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  1. Caralee
    Well, while I was asking you this question, I was working through some other "understanding" that related to this, specifically regarding reading with comprehension and writing effectively...and today, after much study, it all fell into place in my mind. But you all were very helpful in this process. Thank you for flushing out my ideas and understanding for me. 🥰
  2. Caralee
    Home Again, Farrar, and Lori D., I just have to say again a very big THANK YOU! for taking the time to answer my concerns and questions. I really really appreciate it. It has helped me so much and I am feeling much more confident about what books I am choosing. Thank you again!
  3. Caralee
    Thank you this is very helpful. I really appreciate you sharing with me all of this. It has shown me how to have balance in our literature selections for each level.
  4. Caralee
    Thank you Farrar and Lori for your input. Very helpful.
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    This was really really helpful! Thank you!!! I needed this guidance.
  6. Caralee
    Clarification needed. What is 'YA' mean?
  7. Caralee
    "No literature is an absolute must." There I repeated it after you. Yes, I will keep repeating this to get it into my head. Thank you. 🙂 I guess I just find choosing books based on my preference could lend to a lack of covering the variety that is needed. That is why I didn't want to use my own preferences. I want to have discussions about the 'challenging topics' with my children, not avoid them, which could happen if I went with what I liked. lol But your suggestions above were helpful.
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    This is a bit more of what I need. I have done some of this already. I do have a variety of books from different time frames of our historical period, and I have varied the authors. I will look at the certain sort of book to see if I have anything repeated. That will help.
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    Yes, that is good, BUT how do I know which literature books should be absolutely covered and which are best to lay aside for my children to pick up on their own alter on? Making decisions based on my limited knowledge and understanding of literature is not a good guide. I wish there was a website or someone that would explain this for me: What literature is an absolute must and what is not, and why? And how can a person cut their literature lists down effectively without losing the essence of why they are learning literature in the first place.
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    For our current year, we are in the history cycle of 1500 to 1850 AD. For my logic level student, we have planned to read 4 literatures per term (there are 3 terms) (and we are going to read most, not all, of TWTM logic literature list for grade 7) along with Canadian Literature (1 book), Shakespeare and Poetry. I am finding it is still too much for us to cover. How do I know what books to read and which can be cut? I would like to get my list down to about about 2 literatures, Shakespeare and Poetry, therefore I would like to know what book I could cut from our list of TWTM logic literature list for grade 7. And then I would like to know how to go about doing this for the future in any other grade? I would really love to hear from those who are strong in literature and can give me real practical principles to follow. Thank you!
  11. Caralee
    I just want to say to lewelma and all others who have added to this topic a BIG THANK YOU! This is something I have been thinking about and working through for myself and my children.What I have learned from my own personal experience is that these things come easily (as in they pick them up or clue into them easily)for soem people. Also, generally, depending on who you are, it is easier to figure out these EF in some subjects versus others. For instance, I am great at figuring out how to learn math with mastery and got a 98% grade in high school with ease, but ask me to do that in English or History and I struggled because I just did not know what to do, and as one person mentioned above, only a few teachers in schools teach these EF in their class. I find most don't and expect people to figure them out themselves. I am learning that the first step is to learn oneself or your children to know what kind of person they are. Secondly, I have learned that no matter the type of person they are, we all need to learn these skills (or as I see them, these frameworks) that are so important to know and use in one's life to make them successful. These frameworks are how we make sense of things and live effectively ~ how to read, think, and express ourselves (basically knowledge, understanding and wisdom is another way of expressing it). Lastly, knowing who we are and that we need to learn these skills, as lewelma shares, we need to figure out how to teach these things so that it clicks in each persons mind. And motivation and maturity has a huge amount of influence in this. Thank you so much for making this thread. I am going to read through and really digest this one. And I will definitely refer people to this thread for further help in this area.
  12. Caralee
    Hello everyone, I am interested in finding books for my children that share how to read the weather and nature to know what is coming up in terms of weather and danger, good crop etc... (ex: the sky is dark for 3 nights in a row, therefore, it means that ....is coming... or the animals are running quickly away from this direction therefore this means....). Also, I would like to start teaching my children survival skills and how to take care of themselve without the need for government assistance. This could range from homesteading to how to run a business etc. Any suggestions?
  13. Caralee
    Thank you again Serendipitous Journey! I really appreciate all that you have shared. It has given me much to look at.
  14. Caralee
    Thank you for responding Serendipitous Journey! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer. I have looked at that curriculum, but not indepth. I will look at the other recommendation too. I thought that Wile's curriculum would be good, but each book covers all the various topics of the 4 year science cycle as outlined in TWTM, and I did not want to cover Chemistry or Physics until grade 7 and 8. I am looking to have more in depth learning/ experiment learning in grade 5-6 like I have with the NOEO courses.
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    Hello. I am trying to plan my logic science plan for grades 5 and 6. We are a Charlotte Mason/Classical Type homeschoolers. I am following TWTM plan for science. With my older children this is what I used for them based on the 2nd edition TWTM: Grade 5 - Human Body/ Animals How the Body Works How Nature Works Grade 6 - Astronomy/Earth Science How The Universe Works How the Earth Works I found these books okay but the real difficulty was the experiments. I use NOEO Level 3 Chemistry and Physics for Grades 7 and 8. What I need help with is what other science curriculums can I use to replace Grade 5 and 6. I would like a complete curriculum like the NOEO ones (if I can find one) that have the books and experiments and plan all wrapped up into one. I am thinking about the NOEO LEVEL 2 Biology curriculum (http://www.logospressonline.com/noeo) which would be good, but then I don't know what to do for Grade 6 astronomy and earth science. What would you suggest? I don't have TWTM 4th edition so I don't know what Susan Bauer suggests. :( Perhaps I have to get the 4th edition. For grades 1-4, I am using Dr. Wile's elementary science curriculum (5 books) here: https://www.bereanbuilders.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=ELEM I know a person can use his curriculum for grades 1-6 and then go into his Apologia Science curriculum, but we are not doing that. Could I still use his elementary science curriculum until grade 6 nevertheless and just continue with NOEO course in grade 7 and 8? Would this curriculum cover grades 5 and 6 topics enough? Or do you have a better idea?
  16. Caralee
    I have wanted too, but my family life is very busy, and something has got to give, so I have given up trying to keep up with forums. :001_smile:
  17. Caralee
    Yes, Brandy! Thankyou for sharing all you have learned with me. I so appreciate it. I have been on this forum for a very long time. I only post here or elsewhere when I really need an answer to something. Thankyou for your welcome. It is nice to connect with neighbours here. :hurray:
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    I appreciate all that you have shared. I am in contact with a few homeschoolers on a local forum here where I live and they have informed me that Apologia does line up with our provincial high school curriculum. I am going to ask a few more questions to ensure this is all good, but it sounds promising once again. Debbie, I cannot tell you how thankful I am that you shared the DIVE link. I looked at it and it looks really good. I am really thinking that using DIVE with Apologia could work well for us. Again, I will continue solidifying my research.
  19. Caralee
    Now I am thinking I should find a new curriculum that teaches the needed science today and supplement with Christian material. Does anyone have any suggestions about a really good and enjoyable science curriculum and any really good Christian supplements?
  20. Caralee
    Kiana, thank you for your input. I really appreciate it. There is sooo much to learn as a person navigates the HS years.
  21. Caralee
    Debbie, Thank you so much for answering my questions. I had my suspicion that my son would not have to do the General and Physical sciences. I am glad I asked this. Yes, I was in error to mention that the Dr. Wile curriculum is AP, the second courses are only advanced. I believe your statement about the two books equalling a HS course for the US is what I have found for Canada in other posts written other Canadians, though I would have to confirm this. So if I was to use this curriculum I would have to complete both texts for each of the 3 subjects. ...Which leads me to think that perhaps, it is not a great use of our time and energy having to do 2 texts per subject in order to equal one full HS course...unless someone can give me some good reasons to continue in this vein. Is there another curriculum that is more suitable to use?, that would be much better? I know when I went to HS (though that was a long time ago :) ), I did not have as much exposure and knowledge as my son has had and I successfully completed the HS bio, chem, and physics courses in 2 years. So how hard can it be? Debbie, based on your plan above, I was thinking we would do Algebra 1 in grade 9, Algebra in grade 10, then Advanced Math in grade 11, and then whatever after that. I see you mention Geometry for grade 10. I thought Saxon covers geometry gradually throughout all the books. Is this not true? Should I add Geometry to our plans?
  22. Caralee
    This is really helpful. What about physical science? Is it also covered in these grades in the same way?
  23. Caralee
    We don't have a topic for science to study this year per se. I am just wanting to follow a science sequence that will give my ds all he needs to enjoy his learning of science in the various areas and to enable him entrance to universities here. I do like having a biblically based curriculum, though I am not averse to using a secular curriculum if it is really good.
  24. Caralee
    We live in Canada, and have a ds who is entering grade 9 via homeschooling. We have completed the TWTM sequence of science from grade 1-8. My ds will be doing Saxon Algebra 1 this coming year. We are interested in using the Apologia (Dr. Wile) science texts. My understanding is that in order for our universities to accept a student into sciences, they need to complete both the regular and AP texts of the Bio, Chem, and Physics courses of Apologia (If someone from Canada can confirm this or expound on this, I would appreciate this.) I am in need of some answers so I can better judge what to do for our science this year and to prepare him accordingly for sciences in university if he so chooses to go that route. If a student followed the 8 year sequence of science outlined in TWTM, does this student still need to complete one or both of Apologia's Physical Science and General Science courses? Is one more necessary than the other? Is there any reason this student should do one or both of these courses? If it is good to do both, can a student do both in one year? OR can this student skip these courses and start directly into Apologia's Physical and General Science courses and go straight into the regular Biology, Chemistry, or Physics course? For the regular Biology, Chemistry, and Physics courses offered by Apologia, which course should a student do first, second, third? Can a student do two of these regular courses in one year? Can a student do the regular course and the advance course of either Bio, Chem, or Physics (of Apologia's) together in one year? I understand that the student needs to do certain maths before certain sciences, but I am unclear as to which. Could you please share which maths need to be with which sciences? Is there any other science program that would be better suited or any other advice or suggestions? Thank you
  25. Caralee
    I just want to say thankyou to the people (in particular: Alte Veste Academy, Michelle My Bel, Kfamily, Serendipitous journey, VeritasMama, Michelle My Bell, kristinannie, Tohru twoxcell) who shared their views on why they follow the philosophies of TWTM &/or CM. Your posts have really helped me to clearly define and articulate what my philosophy is which has always been Christian and classical since I first began home educating my children. Within that, I finally feel free to 'thoughtfully interweave" TWTM with CM, rather than having to chose one over the other. And most importantly, in place of a long standing crises, I have a strengthened confidence and quietness of spirit to continue building upon the foundation of my educational philosophy I started out with years ago. Thankyou.
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