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I am in search of a meaty science curriculum (grade 6 and up) that is written by a scientist. I need one that goes into depth rather than covering a lot of different information. Any suggestions?
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Has anyone used this program? What do you think? I am considering using this next school year. Please share what you did or did not like about the curriculum.
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I am super relaxed with a child that age. I don't like to anything structured at all until the child is about 5. I unschooled my boys during the preschool years and they were more than ready for Kindergarten. So much can be learned through play.
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I lived there for nearly a year back in college. The walking tours of Edinburgh are nice. I would definitely get train passes. You can see so much of the country that way. I took the train up the east coast and it is a beautiful trip! I went all the way up to Thurso and back down the west coast. Callander and the Rob Roy museum is nice too. I also had a nice trip to Rothesay Island out of Glasgow. There is a nice castle to explore there too. I'm sure there are many little cruises available to western islands. My favorite places were the off the beaten path walks. It is pretty interesting to come across old ruins that aren't part of a tourist spot while you are walking through the countryside. Don't be surprised if you can't understand the accent. When I stepped off the plane I was shell-shocked. They understood me fine, but I could not figure out what the airport attendant was telling me. Finally we resorted to hand gestures, lol. Most people there don't have quite as strong of an accent though. It does rain alot and it is often cool, but that is part of the beauty of the country. IMHO, sun breaking out over misty highlands is incredibly beautiful. Have fun!!
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For those who use Apologia science and like it, can you tell me what you like about it? I'm looking for a science curriculum for my older son for next school year. So far I have only used living books and Real Science 4 Kids. I liked both of them. Apologia seems so popular so I keep looking at it. Every time I do I wonder why it is so popular.
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My kids ranged from 9-11 months.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out.
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I am using Mathematical Reasoning by the Critical Thinking Company. It does an amazing job relating math to real life. I tried Horizons and Miquon and they don't compare. My oldest ds is a auditory/thinker/analyzer type of learner so he understands math better when it isn't isolated concepts on a page. My younger son is a visual/spatial learner and he loves it too. It gives him opportunities to express his creativity with coloring some pages. Activities are varied throughout the book so boredom is lessened. It does not have a lot of drill which is perfect for my boys.
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Good for you!
Some would consider me rigorous, but my kids spend a lot of time in school because we do lots of hands-on learning and activities.
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I am in search of classic literature for a visual learner. My son is not an auditory learner at all, but I don't want to neglect the classics. Are there illustrated classics out there that don't compromise on the original text?
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My ds now 8 does not stay dry through the night. It runs in my family and so we haven't done much about it except limit fluid intake in the afternoon/evening and make sure he goes to the bathroom several times prior to going to bed.
However, it seems to have gotten worse. For almost a week straight he has peed out of his pull-up.
Normally I would say he wakes up wet about 4 out of 7 nights. So not only has it increased in volume, it seems to have increased in the number of times he actually wets. :confused:
He is going for a challenge in his co-op that involves mastering a lot of material, but he memorizes effortlessly. He is really close and all we are doing now is rew the material he has already learned.
Should I be concerned? I don't know. He is my only bed-wetter and I didn't have this problem as a child so I cannot speak to it.
Any advice?
I'm not sure why. I do know that when I complimented my son for being dry every night when he was almost 6 years old he started wetting the bed again. When my son turned 5 we would wake him up and take him to the bathroom in the middle of the night. That helped him be dry every morning. After about 6 months of doing that he started having dry nights. Once he started wetting the bed again we just woke him up and took him to the bathroom in the middle of the night. We did this for about 2 weeks before "forgetting" one night and he hasn't had a problem since. But you can bet that I'm not saying anything to him about being dry.
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I have been googling this morning trying to find a fun way to introduce grammar to my son who is very visual and needs lots of hands-on activities. I was looking for a grammar board game. He could probably handle up to a third grade level of grammar if I could find something interesting. A computer game or an interesting workbook would work too. Any suggestions?
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My Kindergartener does about 5 hours a day and my second grader does about 6 hours a day. We are eclectic with a lot of hands-on activities.
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How long is your school day per grade? Also, what method of homeschooling do you use?
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So... I want her to have freedom to follow her bliss and not be bored by my academic agenda for her. I mean, I seriously feel a little sick when I hear of kids doing HOURS of seatwork a day. That's so NOT what I want to do! But, I also don't want her to have gaps that can definitely handicap her later on.
Thanks for listening...
Don't get sick here....but my kids spend about 6 hours in school per school day. Seatwork is minimal though. Some kids would probably love tons of seatwork. I know mine wouldn't. But mine do love active learning, games, and hands-on activities and those take longer than seatwork. You can also use her interests as the source for her academic work.
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I went the unschooling route all through preschool for my oldest ds. He was so thirsty for learning so I started formal academics when he was 5.5. I started my younger son around age 4.5, but it was very minimal until he turned 5. I unschooled the second half of my son's Kindergarten year too.
I still love unschooling, but it doesn't totally work for us. I've found that having a lot of hands-on and active learning is essential. It makes school days longer, but it makes learning fun. Sitting down at a table and doing work isn't my idea of fun either.
I think everyone is ready for learning. We just need to find the method that works best whether it is unschooling, living books approach, games approach, hands-on approach, or workbook approach. My boys are so different and I'm still trying to figure out how to best school them. My oldest is very auditory and a thinker. My younger son is very visual and creative. Because of their different learning styles I will have to approach their learning differently.
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LOL, I've been there. We are on spring break this week so our days are a bit more relaxed.
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Oh, I also wanted to mention that not everyone needs phonics to be a good reader. Maybe she is like that. I didn't really learn to read with phonics. Today our family was in the car and my son was wondering how to spell smoking. He spelled it with a ck instead of a k. My husband tells him that when you have two consonants between the vowels it is a short sound instead of a long sound. Insert the smack your head smilie here. I had no idea such a rule existed. Phonics have never been my strong point, but I had no problem reading and writing through graduate school.
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My oldest son had that kind of discrepancy when I first tested him. He was a great reader, but phonics skills were much lower. I tried a rule-based spelling program with him even though I had done some phonics, but it didn't fly. I discovered he was more of a whole to part learner than a part to whole learner so I ended going with a spelling program that teaches patterns instead of rules. If you think it would suit her I would try a phonics program or a rule-based spelling program like All About Spelling.
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I like to read to the kids but I just can't do it for hours. My voice starts to hurt and go hoarse. How much time do you spend on reading aloud? I would like to do it for at least an hour broken up throughout the day but would more be better?
I am also going to start getting audio books to help out but... :)
So...fess up...how long each day?
Probably 20-30 minutes per school day.
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Ask questions that are on topic, but that you know he doesn't have an answer for. That serves two purposes ... (1) He'll shut up and get out of your hair and (2) he'll see your question as encouragement to go seek out the answer. He'll be learning how to learn/research/explore rather than having the information spoon fed to him.
Maybe I can try this. It is hard when he knows more than I do about the topic though. He doesn't have any difficulty searching out and researching. He spends most of his free time doing that it seems.
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It seems like most programs out there include grammar and writing together. The problem is that my ds enjoys doing grammar work, but writing needs to be approached from a whole to part method rather than a part to whole method which seems to be quite popular. I've been looking at Writing Strands. Do you think this would fit with a whole to part learner?
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I'm homeschooling my two boys. I was wondering if anyone does have a child that is at grade level in every subject. I honestly don't know how my boys could fit in a traditional classroom since they are at different grade levels for different subjects.
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How do you deal with a child who constantly talks about everything he is learning? As a parent I want to show interest and don't want to discourage his enthusiasm, but sometimes it is too much. I mean he can talk for hours day after day and half of the stuff I don't understand. I've looked into a club in his main interest area, but the clubs I have found so far are more like places to hear lectures rather than talk.
I had a teacher in grade 9 that rolled his eyes at me because I asked too many questions. That shut me up and I hardly ever asked questions after that incident and I went to school for 9 more years after that. Knowing that affected me like that I hesitate to tell my son to "cool it" even through we have out of necessity told him to talk to us after we finish x. Dh has told him straight out to stop talking about x, but he will usually tolerate a couple of hours of listening to our son first.
I know he needs an outlet, but I don't know where to find one. Right now he lives and breathes astronomy, but once he soaks that up quite well he will move on to something else.
Any suggestions?
A great list of literature for ancient history...
in K-8 Curriculum Board
Posted · Edited by Wehomeschool
I read Maroo of the Winter Caves to my two boys and I highly recommend it.