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  1. I do have the Pimsleur CDs thanks to our local library. And you're very right in that many of the CD-ROMs won't operate on some computers - the Interactive Conversation CD does not like my Mac but works just fine on dd's Windows machine. Thank you SO much for the link! We'll order it and see if it's what we need :)
  2. For those that are using or have used Glencoe's French 1: where would I find the audio CD(s?) that apparently accompany the text? Not the Interactive Conversation CD but the one that gives the dialogue that is in the preliminary sections as well as the regular chapters? I'm not able to find them! Or are they even necessary? Thanks!
  3. Fantastic! Thank you all so much for the suggestions. She's tried out RS with little enthusiasm so we're going to try Bon Voyage. Where we live is not...particluarly metropolitan nor culturally diverse but I do have a friend here who speaks French (not her primary language but she's fluent) who will meet with DD regularly for conversation and tutoring. And we have some family friends who live in France that might be willing to host DD for a few weeks one summer for an immersion visit (they hosted my niece this summer). So it looks like we're on our way and she is so very excited! Thank you particularly for the Yale series as well as the magazine suggestions - that will definitely be worth the expense and I hadn't thought of that as a way to broaden her skills. I am not sure if she plans to look into the AP exam but we'll point her in that direction regardless. Thanks again!
  4. My DD (14) starts 9th grade this fall and I have everything else nailed down except foreign language. She wants to learn French as her high school foreign language and has messed around on Duo Lingo a bit, but that's it. I have access to the Pimsleur CDs (French 1A and 1B) and have them reserved but I"m not sure that's enough either for her or for her high school transcripts. I've looked at Bob Jones University Press' curriculum, Abeka's Nouveaux Chemins French 1, Breaking the Barrier, Potter's School (can't afford the classes but I see they use BJU curriculum). However, none of my homeschooling friends has ever done French so I'm in the blind as to what might work well. My DD is pretty self-directed but does best with some solid structure to her curriculum, as do I in terms of keeping track of her progress. I'm looking for something somewhat rigorous to challenge her, else she loses motivation. Thanks!
  5. Ah, got it. I'm not familiar with the website (just the app...didn't know if there was a difference) enough to know if there was more to it than just the movies and the quizzes (as in the ability to track scores on quizzes). Thanks!
  6. So my children would have to take turns (no problem there)? Other than that, there are no differences in the services/options/information offered? Will the 'home' option allow me to track each child separately? Or would I need to pay for 2 memberships in the 'homeschool' category in order to do that? Sorry for so many questions but my budget is tight and I want to get the most for my money.
  7. I love our BrainPop app on the iPad and I'm looking into paying for access for my two children. Can someone tell me the difference between the 'Home' and 'Homeschool' options please? I can't find the information anywhere on the website. What additional options/access are granted with the 'Homeschool' membership? Thanks!
  8. Quick background: My (VERY verbal) daughter loved FLL but we had to switch to something else at the end of 4th grade. Did R&S5 last year and made it through but don't want to do it again in 6th grade next year. I am debating between Total Language Plus and Learning Language Arts Through Literature as our main LA curriculum next year. She is about 1/3 of the way through Writing With Skill (and loving it!) so we'll stick with that. And we do Spelling Workout and don't plan to stop. My question is this: which of the two is a more thorough and solid LA curriculum? I've heard some people say that LLATL is a bit soft or easy. I don't want to overwhelm her but I don't want her to skate either. She's an AVID reader so that doesn't worry me. I love that that vocab is included in TLP and I also like the critical thinking focus I see in TLP. I've not yet dug around much in LLATL so I can't really make an informed decision. Thoughts?
  9. While I understand the reasoning behind the delay of ALL, my frustration overrides my understanding at the moment. I am not able to spend large quantities of time on this board and therefore missed the announcement that ALL was being delayed. I placed an order via Amazon.com in early December and have been (not so) patiently waiting for it to arrive. :confused1: Only when I received a notice from Amazon about the fact that they were currently unable to fulfill my order did I start digging and finally find - on page 10 of a 15-page thread - the announcement regarding the delay. We have been making our way through R&S but doing so only in anticipation of ALL being sent. Had we known earlier that ALL had been delayed, we would have chosen a different approach. I am grateful for the effort that goes into the curriculua - it is unrivaled in my opinion. The lack of communication is the frustrating part. I look forward to sharing ALL with my children when it finally comes out.
  10. We are still a little discombobulated, thanks to Veteran's Day. But we're hanging in there! Here is ours.
  11. We've used Signing Time in the past and both of my children enjoy it (neither are D/HH). I use aslpro.com and HandSpeak as resources when teaching sign (I have studied sign since I was a child but I am not D/HH) at church. The last true curriculum that I used when actually taking classes was Signing Naturally which you can find HERE. Hope that helps!
  12. We're doing FLL1 and WWE1 with my son (6) and FLL4 and WWE4 with my daughter (9). I went through the FLL1/2 book and combined lessons that I thought would work well together - my son would prefer to spend a little more time on the daily lesson and only have to do it 2 or 3 times rather than have shorter lessons that repeat 4+ times. However, I review each upcoming week and adjust as necessary because sometimes we fall behind or jump ahead depending on how well he comprehends the material. Each of my children has an "independent folder" that they do at the beginning of each school day that includes morning tasks/chores, copywork, vocabulary, geography, etc. I have started taking his WWE copywork and including it in his folder so that he can get it done first thing in the morning (on the days that WWE has copywork to do). When there is narration, we include that as part of our reading time after lunch. Sometimes, I'll look ahead and check out the full text of the piece of litaerature that is the focus for the week from the library if I can remember to do so ahead of time. Both of my children like reading the full text rather than just the short selection in the WWE book. I do have to say that, for the WWE4 work, I've found that my daughter isn't capable of handling the dictation just yet - it's too much for her. I think that is mainly because she is not used to taking dictation so I want to get ahold of the FLL3 book over the holiday break and use that instead, assuming the dictation in that level is easier. That being said, my son does language (FLL, WWE) M-Th. He alternates spelling and handwriting M-Th as well. His lessons rarely last more than 30 minutes in total. My daughter is doing IEW in addition to FLL/WWE so we are only doing WWE 2 days per week (skipping the dictation) at this point. Her lessons rarely last more than 45 minutes in total.
  13. ...but I'm hoping I'm back on track with my WiR! We are treading water.
  14. We usually start the day around 9 am. The Boy (1st grade) usually finishes before The Girl (4th grade) unless he takes a longer break than usual. That being said, we usually manage to wrap everything except history up before dh gets home for lunch. We eat with him and then retire to either the living room or back lanai to do history (3 days/week)
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