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    Funny or disrespectful?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    That's disrespectful? How about the "My sister is for sale!" shirts I see on 8 yo's? And don't get me started on Juicy "couture" at 5 or 6 yo. What girl or woman needs that on their rear?:glare:

     

    This shirt is funny. It's clean but maybe not for everyone humor. Personally, I like how it links to the optometrist chart just to be silly. There's some way worse things out there.

    Math Mammoth on HSBC

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    :bigear:

     

    My two are 7 and 5. I purchased the Light Blue last fall for dd (7). She's almost half way through 1a. We're going very slowly with ds on 1a now. We didn't do any formal math with dd for grade 1, so we decide to start her with 1 and work through until she reached grade level. Right now that would be grade 2. I'm anticipating we'll catch up next year.

     

    As both dh and I teach the kids, MM works for us. He's not into lesson planning and I'm not into scripts. So far MM not only teaches the kids but works for our schedules.

     

    I think if you want a scripted curriculum, this might not be it. We utilize different manipulatives to drive home a concept but it doesn't explicitly tell you when to do this. There are websites and resources at the start of each chapter in the light blue series to also provide additional drills. My children have enjoyed these along with the games. There is also a worksheet generator that comes with the package so you can create additional worksheets for topics that need more review.

    Do you plan to homeschool to graduation?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    When I first considered hs'ing, people would ask (and some still do,) "even high school?!?" and I said yes. However, dh's prefers we take this on a year by year basis. So that's where we currently are. He's comfortable with us hs'ing through middle school but would prefer them to attend a high school of peers. I'm not as eager for them to go unless they choose to do so. If they did go to high school, I would rather they attended one of the local charter high schools or a private school and not the regular public high schools. However, we still have about 5-6 years until we need to decide.

    What is elementary spanish?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    You can also order the dvds online, but it's not cheap. Discovery streaming via HSBC would be a better route. http://esp.extended.nau.edu/PlaceOrderESIndividuals.aspx

     

    We're doing SALSA instead since it's free. http://www.freelyeducate.com/2011/01/free-spanish-lessons-for-elementary-students-k-2nd.html has instructions on accessing the videos online. If you go to http://edu.wyoming.gov/Programs/standards/foreign_lang_content_and_standards.aspx and click on Salsa materials, there's a curriculum guide to each episode.

    Please be HONEST and take my poll re: TV

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I voted satellite, cable, or pay. We have Verion Fios, so I assume that's like uber cable or cable with steroids or something. :lol: Anyway, we get it as apart of our home bundle. Dh is very much a TV fan, so there's no way we could go TV-Free, (as much as I'd sometimes wish for it to be on less.) However, the TV is off during the day sometimes and during lessons. On the flip side, we are screen/ visual oriented. So there are times when the TV might be off, but we're in front of the computer screen for various components to a lesson. Tonight we were watching some videos on Nat Geo in relation to Dinosaurs and Fossils. All the while I was thinking, "this is so cool! It's like how I remember some of my fun PS lessons to be!" Honestly, in our day and age, it's a disservice to not at least somehow connect to the world via TV or online. It doesn't need to encompass all of one's life, but you should be aware and have some experience with it.

    Why do people shower every morning?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Um, people you live with wouldn't necessarily tell if you were overly smelly, so to say. I tend to be use to how my family smells, but even my mom or other family member not living in our home smells different to me due to just plain laundry detergent or bathing soap differences. And yes, my two monkeys would be more than happy to say if I smelled as well. Or farted. Or ... what have you. They are 5 and 7yo. (probably not the same age as your children.)

     

    I do work with the public and I smell a BIG varieties of smells, from unwashed homeless persons to WAY over cologned/ perfumed persons. There are those of us who are sensitive to it.

     

    Back to the OP (and I didn't read all the posts), I like to shower daily to feel clean and refreshed. The days I have not showered or bathed tend to make for more difficult days when I finally do cleanse. To avoid that, I bathed daily. Plus, I do workout daily and that just plain requires a bathing. Because I live in a warmer climate, I sometimes bathe twice a day in the summers.

    Anyone use "How to Teach Spelling?"

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Are the Teacher Keys necessary? I was thinking of just picking up the TM and workbook.

     

    We really haven't done anything formal in terms of spelling with 7yo dd. So I was thinking of just grabbing the How to Spell bk 2 for her. Does it provide some review or should I get bk1 and work her up? She's not a great speller and I don't believe she's a natural speller, though I'm not sure.

    Usborne or Kingfisher for SOTW

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    :iagree:I'm starting to feel this way as well with my 5yo and 7yo. My two don't engage as much with UILE as they do when we read SOTW or library picture books. I'm start to just paraphrase the pages and move into any of the activities linked to the pages instead. I can see it being much more useful when they hit 4th grade and up.

     

    As for History Pockets and the SOTW AG -- I only have HP and they enjoy the activities. It is only 8 or 9 activities, however. Since I'm using HO 1, other resources are mentioned for activities. I can't really say if the HP activities duplicate any found in the AG.

    When to start SOTW

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We're working through this right now. I had started reading SOTW as a part of the HO Ancients curriculum with dd (7). We took and break and were just getting back to it when ds (5, will be 6 in just over a month) decided he wanted to join in. We're starting over for ds and I was considering last night that we would stretch it out for a two year run. I've also been toying with bouncing between the HO layout and the layout from Bringing Up Learners.

    If you live in a state without testing, do/would you?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We don't have to test and I don't. However, when my kids get older, probably by middle school, I'll probably begin introducing standardized type tests to get them used to them. Also, if I think there's an issue with their learning in a serious way, such as if I ever suspect a learning disability, then I would get them tested without hesitation.

     

    I understand why people test their kids in elementary school to get them accustomed to testing and to see where they stand, but I personally feel like it's not worth the expense or the time at this age.

     

    :iagree:Exactly.

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