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I have my D level kids *try* to put a short answer (at least a word or 2) to all the Accountability questions, and as many Thinking questions as they can. For my purposes, I want them to have at least thought about the questions and be able to contribute something to discussion on Friday. But they write most of their answers in on Friday during the discussion.
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Are they small black moths? We have had these in the past -- they are called (ick) sewer moths, and they breed in sink drains. They are really tough to get rid of completely. You have to pour about 1/2 c of bleach down the drains every day for a few days.
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thanks, hsmom3tn. 30% is more than I was thinking of asking, but it's probably reasonable for all the work involved.
anyone else?
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My friend has asked me if I would sell her used homeschool books for her, as she is not comfortable with the whole process. I don't mind doing it, but she wants to pay me and I have no idea how much to charge. Does anyone have experience in this? What do you think would be a fair fee for me to list her books, handle the correspondence, package them, and take them to the post office? (she is providing all packing materials).
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Here's what my 10th grader will be using:
Tapestry of Grace year 2 (History, English/Lit, Church History, Philosophy)
Jacobs Geometry
Apologia Chemistry
Learnables German 2
Team Policy debate (NCFCA)
good luck in your decisions!
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We greatly prefer Ocean Isle Beach to Myrtle Beach -- Myrtle Beach has really lost it's family atmosphere, IMO. We like to deal with Cooke realty in Ocean Isle. They have houses and condominiums you can rent weekly, and their website has good pictures of all their properties.
http://www.cookerealty.com/index.asp
have a great time!
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I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but what I'm going to do this year is put all of my assignments as given & due on the Monday of a given week. Then I'll print an assignment report to give my kids on Monday, and take it up on Friday to see that they've completed everything. They'll be responsible for being sure they get everything completed.
This is the plan I'll use for our TOG assignments, anyway. I'm not sure yet how I'll accomplish this with math and programs that they just "do the next thing" every day.
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Hi Holly,
yes, they are definitely doing Yr. 4 as a DE. The last half of the newsletter talks about the dates they plan to have each unit available, and a suggested schedule for you to follow in order for you to have what you need as you go through the year.
The upgrade they are talking about is an upgrade, or change, in the way DE looks. If you are purchasing Year 4, your DE will come already in the upgraded format. Those of us who purchased DE for years 1-3 earlier this spring, have the option of getting a free upgrade when it becomes available later this summer. This upgrade only affects the way DE looks on the opening screen, and how you move around within DE to get to the different components. The TOG curriculum itself is not changing at all.
The biggest change in the format of DE is that now you'll be able to pull up the maps, writing aids, evaluations, and lapbooks from within the DE screen, whereas before you had to put the individual cd's in the computer and run each one separately. For those of us who have these map, writing, etc. supplements from purchasing them previously, we can simply mail in our "old" cd's and a get in exchange a DE license for them.
hope this helps!
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Yes, I was just going to mention that in the first season there is more bad language than in later years. Monk seems to mellow out and soften up as a character as the series went on. My dc and I started watching Monk together when they were about 11 & 13. We love it and are so sad the final season will be starting soon.
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As far as the curriculum itself goes, the DE is no different than owning print. You just see the very same pages as a pdf-type file on your computer screen, rather than flipping through a paper notebook.
The real advantage is in the upcoming upgrade of the interface. *note -- the curriculum itself is not changing at all * With the new interface, if you have TOG DE, Map Aids DE, Writing Aids DE, Government DE, etc., all of these will be integrated. When you click on Week 24, for example, you'll be able to see & print the curriculum for week 24, the loom documents for week 24, the Writing Aids documents for week 24, etc.
Right now, if you have the print version, you have to have all of your supplemental cd's handy to pop in the cd drive when you want to print them out.
The new DE interface just meshes all the supplements together and makes the ease of use much better.
You can see how all this looks at www.tapestryofgrace.com/de/beta
They have the first 3 weeks only of Year 1 loaded at this link so you can try it out. I think you have to download the locklizard interface to view it.
I'm excited about it!
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Big Carolina Panthers fans here! (and college football & basketball, too -- Go Tarheels!)
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Something pretty easy my dd did around that age was to make coffee filter flowers. She gave a "bouquet" to her grandmother when she was in the hospital, and she still them has in her guest bathroom, and my dd is now 13!
here's how: For the flowers, you'll need coffee filters, food coloring, water, tape, and drinking straws.
Dampen the filters, and lay them out flat on paper towels or newspaper. Then mix a little water with a little food coloring in separate jars or dishes. Take a medicine dropper, and drop different colors on the filters. The colors will spread, and you'll get a tie-dye effect. Let the filters dry.
Then, fold the filters in half, in half again, and again. You can cut fringe or scallops on the outer edges. Then stick the pointy end inside the end of a straw, and use tape to secure it. Pull apart the outer edges to "fluff out" the flower. If you use the bendable drinking straws you can bend the "stems" of the flowers.
for the vase, you'll need a glass jar or bud vase, differents colors of tissue paper, school glue, water, and a paint brush. Tear the tissue paper into pieces about 1-2 inches. Mix the glue with enough water to make a very watery glue mixture. Use the paint brush to paint over the pieces of tissue onto the glass vase in a sort of stained glass pattern. Completely cover the tissue and the whole surface of the vase. Let it dry completely and add the flowers!
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I can't offer any help for your question, but wanted to say that in our Lial's Introductory Algebra, the last chapter (9) is quadratic equations. Are you sure your copy doesn't cover it?
Jana
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We're just finishing up with Dave Ramsey. The biggest thing for us has been how motivating and encouraging Dave's seminars are. I've read his book, and tried to encourage dh to follow the plan, but it wasn't until dh listened to DR's energetic talks that he got excited enough about it to want to follow it. We're working on our debt snowball, and I personally feel so much more in control of our finances. Like Dave says, we've learned how to make our money *behave* each month.
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Do you by chance mean I-85? I'm not familiar with 81! Where is this hwy?
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Ds took a co-op class using YES! (Youth Exploration Survey) by Crown Ministries. It's a course that can be used by groups or individual families that helps teens 13-18 discover their gifts and strengths and how that might influence their career choices. you can read about it here
http://www.crown.org/yesresources/PDFs/PDFPromo.PDF
and here
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An acquaintance of mine asked me today if I knew of any way she could get some type of financial assistance to help her hire a math tutor for her high school daughter who is struggling in math -- this is a single mom who receives SS benefits from her deceased husband (father of the daughter). I know nothing about this area, but thought if anyone knew, it would be you guys! Is there any type of public aid for this situation?
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Another vote for the Outer Banks. We camped at KOA at Cape Hatteras. You can ride ferries to the islands, see beautiful, wild, seashores, go to Roanoke Village to see and go aboard a replica ship like the ones that came over in the 1600's, and go to see the Lost Colony outdoor drama that tells the story of the first AMerican settlement (check on dates for that since you're going in late summer). That was one of our favorite vacations ever!
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Probably a silly question, but where do you go for this type of testing? Some of the symptoms ya'll have described sound like my ds, too. I might need to look into this further. Thanks!
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Wow -- thanks for posting that the workbooks are online -- the parent guide download has the layout/lesson plan in it. All tests and answers are here, too. What a great resource!
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btw, what is the new version of Rosetta Stone?? I'm following this thread, too. Hope someone actually has some answers! :-)
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How about It's a Wonderful Life?
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I weeded my flower beds, moved some black-eyed Susans, and spread pine needles. This afternoon we're taking our boat and pwc over to the church youth group lake party to help pull kids on tubes. The lake is going to surely be bumpy with loads of boat traffic -- not really looking forward to it! but the burgers and hot dogs should be good :-)
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I don't know if this counts, since you said the money wasn't to come from mom & dad, buy my kids earn extra money by reading good books after school (usually summer months only). I have a shelf of books (the "money shelf" ) that has books I've bought over the years that I want the kids to read but don't require for school -- classics that are a little above their reading level but not impossible. The kids know if they need $5 for something, they can pick up one of those and read it. I don't pay for grades or other schooling, but I'm doing this to provide an incentive for them to pick up a challenging book instead of just picking up something quick & easy.
one other thing -- I had a friend with an entreprenurial son, who designed and made greeting cards and sold them in packets to neighbors and family. She would bring them to our homeschool meetings to try to sell them to us, too!
New to TOG: a couple questions about D & R levels
in High School and Self-Education Board
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Hi Natalija,
I think you're on the mark with your thinking -- R level history, D level lit. She could probably handle R level church history, too. But the literature is on a whole different plane in the R level, so I would wait for her to be a bit older before tackling that.
I can't help you with the evaluations, as we don't do those. I'm sure you'll get some good answers, though!