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This is the one Jann recommended to me: Lial's Introductory Algebra (Algebra 1). We are finishing LBCM this year (7th) and it has been my son's best math year.
From Jann's post in the High School board:
Lial's Introductory Algebra
I like the 8th edition PAPERBACK--hardbacks have different format.
Student text (all that is really needed) 0321279212
Student solutions manual (odd problems) 0321285808
DVT (video lessons on computer) 0321285840
TE (nice to have if you are teaching so you don't have to share books) 0321285859
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I've done both. I think the answer depends on whether you already have some of the books and/or intend to use the entire core. We are Catholic and I replace the missionary stories with saint stories. I often find the books cheaper at Rainbow, unless they are published by Sonlight.
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I know that I've posted on at least one thread like this before so you might search for more answers. We bought a 2008 set (new) at a library book sale in 2009 for $50. My kids are constantly reading stuff in the books. Worth every penny for us. If you do Sonlight Core 5, they are especially valuable unless you prefer the online encyclopedia.
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thank you happi duck! (Love your name)
Are there any other blogs like that?
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I'd like weekly art projects for K-8 emailed to me. I'm not picky about the projects although I really don't enjoy toilet paper roll art projects. I'm just looking for watercolor, drawing, painting, etc. Does something like this exist?
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I'd love to read a response.
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I read 2 more Grace Livingston Hill books. I don't know why I read them, the plot is always the same. Rich man, poor holy girl. :tongue_smilie: I'm reading Decontructing Penguins which is very interesting - it's about teaching literary analysis to kids. I also have 2 more books like this on my pile this week: Teaching Literary Elements with Picture Books and Using Picture Storybooks to TEach Literary Devices. For fun, I'm reading the Forgotten Garden.
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We bought this a couple of months ago and are SO excited to get started:
http://www.amazon.com/Amons-Adventure-Family-Story-Easter/dp/0825441714
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me too! We loved the other books during advent. My basement flooded last week and my head is full of snot today so I haven't really done much thinking about Lent. I'd like to make a King's Cake out of cinnamon rolls next week. That's as far as I am.
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For the last 2 years, my kids each take 1000IU daily and I take 4000IU. It has made a tremendous improvement on our health. In the past, we would be hit by colds and throw up viruses from Nov to Mar. For the last 2 years, we've had 3 colds. We hang at the pool and baseball fields all summer long and we are never sick during the summer. This is by far, the best thing we have ever done for our health.
My kids love the Rainbow Light gummies and I take Carlson drops. http://www.amazon.com/Carlson-Ddrops-2000-IU-10ml/dp/B001LF39DS
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I think I've missed a few of these. I've finished the HPotter series, 3 Grace Livingston Hill books. Now I'm reading the Forgotten Garden (fiction) and Simple Living Guide.
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https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/index.php?option=com_hsbc_epp_order&Itemid=1510
I have never used a homeschool buyers coop before. You get the item half off and pay a nominal service fee. Am I missing anything?
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I dont know where you live but ever supermarkets here have loose produce as well as prepacked. So does the farmer's markets. There are places here that sell bulk but I agree its not worth a 2 hour drive. But she says so many little things that can help if you go to her blog- such as buying laundry or dishwasher detergent in cardboard boxes, using home made cleaning products, those sorts of things. I am sure we could all think of one thing at least that we could change for the better in our patterns of buying- and I tend to find I notice things much more when I am on the lookout for them, such as places to buy bulk.
Although I think it might be time consuming to change over- I can barely remember to take my own bags to the supermarket- in the long run, I bet it isn't, once you have made the changes and formed the new habits. And it would save money too, as she says. We have become very lazy as a culture and expect everything to be so easy.
I think we will all end up there eventually.
I belong to a food coop and we often buy food in bulk. Of course, then it wouldn't fit in one cute little jar. Is what she is doing possible with a larger family? I'd go through 1 jar in less than a week when feeding 6 people.
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I called Seton Testing and they do the CAT E (not the CAT5) they are fine!!!
I needed to know since I can have the county do a test next month or do the CAT in June (which is when I had planned to test)
Everything is fine if you can use this test!
http://www.setontesting.com/default.php
Whew really had me worried for a minute.
They also said the CAT5 issue hasn't been fully finalized as to the effect to the testing, perhaps someone else can grade it or something, do some research and figure out what the deal is but it may not be as bad as you think!
Lara
So the CAT 5 could be discontinued but not the CAT E? I use the CAT E for my littles and the CAT 5 in middle school. From the Bayside listing - it's not the grading that is the issue - it's that the publisher would not be supporting this test after June 2011.
Is there an equivalent test?
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thank you for posting this! I used to read her blog and feel overwhelmed when my youngest was a baby. Now that she is 4, I'm ready to make more changes. I really liked her pantry suggestions.
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I was purchasing my assessment exams and had a hard time finding the CAT - Kolbe no longer offers them. Finally, I find Bayside School Services and they say this:
This testing season is the last hurrah for the California Achievement Tests, Fifth Edition. Known as the CAT/5, this test series will no longer be supported by CTB McGraw-Hill after June 2011. These tests been a standard in standardized testing for the past 20 years.
If you use the CAT, what will you use next year?
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thank you!
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I have a kid who reacts to almost all detergents and fabric sheets - even the generic 'free' brands. Target's free fabric sheets required an emergency room visit. I had to rewash all clothes 2x to get the fabric softener out of the clothes. We use Tide free and clear or Ecos lavender detergent. I only use Bounce free fabric sheets. I also use 1/4 of the amount recommended.
Once you find what works, do not switch!
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My kids started the piano at 6. One hated it and refused to practice. He gave up complaining about the piano for Lent that year and discovered that he loved playing. Go figure. Eventually, my boys became less interested in playing. At the same time, our piano teacher had several back surgeries and we had to find a new teacher. The new teacher is so fantastic that my kids all love playing again. I never have to tell them to practice - mostly I tell them to stop playing while someone else is trying to do spanish on the computer. So, my experience has been that a good teacher will make playing fun.
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I bought a 2008 set in 2009 at a used book sale for the library. They cost $50. That was the year that we did Sonlight's Core 5 (where the encyclopedia online is used) and they were so much easier than the online version. My kids use them all. the. time. Just last night, my son brought the encyclopedia to me - he was using the letters in his name to spell out greek and roman gods/goddesses. I'm sure that both of my boys have read every entry connected to airplanes and World Wars. They have been worth every penny.
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you might search BW. We were just talking about it last week. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=240216
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I just want to add my yes! this is a great idea to the suggestion to use Lial's. My 7th grader is halfway through the book this year and it's been the best year for him. He is so much more confident and comfortable with math. I decided to use it because of Jann in TX's post and also because it's part of my prep for the HSPT test in the fall of my son's 8th grade year.
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having a reference like what DC has seen with farm animals is a big help. My DC have watched most of the All Creatures Great and Small series (and read the book) and it has proved to be a great reference point for transferring the details when they were ready. My great Uncle says his parents never had the talk, but he knew all about it b/c of his experiences on the farm. He never felt it was necessary *for him* and did not feel like his parents had neglected their duties. Of course, times were different (he's in his late 80s). I think its really important, as others have said, to explain what is happening to their bodies so they don't think something really abnormal is happening.
Shannon
This. I grew up on a pig farm and you saw it all. I don't live on a pig farm anymore, but I do make sure that when my kids see animals shows, they hear that the animals are mating and there will be babies soon - not that the animals are 'hugging.' ;) By the time my kids were old enough for The Talk, there really wasn't much left to say.
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I can't stand baths. You sit there in water that gets progressively dirtier from your parts. Maybe I've just bathed too many dirty kids to understand the allure.
Who was rude? Ds or Hostess? Or Both?
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At one of my kid's birthday party, my nephew loaded up his plate with ham. He ate it all before the rest of the adults had gotten food and went back for more ham. After his second serving was eaten, he went back for more. At that point, Gpa admonished him. (I was nursing and not aware of what was going on.) I did in fact run out of ham but pulled out other foods to stretch my buffet so it wasn't a big deal.
I felt that I learned a valuable lesson - 11 year old boys eat a lot more than I thought and that Boarshead ham is really good! At that point, I taught my own children to not take too much when we are at someone's home and that if they were still hungry, we would get something on the way home. I wouldn't worry about who had the bad manners and just take it as a learning lesson. :)