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    Piano movers?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We have found a used piano in in town near us (within 10 miles). I'm seriously thinking of hiring piano movers.

     

    Does anyone have experience with movers? I'm curious what a reasonable price would be to have it moved. Questions I should ask the movers in preparation to have it moved.

     

    Thanks!

    Sonlight, "Open and go" my foot.

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Advice from someone who has used Sonlight since 1996-ish? ----

     

    Dump the CD. Use the IG for open and go. Instead of worksheets, use the timeline or make a notebook. Day 1 of SL, page 1 of notebook. What did your child learn about? They or you write the title. Write a sentence or make a list. Use Google images and find a picture. Done with day 1.

     

    When you finish reading a book, go to Amazon and click copy the picture of the book (or you can probably do that on google images). Put the picture in your notebook. Copy the title, maybe the author. If you or your kid is into it, copy a favorite line from the book. Design a star system for how well they liked it. Use sticker stars if you want -- 1, 2 or 3. Liked, so-so, or not liked.

     

    Simple. Keep it simple. Worksheets are over-rated. Websites are over-rated. Read the books, write a little something (emphasize little). Make a memory. If you do anything related to what you're studying (Lego pyramid, teddy bear shaped snack, whatever) -- take a picture. Add to your notebook.

     

    Dump the CD. Keep it simple. Make a notebook. Your child will like this better than the prettiest worksheet. Remember, worksheets are highly over-rated. :D

    This is great advice.

    A few questions about AAR

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    The 8 levels include pre level 1 so the last one in the series will actually be level 7. Levels 1-4 are supposed to be the completion of the phonics portion. Levels 5-7 are supposed to work on comprehension and fluency. We recently started level 1 and with level 2 being released in Sept I think we will hopefully not go faster than they finish level 3. However, even if we only get to level 2 and have to switch to something else, I will still be glad that we got to use the multi sensory, writing-free, synthetic phonics stuff for the lower levels.

    Thanks for this! I think I'm going to go ahead and give it a try.

    A few questions about AAR

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    8 levels? Seriously!?

     

    I'm trying to decide what to do with my princess. I don't need another reading program. But yet, I do. :lol:

     

    The thing is I'm bored with what I have. She is a different kind of leaner than her brothers, and I think she would love the puppet in the pre-level. She is very bright, and I don't expect that she will stay in the pre-level long. My other concern is that she will move quicker than the levels come out. I love AAS and the reading program looks just a good.

    If you have a VIKA table from IKEA will you pop in here?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    UPDATE:

    I emailed Erika at confessionsofahomeschooler and asked about the leg room. She emailed me back last night! She told me they have moved the drawers to the ends of the table tops to create more leg room. They had to add a board for stability underneath.

     

    I mapped the dimensions on the floor with masking tape, so we could see the exact size. I think it will work. I even have room for another bookshelf!!!;) So, I think we are back to our original plan of copying that table in our schoolroom.

     

    So excited to finally get this school room underway. Now, if only I could decide on paint colors.:tongue_smilie:

    If you have a VIKA table from IKEA will you pop in here?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    So you have room for two 59" tables pushed together to use in a middle desk situation? Or even 78" versions (the 78" not as deep, giving you more length but less depth...maybe fit better depending on your size). Let me see if i can explain this as I don't have a picture. You could push two 78" tables together, and two of you face one way, two the other, so you all face each other when seated. Then, each person has the drawer unit on their end so you can pull it out for yourself. If you used the 78" table, you could probably do the drawer unit as a leg on each end, or just do all white skinny normal legs and put the drawer units on each end free standing. They are very stable. If you have only room for the 59" units maybe put the drawers free standing on the sides for sure. DOes that even make sense? Hopefully so. Anyways the legs are cheap. 3.50 for the regular white rounded ones here. The 78" tables are $45 for the white, and the drawer units are $79.99. I go to IKEA alot LOL

    I totally get what you are saying!!:001_smile:

     

    I actually have room to do both. We are utilizing our basement, so I have a blank slate to work with. I spent some time measuring this afternoon with both of those options. Dh and I are going to do some looking online tonight while ds and dd are in gymnastics.

    If you have a VIKA table from IKEA will you pop in here?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    No, we have not come up with any solution. DH and I have been up hours each night trying to figure out what in the world to do. We have 4 kids we're schooling, we'll be getting another computer (but both computers will be family computers, though the boys will do their math and Latin on them, and we don't want them to get proprietary towards them so we don't want the computers at the boys' workstations) so we're looking at how to make 6 workstations in a room that's about 14'X6'. Plus storage. And we're starting school in 2 weeks.

    Good luck figuring it out! I'm not sure when we are starting, but dh said we are going Saturday to get our IKEA fix, so I need to have this worked out by then.:eek:

    If you have a VIKA table from IKEA will you pop in here?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I have lots of VIKA tables though not using them all right now. The 59 inch one is 29" deep, while the really long one 78" long, is 24 deep. If you had room to kind of "wrap" the desks around a corner, you could do like an L shape with any sizes except the 59" since that is deeper. Well, I guess you still could. the 78" one requires one leg in the middle (but it's on the back so not in the legs way). You could put drawer unit on each side. There is also a 48". You can also separate the really long one in the middle with a drawer unit. Pretty easy to mix and match. Oh, and those VIKA drawer units look nice on their own too, not just under the table. I have one next to my desk with a printer on top. They are very sturdy

    I do have corner I could utilze, but I was aiming to have one big table. I'm not sure at this point it is going to work. I'm rethinking with your suggetion in mind. I may have to change my layout for my school space.

    Moving, Lego, WWYD?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We moved this year, so I feel your pain. We packed the Legos away while our house was on the market. The boys just had to do without for a while. We put all of ours in one big, ginormous bin. How do they get so many Legos anyway?

     

    I have recently gotten a 3-ring binder and put page protectors in it. Once my boys complete a kit, the instructions go in the binder. The binder sits on the shelf in our family room. Then, if ever they want to rebuild something, they can. I don't save boxes or try to keep kits together.

    If you have a VIKA table from IKEA will you pop in here?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I'm looking to do our school room with a VIKA table top. I'm debating on putting the storage underneath or the legs. My dc love the pics on confessionsofhomeschooler's blog. They would love to use the drawers from their workboxes. I agree that it would be handy to have their workboxes right in the workspace. My concern is the leg room. If you have storage under the VIKA is there enough legroom to work comfortablely?

    TOG selection of abridged books

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    We encountered the same problem with the abridged versions. It was mainly with my UG student who is a virocious reader. With many of them, I gave him an unabridged version. It took longer for him to read, but he was able to enjoy the meat of the book instead of just the bare bones with the abridged.

     

    I often had to add in other books to supplement if he finished early. In that case, I'd choose something from the SL books or look in All Through the Ages for more titles.

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