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I just checked this out; I LOVE that the reader has a British accent! It just seems right somehow :) I also love that is is FREE! Thanks for sharing!
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What are some of your favorite educational iphone apps?
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Satori, what kinds of streaming videos do you use for science?
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I make flashcards of words...some sight words, some review words, some new ones...and put a paper clip on each card. My DD love to "fish" for the cards with a magnet attached to a string; she keeps the cards as she reads them. My 3-year-old fishes for letters and tells me the sound of each one :)
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My DD is in K this year, and we are really enjoying RS A. I have found some holes in her thinking (because her mother doesn't know what she is doing!)...such as confusion about teens and others. We are working through that, and slowing down a bit. I was doing a lesson a day until I realized we were almost done with the book! So we are slowing down a bit and trying to cover concepts that she is struggling with.
I love that RS uses mental math and builds on an understanding of concepts, and I also love that there are not a ton of worksheets. The script does not bother me...I like to be told what to do, and I don't have to read it word-for-word! I already have RS B to start in the fall, but I want to keep doing some things over the summer so we don't lose momentum. What program would work well with RS? I don't want something that will undermine the strong "mental math" aspect of RS, but I realize that pretty much every other program I've looked at will include worksheets.
I hear great things about MM and Singapore and Horizons...I've looked at MM samples, and the beginning of Grade 1 scared me a little because it looked like they were counting objects in order to solve addition problems (which is exactly what I am trying to avoid! I don't want her to start counting on her fingers...ack!). I haven't looked at Singapore or Horizons since the last home school convention when I wandered around the convention center with a dazed look all day!
Is there another program that will mesh well with RS that is a little more mastery? (From reading the board, I am assuming RS is spiral, but I'm still very new at this!) Sorry for rambling so much; it is late. Thanks for your help!
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The school will tell you that they are educating your child, but they aren't...they are teaching them how to take a test. I taught in PS for 5 years before staying home with my kiddos, and the test scores drive everything. EVERYTHING. The school can lose funding if they don't make adequate yearly progress on the state test. (AYP also CHANGES every year because of No Child Left Behind.) Since NCLB has been implemented, the schools are now faced with having to get close to 70% of students achieving at a high level. There are no exceptions given for ESL students or special ed...everyone has to hit AYP, and yes, there was some kind of "test prep" going on in my classroom every. single. day.
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This is a great forum! Lots of helpful and knowledgeable people.
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What are the TT cds?
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Thank you for all the good ideas and suggestions. I've just been forging ahead, not knowing anything else to do! I keep waiting for it to "click" with her, but it seems like she knows so few sounds that she can't read anything except the lesson and BOB books (which she doesn't really like). I've tried getting early reader books from the library, but they have such a jumble of words (even in the books claiming to only have short vowel sounds or long "a" with silent "e") that she gets very frustrated in trying to read them. She keeps saying, "I want to read like you do," which I think means "I really want to read effortlessly, but all this work is driving me crazy!" I have a fear of flashcards, thinking I would be utilizing too much "see and say" if I did that, but I suppose if I make them myself using the sounds we have studies, I wouldn't be offending the phonics gods :) :)
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My DD is 5 1/2, and we are doing K together. We are struggling through OPGTR, and I'm not sure if I should just keep plugging along, knowing that she'll eventually "get it," or just supplement with something else, or just abandon it altogether? I love the simplicity of it, and I love that the lessons are short (although with the huffs and puffs and frustrations, DD can make a 15 minute lesson stretch out to 45!). We are at lesson 70ish. I keep telling myself, "Teaching reading is easy..." but it sure doesn't feel that way right now.
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Even Disney started with the wardrobe :) I think the re-packaging is just a marketing ploy!
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My DD will be starting 1st grade in the fall. For K, we have just been reading books for the most part and doing whatever activities I can cobble together from various sources. We usually do history 2x a week, and she always exclaims, "I LOVE history!" so I want to build on that passion, obviously.
I want a history program that utilizes lots of living books. I've looked at SOTW and MoH, and I just don't think that is the right fit for us right now. I love the concept of TQ history, and I'm fine with doing American history in the beginning, but I'm worried a bit about the prep (finding all the books), and I also would like some help in coming up with activities! I've looked through the samples and read the entire TQ website (I think), and I'm not sure if there is any kind of "activity" book that goes a long with it, or anythings else besides a list of books and an overview of each section. Is there a program for younger kids that is strong in the read-aloud selections as well as laying out some meaningful activities to do in conjunction with it? Is Sonlight what I am looking for? Should I do SOTW and get the activity book? (I've read all 4 SOTW, but I've never had a chance to look at the activity books.) Other suggestions???
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I love how MCT looks; however, my daughter will be in kindergarten. What do you recommend before 3rd grade and starting MCT language arts? I got a copy of FLL at the library today. Just flipping through...it looks ok...hard to know how it works in practice I guess. I was looking for actual "art" for picture study I suppose, and maybe a little more in the way of the poetry. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but I was looking for some really outstanding pieces and was rather disappointed with the selections. Anything else that is up to par with MCT?
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We started with CC in January--love all of the things my daughter has learned!
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I don't think CC would be too overwhelming...but be prepared to "give up" that day as far as other lessons are concerned. We go on Mondays and stay for lunch and recess, so we don't get home until 1:30 usually. My Pre-K'er spends some time on art and listening to books on tape while my 2-year-old takes a nap. Then its off to ballet class for us!
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Depends on the child and the age of the child, I think. I taught in PS for 5 years before having my kids (high school English). I don't have a lot of experience with other text books, but you can easily put together a better literature program than the books I was forced to use!
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Just saw someone mention it and was wondering about what it was all about. I checked Amazon (besides this site, where I read a lot of reviews!), but there were no reviews for it yet.
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We are new to CC this year, and I've never attended a practicum, so I don't know what all it entails. But I taught in a PS before staying home to have my babies (which confirmed my desire to home school!), and I can tell you the kinds of workshops I liked to attend.
Treat everyone's time as valuable: start and end on time (even if you have to cut some stuff, because by the end of the day, all you are doing is looking at the time anyway, so you don't absorb any more information!). Have a printed agenda for everyone so that the attendees know what to expect. Schedule breaks (and put them on the agenda!) and provide some kind of snacks, even if it is just coffee/water and some bowls of chips, fruit, nuts. EVERYONE appreciates food!
I don't know if CC practicums have different workshop "options," but if they don't, that would be a great thing. It is always nice to have choices so that you can tailor the day to your needs and get the most out of it.
Definitely have lots of CC materials for people to look at; ask other moms in your group what they use for curriculum...I don't know about everyone, but I know a lot of HS moms love looking at books and curriculum!
A great way to get everyone back into the group after a break or lunch or whatever is to play a certain song (that you identify at the beginning of the day) that you want people to return to. By the time the song is over, have a quick giveaway--you can even just draw names out of a hat. It helps people know when to be back to their seat, and helps YOU keep a schedule.
Just some ideas...hope that helps!
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I LOVED the "Understanding and Appreciating Classical Music" series. I learned SO much about music. I got it from the library, but I might have to buy it!
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Has anyone read Socks for Supper? I believe it is out of print now, sadly. A simple, heartwarming story. I could recite it as a child!
I was so excited to see so many favorites already listed.
Very dangerous question to ask a group of home schooling moms! :)
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But what about the guy in glasses? I don't see any reason for Sayid to have killed him. Sayid could have just walked away at that point. That guy was no threat to him.
But he wasn't going to leave the temple, so he had to be killed. That's another of Locke's promises.
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Notice how everyone (ok, not everyone, but lots of major characters) has sacrificed something for the "good" of others at some point...except for Jack? Sawyer gives up his place on the helicopter, Ben leaves the island, Dr. Faraday dies, Juliet dies, etc. Jacob is going after Jack; Jack is a born leader, but he has not done anything unselfishly this entire time.
My husband thinks Jack and Sawyer are the replacements for Jacob and MIB on the island and that Kate represents free will. (Another thing we haven't really touched on as a theme is the concept of fate vs. free will. Which is which in this story????)
A Shepherd lays his life down for his sheep...no greater love has any man than this, than a man lay down his life for his friends. I think we have to say goodbye to Jack before the end of the show. <sniff>
What I am having trouble wrapping my mind around in the alternate universe playing out in California (in addition to many other things I can't wrap my mind around!). If the plane doesn't crash on the island, this is what is happening, right? But all of these stories seem so sad and depressing--full of disappointment and lost chances. When Locke makes these promises to Sayid and Claire (about seeing their loved ones again), is this the way that promise is played out? Sayid sees Nadia, but she is married to his brother? Claire "gets" Aaron since the adoptive parents didn't want him, but is she going to make the choice to keep him. I think MIB's promises are all twisted lies.
And whatever happened to Walt? :)
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There is no direct object. "Recipe" has to be the subject because the other nouns are in prepositional phrases. The verb is passive voice, instead of active, so that might be part of the confusion. If the sentence was:
"Aunt Betty invented the recipe for apple pie in the 1800's"
then the verb would be active and "recipe" would be the Direct Object (receiving the action), and Aunt B would be the subject. Just a mistake in the book.
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Any knit is great, though jersey knit is usually recommended for newborns. Gauze is another suggestion I've seen for a less stretchy & cooler option. Really, you can use anything you like as long as you make sure it is slightly stretchy & curls on the cut edges vs fraying (unless you feel like hemming the edges).
You need roughly 5yds of 60" wide fabric (more or less if you're bigger or smaller). When you get it home, cut it in half so you have 2 5yd strips of 30" wide fabric. Voila! You have TWO moby wraps :) I left one in the car & kept one at home.
Is there a website where I can learn how to wrap it?
Does RS place value/Base 10 produce tears for anyone else?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Just in RS A, but we've had some moments with concepts, so I am :bigear: