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:D Another good reason to move to Canada. They think Ontario is hot and muggy in the summer. Most of the US would love Ontario in the summer.
:iagree: This is so funny to me. We're very upstate NY and people here this summer were complaining about how hot and humid it was. Freakin' hilarious. I grew up in the SOUTH. . .there's heat and humidity and then there's heat and HUMIDITY.:lol:
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I am so dealin with this right now.
The house I'm living in isn't ours (the owner doesn't live here though), so it has all of their stuff AND ours in it. Stuff everywhere. Drives me nuts.
I have so many little ones that I cannot sit down and do a whole room, so I'm finding that as I finish a whopping huge box of diapers, I fill it fill of things to donate. I throw away as I go along. I have 3 in diapers, so we go through them very quickly. Once we get the basic "purge" done. I want to go room to room and downsize.
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Don't know how "proper" it is, but the kids can have any combo of fruit yogurt, toast or yogurt.
I just don't do breakfast. . .or mornings at all actually. So coffee for me!
I do really try to do our big meal around 11:30 though. (gives me all day to try and get cleaned up)
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Okay. . .I got some back units ordered. We'll start over at 402 and go from there.
Wish me luck!
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We are using it with the spelling, and I kind of feel the opposite, like they're on the easier side (I feel this way about the older levels too), but I'm ok with that.
Some of the words from lu 205 are
goose
spoon
glue
fruit
Just to compare, I also have 401 on my desk and some of the words are:
hotel
attend
baggage
compass
travel
Perhaps they start a little challenging for the beginning of 2nd grade, but I don't see a rapid increase in difficulty as the light units progress.
Hope that helps a little
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I really don't want to go the "child on computer" route. Atleast not yet.
I have learned my lesson: no summer vacation for math! What an awful lesson. I think we do need to just back it up. . .and then stay consistent. We do math 4 days a week. If we back up, I'll up it to 5 and maybe skip the quizzes until we're caught up? Just thinking outloud.
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My son is 9 1/2. Two years ago, you would have thought I was torturing him my asking him to write ANYTHING. But it does get better. I think writing is somewhat developmental with boys. We suffered through trying to make 3 different language arts programs in 2nd grade work for him (Abeka, CLE, and Rod and Staff). He just wasn't ready for all that writing. All of those perfectly good programs, but he just wasn't ready. I really began to see improvement last year. . .this year the writing is just no big deal. He told me recently he'd rather write all day long that do math. (Ha!)
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I thought about that. . .looked at all the options but it's not just one topic. He'd need the one on Multiplication 2, Division 1, fractions. . .place value etc.
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Okay. I am really frustrated with my 4th grader and math right now. He's frustrated. I'm frustrated. Last year, he was getting 100's almost all the time, and didn't like to miss any! Since we started this school year, he has REALLY struggled.
We have usually schooled year round but took a couple months off this summer. We use CLE math, so we didn't start the year out with a review unit. . .we started with 405. I think that's the problem. He has completely forgotten to do almost everything! I go over the lesson with him and then he does the problems. Then later we go over what he didn't understand. . .well its taking him FOREVER and he's missing literally more than half. I know I need to back up or do something, but I have no idea exactly what to do. Supplement? I wouldn't know what to use to supplement though, because it's not JUST ONE TOPIC. It's everything. He's a really bright kid, so having something be "Hard" is something that's new and frustrating for him.
Please oh please help me.
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Perhaps work on something like the math mammoth topical books to master the basics along with Singapore.
Seriously though, if a child is struggling with facts, its going to make everything else sooo much more difficult. If you slow way down until she's got them down, I think it would go so much more smoothly. Just my opinion;)
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Sum Swamp!
Think Fun math dice jr (you can use these in so many ways)
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I would guess that there is a recording on the phone line that will give you information. Have you tried calling?
Ha! I just looked up the website earlier today. . .can't make phone calls when all the kids are awake. They. . .um. . .they KNOW when I'm on the phone.;)
but yes. . .i should call Monday. Organizing was inspired today because all the minimalism talk...
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All of my Lauri items had that notice inside so I would assume so. Is there a main website for them that has the information?
I'm guessing Lauri got bought out by Patch? Anyway, there's a number to call in you're missing pieces, but I'm not finding their actual policy. Wondering if anyone here has gotten replacements?
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We have about a dozen or so different lauri sets. . .and probably about half a dozen lost pieces (rough estimate).
I know they used to replace lost pieces for something like 50 cents or so. Do they still do that? Can someone point me in that direction? The company is different than I remember.
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Thank you Boscopup for the links. =)
From comparing the books of Core B, I don't see any of the books that I have.
Here's what the lady gave me:
For History:
If your name was changed at Ellis Island
If you lived at the time of the American Revolution
If you grew up with Abraham Lincoln
If you sailed on The Mayflower in 1620
If you grew up with George Washington
George Washington's Breakfast
Johnny Appleseed
The 4th of July Story
Early American History, A literature Approach
A more perfect Union, The story of our constitution
America's Providential History
The pilgrims of Plimoth
The winter at Valley Forge
Jamestown
Will you sign here, John Hancock?
And then what happened, Paul Revere?
Shh! We're writing the Constitution
The American flag
American Pioneers and Patriots
History Pockets Colonial America
The rest of these are Beautiful Feet Books:
Buffalo Bill
Leif the Lucky
Pochontas
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Columbus
George Washington
Oh my good. ness. You are so lucky! Those are really great books. :D
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My dd was reading at 3yo simply by listening in on her big brother's lessons.
I vote for keeping lessons open for "audit" and not changing much else. Any time you can put lessons up on a board for them both, I'd do that. If she starts surpassing big sibling, I'd start searching for a program for her.
This is what I'm thinking as well. This morning after her big brother was finished with his phonics time. . .she wanted her turn and sat there pointing out to me what the letters say. . .
Perhaps it should be THAT easy for awhile. So many good ideas though. I like the white board idea. . .and the 3X5 cards. 3X5 cards are near and dear to my heart.
I think she'll be getting that letter factory word builder for her birthday.:D
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Oh my word. Too funny. I cried.:lol:
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I think the best time to stop is when YOU start to feel uncomfortable.
:iagree:This is exactly what I was going to say.
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When I actually started to use them I didn't like them as much as I'd hoped. I'm really OCD though, so...:tongue_smilie:
It's one of those things, that if it was all I had, and worked at it, would work just fine, but because I COULD I moved on.
I'm realizing now that I do best using curricula written by authors with OCD, themselves. Karen Stout is to healthy to get my love :lol:
I have to ask: Which authors are OCD enough to make the cut?
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You're welcome
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My 3 year old likes readingbear.org and readingeggs.com. He also likes starfall.
I let him try when he wants to, but I don't push it. He can blend and knows several phonograms, including ee, sh, and some others. He's not ready to REALLY read yet, but I won't be surprised if he's reading by time he turns 4. My oldest taught himself at 4.5 and took off from there. Youngest likes to do everything long before his brothers (he can buckle his own car seat harness and button a button down shirt, both things my other kids couldn't do until age 5).
I'm not using curriculum with DS3 for reading, but mostly just point out words I know he can sound out and things like that, plus he sits in on phonogram practice with my 5 year old. For â€schoolâ€, we do preschool activities that are fun and make him think he's doing school. He's not developmentally ready to do hard work in school.
I know she's not developmentally ready for "school", but I'm a firm believer in teaching a child to read as soon as they are able. It opens up a whole new world.
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Holy Mackeral! AAR is PRICEY!
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You can just hit the arrow and letter keys on the keyboard with Starfall, too. :001_smile:
Oh my goodness. I feel stupid. I did NOT know that.
I'll oogle AAR.
Math frustration
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This too shall pass! Yes indeedy. I looked back at 402 and think it will be PLENTY for him. What a blessing homeschooling is. Instead of having to just forge ahead, I can go back and make sure my son's needs are met. (This is me looking at the silver lining;))