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Our state is using this group for our virtual public school program. I'm considering it just for a few electives like Spanish and art (things I'm not overly confident teaching). Wondered if anyone has used this program and what it was like. I can't seem to get a handle on how much time each course will take, how much work is expected, and if it will fit into the flexibility of a homeschool schedule if we plan to take a week off. I'm hoping someone here will have a homeschool perspective to offer.
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When we did countries around the world for co-op, I ended up just making my own flag stickers for the kids little passports. I used graphics from this site: http://www.worldatlas.com/clipart.htm, saved them to my desktop, opened them into word and used Avery labels. They're probably not acid-free if that's important to you, but they sure came out great. And, they had every country I needed.
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I have a book that's called "Read Across America: Exploring 7 U.S. Regions Through Popular Children's Literature" by Gloria Rothstein. It's geared for grades 1-4. It uses several different books for each region of the U.S. and then has activities to do with the stories. I haven't used it yet so I can't attest to how wonderful it is, but she might want to check it out (or at least get reading suggestions from it.)
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Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but someone recently listed this link and I found it useful. Hope it can help.
Michigan Standards:
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We're doing plant experiments right now too. We're using lima beans and sunflower seeds. The sunflower seeds are really growing quickly - fun to watch.
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We used the kindergarten set here and it was just what we needed. It basically gave us games and activities to do each day. It was a really fun intro. to math for my kids and I plan to use it for my youngest when she's ready. I switched to Singapore this year for my older kids, however, because looking ahead at the EM program, it seems to make problems more confusing than they need to be and I really disliked the emphasis on using calculators.
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We are only on 2A, but so far I've not needed the teacher's text and am not planning on it for 2B. I think personally it might be helpful when we get to more advanced topics in later books, but for now no problems without it.
As for the renaming, I've heard that working with money can help -showing that 10 pennies equal a dime, 10 dimes equal a dollar, etc. Sometimes that familiar clicks for kids. We've also used the cube manipulatives that click together (sorry I don't know their name), toothpicks, and anything else around the house we could group and ungroup.
Best of luck!
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Just found this site and wanted to share. It has really great worksheet generators as well as games for almost any subject.
Enjoy!
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Great idea! Thanks!
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I'm a wits end trying to think of a project, game, or activity on Panama to teach to pre-K through 2nd graders. I'm doing the geography/culture portion. Of course, the one thing that comes to mind is the Panama Canal. I was thinking of somehow building a model and letting them play with it after I explained how it works. I'm just not sure that will hold their attention long enough or that I want to go through all the effort of making it. Any other suggestions??
I already plan to have them color the map and flag and for me to talk about the Panama Canal a little bit with pictures, but beyond that I'm stumped. I need to fill 30 to 40 minutes, make it fun, and hope they learn a few things. Can you help me please?
Thanks!!
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Does anyone have an online source that has a great family tree (preferably with illustrations or pictures) of the Olympian gods and goddesses? I am not having luck finding a simple one that we could use as a guide. I thought this would be an easy find, but for some reason I'm having trouble finding what we need. Thanks for your help.
Jennifer
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My ds is a big MTH fan too. He also enjoys Andrew Lost, A-Z Mysteries, Magic School Bus chapter books, and Time Warp Trio books.
Thanks for the post. I see a trip to the library in my near future to check out all these series.
Jennifer
Anyone have experience with Connections Academy?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Thanks for the reply. I read on their site that Missouri is different - we can either enroll full-time or part-time. So, that wouldn't be too much of an issue. Good to know about the busy work. Thanks!