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Yes, we do a read-aloud every night even when we are on vacation. Dh likes to start the read-aloud and I take over when his voice gets tired. We started bedtime stories when dd was 5. She's 14 now. During the school year we usually do the Great Books Discussion reading assignments while dd14 draws at bedside. We're currently reading the Oresteian Trilogy - funny but thankful that there have been no nightmares for any of us. On vacations we read Mark Twain, Edward Lear, or some other book of interest.
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Hi Anissa and cyndi60!
I still consider myself a "new" member here even though I've lurked for years. Look for posts you think you can reply to and you'll achieve the 50 posts requirement in no time. Even if all you say is "hugs." I've bought one book here so far, and I hope to sell as soon as I can get my books into some sort of order and get my PayPal account set up. I'm still decluttering here and teaching my dd14 first year of high school so selling books is a low priority right now. Go to the FOR SALE forum and look at how other people are posting their items for sale to get an idea about how to do it. And keep a lookout for or do a search for threads about what problems might crop up when selling and buying, and how to avoid those problems, if possible.
Welcome, and best wishes!
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After homeschooling with just library books, I bought the WTM and reread it several times. When dh bought a computer and got connected to the internet, I found the old forum (2001 maybe?) and read all the General board and K-8 for hours. It never occurred to me to join. I lurked for about 3-4 years, then life happened and I wasn't on the internet at all. I decided to join this year because I had questions about dd's SPD. Then I realized there is a wealth of information here, the diversity of what people are doing, answers to pretty much any question, the wisdom.
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PICO, at 47, sounds like a hot flash to me too.
Mine started at 49. For me, at the beginning I'd sleep with a bath towel because there was so much persperation dripping from my head, neck, back that it would be drenched in the morning; then there is the insomnia because it wakes me when my arms and hands start to feel hot. Happens during the day too - yeah, layered clothing works. It has been six years now and I still get this but not as often. It still feels as though I've stuck my body from the hips up into a 400 degree oven. I notice that I also get irritable or brusque with family for no apparent reason. We were visiting in Oregon one winter and went to the Oregon Trail museum. It was snowing when we went outside the building to access another part of the museum - oh! I was so glad we were going outside. I had been having hot flashes inside the museum and stripped to bare arms. Dh thought I was crazy. I was the only person outside in a tank top.
I don't take anything to control it because the hot flashes have tapered down in intensity and duration. My older sister has been having hot flashes for 15 years now; she takes herbal preparations. I have a friend who is 75 years old who says she still gets hot flashes.
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Dd14 used Language of God A, B, C, and D from 2nd to 5th grade, and then we switched to Voyages in English (Catholic edition) for 6th grade. She and I liked LOG because I didn't have to do much preparation, the answer key is at the back of the booklet (I stapled scratch paper over the answer key, but dd never went there anyway), the art work - drawings made reference to our faith so they were openers for discussion too, and it was gentle. Dd loves to draw and she drew in her LOG a lot! By 6th grade level we switched to VIE because I'd heard that VIE for 7th grade was very rigorous. I think most of grammar rules (not all!) stayed in the back of head somewhere so that when she did VIE she remembered the examples from LOG.
I don't think CHC (or Heritage Curricula, as it's called now) offered LOG past D at the time dd was at elementary level.
We didn't use FLL.
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Just wanted to see what it looks like.
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We're not enrolled with The Angelicum Academy either, but dd14 is enrolled in the Great Books Discussion program that is tied to Angelicum; GBP appears to be separate program.
The problem I have with Angelicum is ordering the books. Last year dd did the 8th grade socratic discussion, and I ordered the required book because I couldn't find it anywhere (an anthology). I also ordered the lesson plan but that turned out to be just a listing of pages under the weeks of the academic year - really didn't need that because the moderator for the discussion sends the weekly assignments by email. I received the lesson plan but not the book. Had to email and wait a month for the book.
I have ordered twice from their bookstore, and twice there is either something missing or late. I think they are trying to communicate better this year, because when I emailed this year I got a response within days rather than weeks. Maybe they are short-staffed. This year I ordered two study guides in June. Didn't get one until August, and that was after I remembered dd was going to start the class within a week. So I emailed and was told they had to print them over the summer. I got the first one, but the second one "will be in the mail next week." That was about 5 weeks ago.
The reason we're not enrolled with Angelicum is that we prefer to do Prentice Hall science rather than the science Angelicum uses. However, the Great Books Discussion program is fantastic.
MomOfOneFunOne,
You might want to use the Search engine on this WTM site. There are a lot of other threads about The Angelicum Academy - good and bad.
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Can you please help me out here. I know he needs to do it, I just don't know what to get him to chant so that the chanting ends up in him knowing the cases etc off by heart.
For instance.
Do you chant (bearing in mind we are using Galore Park with their declension order)
Dd14 does the first chant you mentioned. She is in a homeschool Latin class taught be a Latin teacher (he also teaches at a high school). I notice he has them pause a bit between the singular and plural. She also has to do vocabulary flashcards: one side has the nominative singular case, the other side has the rest of the cases in order with their meanings. He advises them to do games with the flashcards.
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What type of fruit trees are you planning on growing?
I'm not an expert, but I have been growing these fruit trees in alkaline clay soil at two different houses: apple, apricot, peach, pear, plum, pomegranate, fig, asian pear, quince, nectarine, orange, lemon, tangerine, avocado. The underlined ones I've been growing since 1999, the others since 2008, with peach, plum, pomegranate, fig, nectarine, orange, lemon at our new house) I also grow blueberries in containers (blueberry requires acid soil), grapes, raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries, and an almond.
I think it mainly has to do with the amount of air in the soil, not whether the soil is acid or alkaline. I live in Southern California and plant my trees about 6 inches above the soil line - you dig into the native clay soil, but also mound up the soil. I know other people plant their trees deep. When we have torrential rains the clay soil does not drain fast enough so I prefer the trees high. If water in the soil cannot drain away from the roots the roots will suffocate and die. Clay soils tend to hold water longer than other types of soil. The other issue is amendment (compost, forest product, humus, woody stuff) DO NOT PUT AMENDMENT IN THE SOIL where the roots are. Put amendment on the top of the soil or blend it into the top inch of the soil after you have planted your tree. Amendment decomposes, decomposition of woody stuff takes oxygen out of the surroundings - lack of available oxygen kills the roots. Dug in amendment is fine for vegetables (annuals that only last a year) but not for trees that should last decades. Another issue is the amount of water - I use a length of simple thin metal rod to probe into the dirt around the tree line - if it goes down at least a 12-16" I don't water, if it goes down only 2" it means the soil is bone dry and I water.
If you haven't already, you might want to google Dave Wilson Nursery and/or University of California at Davis. They have done studies that show that it is best to plant trees in your native soil without amendment mixed in at the root level. You can also check GardenWeb on the internet. I haven't been on that website for a long time, but they have members from all over USA and the world. They have forums that deal with different parts of USA and all sorts of topic re gardening.
It also makes a difference what rootstock your fruit trees have. I bought my fruit trees (most bareroot) through small family-owned nurseries where you can choose the type of rootstock fits your soil conditions. For example, apricots, plums, almonds can be on Myrobalan or Marianna rootstock - these have a shallow root system that tolerates wet soil, but the Marianna suckers more than the Myrobalan and you end up with a forest of trees; on Nemaguard rootstock - needs to be on a mound or hill because it won't tolerate heavy or poorly drained soil. Domestic apple rootstock and M111 rootstock for apples tolerate wet, dry, or poor soil with high temperatures; M27 rootstock for dwarfing apples needs to be in well drained soil, but also requires constant soil moisture. If you are planning to buy your fruit trees at the local big box store they might have tags on them that show which rootstock they have or maybe not. A recent winter bareroot catalog of one of the nurseries I've ordered from before has 19 different rootstocks listed, but some rootstocks are only for particular fruit/nut trees. For example, Northern California Black and Paradox rootstocks are only for walnut trees.
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Dear Jeannie in NY,
I'm so sorry you have to go through this. You feel hurt, terribly and deeply hurt, along with other emotions only you know. And, now, how do you harness the emotions so that your emotions become a help rather than a hindrance? You are a person who loves justice and you have been experiencing unjustice from your father/stepmother since childhood. When one who loves justice experiences unjustice one gets angry. Now how do you come to a place where your emotions will lead you to the good? Many have already suggested that you give the pittance of money away so that others may benefit and have justice done to them. I second that. Many, many hugs to you.
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I pay attention to the ages and curriculum listed because I like to see what is working for other homeschooling families. Once I take the time to find out how to make the avatar "thingy" and the signature "thingy" work I'll add them on. I feel disconnected somehow from the forum even though I started lurking in the old Well Trained Mind forum (eight years ago, I think), and then decided this year to join the new forum because of doing high school level stuff with dd14. Additionally, I have tons of academic stuff, amassed during these 9 years, I need to sell. Haven't gotten around to organizing that either, though I'm working on it. I just don't set aside that much time to be connected on the computer.
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I just bought from HST on Wednesday and there was free shipping for purchase over $150 during September. There might have been a cutoff date during the last week of September. I don't remember the code for that, but it was at the top of the screen when you get the first page of the website.
I'll have to remember the 10% discount - I forgot about the PerX discounts through HSLDA - and I've been an HSLDA member for 9 years!
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We read about Islam in the grammar years. She read some of the verses last year. Dd14 will be discussing the Quran with her online Great Books Discussion in two years.
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I'm in California and I put in a big order ($167) to HST yesterday at 6:30am to take advantange of the free shipping for orders over $150. At 10:45am I realized I needed to order another item so I called them. Customer service told me they already processed the order and was ready to ship! In any case, the shipping fee for the one item was way less than the fee another science supply store in California was going to charge me.
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You're so elated! That is wonderful!
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Here (taking a break from decluttering)!
One of these days I'm going to learn how to incorporate the smilies, icons, pictures, and signature line.
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Dd started reading (decoding and understanding) at 2 years of age. We've always home-schooled. She loved reading Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts, Garfield, Get Fuzzy, the David Macauley books, anything dinosaur and science. She's 14 now; last night started reading Chance or Purpose? by Christoph Cardinal Schonborn. Had to get the Merriam-Webster's dictionary to understand "polemic."
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I haven't read all the comments posted, but I can imagine most think the swimsuits from the original post have too much fabric. Funny thing, because we use (dd and I) swimsuits that have even more fabric than those swimsuits! We haven't had a problem swimming - no constriction around the legs. Granted, we are not swimming races. Dd took swimming lessons with such a suit and kept up with laps with the other girls who were in the one piece suits where they had to stop every once in a while to pull their bottoms down because they were getting wedgies. Our suits are made with four-way nylon spandex (swim suit fabric), have three-quarter length sleeves tops, swim bra, and the skorts are similar to the ones in the original post. When visiting relatives who live near beach areas, I like the fact that (when dried off) I can walk comfortably into a restaurant or store "dressed" with the swimsuit. It's just my personal preference; I'm not comfortable with a robe or towel on top.
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My mom is not alive. She died during heart surgery 15 days before my dd14 was born. The given choices don't fit my situation, because she does impact my life now, in the sense that sometimes I think "what would you have done Mom?" when I'm mulling over something. She did the best she could, and passed on the faith to me. She didn't share much about how she felt about major life changes - wish she had told me what to expect with menopause! I'm glad I can talk about these things with my older sister who lives 2,000 miles away.
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I used it in order to teach ds how to *talk.*
Additionally, I do not consider it pushing AT ALL. A few times a day to spend 20 seconds? It's just a fun thing that will also give them a much needed skill. And though I believe in phonics, I do not think it's anti-phonics at all. If I had one of those babies that learned to walk without crawling, I would make sure they crawled plenty, but it's okay if they walk too. I see it the same with reading. Whatever works :).
I agree with you, Pamela. I think I spent about 30 seconds a day with the flashcards when she was sitting/crawling around the floor. We didn't do it every day. Most of this time dd was in a baby carrier with me. We didn't do it like it was a "lesson." I talked with (at?) her all the time about what I was doing at the particular moment: changing her diaper, gardening, sorting clothes, walking about in the neighborhood . . whatever one does during the day. Perhaps all she understood was "blah, blah, blah" - since I didn't follow the Doman book to the letter I can't really recommend it or not recommend it. I can only say how I used it. As far as the point of teaching a baby to read - she enjoyed a set of alphabet tiles (which had pictures of animals, ie, goat on "g") at 6 months of age and would string letters together. She'd be at it for at least 30 minutes at a time. I'd sound the letters out and string them out to spell something (phonetics?). She was interested in it. I just followed her lead. Fifteen to fourteen years ago I hadn't heard of the WTM nor any of the philosphies of teaching, nor did we have a computer or the internet connection. Doman's book was one of the first I found in the library. I think it attracted my attention because it was such a small book too - not that much for me to read. At that time all I knew was that I wanted to homeschool my dd, I liked being with her, and she is an only child. Perhaps because there was nobody around telling me that reading is not a baby activity I just followed what I thought she wanted to do. She liked looking at all sorts of books with writing/pictures. When she was reading, she really enjoyed reading to other kids in the children's library. She was crazy about dinosaurs and the 4 and 6 syllable dino names rolled off her tongue correctly, and better than I could say them.
I think it's best to do what works best for your family.
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I used Doman's book (found it in my local library) when dd14 was 6-8 months old, and I also read aloud to her every day. I remember making flashcards that were 16-18 inches long and 4-5 inches high with words in red (parts of the body) 3-4 inches tall. I'd hold the flashcards in front of my chest while we were sitting on the floor and I'd say the word out loud while pointing to the body part. I don't remember now how long it took, but when I'd show her the card she'd point to the correct body part without speaking. Now I don't know that that was "reading" or remembering. I never corrected her when she decided not to respond. She started reading at 2 years of age; when dh and I were driving she'd say phrases; I turned around to look at her in the carseat and I realized she was reading the billboards. At 4 yrs of age she was reading to other kids in the children's library. I joined a PSP by the time she was 6 and she was reading at 5th grade level. I can't contribute her early reading just to techniques in the Doman book because I always read to her every day from all sorts of genres: picture books, nursery rhymes, poetry, Eyewitness books, etc.
I remember reading two Doman books, and since it has been 14 years ago I can't say for certain if I followed his techniques to the letter. I think the other book had to do with math.
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Have you tried craigslist? I saw a post for a PH Chemistry California Teacher's edition.
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Thanks for the replies! It's nice to hear from people actually doing this!
Hmmm . . . I really do want to give this a try. I would do it in a heartbeat if I could keep it outside, but I'm in Ohio. I think it might be too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter, and we don't have a basement or sheltered porch. I may try putting them in the garage, but I'm not sure whether the temps there would be moderate enough for them. (Does anyone in a similar climate keep them in the garage???)
Hi Staceyshoe,
My worms are in the garage by the north-facing wall. We're in Southern California and we had temps close to 97 degrees a few weeks ago. Many of the worms came to the top of the bin (the "ceiling") and I thought about putting ice cubes on the moist towel I have at the top of the bin under which I place the scraps. But I didn't put the ice on. After two days I noticed worm "shadows" sort of like grayish worm shapes but no worm. I questioned whether those wormies vaporized. Anyhoo, after it cooled down to the low 80s I noticed the worms were eating like usual.
We had a slight frost for one day, it didn't seem to affect them. But, that's nothing like winter in Ohio. Maybe you have neighbors that have worms?
I've only had worms for about a year. I had an opportunity to get a worm bin cheap and I like that I can just turn a spigot for the "worm tea." I put a plastic bowl underneath the spigot for any spills. At first I had pill bugs and moth larvae; the original redworms I got free and I think their originally bedding had those buggies. The moths are gone now, but still have the pill bugs which I handpick and put on the dirt outside.
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Yes, that's it.
Kolbe Academy Home School?? Is anybody using this?
in High School and Self-Education Board
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This year dd is doing the Kolbe Academy home school program for my 9th. Last year we did only Physical Science with Kolbe to get used to their lesson plans before doing the whole program this year. If you only want answers regarding the Italian program, I don't think I can help you with that.