carrierocha
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https://www.particlezoo.net/
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Entrepreneur, scienc- and math-minded mom who is learning to love English and Literature.
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Minneapolis, MN
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Owner of The Particle Zoo + Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
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Reading nonfiction books. I especially like to read things that dovetail with what my kids are learning. I love travelling and scheduling freedom is one key reason we started to homeschool. Cooking dinner is (usually) a therapeutic end to my homeschooling day. I am also a recovering overachiever and over-doer who is working hard to not cram too much into our homeschool because, you know, all the shiny things.
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My rising 10th grader LOVES all things Spanish language and Latin American. She's taking a Spanish course she loves. She uses Spanish in her volunteer activities. She's a dual citizen - Brazilian and American - as her father is an immigrant from Brazil. She's traveling to El Salvador this summer. I want to fan the flame of this passion in her and am looking for input and ideas. Anyone have experience shifting literature to a focused course like "Latin American literature" and history to "South American History." Or any reasons to not go niche with this stuff? For history/social studies: I was thinking maybe a combo of a Great Course called "Lost Worlds of South America" plus Guest Hollow's Geography curriculum for Latin American countries (we already own that and all the books). Other resources? For Latin American literature: I took a Latin American lit class in college, but that was back when the years began with "19" so it is fuzzy in my mind. I remember reading works by Gabriel García Márquez and there's the Spanish classic "Don Quijote." Other titles/authors/historical fiction set in Latin America or other ideas? If I can pull something together here, I might lead a book club with a group of middle/high schoolers. For context: She'll go to college, but doesn't want to get into a competitive school. She wants a degree for the least amount of money. That to say, she doesn't need to be competitive for the sake of college admissions.
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We used some of Dr Callahan's videos for Jacob's Algebra and I found them to be mediocre. They were a restatement of a process of HOW to complete a problem, but didn't add much conceptual math instruction or WHY we do things. I picked the Jacobs text because it has a conceptual bent, so we eventually skipped the videos and I just provided instruction myself. That to say, I think it depends on the kid and on the goals you have for the course.
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Does this type of Biology curriculum exist?
carrierocha replied to Porridge's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Would Experience Biology fit? https://journeyhomeschoolacademy.com/experience-biology/ -
Homeschooling a 17 Year Old in Minnesota
carrierocha replied to Allsmiles1's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I am a Minnesotan. Are you asking whether you need to file an Intent to Homeschool Form for a 17 year-old? You do need to submit that for a 17 year-old. Maybe this info from MACHE's website would be helpful: https://mache.org/homeschool-reporting-forms-faqs/ Does that help? -
Detailed Lesson Plans for MEP Y9 and GCSE
carrierocha replied to carrierocha's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
In browsing by topic, I have found the the MEP Jamiaca books have more complete student instructions and these books go a long way at introducing the concepts in ways similar to what the lesson plans do. I may make a doc that aligns the Y9 concepts with these and maybe just use the Jamiacan materials (?) or use the front matter for each concept. https://www.cimt.org.uk/mepjamaica/ -
Detailed Lesson Plans for MEP Y9 and GCSE
carrierocha replied to carrierocha's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I hadn't quite thought about the materials as self-directed, but maybe that's because I have always instructed some (aka followed MEP's lesson plans - although I certainly skip a lot nd move at our own pace). I am just not as sooth or adept as they are and I am looking for some practical input on guiding a student through this material. -
Detailed Lesson Plans for MEP Y9 and GCSE
carrierocha replied to carrierocha's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Yes, I am aware of those Outline Lesson Plans, but up through and including Y8 they also have these detailed lesson plans: https://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/book8/y8s17lpd.pdf I would like something like this that scripts lessons for Y9. -
Up through Year 8, MEP includes detailed lesson plans that hae been fabulous in guiding me as I have instructed my kids in math. However, starting in Year 9 I don't see detailed lesson plans on their website. I did email the staff at MEP (they have been responsive in the past), but am wondering if anyone here is aware of any resources - made by MEP or someone else - that could serve as that type of detailed lesson plan?
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Farrar - could you please PM the password to me? I cannot find it in my email from years back when I had contacted MEP directly to get it. Thanks!!
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Gap after 2 years Algebra...
carrierocha replied to Brittany1116's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Do you know which levels of MEP's traditional program are rearranged int he Jamaican program? I know I could cross-check myself, but thought you might be familiar. Years 7-9? -
I am looking for podcasts to include in our morning time for high schoolers. What do you and/or your kids listen to that has short episodes (15 minutes or less)? I'd love some about music, but I'm open to science, history or others that would fit in the school day.
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Here's what I have decided for now - granted, it isn't as embedded into global history as I'd like, but I do know it touches at least on developments in Europe... Great Course called "Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies" followed up by the Great Course called "America’s Founding Fathers." Now - this really skips over the details of the actual Revolutionary War in terms of specific battles, etc., but I am comfortable with that because: 1) we have covered that in cycles past. 2) we have traveled to many Revolutionary War sites so I know some of the details are familiar from those trips 3) my kid isn't into battles/war 4) I think she'll get the themes of the war through the Founding Fathers course which is loosely chronological and goes through the War of 181812-ish
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I want my 9th grade daughter to have a very easy peasy history credit this year as we've done Tapestry of Grace history for many years and she's got a solid foundation so history is not our priority this year, but we will use this easy peasy, plus some work in other years to make a full World History credit. She is doing Tapestry Year 2 literature so I'd love for our DIY history to loosely follow that history progression which is Byzantine Empire up to 1800. My ideal is a series of videos covering this timeframe that are engaging enough that my kid will actually watch them and get something valuable from them. All I will ask her to do is watch the videos and do an oral narration on them. Any video-based history courses you've personally used that your kids found engaging?
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9th grade planning 2023
carrierocha replied to freesia's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I think what I hear you saying is that anatomy might be too much alongside the DE Bio. I was thinking we'd drop anatomy and writing during that 8-week period to make space. She'll do Bio in Jan/Feb and writing in the fall, then in the spring. Is this sort of what you were suggesting? Or were you saying to make Logic just a .5 credit instead of beefing it up to a full credit. I'm a verbal processor so typing this all out has helped me to see that scaling back Logic could be an option too.