hollyhock2
-
Posts
515 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Blogs
Classifieds
Store
Posts posted by hollyhock2
-
-
On 1/30/2018 at 7:50 PM, hollyhock said:
Mine would rather do anything than school! ?
So far I have:
TT 5
LLATL Purple
Maybe R&S Spelling 5, if the spelling in Purple isn't enough for him
Narrations and outlines across curriculum
Pathway Reading 5
Interest-led science, possibly with notebook of drawings and narrations (probably an Apologia book)
SOTW 4
Typing Club
Logic Countdown
Bible memory work and piano lessons
ETA: Maybe cursive, because he still hasn't mastered it, but we're taking a break from it right now.
I can't go back and edit my post because of username issues, but I wanted to update. We're going to use Language Lessons for Today 5 instead of LLATL, and we'll continue Apologia Astronomy because we won't be finished it this year.
-
1
-
-
Yes, what Kiara said. If you are using the workbooks, you don't need it. It contains all 4 years of WWE with instructions on how to pick your own passages for narration, etc. If you aren't doing that, then you don't need it.
-
I completely agree that we should do a college-prep sequence anyway, just to make sure we have all the bases covered if they suddenly want to go. I just like hearing stories about other non-college kids, and knowing they are out there. :)
-
3
-
-
Are there parents on this board who have kids not headed for college? I'm pretty sure my guys will be going into skilled trades. Just wondering if there are others, and if your high school plans differ from the usual college-bound track. I don't see much on this board that isn't about DE and universities and AP, so I'm just curious.
-
1
-
-
I would also suggest Math-U-See. The nice thing about it is that there is a lesson to read in the instructor manual as well as a lesson on video, so if they find the video difficult, you can also just read the lesson in the text.
-
1
-
-
I can't go back and edit my post because I couldn't get into my former username after the forum upgrade, so I'm just going to post my edited plans again:
9th grade son:
MUS Algebra 1Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1CM-style literature and composition (book list, lit. terms, daily narrations, essays, research papers, poetry and short stories)
Notgrass Exploring World History Part 1
Apologia Biology
Electives: French, Computer Science 101 from Stanford Online,
A Rulebook for Arguments, phys ed (hopefully)11th grade son:
Applied Math 30S from our provinceTeaching Textbooks Algebra 2CM-style literature and composition (book list, daily narrations, essay per week, research papers, poetry and short stories)
Finish Exploring World History Part 2 and do Abeka World Geography
PAC Chemistry + Chemistry 101 DVD
Electives: Old Testament, Speech & Public Speaking (7sisters) and phys ed
-
3
-
-
I've only used Science in the Beginning but we really enjoyed it. It was really good for my then 3rd, 5th and 7th graders, but it went right over my 1st grader's head. I loved the notebooking suggestions at the end of each lesson. The experiments at the beginning of each lesson were generally easy to do, but the best part about them was that we couldn't always predict what was going to happen, which was nice, and different from the science we'd previously used. The only thing I didn't like was that we were less enthusiastic about the second half of the book, but that's because we'd covered that material before, and that's not the book's fault. And I did get a little tired of doing an experiment every single time, but at least they were easy to do, so it wasn't too bad.
-
Another one that you should be able to find at CBD is Signs & Seasons, but it is more "classical astronomy" which may be slightly different than modern astronomy courses. Still, it looks really interesting and has lots of field work.
My son is using Survey of Astronomy this year. He's really enjoyed it. It is a very Christian course. There are two DVDs to watch but most of the course is in the format of "read and then do short answer worksheets". There are some activities but my son doesn't want to do any of them. There is no lab work scheduled so you would have to add your own if you wanted it. However, the books are beautiful and my son has found it interesting.
-
1
-
-
Something free online that is somewhat similar to WWS is School Composition by Maxwell. If your older ones aren't up to writing essays yet, this would be a good transition course.
-
MUS might be worth a look. It is considered mastery but there is lots of review. That's exactly why I bought it for one of mine (we used the geometry). There are 5 or 6 worksheets for each lesson (not including the honors page) and of those, at least 3 are review. So you learn a new concept but spend half the week reviewing previous material. It does look expensive, but you probably don't need the manipulatives for this level, so that could cut down on the cost. There are videos, but they are one a week, and if she doesn't want to watch them, she could easily do the lesson by just reading out of the instruction manual and then completing the worksheets. I haven't used the Pre-A level, but I've been looking at it for another one of mine.
-
Two of mine are using L'art de Lire quite happily. L'art d'ecrire, as mentioned above, is for 9th grade, I believe, so that would be high school level.
-
A couple thoughts that may have already been said: Can he learn to type? That REALLY helped my oldest write well when he was in 5th grade (not sure how old yours is). His writing improved drastically once he could type it. Also, yes, young children don't need to write creatively, unless they WANT to. That is the caveat. If he wants to, by all means, don't stop him! But many kids just aren't capable of creative writing so young, which is why it's not required as part of the WTM writing system. Lastly, I totally agree with fralala: it is more important to teach the child you have than stick to some system or program of education. So if you need to break the "rules" to help him out, go right ahead.
-
When I added my 4th, I worked with him first thing while my older kids did independent work. When he was finished, then I could work with everyone else. The older ones had their own planners with everything written in them, so they knew what to do, and my K-er's work didn't take more than about half an hour, so that helped. Even so, it was a bit chaotic for a few years, but it passed. I'm planning on implementing the same routine when I add my 5th this fall.
-
1
-
1
-
-
I've used LLATL for two years now, levels Orange through Gray. I really like some parts of it, and dislike other parts. Green and Gray are my favourite levels because the grammar coverage is more systematic. The lower levels have too little grammar, in my opinion. It doesn't come up often enough, so my kids forget it all. I really like how the spelling and dictation works together. Most of the books are really good choices, but I just have my kids read them; we don't do the book studies. I have also skipped a lot of the extra units like story-writing and oral presentations because my kids dislike creative writing. Anything else you want to know?
-
1
-
The most basic, Self teaching easy to use Geometry you can think of ....
in High School and Self-Education Board
Posted
MUS is only one video per week and they are usually 10-15 minutes. You can also skip the video and just read the lesson in the book, too. The worksheets are also pretty short. My son was sometimes done in 20 minutes, and probably never spent longer than 45. I believe TT is a lot more proof-heavy than MUS. MUS only introduces proofs toward the end of the book, if that makes a difference.