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Hi! I actually haven't posted or even lurked in many years, as I my homeschool days ended about 5 years ago. But I am perplexed about something, and it occurred to me to give The Hive Mind a try!
I was making Halloween cupcakes two days ago, and I had some ghost-shaped sprinkles to put on top of them. The phrase "Ghosty ghosty all alone" came to my mind, and I remembered it was from a poem I used to read aloud to my kids when they were little. The poem was in a book that I *think* was a collection of Halloween poems for young children, possibly all by the same author, but I'm not sure about that. Here is all I can remember:
Ghosty, ghosty all alone, (first line?)
Ghosty, ghosty, moany moan,
Can't talk on the telephone. (somewhere in the middle of the poem)Ghosty, Ghosty all alone,
Needs a ghosty of his own! (Last verse)Does anyone know this poem or anything about it?
Thanks, y'all!
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Is there a way to edit the description in my ads?
I have not used the sale/swap board in a long time, but am no longer homeschooling and want to sell my curricula. I posted two ads so far, but want to edit the first, and cannot see where to do that. As someone else mentioned, the "Advert Actions" button does not produce a drop down menu or anything at all. I'm using Chrome, if that matters.
Thanks for the help.
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Well. I don't get to come here too often, but today I was needing some input on 7 Sisters curricula. I haven't had much luck finding any opinions, but I came across this thread, so....
My 9th grader is my youngest child. My eldest homeschooled and used dual credit for high school. My middle two kids went to public school (#3 is a senior!). So, although she is the youngest of four, this is only my second time to homeschool for high school. Because I have a public-school-band-student senior, and I also work part-time, I needed things to be simple to implement--I hope that's what I ended up with!
Here's what she and I have planned:
English: 7 Sisters Introductory Guide to High School Writing
Growing with Grammar 7 (I know this is technically below grade level... but it is where she is in the series, and I'm okay with that)
Narnia Series w/ 7 Sisters guides
One Shakespeare play (probably The Merchant of Venice w/ Progeny Press Guide)
The Hobbit (guide to be determined)
Math: Algebra 1 at homeschool class day using Forester's
Science: Biology 1 at homeschool class day using Apologia
Social Studies: Semester 1--World Geography using Memoria Press Geography III
Semester 2--Texas History using My Texas 21 as a starting point and adding in additional research and writing to bring it to high school
level. I am seriously contemplating having her write a blog about what she learns for the writing portion of the class. PLUS
since we moved to San Antonio area, we are poised for several perfect field trips to round things out even further... Missions,
state capital, state history museum, Goliad, etc
Foreign Language: Latin using Visual Latin I and Lingua Latina
Fine Arts: Flute lessons and music theory, using Theory Time
Electives: Logic at homeschool class day, using Fallacy Detective and Thinking Toolbox (hopefully--the teacher specified grades 10-12, but I was told to
sign her up and he will determine whether he will allow 9th graders depending on how many request the class)
Typing, Mavis Beacon
Other stuff: Venturing Scouts
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I tried to upload a for sale post with a file attached that has a list of all I am selling.
I have a LOT, and thought doing it this way would be better than listing a bunch of seperate posts.
I uploaded the attachement, a pdf, and it went through, but someone messaged me saying she did not see the list.
When I look at the advertisement, I do not see the attachment, but if I click "edit advertisement" I see it there.
Am I doing something wrong?
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Well, forget whatever I may have said before (I've already posted twice in this thread!). We finally figured out exactly where we will be living, and found some homeschool classes about 15 minutes from our new home! Also, she'll be taking her first online class. So it will be quite the mix of home-, online-, and live-taught classes.
Here is the plan, as final as it can be:
Math--MUS Pre-Algebra; Singapore 5 & 6
English--Growing with Grammar 7, Apples Spelling Drills, Jensen's Format Writing, Middle School Literature at STAR Academy
Science--Physical Science at STAR Academy
History--Adventures in World History with Girls of Many Lands I & II (Landry Academy)
Foreign Lang--So You Really Want to Learn Latin (still plugging away at this)
Logic--Orbiting with Logic
Fine Arts--Flute lessons
PE--Archery at STAR Academy (this is a 4-H group)
Other--will continue Scouts in some capacity
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Some of this has changed! We are moving for sure (dh is already there and working!). I'm not sure which part of town we'll be living in, but if I have my way this is what she'll be doing:
Math and science will be taught at the classes I mentioned in this previous post. She'll be in pre-algebra and physical science. Also, she will do theater production there.
History, at least the first semester, will be with Landry Academy. I forget the name of the class, but it uses some type of "girls around the world" books that are similar to American Girl books, but at a higher reading and content level.
English will probably not change from what I have listed. Except she will be finishing up Apples 1 for spelling before she moves into book 2. Foreign language will stay the same, and for logic she'll finish Orbiting with Logic and then we'll figure out what to do after that.
I think she'll still take flute lessons, and we'll still do Scouts most likely, but our plan is to check out different groups in our area (GS, AHG, Venturing) and find a group of people she fits in with.
Copied and updated from the thread on middle school plans:
Math--Finish Math U See Zeta if we don't finish over the summer. Then MUS pre-algebra w/ Sinagapore 5. OR jump right into MUS algebra.
English--
- writing--Jump In! and/or Classical Academic Press Writing and Rhetoric, books 4 & 5.
- spelling--Apples book 2
- literature--?? Maybe Lighting Lit 8. Maybe a lit list to go with history cycle. Maybe Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings (this has vocab, too, so an added bonus). Maybe some Progeny Press guides.
- grammar--Growing with Grammar 7 (finish), then GWG 8
History--SOTW 3 & 4 (read the chapter, complete the written questions, do the tests, do the map)
Science--Finish Elemental Science Earth/Space. McHenry's The Elements and maybe Carbon Chemistry.
Foreign Lang--So You REally Want to Learn Latin, finish 1, move into 2, unless we finish 1 this year. Then just 2. OR she may do a language survey course with Landry Academy. Or all of this.
Logic--????
Arts--??? continue learning flute, for sure, but whether it is just private study or an ensemble situation remains to be seen. She likes music theory, so we would probably continue that on our own (right now she does it in a music co-op).
Venturing Scouts will be on the list.
I'm going to have her do a class with Landry Academy, but not sure which one. So that could change something from above.
And we are most likely moving this summer. The area we are moving to has a group that has classes--not a co-op, as I am pretty much DONE with co-ops. It's one of those situations where a homeschool group hires teachers and you pay the teacher directly. So, I might put her in that, but I don't know yet. -
Find out how much the pre-algebra concepts are reviewed in the math course she will be in at the school. If the concepts she struggles with are re-taught in the algebra course, then I would drop saxon and just use Kahn Academy until the end of the school year.
If they don't reveiw pre-algebra much in the course, and if you and she are really not interested in doing any math over the summer, I would continue in Saxon until the end of the school year.
If you and she won't mind working an online program over the summer, I would drop Saxon now and use either Kahn Academy or Aleks math.
Best wishes!
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Growing with Grammar. The text is written to the student, so is directive AND independent. The workbook pages for each lesson include systematic review of previous lessons. It is inexpensive, imo.
The publisher also has a spelling curriculum and a writing curriculum, but I have not used either of those.
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I posted this in the Talk-in-Texas social group on this site, but thought I might get more response here:
We are moving from the east suburbs of Houston to New Braunfels this summer.
I'll have one dc who will be a ps 11th grader, and one who will be a homeschool 8th grader (my dd 13yo).
Can anyone here give me the lowdown on groups, classes, etc. in the New Braunfels area? I am not interested in co-ops where I have to teach (been there, done that, and now done!).
I am looking at Hill Country Christian Homeschoolers, and in particular their SAC day.
Any information would be helpful about that group and its classes, or the quality of any of the area groups/classes.
Also, does anyone know anything about any area public high schools or the school districts? (looking at Comal ISD and New Braunfels ISD in particular).
THanks for your help!!
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We are moving from the east suburbs of Houston to New Braunfels this summer.
I'll have one dc who will be a ps 11th grader, and one who will be a homeschool 8th grader (my dd 13yo).
Can anyone here give me the lowdown on groups, classes, etc. in the New Braunfels area? I am not interested in co-ops where I have to teach (been there, done that, and now done!).
I am looking at Hill Country Christian Homeschoolers, and in particular their SAC day.
Any information would be helpful about that group and its classes, or the quality of any of the area groups/classes.
Also, does anyone know anything about any area high schools or the school districts? (looking at Comal ISD and New Braunfels ISD in particular).
THanks for your help!!
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I was going to post earlier, then I read all the responses, and decided not to post because I thought I must be wrong. Then I read this: http://heidistjohn.com/homeschooling/homeschooling-held-hostage (Christian content)
So, I will say what I was thinking when I first read your post:
I would probably homeschool him.
But my focus would NOT be on the school part of homeschool. My priority would be on continuing to build a relationship with him, and focusing on helping him heal, developing a stable mother-son relationship he can trust and feel secure in. Homeschooling will allow you to focus on his needs without having the pressures of meeting the needs of the school.
I would tell DD8 that she needs to continue to go to school, at least for a little while. Tell her that you need to make sure you can do this and establish a routine with DS10. Once I see that things are going well with him, I would then consider bringing her home.
I would probably only do 2-3 academic subjects formally (like math, writing, reading or whatever you consider to be key). I would unschool the rest with lots of trips to the library, museums, park, whatever. BUT I would work on having boundaries and structure built into the day (like no screen time until after 5 pm or something like that). Lots of cooking together, reading together, running errands together.
I would NOT get involved in co-ops or classes or too many things where you have to be at a certain place at a certain time, at least not in the first year. Those reduce freedom to choose what you need to do for your family on a week-to-week and day-to-day basis. I WOULD consider a support group with field trips and park days or other social events. Those you commit to on a one-by-one basis, and you can usually bow out of them if something comes up.
In other words, reduce the "have to" notions of homeschooling and do what meets the needs of your new family!
God bless you as you begin this next stage of your life. :001_smile:
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Copied and updated from the thread on middle school plans:
Math--Finish Math U See Zeta if we don't finish over the summer. Then MUS pre-algebra w/ Sinagapore 5. OR jump right into MUS algebra.
English--
- writing--Jump In! and/or Classical Academic Press Writing and Rhetoric, books 4 & 5.
- spelling--Apples book 2
- literature--?? Maybe Lighting Lit 8. Maybe a lit list to go with history cycle. Maybe Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings (this has vocab, too, so an added bonus). Maybe some Progeny Press guides.
- grammar--Growing with Grammar 7 (finish), then GWG 8
History--SOTW 3 & 4 (read the chapter, complete the written questions, do the tests, do the map)
Science--Finish Elemental Science Earth/Space. McHenry's The Elements and maybe Carbon Chemistry.
Foreign Lang--So You REally Want to Learn Latin, finish 1, move into 2, unless we finish 1 this year. Then just 2. OR she may do a language survey course with Landry Academy. Or all of this.
Logic--????
Arts--??? continue learning flute, for sure, but whether it is just private study or an ensemble situation remains to be seen. She likes music theory, so we would probably continue that on our own (right now she does it in a music co-op).
Venturing Scouts will be on the list.
I'm going to have her do a class with Landry Academy, but not sure which one. So that could change something from above.
And we are most likely moving this summer. The area we are moving to has a group that has classes--not a co-op, as I am pretty much DONE with co-ops. It's one of those situations where a homeschool group hires teachers and you pay the teacher directly. So, I might put her in that, but I don't know yet. -
The Yearling, by Rawlings. Watership Down.
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Well, in the hierarchy of adult leadership, the SM reports to the Committee Chair, who reports to the COR. What does the CC have to say about the problem?
Just because the SM is the Unit Leader doesn't mean he's the only one with input into how the troop functions.
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Ugh. Boys dropping out is not good. We want them to have truly earned their ranks, but there is a point where expectations can be too high.My husband has brought up what the guide says and the SM says he's wrong, even though the previous SM disagrees.
He is like this with all the boys. To the point that boys are getting frustrated and dropping out.
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I was thinking the same thing. My son's SM drilled him last night, but it was more about attitude issues and my ds deserved it. [emoji19]What on earth?
I would love to hear comments from some of the more experienced people here. I didn't think quizzing scouts like that was part of a SM conference?
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You made me go look at the current Guide to Advancement. "The conference is not a retest of the requirements...." I can't imagine how discouraging that must be, how utterly unjust. Is the SM like that with everyone, or just your son?
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My son , ds#2, had his SM conference for Life last night and will have his BoR next week.
He has been Star for 2 years and with band, a job, and a girlfriend, his interest is waning. Plus, we are most likely moving this summer. So, the SM, ds, and I have hatched a plan for him to earn his Eagle through his current Troop by the end of July. He will not find another troop in our new town, but will consider joining Venturing with his younger sister, just for the camping.
This weekend is Camporee in our new district that is a combination of our district and another, so it will be interesting to see how it goes. I have heard rumors that there are 500 Scouts registered, but I'm not sure about that.
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My middle schooler is my youngest child, and my sole remaining homeschooler. And she is lonely! We are most likely moving this summer, so if we end up in a better school district, she may go to ps for high school. So her 8th grade year (next year) will be spent making sure she is ready academically for that, especially w/ regards to reading, writing, and math.
Also, I have one generic semester for Landry Academy purchased (at a discount!) and will probably purchase a second semester so she can take a full-year online class. I do not know which class, though.
Tentatively, but I really haven't looked at things much to know if this is feasable or how it would work out:
Math--Finish Math U See Zeta. Singapore 5. Maybe MUS pre-algebra.
English--
- writing--Jump In! and Classical Academic Press Writing and Rhetoric, books 4 & 5.
- spelling--Apples book 2
- literature--?? Maybe Lighting Lit 8. Maybe a lit list to go with history cycle. Maybe Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings (this has vocab, too, so an added bonus). Maybe some Progeny Press guides.
- grammar--Growing with Grammar 7 (finish), then GWG 8
History--SOTW 3 & 4 (read the chapter, complete the written questions, do the tests, do the map)
Science--Finish Elemental Science Earth/Space. McHenry's The Elements and maybe Carbon Chemistry.
Foreign Lang--So You REally Want to Learn Latin, finish 1, move into 2, unless we finish 1 this year. Then just 2. OR she may do a language survey course with Landry Academy. Or all of this.
Logic--????
Arts--??? continue learning flute, for sure, but whether it is just private study or an ensemble situation remains to be seen. She likes music theory, so we would probably continue that on our own (right now she does it in a music co-op).
She turns 14 this fall, and I will sign her up as a Venturing Scout. The place we may move has what looks like a well-established Crew right there! We will probably not continue with Girl Scouts.
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- Language Arts: This year we’ve been doing a LA Loop. DD loves it and would like to continue it next year. Here’s what I’ve planned for that:
o Fix-It Grammar 3 w/English Grammar in Use & parts of ELTL
I like your plans!
I am curious, though, how much time do you allow per day for the LA loop? I do not know if that would work for us or not, but we might give it a go next year.
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I am about to start my 7th grade dd with Apples: Daily Spelling Drills for Secondary Students. I do not know yet whether it is effective, but I think I heard about it a loooonnnngg time ago on these boards.
I have used MW in the past, with my eldest two dc, and I really like it, but purchasing the workbook and TM/answer key for all the levels is cost prohibitive for me right now. Apples has 2 levels, that I think we can do over the rest of this school year and next (that would take us through 8th, and she may go to ps for high school, so I want something that we can finish).
Anyway, if you go with MW, I would think that you wouldn't want to skip the first book. It has all the syllabification rules and practice, from what I remember.
If we don't like Apples, or it doesn't seem to do anything for her, I think we will try How to Teach Spelling either by itself or along with How to Spell level 4, although this is not self-teaching.
Good luck! Hope you move up from survival mode quickly and smoothly!
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Here is what I would do, if I were actually having my middle schooler write about what she is reading (long story as to why we are not).
She is a slow-ish reader, 7th grade, not such a great memory, who is just really getting her sea legs under her w/ regards to reading things appropriate for her level. So, I would probably have her write each day about what she has read, hitting the highlights of the plot. Then, at the end of the book, I would have her write the evaluation including if she enjoyed the book and why or why not. I would probably encourage more than two sentences of that evaluation.
A stronger reader, who can read a book more quickly, could possibly read the whole book, then write a summary of the plot and then the evaluation.
Right now we do this orally... when I remember to do it!
Hope that helps at least a little.
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I'll second Megawords. But make sure he's doing the reading portions of it.
Also, sometimes mispronouncing is just a matter of not reading out loud a lot. I mean that if his comprehension of reading is good, then it's not necessarily a reading problem. Sometimes its just a matter of training the brain to read out loud, because saying the words adds one more step after seeing, decoding, comprehending. So, perhaps just more oral reading practice?
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First off, :grouphug: (there's not a single hug, so you get a group one). I have been in similar situation as you, burnt out and not liking the job I was doing as a homeschool mom, but didn't have the mental or emotional energy to do anything to change it. I ended up hsing my eldest all the way through (starting his 2nd year of college), put my middle two in public high school (in 12th and 10th this year), and am still hsing my youngest, who will be a 7th grader.
You asked about going into high school after an easy 8th grade year. I will say it depends on the high school. I don't feel I prepared either of mine very well academically, but they have done well in school. But I don't think that our local high school has super strong academics. My kids hardly ever have homework, even in their AP classes. :confused1: :glare: And no one really scores a 4 or 5 on their AP exams from this school, maybe some who really work at it get 3s. I think the thing that was hardest for them to get the hang of is that they had deadlines for things, and actually had to turn all their work in (I was terrible about that in the years leading up to them going to ps). But that was not too bad.
The things my kids had going for them, though, was that they could think, and had a good grasp of k-8 math and could write reasonably well and that they had read tons of books in their homeschool lives. That reading thing I think gives them a broad knowledge base on which to build these other things, and of course has helped their vocabularies tremendously.
All in all, I could have kept them home, and my mediocre homeschooling would have just about matched the mediocre education they are receiving from the ps. But they both really wanted to go to school, and they are both in band and LOVE it. Dd has said that she wished she could homeschool but be in band. That would be the best of both worlds for her. Ds loves school. He likes the structure of it. He is Mr. Social Butterfly (which is both good and bad--gotta keep my eye on him pretty firmly). He tried to skate out of taking an AP class this next year, because his "friends" weren't taking the AP. I told him to get new friends! I told him he would like the teacher and that he is smart enough to do the work and would enjoy the intellectual challenge and information offered by this teacher. I personally hate that they are in ps. Especially with band, their lives revolve around that, and not around the family. But I accept that it is how it needs to be. I have offered for them to come back, and threatened ds with it when he was getting sassy with me and fighting with his sisters for no reason, but they both like being in band so much they won't come back home.
BTW, both kids have said that there is no way youngest dd should go to ps. She is super-sensitive, and they both say that the ps social scene would eat her alive. Both the ones in ps have struggled with some things there...they cannot believe how much the kids talk about doing drugs, drinking, and sex (and now sexualtiy and gender choices)... my kids just don't get it, and wonder how that is fun.
As to whether or not to put him in 8th or 9th... You mention age and you mention academic level, but maturity is going to be a big factor. If he is very mature, I would go with 9th, or the acadmics and kids in 8th might bore him to death. If he is on par maturity-wise with the 8th graders, and won't mind repeating some academic work during his "adjustment to ps" year, go with that. I would weigh his opinion on this issue quite heavily myself.
Good luck with your decision making! Whatever you choose, remember that it can be reversed if it doesn't work well.
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Yes, they will find their own voice.
Narration, dictation, copywork, summarizing, amplification, etc. are all just tools to teach structures and styles in writing. They are ways to explore what makes great writing great and learn to imitate it and learn to make it one's own, eventually.
It's kind of like how I was taught in high school how to write using the 5-paragraph essay. 5 paragraphs: opener, 3 body paragraphs each corresponding to one point in the thesis statement, closer. Each paragraph has 5 sentences: opener, 3 points supporting that opener, closer. Very formulaic, right? Not much room for too much original thought, right?
But knowing how to organize my thoughts helped me tremendously when I was in college and had to write much longer papers putting complex thoughts into words on paper (e.g. music analysis!). I certainly had my own voice as a writer and I still do.
If you haven't, be sure to read what SWB says about writing in WTM. And read about the progymnasmata, which is the way the CAP program is teaching writing.
What poem does this phrase come from?
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Oh, yes! Once I read the title, I remembered the book! I was searching for a Halloween book, so definitely looking in the wrong place.
THANK YOU!
It's such a cute little poem.