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Loop scheduling might work if you are okay with some things taking a little longer to finish over the course of a year.
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If he is getting most of the answers right on the first try, he is doing very well :) I'm on my second time through chapter 2 now and it has gone much easier the second time around. I think this is because I fully understand everything in the chapter myself and I'm able to better explain the sticky parts. I'm using AOPS with two very different kids. One needs to learn how to face and embrace challenge - he also wants to go into a field that requires lots of math. It took until chapter 11 or 12 in Pre-Algebra before I saw major changes in his ability to handle getting things wrong. The other child is more of a natural fit for the curriculum and he has experienced much less frustration that my other kid.
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I find that when I take the time to get to know (ahem) non gifted people, I usually find them to be gifted in, perhaps, non academic areas, but it completely amazes me that it appears most people have some giftedness. To say that a person gifted in schoolish subjects is somehow above those who aren't is incredibly rude. I understand where our society places its value, but I think it's incredibly ignorant.
I really do not disagree. I was incredibly good at school and really it has not translated into life. LOL Except for I am certain my love of homeschooling my kids stems from this in some sense.
My mom was a brilliant violinist. Scholarships to unis and etc. Was on tv. Music is such an amazing gift. I feel like its such a blessing to the world to be able to create that beauty.
My husband is a scientist. he is a blessing too- he contributes directly to your safety (he does tox).
ahhh...this is it totally.
We have a friend of the family who claims to have NEVER read an entire book. However, who do we call when we have car trouble? He's a gifted mechanic. He totally understands the workings of engines and other mechanical items. Schoolish book learning...nope. But gifted...yes.
I wish our society was better about acknowledging the myriad areas of giftedness. I mean, it seems that right now, unless you are gifted as an athlete or as a scholar, your gifts go unrecognized.
Our society seems to equate giftedness with academic achievement. Giftedness is different brain functioning and it can be found in all walks of life. Many of the high school dropouts and kids failing would likely be identified as gifted if we weren't looking at giftedness as academic achievement. I wouldn't say that giftedness is better than nongiftedness. It is just different. Giftedness certainly has many downsides.
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The best looking is the banana chocolate. I'd choose the pineapple to eat. The swirl is lovely, but I think the fact that the photo is upside down puts it at a disadvantage for voting. (It looks like it's winning right now, but it may have been even further ahead.)
I try to take the picture from the best angle. In this case, the bread was in pieces and burned on the bottom so I took it from the bread's best angle, lol.
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Winners have been announced :) http://eclectic-homeschool.com/sweet-bread-baking-competition-winner/ Thanks for all the votes!
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We do read aloud, math, handwriting, latin, grammar, and then alternate SOTW and science stuff. This also includes 20 minutes of bass practice.
That would probably take us close to 4 hours if it was all done daily.
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I've taken a slow meandering wide and deep approach. When my kids were in 3rd they did at least 5 hours on a typical day, but that wasn't all seatwork. HTH
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Mad Libs is a fun way to begin grammar. Write About Me and Write About My World are books that start the child off writing about what is interesting in their world. I'm not sure what your daughter likes, but my 6 year old daughter will often be more willing to do a task if it involves role-playing (i.e. she is the teacher and I am the student, I am a child being read to and she is the parent, she is a contestant on a game show trying to get all the points by answering questions correctly). I actually check my daughter's reading comprehension by playing the part of a little kid interrupting her reading and asking her questions about the story.
Reading aloud is an important part of ELA at this age too. HTH
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Cozy Grammar, maybe? It is video based and has a worksheet to complete after each video lesson.
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I think Megawords recommends skipping all or parts of a chapter if your child is already spelling the words correctly. We have been hanging around one chapter in book 1 for several months and my son has almost mastered it now. I do love how it incorporates vocabulary and reading with the spelling instruction. It has been great for my VSL.
If they are spelling the words from the chapter well, I would skip to the next chapter. Some kids are natural spellers and don't need the breakdown that Megawords gives.
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Mandarin and Arabic because they are major world languages. Greek because it is the language of the NT. French because my kids are Canadian. One of my kids is doing Japanese instead of Mandarin because he wanted to switch.
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Thanks for all the votes! They are making naan next time. Choices between A, B, and C is a good idea.
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There is a link to our curriculum choices in my signature.
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We are doing multiple languages (Arabic, Mandarin (just 1st and 7th grader), Japanese (just 5th grader), ancient Greek, and French) but at a slower pace. My 7th grader spends about 90 minutes on most days (we use a loop schedule) for his languages which is usually 3 different ones for 30 minutes each. My 5th grader spends more like 60 minutes and my 1st grader spends 20-30 minutes. We start young and make slow steady progress. In high school, my kids will probably do 2 hours maximum for languages because their major interest area is STEM.
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I always vote with pleasure, but it occurred to me that if we are voting on just the looks, the titles of each bread lead to some bias. It was really hard to separate the looks from the content / ingredients. For example, I loved the banana chocolate bread the most based on looks, but I hate chocolate. And I couldn't bring myself to vote for it, so I voted for the pineapple bread.
I think it would only be fair to reveal the ingredients if each child had the same recipe. Otherwise your voting system, is, unfortunately, severely flawed.
I can see that. But I also think that knowing what kind of bread it is helps you determine if it looks like it is supposed to look. There will be personal bias, for sure. But it all works out because everyone has a different preference. This isn't a scientific measurement for us, but just a fun way to learn to bake :)
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We are on our 9th challenge in our series of baking competitions. Only 1 left to go! For each competition, my kids choose a recipe and prepare it. I offer the most help to my youngest and less help to my older kids. The winner has been chosen for the best tasting bread, but we need your help to find a winner for the best looking bread. Please go here: http://eclectic-homeschool.com/sweet-bread-baking-competion-please-vote/ to see all of the pictures of the bread. You can vote on the poll here or on the poll at the end of the blog post.
Thanks so much for participating! My kids enjoy seeing the results come in....and so do I. Sometimes you all surprise me :)
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I'm using AOPS Pre-Algebra with both of my boys. One is currently 10. It has been a great move for both of them and they are very different learners.
My 12 year old is nearing the end of the book. It has been a struggle at times, but he has prevailed. It has been difficult to challenge my son with academics, but this book does it. He has had plenty of practice learning to be okay with getting things wrong so it has been a tool to teach math and life skills at the same time. He has plans for a career that involves strong math skills, so AOPS has been great all around even though he isn't the type of student that would "fit" with the curriculum. The wordiness is great for him though. I typically leave him to do the reading and problems on his own and join him in going over any exercises that he missed.
My 10 year old is naturally math intuitive and a visual-spatial learner. He might not have all of his math facts down yet, but he doesn't seem to find the book too challenging so far. We go at a slower pace and he spends some time with Life of Fred, Zome, and watching Vi Hart and Numberphile videos. With my 10 year old I use the book as a tool and I don't expect him to use it on his own. I read aloud and teach from it.
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Would you use something informal? If so, maybe an informal study based around a topic would work. My 10.5 year old is doing a focused microbiology study this year using mostly library books, online videos, and activities. If you have time to put something together, it is an inexpensive option.
ETA - Nevermind :p I just saw your edited to add. I hope you get some good suggestions :) I've used informal studies until my kid was ready for an early high school textbook.
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I've read that intelligence testing is more accurate when the child is a little older. I'd retest again in a couple years and your results should be more accurate. Meanwhile, just continue going with her learning pace.
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My game:
http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/concentrationgam.html
And the We All Can Read, 3rd Grade and above book, teacher's manual is not necessary if you have taught phonics:
http://weallcanread.com/phonics-program-core-book.html
You can also use the syllables in Webster as nonsense words:
http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/webstersway.html
My online phonics lessons also each have a section of nonsense words.
Thanks!
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Can anyone recommend a resource that I can use to give my child lots of practice reading or spelling nonsense words? My kid it doing a ton of guessing when reading and yesterday she spelled a word for me that reminded me of what my other child did at the same age. Her word was nearly spelled backwards and letters were not close to being in the correct order, although she did get all of the letters and sounds. We have done lots of phonics, but her reading skills are quite a bit ahead of her phonics level.
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My 7th grader does 6-7 hours of school work, but I wouldn't say it was all focused, concentrated work. Today, for instance, he spent over an hour on a Zome Geometry project and yesterday he watched an hour long video on ancient Africa. That said, my 5th grader spends about the same amount of time, but he has less "seat work" than my 7th grader. His last hour+ of his school day involved doing a history project on Minecraft and learning how to use Pickle for art.
I've had plenty of responses through the years about how I spend too much time doing school with my kids. Oh well, it works for us. I think part of it is that others picture my child's school work to look like their child's school work. Just be in tune with your child's needs and create your own flow. If I trimmed down our day to what others thought was appropriate, I would have to cut the things my children like best.
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It isn't a matter of unbelievers getting the story wrong after the fact. It's a matter of the story originating elsewhere, blatantly adapted by the Jews to fit their own religious constructs. It's the idea that the Sumerians pre-stole the story of an event that hadn't yet happened. So, how does that work? Did God offer a foreshadowing of what was to come without actually sharing the whole point of the story - not having faith in him is disastrous? Did Satan whisper ideas into these ancient poets' ears while they were sleeping? Did he give them visions? And if so, that opens up all kinds of practical problems, like what does that mean about God and/or Satan's abilities to manipulate our neural pathways and brain cells? What kind of free will is that if God and/or Satan can string us along like some complex marionettes, fitting ideas into our heads and pulling the strings that way? How can a Christian trust anything they are thinking if God and/or Satan can get in there and inspire them to think foreign thoughts?
I don't believe YEC believe that the Sumerian culture was before the flood or maybe I'm not understanding your statement correctly.
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But for the YECs who believe the bible to be completely inerrant, wouldn't a pre-existing flood story with an identical plot but differing characters and gods be an issue?
Not if the flood was an actual event. Oral history and the movement of people across the earth would account for the differing stories.
Good Science Materials?
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This might be helpful http://eclectic-homeschool.com/magic-school-bus-unit-study/ I put it together for my 6 year old. Some of the projects are hands-on crafty kind of things.