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  1. Hello, We recently completed the MCT's Town level and I was researching what to purchase for the next level - Voyage. In the past, I have only purchased the TG of all the books (except the practice books where I get both student and TG). However, for the Voyage, it seems like he is really recommending getting both the student and TG for Grammar Voyage. Has anyone used the newer 3rd edition and is the student and TG both needed? We also used the Classical version of CE 1 last year and really enjoyed it ~ although I saw that they now have a color edition available! ;) Also, is the student book necessary for World of Poetry or Essay Voyage? Whew! It is getting expensive to keep up with this curriculum and we really like it but are trying to keep costs down as much as possible. ;) Thanks for the help, Jenny
  2. Thank you all for responding. Another question, do you guys have your students memorize the stems and vocab words? If so, do you make charts or flash cards for them? Just curious! ;) Again, thanks for the help -- I think I may have been making this too hard! :)
  3. Hello ~ I decided to order the new classical education edition of the revised Caesar's English 1. My oldest son (4th) and I have just been reading through it together. Is there anything else recommended with this? I realize this came out just over a year ago, but I was wondering if anyone could offer advice on how to implement and schedule? Thank you so much! Jenny
  4. I just watched a very powerful video and it can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/embed/7y2KsU_dhwI?rel=0%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E It does an amazing job of relating Hitler's Holocaust and America's "holocaust" - abortion. It is about 30 min. long but very worth the view and some very pertinent points are raised. Just thought I'd share :)
  5. I don't know if this has been mentioned but my librarian told me what to do when this happens: Put the items I want on hold as well (even though you technically have them checked out right now). Then I go in and explain to the librarian and they check them in and check them right back out to me to fulfill MY hold request! :) At least, that is how it has worked in our library system -- maybe it would work for you as well! :)
  6. Level C is as far as we have gone at this point but we are really liking it. My oldest in Level C also completes Miquon math worksheets and we just started adding in Life of Fred on Fridays (for fun). I am curious about this as well and look forward to reading responses of those who have used it farther up. I've considered switching to Singapore after we complete Level E but just not sure at this point.:D (PS - I need to update my siggie!) :)
  7. I am starting to do some planning for the next year and am looking for ways to improve our "school room". At the moment, we use our dining room as our "school" room. Because of that, I have not put up bulletin boards or the like. I have been looking for something to use as a bulletin board/dry erase board ~ also to hang up posters/maps/etc. I found this on the internet and wondered if anyone could give me a review/advice on this reading/writing center: http://www.copernicused.com/pop_up_p...?productid=243 Thanks so much! :) PS - I posted this on the general board last night but didn't get any responses, so I thought I'd check here - thanks!
  8. I am starting to do some planning for the next year and am looking for ways to improve our "school room". At the moment, we use our dining room as our "school" room. Because of that, I have not put up bulletin boards or the like. I have been looking for something to use as a bulletin board/dry erase board ~ also to hang up posters/maps/etc. I found this on the internet and wondered if anyone could give me a review/advice on this reading/writing center: http://www.copernicused.com/pop_up_products.aspx?productid=243 Thanks so much! :)
  9. Thank you to all who took the time to vote in the poll and to those who shared about their experience. It is great to hear from other moms about what has worked/is working for their families ~ thanks again!:D
  10. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain what you have done in detail ~ I love how you have been able to combine the classical and CM approaches. Thank you for explaining in more detail and for sharing the story about your daughters! My goal is to be able to show my kids that what they are learning can be applied to all aspects of their life!:D Anyone else want to share??:bigear:
  11. Dee, I hope you don't mind me asking, but did you use something like PLL or did you read good books and have them narrate from those? Did you use AO? We have been reading the books from AO and I have asked for narrations but my boys have enjoyed their CLE workbooks ~ it just sometimes feels like we are "tied" to it. Thank you for your response!
  12. Do you wish you had been more relaxed in the language arts area of school or do you regret being "too" relaxed and feeling like you had more "catching up" to do in the later years? There just seems to be so many schools of thought on this ~ from no formal grammar to using something more traditional like CLE, R&S, etc. to using something like FLL/PLL/Queen's, etc. I am currently debating this ~ we used CLE for language arts this past year and have enjoyed it, but it was a lot of workbooks to complete. Then I know others who focus more on a relaxed grammar structure/no grammar until the child is a little older. I have already ordered our CLE language arts for next year but just wondering what more experienced moms would say. Thanks for participating!:D
  13. Moira, Thank you! Thank You!! That is exactly what I was looking for ~ I am bookmarking it now! :)
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