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    Sooooo, who is planning to attend the NE Convention?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    A dear friend (you know who you are :glare:) asked me to come here and post this question. We've spoken to a couple of people who are planning to attend the NE Homeschool Convention in Valley Forge, PA. It would be fun to find out how many other WTMers are going to be there.

     

    Oh, and one more thing.

    Could y'all do me a favor and just keep this nice? I really only want to hear from people who are going or are hoping to go. If you are boycotting or something, please talk about that elsewhere. I don't want this thread to get deleted.

     

    Please, please, please with sugar on top?

    Thank you!!!! :D

    I was asked to bring a salad, an appetizer and a dessert for Christmas Eve.

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    I LOVE to contribute to family gatherings. LOVE it. I want to be a part of it and I love it when my food is appreciated and complimented. It is the Polish side of this Irish-Polish girl. :D

     

    I didn't get a chance to offer to bring anything b/c DH was the one talking to his family. I got the assignment? request? for the 3 items with dressings through email.

     

    I don't know why the dressing rankled but it did. It isn't that big a deal and I truly can't articulate why it bothered me so much. :confused:

     

     

    But I am over it. I shall bring dressing! The salad suggestions have been great, BTW. Except maybe mandarin oranges and blue cheese. :tongue_smilie:

     

    Merry Christmas to all! With croutons!

     

    I hear ya. I'm sure that you'll have a great time, and maybe this thread can provide fodder for a funny story/Christmas tradition in your family ("Remember the year when...?")

     

    Merry Christmas to you!! :D

    I was asked to bring a salad, an appetizer and a dessert for Christmas Eve.

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    :iagree:

     

     

    Not saying I supply all the food, but depending on how many families, how long we are there, etc., I sometimes will bring more than asked (usually 2-3 items). (Example Thanksgiving gathering for 4 families/approx 23 people, I brought: Boston cream pie, corn casserole, green bean casserole, bacon wrapped smokies & gingerbread triffle)

     

    Agreed. There are six of us, so I try to take that into account when going to a potluck. We spent Thanksgiving with some dear friends, and though it wasn't a potluck, I was more than happy to contribute a lot to the meal. Also, we stayed overnight, so there's that.

    I took 2 lbs. of shrimp cocktail, a cheese/meat/cracker platter, veggie platter, homemade cranberry sauce, and I made homemade dinner rolls when we got there.

    Loving Fallacy Detective!

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    Found a great visual aid for the Equivocation lesson (I think it's 16?):

     

    youtube of Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?":D

     

    Yes, WoF is great for reinforcing that concept! In September I started leading a Fallacy Detective discussion group for a group of 11-15 year olds. We all are really enjoying it. We cover two chapters per week, and I flesh it out with things that I find online. We also do Perplexors when we have a few minutes at the end of class.

     

    At first I thought that the 11 year olds (including m own) might be too young to really get the concepts, but I was wrong. They're doing a great job. :001_smile:

    The Helpful Art Teacher blog

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Hi Everyone,

    My friend Rachel is an art teacher, and she has started an art education blog called The Helpful Art Teacher. There are articles/instructions on subjects such as landscape painting, perspective, color theory, drawing faces, and much more. She designed the blog with homeschoolers in mind, as she has friends who homeschool and also some of her students are temporarily being educated at home due to health or disciplinary issues. She is committed to keeping her blog safe for kids to access on their own, so she'll be moderating all comments before they are published.

     

    I hope that this will be helpful to some of you. :001_smile:

    What do you think about the Graphic Classics Books?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    But this board is here to support us giving our kids a classical education, is it not? And towards that goal, I believe in encouraging kids to read the best that they can most of the time.

     

    First, there is little literary depth. The vocabulary is minimal. It's a mostly visual and not a linguistic medium. In terms of brain activity, it's more like watching television than reading text. And, again, I don't forbid my kids to watch television. But I don't consider it to be the same as reading a good book.

     

     

     

    We can go very slowly, with me answering questions as they come up. This is my preference for my children, rather than have them do the graphic novel version which I feel is predigested.

     

    Well said, ladies. I'm giving you each 50 rep points for those posts!

    Would you buy a refurbed Mac?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    And now, *anj* - do tell -

     

    Where's your best source?

     

    Dd18 is looking at a MacBook to buy: my Dad gets a 15% discount, but wondering if refurbished might be a better option for her.

     

    Spill it!

     

    You can get an Educator's Discount directly from Apple, although that doesn't apply for a refurb. I think they'll give you a discount on any software you get installed, though. I would prefer to deal only with Apple if I were to buy any kind of refurbished computer. They have pretty good deals on those.

    Naxos Music Library?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Thanks Beth, and everyone.

     

    I went ahead and joined at the $20 level. I'm bummed though, because I had hoped to be able to listen to entire albums (or at least entire pieces, rather than individual selections only.) Of course they want you to subscribe at the highest level, and that is the only way use it the way that I'd find most useful.

     

    I sent an email to the Homeschool Buyer's Co-op, asking if they might be able to arrange for a deal for homeschoolers. They have contacted Naxos, so we'll see what happens. :glare:

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