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    Take a look at what I want to do - tell me what you think.

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    :grouphug:

    I think it's great that you and your children will have a break. It sounds as though some of them really need it. I don't have any advice to help you, but I will say that my 7 year old DD would not be able to do 4.5 hours of work. She's able to do 2 hours before she shuts down for the day. I know that all kids are different, but 4 or more hours of work sounds like too much at 7.

    Does anyone like/use Winterpromise American Story 1?

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    I drooled over the catalog for 2 years planning the time I would use it,.......... I was constantly frustrated with the lack of continuity and "flow" through the schedule.

     

    :iagree:

     

    We moved on to HOD's Bigger and it seems to flow better (though we add to the science). And DD likes hearing the stories of all the famous people not just tons of facts about events, places, and people.

    Help please

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    I guess it depends on what your end goal is for your child that you'd pull out of school. I would certainly pull them to let them be with the family during this difficult time. If you intend to put him back in school, than I think I would explain to the school the situation and ask to borrow the books that they would be using for the child. Most schools I've heard of have been more than willing to work with a child in this situation. If you will probably be keeping the child home, I would probably find a unit study that the child would be interested in to work on as time allows but nothing too strict or structured. More like a project with reading about the subject rather than worksheets and tests. I'd try to keep the child reading and doing some math as these are skills that I find my DD looses quickly if she is not using them. Then once things got settled a little more I'd re-evaluate to see if I needed to add in the more formal programs if it was looking like this would be for an extended time.

     

    I'm sorry that you are dealing with this, but I'm glad that you have the chance to be together as a family to help each other.

    What to do during the iterim?

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    Could you do a unit study on something she is interested in while reviewing some math with your DD until you get something else settled? Since she's coming out of public school, this may be a fun way to ease into homeschooling while giving you time to get things lined up. Homeschoolshare.com has some free unit studies that can match up with library books. Then you can move into a more classical mode of education once your material arrives.

    Curriculum decisions in the family

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    My husband hasn't a clue what I am teaching........ and talking to him about it really is nothing more than talking AT him. He just nods his head as the words scatter around him in a heap. :D :lol::lol:

     

    This is our family too.

    The only problem with this arrangement is that DH gets upset around Jan/Feb when the kids don't know "X,Y,Z". You didn't seem to care when I was picking things so we aren't covering that this year! :glare:

    Has anyone used American Culture WP?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I can't remember which one she was talking about, but it had "for kids" in the title. She was just saying it was difficult, maybe a lot of information for that age, or something. I'll ask her when she gets back in town. Personally, I think WP's programs are aged a bit high. I'm doing AS1 with a 4th grader and it is perfect, though the Bible does seem a little young.

     

     

    I noticed this too. I had AS1 to do this year, but I think it's going to be too much if I fully use the program.

    FLL is boring!

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    Like any curriculum, you have to tailor it to suit the needs of the child. There are some children who *need* three repetitions, and others who need one. There will be some who need to review the definitions daily, others who are fine with one repetition a week. There will be days we do the lesson as written, others that we skip 2-3 lessons to get to where we "need" to be.

     

    We skipped quite a bit, and neither my children, nor I ever really found it boring. I found it a much more fun method to introduce my K/1 graders to grammar without more seatwork.

     

     

    :iagree:

     

    This is the great thing about homeshooling, you can tailor the subjects to fit your child and not make your child fit a certain mold.

    Winter Promise American History.... or ??

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    HOD = Heart of Dakota

     

    I too had bought WP American Story 1 to use with my 2nd grader. And I too do not care for the paper crafts or the disjointed feeling of the program. For example, today was scheduled to read about 2 explorers in "Explorations and Conquest", then the notebook page was a different explorer and the 3D map was the route of yet another explorer that looks like it would be studied later in the week. In fact today (in week 4) I gave up and packed it into the basement. I'll probably save some of the books since they are nice books. But we'll be switching to either Heart of Dakota or SOTW. Not sure which yet. While that doesn't help you, it does let you know that you aren't alone.

    Repeating HOD Beyond?

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    This is for your 7 yr. old? I would definitely start back up with Beyond. Bigger is a big jump in the amount of writing. Pick up Beyond wherever you are comfortable and run with it! :)

     

    Yes this is for my 7 yr old.

    I did notice that Bigger seems to be a big jump. Now I'm wondering if all the manuals have a big jump in between them.

    Repeating HOD Beyond?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I have a DD who has partially completed HOD's Beyond though we skipped around since I was an unsure mom listening to those around me. Should I start the guide over this year since we skipped around through parts of it, or should I just find a spot toward the second half that we haven't covered and start there? She says she doesn't mind reading some of it again and I could use notebooking pages with her this time around.

    I bought Bigger thinking I'd just cut our losses on Beyond. But I'm afraid that she's not going to be ready for all the writing in Bigger since she's been a struggling reader until just recently. I could cut out some of the writing, but would that leave me always simplifying the assignments for other guides too?

    Any thoughts?

    Should I wait?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I really don't know what to advise you to do. I personally think that 2 hours of school work for K is too much. Yet it seems you are needing to meet some sort of requirements. What I can tell you is that my DD is a young 7 and is just now enjoying some of the stories from Core K. In the last few months we've been able to enjoy "A Grain of Rice", "My Father's Dragon", and "Dolphin Treasure". Before this, she was having a very hard time with too many books without pictures. It sounds like your son is a normal kid who doesn't want to sit and do school work for too long.

    WP AS1 New vs Old Program

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    Is the new program geared better for this age group (1-3 grade) due to the New Land book and The American Story? We have the old 2006 IG which uses the DK Encyclopedia. It also has some resources that are listed for grades 3-5 and my DD is a young 2nd grader this year. Should I just wait to use this program I have or is the newer version geared better for the younger crowd?

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