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I'd buy some paint and some wooden toys and do Montessori/Waldorf stuff.
These people have good prices : http://www.craftparts.com/
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I'm sorry I didn't realize this was a "dead" thread
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Remember the old binder system? Alot of pp used to do that I wonder if filing and then popping that weeks work into a binder with tabs for the days of the week or subjects in them so that work for the week goes into a working binder and then is filed at the end of the week.
now my wheels are turning.
That's my plan for the year.
I was talking to my SIL and talking about binders and she was thinking about binders and I was thinking about folders. And then I suddenly said, I'm going to 3 hold punch everything but put it in the folder and then when they are finished it will go into the binder.
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I also buy from laminationdepot.com
Last time I got like 1000 for I think 120.00 though check out the site because it has been awhile.
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I wish I had started with MFW
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I have a grid for both K and 1st grade and would be willing to email it to you.
Some wonderful person created them and is willing that they be shared.
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But in order for HOD to work here, especially with 4 guides (if you're counting the very 1st one) I would just take HOD's lesson plans and write them in my own lesson book divided out by independent work and "with mom" work. Of course, I reserve the right to leave something out and add something in (Latin, for sure) ...doing R&S at our own pace, substituting Saxon math. Is this the amount of tweaking that makes HOD lose it's beauty?
Are you kidding me?
I mean I know that obviously FOUR guides work for you.
But yeah, most mothers do not have time to write everything out in their own book especially when it should be open and go.
I'm doing two MFW this year and I'm only going to be able to do it by photocopying (allowed by the copyright for my own use. I need it for records) and then adding in each childs math and l.A. otherwise I would be crazy.
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I have lots of books and they are on bookshelves. They seem like clutter.
What are some ways you store your books and make them accessible without bookshelves?
magazine holders
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We just finished up VBS at our church. It was "Pandamania"
Anyways, it was free. Started Sunday, Friday was a parent night and fun for the children.
Four of my children went. I bought the shirts and CD and that was about it. I bought 6 shirts and 1 CD for 67.00
They do donations each day of actual products for various ministries, battered women, kids without food from Friday lunch to Monday breakfast, teenage orphans, etc....
They also do money donations that I believe goes into the Children's Ministry but I'm not sure. It probably goes to cover the cost and even then it probably didn't. But they make it fun. The girls lost this year and the leader of the children's ministry ate a live goldfish :puke: but the kids thought it was awesome. In the past they have done slime, pie, etc...
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I've never used Singapore Math but I'm planning on doing MUS and SM in conjunction. I love the mastery approach to MUS but since they master they skip some things that are on the testing so I need my children to have a basic grasp of fractions/time/calendar, etc....
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My personal opinion, my daughters will never join Girl Scouts.
I do not agree with their view on leaders. I would be way more likely to allow my boys in boys scouts because of their view on leaders.
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While Sonlight has its appeal, I've never bit that bullet.
We will be doing MFWK rapidly this year with an almost 6 year old and then she will go into first.
If I think that I can add in the MFWK and do MFW1 and MFWECC then I'll start my 4.5 year old as well this year. But for now We will be doing only three of the children.
Anyway my vote is for MFW with the literacy collection.
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Make a time frame say 20-30 minutes and let her do as much as she wants to during that time.
As she finishes I would grade and if she gets more than 2-3 wrong I would have her stop for the day.
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We like Alpha Phonics and the Leap Frog DVDs
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I would just adjust your schedule as his schedule adjusts
do light days on days he is home.
Tues and Weds my husband works from home so I know he can help twice for ten minutes and for the lunch hour but otherwise he is off limits so we work around that and if he doesn't have a meeting he will put a veggie tales on for the baby and she will sit in his lap while he works.
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we are using MFW K, 1st and ECC this year so that is what I vote
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Open it!
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I'd go with MFW. Only because that is what I'm going with this year.
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what is draconian?
and if this is what works for your family than YAY, keep going with it.
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Bible first
Then Language Arts
then Math
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My SIL with teaching 5 children, it takes between 3-5 hours including a break for lunch. But she is also always doing either a K or 1st as well so that cuts into the time as well.
This is for MFW.
Lets see, she is teaching 2 4th graders, 2 2nd graders and a Ker.
From what she has told me, it is a five day program but Friday or whatever day you need it to be is VERY light. And if you wanted to you could do some of the Friday stuff on a different day to make it so one day is completely free.
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I bought MFW, but it isn't technically AIO except for the Preschool one.
2nd grade you have to add math and language arts.
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Yes it does. Thanks so much.
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I'm doing MFW and while I'm not keen on their science I'm going to go with it and in the summer do Apologia because that is what I prefer.
It sounds weird but we are doing the curricula as is during the school year with the exception of MUS instead of singapore and then in the summer doing an Apologia science and singapore math. If we have a chance during the school year we will do 1-2 days of singapore but we will see how it goes.
So, when are we starting?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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We will start either August 1st or August 8th.
We'll be doing MFW K and ECC so whatever pace ECC is will be how we go. The K'er is going to be doing 2 or 3 days at a time since she is almost 6 and was "held back" for no reason other than that I listened to some bad advice. (The lady thought she was telling me the right thing but I didn't listen to my gut)
Anyways. We have swimming lessons from July 25th through August 3rd so that's why I'm not sure exactly when we are starting.