Student Journal gives each student his own place to keep his work, and a treasured keepsake of drawings, copywork, timelines, projects, maps, and original writings when he is finished. Nonconsumable." You could just read the text of the book without using the journal. -
Perler Beads ironing paper...
smevavold replied to BikeBookBread's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Wax paper also works well. -
Here's a link: http://www.amblesideschools.com/ambleside_schools.html
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Sight Words in Kindergarten, help me...
smevavold replied to Jumping In Puddles's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I am in a similar situation. My son also goes to public school kindergarten for 2.5 hours a day. I am also afterschooling, and work at home with him on phonics. Although I am not fond of teaching sight words in isolation, I just made flash cards out of the sight words from school and has him work on memorizing them. I just told him that his teacher at school wants him to learn the sight words. -
NW metro area. :)
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http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2009/08/23/mamas-thoughts-kindergarten-public-school-vs-home-school/ Here's a blog post from a mother who just send her oldest child off to kindergarten in a public school. She is questioning her decision and looking into homeschooling her daughter. Here is a quote from the post: "Yet, regardless of all of this, there was something about taking Ava to school that first day that just didn’t feel “right†to me. I’ve made a lot of parenting decisions in the past five years and I have to say I’ve felt peaceful about pretty much every one of them. Sure, I made some wrong choices here and there, but as for the big decisions, I’ve felt good about them. However, there was something about dropping Ava off that didn’t feel peaceful to me."
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This is an AMAZING free math resource.
smevavold replied to Dani n Monies Mom's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Thank you for posting this. -
:iagree: Amen! Well said!
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Fantastic math game using a deck of cards.....
smevavold replied to 8filltheheart's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
That sounds neat! Thanks for sharing. -
Where did you attend college/university?
smevavold replied to Granny_Weatherwax's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN (A small Christian College) B.S. Elementary Education (1998) -
http://www.thecompanystore.com/parent/Price+25+to+50/5658/XK02X/&An=102&A=6047 The Company Store has a foldable floor tray table. My 5 year old son loves using this for snacks, coloring, workbooks, etc. Sue
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Resources for reading 1st and 2nd grade?
smevavold replied to Soyrizo's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Pathways-Exercises-Improve-Jossey-Bass/dp/0787992895/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247277102&sr=8-2 Here's a link to a book called Reading Pathways. It has exercises in it to improve fluency. It is written by the same author as Phonics Pathways. Hope this Helps! Suzanne