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I've never seen A Trip Around the World, so I can't comment on that. Galloping the Globe is pretty much exactly what you described -- reading a few books, doing a project, coloring a map and doing some cooking. I did it when my son was in K and we really enjoyed it. I'd like to "Gallop" to a few countries again this summer with my 2nd and Ker. My daughter was too young to get into it much the first time, but my son and I really enjoyed it when we did it before.
Lisa
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There are a few workbooks, but if you wanted to just use books and the library you could easily do that yourself. I love Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handbook. The year before we did SL Pre-K, I checked out many of the recommendations he made and really enjoyed that year with the kids.
If you do have a good library, and you want to do SL, there is a yahoo group called "SL Preschool" and they have a couple of schedules just like SL's that you can print from their files for free. This is actually what I did rather than buying the SL schedule. One of them orders the books like SL, but adds additional books to the schedule. The other organizes the books by theme.
I also really like the Kumon workbooks, which you can get at Barnes and Noble for pre-k.
HTH,
Lisa
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Sonlight
R&S Math for my son
Rightstart math for my daughter
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From a nutritional point, a low carb diet, daily exercise, and B-12 vitamins all help me tremendously. Cutting out all refined sugar and eating protein at each meal makes a world of difference for me. Also, being aware of when I am having or likely to be having hormonal shifts is important so that I can make sure to try to reduce my stress level as much as possible during those times.
HTH,
Lisa
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The unabridged version comes in parts. I think it is 4 parts, so the cd's in the set you are looking at are not going to be the whole story.
The Best of Island Story is the "complete" unabridged story.
I hope that makes sense.
Lisa
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and he has expressive language disorder as well. It is very frustrating for both him and I because he does often know the answer, but just has difficulty getting it out.
Lisa
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This is for an 8 year old. I'd like a fun way to practice this skill.
Thanks!
Lisa
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Both children are on ritalin for ADD and ADHD. My niece, who has the ADD was not able to sleep until 11:00 at night or later because of the ritalin. My sister started her on the lowest dose of melatonin she could find and within 1/2 hour, she is asleep. It has been a lifesaver for her.
For my nephew, it doesn't do anything for him.
From other posts I have read, I think it may be important to start with a very low dose and use the least amount possible. I got the impression that using too much may be what causes the nightmares.
Lisa
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much more difficult to follow the flow of the conversation. I open the posts and don't find the responses nearly as interesting because it feels like they are not tied together at all. I'm missing the old board.
Lisa
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For my 2nd grade son, I have been using SWR for spelling and dictation. I use the SL readers and I am using a program from SRA called Language for Writing. I also use Six Minute Solutions for reading fluency and McCall Crabbs for reading comprehension.
For my K daughter, I am using Funnix, Pathway readers, SL readers, and A Reason for Handwriting.
Lisa
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and we really enjoyed it. All we did was read all the books, but I love SL's book suggestions. My son was 5 and my daughter was 3 when we did this. Now that I think about it, I guess there were a few workbooks, which I did with my 5 year old, but I didn't do any of that with the 3 year old. Some of the books were over my daughter's head but there were many she enjoyed.
I also highly recommend Jim Trelease's read-aloud handbook. I used this the year before we did SL pre-k and there were tons of great picture book recommendations.
Lisa
Would you use 'Galloping the Globe' or 'Trip Around the World' with a K'er?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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and I'm not sure how much has changed. The edition I have has an outline map of each country as well as a flag. To be honest, I wouldn't get any of the companion books they recommended in the older version except for Children Just Like Me. From what I understand, they did remove the recipes that were in the original book and put them all into a cookbook, so I would definitely get that.
The companion books just weren't that great or necessary in my opinion. I bought them all and never used any of them except for Children Just Like Me. Most of them were very dry. I do really like Considering God's Creation, but it was just too much for my kindergartener. I'm saving my copy for when my kids are older.
The books I did use were from lists they gave for each country. While I couldn't find all the book recommendations they made, I could always find a fair amount of them and then I would do a search and add more of my own.
You've definitely got to use the library to do this program.
HTH,
Lisa