Jamee
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Thanks! That's good to know. I just started this project and I've found some match-up. It's probably not helping that I'm starting in the middle where I'm at in SOTW. Which book is your 12 year old using?
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Has anyone cross-referenced these books to see how they go together/match up? I'm thinking of taking on the task to some degree, but don't want to reinvent the wheel.
ETA: how about between SOTW 2 and History of the Medieval World?
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I'm interested in this program but a bit confused on where to start DS, fifth grade. Does he start with Aesop or Homer? Also, does one need to purchase all three of the texts? There's a main, a student and teacher's guide, right? What exactly is the main text and how does it differ from the teacher's?
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I've really enjoyed all of Gregory's Tudor and her latest two, the White Queen and the Red Queen. Kathrine by Anya Seton was very good. Also, it's not fiction, but the Six Wives of Henry VIII by Weir was great.
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Understanding Exposure is one of the best and very easy to follow, especially with an SLR. Any of Petersons books are great, but I'd start with this one.
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We're going to go with one of the Cricket magazines this year for the boys. You can see samples online and we were pretty impressed. Lots of topics.
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In order to finish one book a year, we follow the schedule listed here:
THANK YOU!!!! I have not seen this planning schedule before and it looks fantastic.
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My mom, a retired math teacher, got the boys little books of tangrams last year and it was their favorite gift! The books are themed with small magnetic tangrams. They're probably four inches square. The year before it was pocket kites, another hit.
This year, I'm not sure what she's going to do, but we can always count on her for great educational gifts. The boys have plans to get each other lego mini-people from Amazon or E-bay since they can't be found in stores anymore, series 1 anyway.
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My kids attended a public elementary school. We liked the school and the teachers, the kids were happy.
They did not, however, do a lot of writing or do anything where the students had to think critically. Anything I have read about classical education seems to be more challenging on an elementary level.
I'll agree with this. We pulled DS half way through 4th grade and one of his biggest complaints about school was not having all subjects, all the time, particularly when it came to science and history--his favorite subjects. While in PS, he didn't get any grammar instruction either so I'm really having to play catch up there. (DH is even finding this to be an issue with his 6th graders.) He did some writing, but not enough to make him proficient. The more I look into classical education the better I like it and the more I wished it was used as a model for all schools.
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I'm taking dictation for ds who is in first grade and I'm more than impressed with where he's at. He is almost at 1800 words with lots of dialogue. I think for them, with all the stories they do with their stuffed animals and lego men, the dialogue is more natural for them then just story telling. DS in fifth is finished but has to add A LOT more detail. We still know nothing about his main character and a few of the others. I think he's so familiar with who he wants him to be that he's not realizing the info is there. We set his goal at 5000 and I think he's at 3200. We'll see how it goes.
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Thanks so much for all the suggestions, encouragment and you-are-not-alones. I guess we'll just keep plugging away and double up where we can. I'm also going to check out the schedule that was posted too.
I really like how it's set up and as one with a history degree, love to see history emphasized so young. I really wish they had the new history texts outlined and scheduled out as well as SOTW.
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I keep reminding myself that dd does not need to be a history expert this year. ;)
We started SOTW 2 in August, and we have 4 chapters left. We've been reading about 2 chapters a week most of the time, some extra library books but no projects. Notebook pages, maps and Book of Centuries (timeline notebook). Melissa
Oh wow! That's fast. We have only done maybe 12 chapters so far this year, since August. Does she like history? Maybe that's part of our issue. We both like history so take our time and do a lot of extras. For example, with just the Egypt chapters alone in book 1, he's also read Tales of Ancient Egypt, the Landmark Pharaohs book and several others. I don't want to go so fast through the chapters that he's still finishing up other, past topics while moving along in the book. At the same time I need to pick up the pace too. Maybe come January, we'll move to doing history five days a week.
Thanks for responding. Looking forward to hearing more.
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It has always met my needs and seems to work very well. I like that you can be as little or as much involved as you want too--from getting all the messages e-mailed to you to none of them. What kind of discussions are looking at having? It may not be as efficient as a message board such as this, but it can still work so long as the discussions aren't too involved.
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We have been going through SOTW 1 with DS since last January. We LOVE it, but I can't believe how long it's taking us to get through it. We work on it MWFs and do about a chapter a week, including a few of the extra reading as well (he's 5th grade now, so he needs more). We we only be on Chapter 26 by the end of this month and I REALLY want to get to the middle ages. (my favorite time period):D But, I'm also wondering what I'm going to have to change to get us through the book at a reasonable pace since he'll be doing even more reading as we continue.
So, how do you schedule SOTW? Do you do more than one chapter a week? Are you including any of the extra activities/readings as directed in the activity guides? I won't be skipping anything since he loves history so much and is enjoy the studies, I'm just really concerned that we don't get behind even further.
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This sounds interesting. Do you have any more info? A link?
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I'm so glad we live in a country that doesn't change. However, our main clock is automatic and switched last week. I almost didn't catch it and oh that would not have been good come Monday morning. It does keep us on our toes this time of year though, trying to figure out when the family back home changes times.
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Anything still alive... :lol:
Ok, back to Korea. They eat live octopus there. We never had any, but our friends did--can't say no. ;) Anyway, we were at a seafood pasta buffet and my son got cuttlefish--he thought it was octopus--in his pasta and when they brought it to him he got all upset. We couldn't figure out why until he said it was cooked. He wanted to eat it while it was still alive!!! He was nearly three at the time and it took awhile to convince him to try it, but he did and liked it.
I don't like traditional kimchi, the cabbage with red stuff. But the other vegetables that are kimchied are pretty good, especially some of the raddishes. Ever see hot pink food before?:D
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I know when we were considering it, the first time, just talking to people was the best thing. Trying to search the internet was just too much. At the same time, there was SOOOOO much more out there that I learned about later and had no idea was even there. I agree that the "packaged" stuff is easier to find. I talked to people and went off of their suggestions. Then, followed links to blogs and such that just kept taking me further and further.
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My boys have really enjoyed listening to the Percy Jackson series on audio. How to Train Your Dragon too.
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Liver. My mom hated it so much as a kid but was forced to eat it, so she vowed she'd never serve it to us. I've never been interested in trying it as an adult.
You're lucky. It's NASTY!!! I had to eat it as a kid too. Ewww. I have a thing against all digestive organs, won't do it.
I'll admit too that although I've had plenty of opportunities, I couldn't bring myself to try silk worms, I think they were fried. The serve them like popcorn in Korea and were always available at the street fairs.
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What's durian?
Durian is a stinky, nasty fruit from Southeast Asia. Seen it, but never tried it--at least to my knowledge. We've lived in four countries now, two in Asia, so I really can't think of much I haven't had, especially as far as mainstream goes. Those of you who haven't had an avocado need to go try one! Mmmmmmm. We're pretty adventerous with our eating and when out, will eat first and ask questions later. (DH has had much more odd things, than I have, including sea cucumber and who knows what else.)
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Yes, I was trying on the young writers side. Maybe I'll just try again with a different e-mail, but I'm surprised it doesn't allow you to add your kids.
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I want to register my kids but can't figure out how since it tells me my e-mail has already been used. Is there somthing I'm missing?
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What is it exactly?
What's the worst comment you've gotten about homeschooling
in General Education Discussion Board
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This has been my experience the one time someone "critisized" our decision to homeschool. I had just met a lady and it came up that I homeschool. Not a big deal, until she found out that my husband was. . .a TEACHER! With a snide look, she said "well, that doesn't make any sense" then pretty much stopped talking to me.