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  1. Paddington Bear. T got it at 3 & has listened to it countless times.
  2. I taught Spalding and planned to use pure Spalding in homeschooling my children. When I saw LOE Foundations had activities in which your child can get upout of his chair to move it excited me. Overall my impression of Foundations A is this: if you have a small wiggly child who wants to learn to read LOE is perfect. They move around, do air and sand writing, trace raised-letter phonogram cards. For that early poor motor skills student who is picking up phonics regardless of being able to hold that pencil well or the physically active child LOE might be a better fit than pure Spalding. Besides changing things up to allow for letter tiles in addition to notebooking and games of spelling basketball, acting out words, awareness of how our bodies make sounds, etc, one big change I noted was handwriting instruction. No clock face. It keeps the methods of integrated language arts though which thrills me. Otherwise it makes sense to stick with the tried and true (& cheaper! ) Spalding.
  3. This site shows a couple ways to combine them. http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/SOTWmenu.htm
  4. So far planning on focusing on 3 Rs. Other subjects will be intros to whet the appetite. Math: Right Start with Rod & Staff English: Logic of English, Copybook, Italics Literature: tbd. Deciding between MPK, FIAR, & am writing outlines for my own...just a matter of work... Science: Magic School Bus and kits Nature Studies: since we have a gecko we'll see what we can learn about reptiles and amphibians Music: First Steps Art: Behold the Beauty, artist kits Music Appreciation: My First Classical, Tubby the Tuba, Carnival of Animals, Peter and the Wolf, Jazz Fly, Can You Hear It) Art Appreciation: Art Cards, Come Look With Me Poetry: Dover Favorite Poems for Children Coloring Book, Real Mother Goose Coloring Book Tales: various Caldecott winning fairy tales Myths: various picture books like Odysseus and the Magic of Circe, Thor's Hammer, etc
  5. I've seen some comments here and there that FIAR and MP's enrichment guides are similar. How similar are they and in what way(s)?
  6. The study guides for First Favorites k weren't too difficult?
  7. I'd love to hear more of your experiences using different reading methods in k! FIAR and MP especially.
  8. I am looking for a curriculum that uses award winners. Since MPK uses some books that haven't won awards does it seem they were chosen just because it best fit the point they were making like some of Sonlight's books? Part of what I want in k lit: Well written. The illustrations may be beautiful but I don't want it reliant upon them. I want the literary language to appeal to the imagination. Similarly I don't want a read aloud to tell my child what to think. There needs to be room for him to reach his own conclusions.
  9. It wouldn't be difficult at all. The general weekly outline of VP is Day 1- sing song, read card, worksheet Day 2- sing song, look up resources Day 3/4- activities Day 5- test Wouldn't be hard to adapt I expect. SOTW was used by a one day a week homeschool tutelage school here. The parents read the extra books/did mapwork/coloring and the tutor does any hands on/messy activities and tells the story. The local three day a week school uses Memoria Press.
  10. This has been my concern looking over core A and other kindergarten packages. Thanks!
  11. Try this series from FJH http://pianoadventures.com/myfirst/
  12. Mother Goose Time and Learning Box do that. Or if she'd like to use a daily plan that just requires using toys from around her home plus a pandora channel and library books I'd recommend Flowering Baby.
  13. Oh that's a good way to schedule it. I may have to do the same thing. Thanks for the idea!
  14. Can someone who has seen both tell me about differences between Child Size Masterpieces and other sets like Memoria's art cards?
  15. We do the toys on the table thing too since F started walking. T enjoys legos, crayons, beads, and puzzles. The build and take apart vehicles kit we own is another one he enjoys. Oh and Monopoly Jr. I'm wanting to get him some science anf building kits from Timberdoodle. Sequence cards! Almost forgot those. And RS and LOE card games.
  16. I've used tactile letters, sand trays, whipped cream, shaving cream, chalk, air writing. ..oh and Callirobics.
  17. My thoughts for you are Kolbe, Memoria, and Angelicum. Angelicum is Great Books Academy with Catholic insteuction added. I think AAR I'd a good fit. It doesn't say day 1 day 2 etc in the lessons. However they are set up so you could easily do one section of a lesson each day.
  18. What have you chosen to do for literature in K and why? Which lit programs/lists (like Sonlight A, Ambleside, Memoria K enrichment, Living Books curric k, Peak With Books, FIAR etc) have you tried and what are your thoughts on their book choices/methods? I'm debating between buying something like that after we finish p4/5 or designing my own from awards lists. Hearing your experiences should be helpful!
  19. Mostly new and made up. The Middle Ages Ren and Ref has a couple nursery rhyme type tunes if I remember correctly (has the feel of a medley). Plus the song memorizing the presidents is to Yankee Doodle.
  20. Useful. Not wonderful yet not bad. They are catchy. Even though I'm between uses of the program I still find myself singing the songs occasionally. Looking forward to using them as a teaching tool again in a couple years with my son. I think the Bible ones are the most useful. Even as an adult.
  21. Veritas Press or Tapestry of Grace are the first two that spring to mind.
  22. We are using Right Start. At this point the only change I foresee is adding in som arithmetic mastery via something like Rod & Staff in the future. I think of the options you mentioned you'd prefer Math Mammoth. If you're concerned about the pacing of MUS anyway. With MUS it can feel slow and behind because you are focused on one area for an entire year. Most courses don't. That means you won't have covered onecthing others will and gone deeper in something else others haven't reached yet. For me personally after buying a couple dvds I decided against it because I loved Asian math and wanted a greater variety of manipulatives.
  23. You asked how to teach a child to sing in tune. That's why I like First Steps In Music. It includes call/response songs, echo songs, and pitch exercises to help in that area.
  24. Sonlight's read alouds are wonderful. We've also enjoyed Flowering Baby levels 3-4.
  25. I'm not familiar with them either. Right now I'm using Hubbard's Cupboard character and next year I plan to start the Manners Of The Heart program. I own the k level book and it looks wonderful.
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