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Anyone???
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Which Life of Fred book would you recommend I get for a 9 year old (4th grader) whose main math is Saxon 6/5? He completed Apples through Dogs a while ago. Does he really need to pick back up with Edgewood, or can he jump in with Kidneys?
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Oh, Rosie! I don't even know how to tell you how sorry I am. My heart aches for you and your family. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
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OOH! Thank you, Erica! I love the looks of that (and want to cuddle the price). I think I could totally make that work.
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Supplement here...
We use Usborne World History as our spine and read the corresponding chapters in SOTW. We don't have the AG, but use Pinterest and other resources for projects. I create notebooking pages and copywork/vocabulary sheets for each week. It seems to be working and my son enjoys history.
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Wow! It's been a while since I started a topic around here. I fear this won't be eloquent due to frequent interruptions. :)
We have been using (and loving) the Usborne Art Treasury for our more involved art projects. We love seeing the full color original art in the book and reading about the piece and the artist, then doing the project.
I have been looking for something to help us continue in this way, but most things I've researched have fell short in some way or another (or are simply out of our price range.. which is microscopic).
Does anyone know of a similar book to the Usborne Art Treasury that we could use next year?
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For some reason, it tells me that I'm not allowed to access this feature... that I must have at least one post on the forum to be granted access.
Huh. That's weird.
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OMG!! A Christmas miracle. (jumps for joy - waves hi) And it would be years before my jazz would be considered sweet. You could come over and jam with me, in your TARDIS. My neighbor has drums, it would be block jam.
So if you get the TARDIS, can I get a replicator?
I know... it's been a while since I showed my ugly mug around here, eh?
I'd love to jam!
I'll see what I can do about getting you a replicator, m'dear!
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A saxophone
Cool! You can play some sweet jazz for me in the TARDIS I won't be getting. ;)
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I remember lurking back in those days. :p
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Mine's up, but we are still in "summer school" mode since we won't start our year until after Labor Day.
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Today I will work in the school room. I did buy a desk apprentice yesterday--maybe that will inspire me :lol:.
It would inspire me. I want one. (Thanks for your kind words.)
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I was, until bad luck found our automobiles. Both cars are giving us trouble.
I don't want us to be stuck in the house all day while DH is at work. DS was excited to try co-op, Awana and soccer this fall. He really wants some friends. I think I'll be more excited when (and if) we get the cars fixed.
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It is a tiny concern for me, because I am homeschooling an only (for all intents and purposes... my stepson lives with his own mother).
My son is an exuberant extrovert with a vivid imagination who isn't afraid to speak his mind. He has no friends who aren't related to him. (He doesn't see his cousins very often.)
We have recently joined our local homeschool group and started going to park days. He wants to play soccer this fall and try co-op. Awana may be in the plan, as well.
I don't want to be his only friend. He wants friends so badly it breaks this momma's heart (but not enough to enroll him in the local school). He is constantly telling me that he will "make a friend" whenever we go somewhere.
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Mental math is using the basic math facts (your definition of "basic" may differ from mine) to perform mental, as opposed to pen and paper, calculations. Some strategies are more efficient than others.
Yes, this.
My mom called it "doing it in your head".
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Half these plans have changed and I don't feel like I can be trusted to remain faithful to my latest plan so I'm not updating.
:lol:
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Character
The Beginner's Bible (he will read this to Mommy)
Gotta Have God
The Children's Book of Virtues (and other appropriate read-alouds)
Language Arts
Finish Hooked on Phonics and Phonics Pathways
Explode the Code (4, 5, maybe 6)
D'Nealian Copywork (taken from our readings)
First Language Lessons 1
All About Spelling 2 (possibly 3)
Math
Singapore 1B & 2A (with IP & CWP)
Rightstart Games
Geography
Me on the Map Lapbook
Continent studies with both geographical and cultural emphasis
Science
Singapore Start Up Science (we'll see how this goes... he likes it, I don't. I'm formulating a new plan as I type.)
Music
I will print photos of the artist/composer/relevant genre images to hang up and we will listen as we do our schoolwork.
Art
Usborne Art Treasury (a bit of appreciation and a bit of application)
I'm sure I've forgotten something, but that's the gist of it.
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So then I should get off this mini panic and just teach any unknown words as ds's are reading books? Why am I panicking about this all the sudden? This isn't my first time teaching a dc to read :confused:
This is what we did and I would do a quick explanation of whichever more advanced phonics rule fit the word in question. The bonus was that he would fly through the more advanced phonics concept when we came to it.
We use a combo of HOP and PP. HOP uses some sight words, but I've taught them all phonetically. I think that teaching those words phonetically has helped his outside reading much, much more than if I had taught him to simply memorize it.
We still haven't officially reached "igh" in our phonics, but he knows how to read knight, light, bright, sighing, insight, etc.
I'd just keep doing what you're doing.
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Now I can't get the image of Adam Sandler eating the paste in "Billy Madison" out of my head. (... or the image of Lynn from my kindergarten class doing the same thing).
I'm pretty sure I tasted it, too.
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My son will be officially a kindergartener this fall. Here are our plans, unless our Summer doesn't play out as expected.
- Finish up Phonics Pathways
- Continue reading to Mommy daily
- ETC 4, 5, 6.. however far he goes this year
- AAS 2 & 3 (again, we'll just keep going)
- Singapore 1B, 2A with all the fixins
- Continue D'Nealian handwriting through copywork
- First Language Lessons
- Geography intro (continents, oceans , landforms, etc) & World Cultures
- Science - overview of various concepts and hands-on fun
- Character/Virtues
- Lots and lots of read-alouds
- Weekly artist study and project
- Music - listening to a genre/artist/composer as we work and play until we feel like moving to a new one.
Most of this is a continuation of PK here. It looks like a lot, but it doesn't really take him long to complete his work.
- Finish up Phonics Pathways
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We school in the kitchen. I mounted ours at a kid-friendly height since we have nowhere to store things in our tiny, tiny townhome. Of course, I have no toddlers, so my situation is very different from yours.
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My son came to see what I was watching and now he wants his own set of rods. He said that he wants to do math like that.
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Ours is here.
Which Life of Fred would you recommend?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Yeah, I had read his views. According to ability (but not age), I should order Fractions. I wish someone nearby used LoF. This is a rural town and homeschoolers are scarce. I may just wait a bit and then order Fractions. Thanks!
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