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I sure hope we will!:D
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Which field guide is your favorite? All I have are the beginner ones for little kids, and we're ready to move up so we can do some serious nature study.
Can't decide whether it's better to have the drawings or the photos!??
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So what do ya'll like and why
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Oh my goodness!
It's wonderful.
My 2nd grade son is in LU 302 math --->30minutes max
LU 203 language--->20 minutes max
It's wonderful!!! And it's independent, so we have more time to read together. =)
Hope it works for you!
There are great samples online
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For 1st grade you will NEED the TMs since there is a lot of scripting, and material in them that isn't in the LUs at this level.
Math : I would highly recommend getting the flashcards for 1st grade, they are very nicely set up and are used thru 4th grade I believe it is. If you are really tight on your budget you can make or arrange others yourself (there is a list in the back of the TM) but having the ones CLE makes is a lot easier. (someone on here was selling a set not long ago)
I have not done 5th yet, but most people seem to just use the Answer Keys at this level since the TMs do not contain the answers, and the LUs have all the instruction in them.
While the additional 1st math materials (Counting Book, Calendar Book, etc) are nice they are not really "needed" to do the course.
There is an active yahoo group for CLE also if you wanted to talk to more people using it :)
( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christianlightfamilies/ )
HTH,
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What she said:
Flash card, LU's, TM's for 1rst grade
Lu's and Answer Keys for 5th
I don't know anybody who's using their creative writing book, so I can't help you there.
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McRuffy Color K
Next time I have a Ker, (in a couple years). . .that what we're using. I have a Ker this year and we didn't discover it soon enough.
It's fun, hands on, has short lessons, is teacher friendly, and covers all the basics.
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We have had a very busy year, so we used Sunrise Science for 2nd grade. . .it's as good as it gets for workbook science if you ask me.
Science is only Sunrise in 1rst and 2nd grades.
I know Social Studies is Sunrise through atleast 4th grade.
I'm very impressed with the Sunrise editions, but I wouldn't touch the NON-sunrise editions with a 10 ft pole.
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This is our first time doing that type of thing. . .I'll turn in our first quarterly report in 2 weeks. I'm doing this. . .
Hours this quarter: 225+
225 times 4 = 900 ;)
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:thumbdown:okay.. .so I'm deducing that a good xylophone/glokenspiel is going to be currently out of my price range for now.
Sooo. . .I'm looking at some of the ideas. I really like the idea of the handbells. I have a really loud cowbell that I use to call everyone in for mealtime, and they always want to play with it, but can't because it's too LOUD. Makes me think they'd like it. I want to get a variety of instruments so we don't have fighting. . .
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I would like to get some decent quality instruments for my little crowd. I have a little tikes xylophone that I HATE. The sounds are so off key:banghead:
Have ya'll found any that have good tone?
Also I would like some percussion as well. . .but I really hate to get something cheap that's going to just fall apart. I know there's good stuff out there, but reviews are so mixed that it's hard to know what to get.
What says the hive:bigear:
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Maybe I'd feel better about it if I bought a Kindle for myself, and let him borrow it... :D
This is what we did. . .my kids that use the kindle are 6 and 8. This is their only electronic type thing. I'm the antithesis of technologically saavy.;)
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I haven't used it, but I have to say that I think it looks great. We use CLE math, so no K program. This is the program I'm leaning toward using with my littles coming up.
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I did this very thing this year.
We moved and now are nowhere near a library. I have never been able to keep up with how much my kids read. . .I'm finally AHEAD!!
I download tons of books from gutenberg.org or manybooks.net or archive.org. . .and there's ALWAYS something new on the kindle. . .
The kids have to take turns with it, so I'm seriously considering getting another. I have to wait till they go to bed to use it. It's well worth the $$
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oh my. . .I hadn't noticed he was only 5!
I thought I saw 2nd grade. Oops!
I going to have to agree with previous posters that said an hour tops is more than plenty of work for 5. ;)
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Tried it. I really REALLY wanted to love it, but it didn't work for us. I do still print off pages for supplements and refer to it for game ideas.
1. ds's eyes would glaze over as soon as he saw the page. . .overwhelming for him to say the least
2. ds was bored to tears with mastery
We have now been happily using CLE for a year and a half. :D
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Woo hoo! I'm excited with ya! We're 5 months from years 1 and2. =) Yeah!!!!!!
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:grouphug: Big hugs. . .I think it's that time of year.
I think you have a good idea with the timer. One suggestion would be instead of letting him do his work in whatever order he wants. . .to have him rotate between a hard subject and an easier subject. My son loves reading and narrating so for us this would look something like this:
math
reading
language
history. . .etc
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I have a 6yr old in 104 level Math and Language-20 minutes tops
I also have an 8yr old in the level 302 math and 203 language-30 minutes for math and 20 for language/spelling (he doesn't do the penmanship sections)
I cannot fathom spending an hour on those math sections.
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You need to take it again. Dollar stores carry the cheap ones for a buck.
You guys weren't trying to get pregnant but once you think you might be. . .you want to be. I've so been there. Makes me smile. Babies are sooo wonderful!
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but I do. not. like. swearing.
It doesn't offend me. not even a little bit. It just sounds unintelligent.
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It is great here isn't it?! I read way more threads than I write on. It's the best forum imho. The hive is very helpful.:D
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:drool: yep that's me drooling
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Thanks for everyone's responses. I'm definitely leaning toward NOT combining in year 2. . .dd is a typical kid and would greatly benefit from year1, I believe.
That being said, ds has read every scheduled book in year1 except An Island Story, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, and Parables from Nature. He's a great reader and a born narrator. I just can't see doing year one with him. He could read much on Year 2 on his own. . . .
so I'm leaning toward year1 for dd and year2 for ds. Now off to join the Ambleside Yahoo group.:auto:
Forgot about Trial and Triumph. . .we haven't read that book either, but we're not going to.;)
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and try and join the yahoo group later today. . .at nap time;)
Whether I keep them separately or apart, I honestly think it will be easier than this year. We went with separate textbooks for each child and I felt that it took soo much time to look over shoulders, then grade. And then we read a ton of books too, because they don't really retain anything from their textbooks. . .and they like books. =)
I think Ambleside will be a good change:D
favorite field guide?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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those are what we're looking to study at the moment.
The ones I'm most familiar with are the peterson and the audobon ones.