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Leeandrea

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    I'm currently homeschooling 5 children with one waiting in the wings. This will be our 6th year.
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    NH
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    Gardening, Sewing, Reading, Organizing...well, if I had time, those would be my hobbies.
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    Full time Wife and Mommy
  1. I LOVE my Proclick! You can do better than $50 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/ProClick-Spines-110-Sheet-Capacity-packs/dp/B00449Y9JG/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1311982421&sr=8-6 Hope it's okay to post a link here. I have made coloring books for my young dc to go along with Bible readings. I made a handwriting/copy work book using George Washington's copywork book on manners. I bound up books to go along with SWR using the supplemental sheets they sell. I made cardstock page books, then as I went through FIAR, we filled them in with projects and assignments like a scrapbook. I have printed e-books and bound them. My dd has used them to bind books she has written. I've made cheap sketch books with them. You can reuse the binders when they are full. We have done little mini books with just a couple rings, you can cut them down, the kids love that. I'll be making my oldest her own weekly school schedule, so that will be Proclicked. I also made journals using pre-made journal topic starter pages one year for some of the dc. I'll make oldest dd a notebook using AJTL pages that go along with her Rome/Middle Ages studies she'll be doing this year. I can't think of what else, but we've Proclicked lots here! Lee, homeschooling 14yo dd 12 yo dd 10 yo ds 7 yo ds 5 yo dd and 2yo waiting in the wings
  2. We have used the CAT test from Seton in the past. There was no history or science in the years we tested for, which is probably 1st through 6th grade at one time or another.
  3. Welcome! I've never read TWTM. I'm not sure how I originally ended up posting on these forums, probably because we have used SOTW off/on and other classical material such as VP. I can't say for sure, but I suspect there are others here who are not using TWTM, but still are able to glean from the bank of knowledge and experience in other resources and offer ideas and share experiences of their own.
  4. The Great Courses has a DVD or CD program on nutrition. http://www.teach12.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1950 I just received a catalog from them, so this is fresh in my mind. I haven't actually used any of their material, but thought I'd mention it since I was just looking at the nutrition program.
  5. I agree! I love being able to make my own cursive copywork sheets.
  6. My children in that age range love Amelia Bedelia books. My youngest DS has always enjoyed true stories, even at that age. Just the fact that it really happened keeps his attention. Five True Dog Stories comes to mind in that category. They also like short story collections, Grimms, that kind of thing.
  7. You know your child best of course, but based on my experiences with my children, that sounds like a lot. I guess if you were to just sprinkle the different resources here and there it wouldn't be so much. But then again, some children thrive in that kind of learning environment. I guess you could give it a shot and just be willing to drop some things for the time being if it seemed too much.
  8. I'm in the "take as long as it takes" camp. I have found it works a lot better for us to pick a "quit date" and get as much as we can get done, done. Then we just pick up where we left off. Yes, it means we don't start new books in Aug./Sept., but it also means all the children are done at the same time and know when they will be done. I also know when we'll be done, and we don't end up rushing through stuff just to get done. At first, we just used this approach in history, but it has overflowed to all our subject. It has turned out to be easier on the budget too since I don't have to buy everyone's books for the year all at once. I just need to order them as each child finishes up with the old one.
  9. This is how we use it: I look at the TOC to get a general idea of what is up coming in the guide. I decide which topics I want to cover and in how much depth. Depending on how many days a week you set aside for history, it is possible to cover more than one topic a week if you are aren't going really deep. On the flip side, you might want to spend more than a week in other areas. I have used spines to cover topics quickly. I have assigned independent books for areas where I want my children to dig deep, but I want to keep us moving. Once I figure out what "chunk" of the guide I will cover next, I get my materials together. We own a lot of history books, both non fiction and historical fiction, plus activity books, coloring books, etc...so I pull from what we have. But, if we didn't, this would be done at a library. Then we read the commentary and read the books, I assign whatever writing assignments go along with the topic (biographies on key people, map assignment). I also use VP along with TQ, so if there is a card that matches up with the topic, I assign the worksheet, and if I like the VP TM assignments, I'll use those. I also use the cards to see if a topic is covered in a resource we own that isn't cited in TQ. I have used AHYS previously. This year, we are using Ancient Egypt and Greece. Ancient Egypt and Greece is moving a LOT faster than AHYS did. There is just so much to those guides. Once we are through Rome and Middle ages, I'll use AHYS again with my younger children while my older children are in AR. I think there are as many different ways to use TQ as people using it. That's why I love it. It is so easy to make it fit your family's learning and life styles.
  10. I don't think it's crazy. I think science and history can be learned through life experience, field trips and good books (both wordy and picture). Lee - hs'ing 6, ages 14, 11, 9, 7, 5, and 2
  11. Teacher Created Resources has a Bat Thematic Unit available. Lee hs'ing 6 (13 through 2)
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