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Missouri Okie

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  1. I've been to a party and bought a pair of hammered-silver hoop earrings that I love, love, love. I practically wear them daily. The quality is very good, and the styles are great too. To my budget, the earrings were expensive (I can't remember exactly, but between $50 and $70 I think). I bought them as a favor to the hostess, but I've enjoyed them so much that I now consider it money well spent.
  2. I remember your post. It touched me deeply. Happy birthday to you. I hope the year ahead is a good one for you.
  3. Definitely read Vergil's Aeneid. It tells the legendary history of Rome and was commissioned by Caesar Augustus. I found Sarah Ruden's translation very readable.
  4. Here's a blog with documentaries that correspond to some versions of SOTW.
  5. My son is in RS C and uses Dreambox, an online math program, and CWP as a supplement. Dreambox can be obtained with a significant discount at HSBC.
  6. My second grader is doing RightStart C plus Dreambox and Singapore CWP as a supplement.
  7. My kids' violin teacher charges $25/half hour. He also conducts a monthly group class at no additional charge. My son has been using his violin for 3 years and has not moved up yet. We have not had to replace horse-hair. We've bought one set of strings. I can't remember how much they cost. We use the Suzuki method. I've also recently heard of the Mark O'Connor Method. You can read about it here. The Suzuki books, including the necessary CD, are around $15 on Amazon. It takes about a year to go through a book. HTH!
  8. We do the full shebang. However, I think it would be great to use it as background or car music. Much cheaper that way!
  9. I love this. Drawing is something my daughter does on her own everyday. Her drawings are everywhere....scattered throughout the house. We have Draw Write Now and various Usborne drawing books. Are there specific drawing books that you recommend? I suppose this is something of a thread high-jack, but you have really gotten my interest!
  10. I've toyed with the idea of doing something similar with my second-grade son. I'm fairly certain that Kahn goes lesson by lesson through Singapore math starting with Level 3. Here's the link. I think it could be stand-along math for a third-grader, but I'm still hesitant to turn math instruction completely to the computer. Currently we're in RightStart Level C and do DreamBox as a supplement.
  11. I discovered that they had Kerrygold cheese last week at Aldi. I stocked up!
  12. I haven't watched this recently, but I think in this video SWB gets around to discussing two options for the gap year.
  13. There is a level 3 "I Can Read Book" called George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley that is set during the Revolutionary War and is from a British soldier's point of view. I noticed that you have a second grader. It is a good second grade book. The same author has one from an American point of view called Sam the Minuteman.
  14. Don't let boscopup scare you (I'm a boscopup fan, btw). Anyway, there some manipulatives but mine are contained in a small Rubbermaid container. The manipulatives are golden and worth any minor inconvenience. In Level A and B, there is some cutting involved. I don't remember any in C unless the child has to do some associated with geometry...I just don't remember. In all levels, there is copying. You can reduce the copying by having your child write in the "worksheets" book. If you decide to go with RS, get the copying done and filed away in an afternoon and enjoy the ride. Besides being a boscopup fan, I am a HUGE RS fan. I love RS.
  15. It is teacher intensive, but the information is all there in front of you. You will have to copy worksheets, but otherwise there is no scrambling between books or memorizing what to say. I like the teacher-intensiveness of it. Because I'm involved, I can see if the lightbulbs are coming on.
  16. I bookmarked this thread that someone linked in another thread last week. In it, SWB says WWE4 is an optional year (see post #273).
  17. Okay, I'll take a stab at this. First, as way of introduction, my children are 6 and 8. My youngest is just starting RS B and my oldest is almost through RS C. We've used RS almost exclusively, except my 8yo uses Dreambox twice a week and we inconsistently use Singapore CWP. 1. My kids have never had that I-don't-get-it-! melt down as new concepts are introduced. Math is challenging but not frustrating at our house. RS makes math very intuitive. I think their method of teaching place value is genius. 2. I'm a hands-on person and would not feel comfortable handing a workbook to a kid to muddle through independently, so I love the scripted, instructor-heavy lessons. 3. Of course, the games make learning fun and are better than drill or worksheets for some kids, boys especially. 4. People complain about having to keep track of a number of manipulatives. Put 'em together in a plastic tub. Problem solved. 4. I also hear criticisms about the drawing, which starts in C, but I think this introduces them to the beauty of mathematics. The triangles, hexagons, etc that are produced are works of art. The drawing is a hands-on way to learn. Singapore workbooks show a picture of a triangle made up of multiple equilateral triangles and ask, 'how many triangles do you see?'. The child gets frustrated because they don't see them all initially. In RS, they draw the big triangle and fill it with the little triangles, so they internalize the concept and get it in a way that's challenging but not frustrating. Even though my kids could count, I started them in RS A. If you go that route, you'll find your 6 yo will whiz through it, but I don't see harm in that. I don't have a compelling reason not just to jump into RS B, but we didn't and it worked here. I've only bought the starter sets and then the add-ons when we went to the next level. HTH
  18. Mirabillis and 2squared, Both of you will have to report back on life after RSE. My son will be starting RS D soon, and I plan to finish with E. I'll be in your shoes before long.
  19. We use nearly the same curriculum with my 2nd grade son who is almost 8. One that seem to help with my son are to keep the lessons short. Our sit-down schooling (math, WWE, AAS, memory work, reading) is done in a less than 2 hours. However, the big thing that helps the attitude is that he earns screen time after his morning school time ONLY if he displays a good attitude.
  20. The perennial favorite for this age is the My Father's Dragon trilogy by Ruth Stiles Gannett. My kids (even my son) enjoyed the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary, especially Ramona the Pest because she is in kindergarten in that one.
  21. Both my kids were in it at 4. They are now 8 and 6. I'm not sure how much they have retained, but it was a good experience for them.
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