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Hi, Since I don't see any way to post a message with an attached file, here is the list with suggested schedule for combining MOH III and AAH1 done by one of the homeschool mom.
Suggested schedule:
MOH III Lessons 1-7
AAH 1 Review lessons 1 + 2, go over Prince Henry, Lesson 3
MOH III Lessons 8-18
MOH III Lesson 19 "Cortes and Pizarro: Conquistadors of Spain 1519, 1531"
AAH 1 Lesson 4 "Cortes, Cabot, Balboa"
MOH III Lesson 20 "Ferdinand Magellan Sails West 1519-1522"
AAH 1 Lesson 5 "Ponce de Leon, Magellan 1480,Verrazano"
MOH III Lessons 21-32
MOH III Lesson 33 "Explorers of North America 1534, 1539, 1540"
AAH 1 Lesson 6 "Cartier 1491-1558, Hernando de Soto 1500-1542
Coronado 1510-1554"
MOH III Lessons 34-43
MOH III Lesson 44 "Sir Francis Drake, 1577"
AAH 1 Lesson 7 " Drake"
MOH III Lesson 45 "William the Silent leads the Dutch revolt, 1581"
MOH III Lesson 46 "Sir Walter Raleigh, 1584"
AAH 1 Lesson 7 "Raleigh"
MOH III Lessons 47-53
MOH III Lesson 54 "The founding of Jamestown, 1607"
AAH 1 Lesson 9 "Virginia Colony"
MOH III Lesson 55 "Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson Explore
Canada 1608, 1611"
AAH 1 Lesson 8 "Hudson and Champlain"
MOH III Lesson 56 "John Smyth: A separatist of England 1608"
MOH III Lesson 57 " The marriage of Pocahontas 1614"
MOH III Lesson 58 " The Thirty Years war 1618-1648"
MOH III Lesson 59 " The pilgrims land at new Plymouth 1620"
AAH 1 Lesson 10 " Massachusetts colony (john Winthrop and Squanto)"
MOH III Lesson 60 " Squanto 1621"
AAH 1 Lesson 10 " Massachusetts colony (john Winthrop and Squanto)"
MOH III Lessons 61-65
MOH III Lesson 66 "Thomas Hooker Connecticut 1639"
AAH 1 Lesson 11 "New Hampshire, R.I. and Connecticut colonies"
MOH III Lessons 67-69
MOH III Lesson 70 "George Fox and the Quakers 1648"
AAH 1 Lesson 12 "New York, New Jersey"
MOH III Lessons 71-76
MOH III Lesson 77 "William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania 1681"
AAH 1 Lesson 13 "William Penn Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland
(Quaker)"
AAH 1 Lesson 14 "North and South Carolina, Georgia (1653-1732)"
AAH 1 Lesson 15 "Colonial family life",
AAH 1 Lesson 16 "Colonial culture"
MOH III Lessons 78-84
The End of volume III
AAH 1 Lesson 16 is end of Unit III;
Unit IV starts “The Period of Revolutionâ€
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Hi, If you have to decide which one of these( The Easy French or L'ART DE LIRE) to use in homeschool settings what will be your choice and why? Thank you very much!
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My daughter learned cursive from the beginning, in K. She write most of her copywork in cursive. We used SWR program and Cursive First for LA. I used a salt box for my daughter to write low case letters before she would practice on paper. I also used some workbooks for hand training(tracing some elements of letters etc).
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I found MEP more challenging than Singapore math and Singapore math is more challenging than Saxon. My daughter did RS A/B and Singapore 1A/B and this summer she is doing 1b MEP workbook as an extra practice. It takes her longer to do 10 pages of MEP workbook than would take to do 10 pages of Intensive Practice of Singapore Math. My child didn't do 1A MEP workbook.
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A Child’s Geography: Explore His Earth is the one I used with my 1 Grader. You will explore the atmosphere, the lithosphere and the hydrosphere, then maps, longitude and latitude. My daughter enjoyed it a lot.
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I introduced Japanese when my daughter was 6 month old. We live in US but Russian is her second language, so I am not considering it to be a foreign one. When she was 2 she introduced herself to Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, French and German by playing a language computer game ( She loved Kids speak). She started studying French formally at age of 5, did some Spanish(didn't like it) and had 6 month of Latin. German she was using among kids from German K. This year she is going to a Saturday German Language School. I wish she could attend a Japanese too but classes are scheduled at the same time with German school. So we are going to start studying Japanese and Greek in a year. This year we are just sticking with French, German, Russian and Latin. I think it will be plenty for 8 years old:)
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My friend has 2 children who are not mathy. Her boy is 11 years old and her daughter is 13. She tried different math programs with her kids but decided to stick with TT, because it allows her kids to work independently. Her boy has used Horizon for several years, but this year (6 grader) he is switching to TT. I think TT is good for Algebra and higher. I will second the opinion of Rosy, who suggested to skip review portion of the curriculum and move ahead. You don't need to do all review section. You can assign several key problems to each chapter to be sure his knowledge are solid there and move ahead. That is what I would do if I were you.
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Hi, I saved a copy of the file on my desktop but I can not really attach it here. If you Pm me you e-mail address I will send it to you at attachment.
I don't remember where I got it from.
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I have a 3rd grader and a pre-schooler(3.5). I read about 2 hours for both of them and my oldest read independently about 1-2 hours per day.
I also have a 2 years old who consumes the half of the reading by just playing nearby. We read fiction children books and a lot of animal-train related non-fiction materials.
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I did Astronomy book and Astronomy notebook with my 2 grader last year. She loved experiments and textbook by itself but had problems describing what she was doing in the notebook. I think she was quite young for that. We are going to do Astronomy again in a year or so. This winter we are planning to do Zoology II and Zoology I through Spring/Summer. Then I hope to do Physics/Chemistry book if it gets released in time or go with Zoology III and then do Chemistry.
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I had a similar problem with my child. I started her with math at age of 3.5. She stumbled at some point and then was 2 grades ahead of her peers. She did math for 2 grade being in K but didn't read yet. She was a late speaker because of 7 languages exposure. It took her some time to figure out what language to use as a primary one. My husband was complaining that she was behind everyone he knew in reading so I started concentrating on LA and almost ignored all math for several months. As the result my daughter is behind in math where she supposed to be at her grade level and a good reader. I decided not to rush anymore and be sure she is very solid in what she is studying before moving ahead.
My suggestion is not to rush and let him to work on similar topics he had problems with but using a different resource.
As a math resource I suggest MEP enrichment program. It has a lot of workbooks at different levels and you can print out what he needs to work on. I am using it myself with my child to eliminate any blank spots of her math education. It is very advanced and more challenging than Singapore math. It is a supplementary program.
Here is a link to it:
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You are welcome. It is easy when you have all books at your hand:)
I almost lost all typing because I was logged out while trying to submit my post:(
Oh well, nothing got lost:)
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Hi Reesecoli, Here is the schedule I had for my daughter combining RS level A ans PM and IP of SM.
- First 54 Lessons of RS Level A.
- Chapter 1 of PM 1A and Topic 1 problems of IP 1A.
- Chapter 2 of PM 1A and Topic 2 problems of IP 1A.
- Chapter 3 of PM 1A and Topic 3 problems of IP 1A.
We skipped subtraction because RS hadn't introduced it yet.
- Lesson 56 ( I skipped calculator lesson) of RS Level A.
I told my daughter she could use her abacus to check the equation so she did.
- Chapter 5 of PM 1A and Topic 5 of IP 1A .
- Lessons 57-60 of RS Level A.
- Chapter 6 (Addition up to 20) of PM 1a and Topic 6 assignments of IP 1A.
- Chapter 7 (without subtraction) of PM 1A and topic 7(without subtraction) of IP 1A.
- Lessons 61-67 of RS Level A.
- Chapter 8 (Patterns ans shapes) of PM 1A and Topic 8 assignments of IP 1A.
- Lessons 68-70 dealing with length of RS Level A.
- Chapter 9 (Length) of PM 1A and topic 9 problems of IP 1A.
- Lesson 71 of RS A
- Chapter 10 of PM 1A and Topic problems(weight) of IP 1A
- Lesson 72-77 of RS A (end of the book)
Then I went back to PM 1A and did chapter 4(subtraction within 10) along with Topic 4 assignments of IP 1A. After that we studied Chapter 7(part 2 dealing with subtraction withing 20) of PM 1A and my daughter worked through Topic 7 problems of IP 1A we had skipped earlier. After all of this she took mid-year review of IP 1A. I broke it in half (first 10 pages-regular practice-Day 1, second 10 pages- challenging problems-Day 2).
If you decide to use MEP program, now will be the good time to start with 1b book which covers addition/subtraction operations withing 20.
I wish I would discover MEP program earlier for my daughter to use.
I hope it will give you an idea when and what to use. You may decide to do time from PM 1B along with RS lessons dealing with time, but I decided against it because time would be covered again in Level B.
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I am using both. I started with RS level a when my daughter was 3.5 years old but she couldn't handle it. I switched to Earlybird math and my daughter just loved it. We came back to RS in a year. My daughter had a better success with it this time. She loves games and " crafty approach" of RS math but needs more practice,so I am trying to fit SM to RS. I prefer RS way of teaching over the Singapore. My husband and I are both very mathy so we expect our kids be better in math then we are:).
Also I was glad to discover MEP program which I use for extra challenging practice. I found it more advance than IP books of SM.
Here is a British web-site for MEP materials:
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"Real Science for kids" for us too!
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We are planning to use Real Science-4-kids, level I for 3-5 grader and continue with level II in the middle school. Apologia is going to release their Physics/Chemistry volume next year, so after level I we will do Apologia book.
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My husband has German/Dutch heritage, but he doesn't speak either of them. My daughter was attending German K and is going to Saturday's German Language school this year. Her boyfriend(she is only 8:)) moved to Germany last year. His father is German and the boy had a chance to visit his grandparents there. My daughter is very motivated in learning German because she wants to be able to communicate with kids in Germany while visiting her boyfriend.
My daughter was exposed to 3 languages since she was born and 6 more when she turned 2. She used to play computer language games in different languages(French, Japanese, Chinese, German, Korean, Indonesian) so she understood most of the vocabulary for 4-7 years old child.
We told her if she speaks 5 languages it will be sufficient so that is her plan for now. We also have plans for Latin/Greek but those we don't count as MFL.
My daughter has a friend whose father is fluent in 9 languages(he knows 25 languages including classical). I think that earlier introduction to foreign languages is very important.
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My daughter is learning French and some Latin. This year we are doing French, Latin, adding German and Russian. She was going to German K so this year it is time to go to German school on Saturdays. Russian is her second language so we are just going to make her studies formal. I will be adding Greek and Japanese to previously mentioned languages withing next 2 years. Around middle/ high school she might learn some Mandarin Chinese and/or Castilian Spanish.
I am going to study French/German together with my daughter and improving my Japanese:)
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Thank you for the link about publisher. Since the author was an Estonian I wasn't familiar with his work.
I was describing my University entrance exam when I was trying to "get in" to college. Most middle/high schools had graduation math exams ( written and orals).
I think AoPS books are decent so I will be using them along with some Russian mathbooks for school with extended learning of math (usually for math gifted kids). My school math problem didn't pay enough attention to the Theory of Probability and few other aspects of math.
P.S. Kiselyov books were not my textbooks at school. We used more modern authors. Kiselyov books are the classics of Russian math school. I used Atanasyan " Geometry" and "Algebra" by Alimov textbooks in middle/high school.
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I am using RS math with SM IP and CWP. I also love MEP workbooks. I found them challenging enough for my child to do this summer. I haven't used russian math books with her but will be doing it as a supplement for word problems. I will be using Peterson math which is only in Russian. I found it as pdf version so I am looking through it. "Peterson" is considered being more challenging math program in Russia. It doesn't suit everybody because some of the problems are too challenging for adults who are not that good at math.
Moro is considered to be a traditional very solid math program.
I read a lot of negative posts about Peterson math because some assignments were not presented clear enough for pupils to understand on their own. So far I have seen only 1 and 2 grade books and PreK, K books.
There is a computer program for Peterson math but I haven't tried it out.
I am using PreK math with my 3 old son who just loves it and wants to do it every day (10 pages per day). PreK math name " Let's play"
("Igralochka") and K math is " One steps, Two steps". They are a good preparation for 1st grade math by the same author.
I am not advertising for any math program,I just share what I found myself useful. MEP is very close to Russian math that is why I like it so much. My daughter can work independently without me translating every word to her.
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I think I will second an opinion of the poster who said that it would be a mistake not to let your child to be exposed to more challenging things comparing to PS options. I have a child who can do things during several hours and enjoy it if she is very good at something. She was very good at math so she could do it for a long time without having any brakes. Now math is not her piece of cake but she still does it because mama said so and she wants to be a scientist. We told her that scientist needs to have a good command of math. So every time she is facing a challenging problem she wants to show every little step she does solving her problem to avoid making any mistakes. I have a 3 years old son who is more math gifted. He understands math concepts quicker and sometimes helps his sister to solve problems by just thinking aloud. He told us he wants to be smart!!! I tried MEP 1a with him but after 20 pages it was too much for him so we moved to more little kid oriented Russian math book he is flying through. I would rather work with a child who likes to be challenged and anxious to learn that the one who would be dragging me down.
So I have a language lover daughter and math/language lover son who is using french for half of his math counting. I don't mind my kids using 4 languages in their conversations because they are very young and can do it easily.
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Hi, I checked website at http://www.perpendicularpress.com/math6.html
and should say that I am not familiar with this particular book. I studied math in Russia and want to stress that Algebra started in 6/7 Grade along with Geometry(Euclid's). It is very interesting that this book( Math 6) is introducing a calculator usage in 6 grade. I wasn't allowed to use a calculator until I was doing pre-calculus (9th grade). We used sliding rulers to find logarithms. This math book is based on 1995 Russian edition when math program hasn't changed that much.
If someone is looking for good Geometry textbook I will recommend Kiselyov Geometry which had been translated into English and available from amazon or Singaporemath websites. I don't think other Kiselyov books had been translated from Russian.
P.S. I hated learning proofs for either Algebra nor Geometry but it was required and was useful later for problem solving. We had a lot of oral exams in Russia including math, where you have 2 proofs to do and 2 problems to solve. If you don't know it you will fail the exam or get not more than C- which is almost "Fail".
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Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If I were you I would go with French:) I just love French even I don't know it at all. My daughter was taking on-line French classes in K, so she fell in love with it. At the beginning she didn't wanted to learn it at all but I insisted. She wanted to try Spanish for 6 month( her french program had only 3 levels so she decided to do half year course of Spanish) She disliked it so much she doesn't want to hear about an idea of learning it in the nearest future. If she ever does, it will be Castilian Spanish( not Latin American). Our library has a lot of resources in Spanish( at some point I think too much of Spanish everywhere). I wish it would be more in French or German, but not near us. My daughter is going to study French/German + some Russian this year adding Japanese in a couple of years.
P.S. I will be learning French and German with her too:)
The Easy French vs. L'ART DE LIRE?
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I will be teaching 8 years old who has had 2 years of formal French. She did 3 levels of PowerGlide, Level 1 of Learnables and Level 1 of PowerSpeak through on-line school. I bought Easy French level 1 and we are planning to use it this fall. I speak little bit of French( I was learning it with my child last 2 years).
We have few DVDs in French and a lot of good children books for young kids. Is The Easy French going to be enough or do I need to supplement with anything else? Thanks a lot. Lena.