Did you pick a math curriculum?

i have a GE. I hate my front loader and would looooooooooooooove to go back to a top loader. it gets the job done and the only positive for me is the kids can switch the laundry.

I've always been Catholic, but at one time was considering marrying a Baptist and raising kids in his church...... We listened to Scott Hahn's talks called Evangelizing The Baptized and that was the beginning of the end of that relationship. I knew I had to be in an all Cathoilc family. I decided that the Eucharist was too important. Surprised By Truth helped as well.

and that just brings me back to my dissatisfaction with the whole bit....people not knowing they are dead...........and another reason why it doesn't make sense....desmond seeing the parallel reality when he was hit w/ the electormagnetic shock by widmore and then trying to 'wake' everyone up....why would he need to wake everyone up if it was just jack's post death amnesia bit per richard's eye liner i thought in the recap before the finale the producers said something about his infamous eye liner and that he doesn't really wear any??? does anyone else remember that....

see this is more of why the sideways resolution makes no sense to me....why would she not get to stay with daniel after they are both dead????

no it isn't. what jack's father said at the end revealed that the whole sideways sequence was jack after death before he was ready for 'whatever the after life is in the writer's eyes'. most people would refer to that as purgatory in a general sense.

THAT BLOG POST IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING. the writers lack of understanding of sin and redemption left the writing flawed. thanks for sharing it. and yes, deus ex machina was an episode title from an early season

I loved how they ended the island story with Jack killing the smoke monster and then sacrificing himself and Hurley taking over, ben staying w/ them, the rest leaving yet we don't see what happens to them....I like to not be told everything. I hated how they resolved the sideways story (ie...the afterlife is reliving your life differently until you realize what your life really was and you meet up with other people in a unitarian church and your dead father tells you, you made your own meet up place.) puke! blah! I was looking for those in the sideways flash to realize that all the struggles they went through on the island were worth the character development they all went through and to choose it....something along those lines. My dissatisfaction w/ the afterlife sequence demonstrates my dissatisfaction with universal thought and moral relativism of our day.....(the afterlife is going to be what ever we want it to be.) and as someone who believes in purgatory per my Cathoilc faith I detest when it is misrepresented. In fact I really wish people would use another word for it when referring to what happened in the show. With all that said I can still enjoy the end of the main story line and the 6 seasons I've watched over the last many years. I'll probably watch them all over again:)

SSL was suggested to me on a thread I posted a month or so ago. I plan on getting it in a few months and starting it after I'm settled with my main subjects.

If you read The Well Trained Mind, it goes into detail on why these are good exercises. As a classroom teacher, I was not taught to use any copy work or dictation in my class. I really appreciate how SWB and JB explain that you can't squeeze anything from a dry sponge. The children need the framework in the early grades (ie copywork and dictation for writing) in order to develop into great writers in the older grades. Sure a K, 1, and 2 can be creative, but if they don't also learn fundamentals they won't know how to properly express their creativity when they move on. My dad did copy work and dictation in Catholic schools in the 50's. Catholic schools were much slower to throw out these methods than the public schools. I would have had the same reaction as those teachers 6 years ago. It is really out of ignorance.

thanks for the youtube link. i may wait for it and get WWE now. i am starting in june, but i'm going to focus on RS math and AAS, and then add in history and religion, so i can wait for it.

why do you suggest this? is there less overlap w/ the new edition of FLL? i got the old one for a great price last year, so i'm not very tempted to buy the new one. i actually came here today with the same question about overlap between FLL and WWE. i think i may just use FLL by itself.

funny this should come up today....i just used it today. my son is 6 and has been reading since 3 1/2. it has been so long since we did 100 EZ lessons that there were some sounds he'd forgotten how to say by themselves "/l/, hard /th/." i put the cd in the computer and loved how you click on the sound and they repeat it. he is also not used to saying ALL the sounds for a phonogram (all 4 sounds for y, etc...), so for the first few times, i'm going to pull out the card, have him click on it, and then repeat it. then i'll sort through mastered and review piles. i'm glad i got the cd. if it were just a pop in the cd player cd i probably would have never used it hope that helps

Alright, I've decided to do AAS:) I already bought 1 and 2. Honestly my oldest can learn quickly with most anything. And, my 2nd is the poster child for 'tactile-kinesthetic' learner, which was one reason I picked it (even though he won't use it for several years from now.) There, it is done. I can always change my mind later if I decide to look at something different, but I'm going to give this a go.

i could have written this word for word! you are so my long lost twin :lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5:

so here's where I am today: I'm going to use AAS, no wait I think I'll try PR, no wait maybe I should just stick w/ my original plan of WRTR, or I could just get SWR..................:banghead:AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I do really have a sense of humor about this choice. I'm just not ready to decide yet!:):lol:

ok after thinking about this all night and even dreaming about it, i think i'm going to get the SWR book and use the markings w/ AAS. thanks for all the help

the problem is I don't know the markings. maybe the DVDs that seemed overkill at first in PR would actually be just what I need to implement the spalding approach would love to hear more:lurk5:

I had not looked at PR at all before I purchased AAS 1 and 2. I do like the look of AAS after reading through it. One thing that concerns me is that I want a true Spalding (or should I use that other name that begins w/ an O that I can't think of right now) method. I like the idea of marking for rules and learning all the phonemes quickly. (I did have WRTR, but it just doesn't fit with my style. Looks too boring for me.) At first PR seemed like overkill with all the DVDs etc...., but the idea of a complete language arts program starting with level 2 is appealing. The bridge to latin is very appealing. Also, my son is a new 6yr old that has been reading since he was 3 1/2. He's already a decent speller for his age. I don't need any basic reading instruction. I really want to cement the more complicated phonetics. Any input will be greatly appreciated.

sorry to hijack.... is there a way to order the rule tunes only? i finally looked through AAS1 and have AAS2 to look through now as well. i really like it for my new 6yr that has been reading for 2 1/2 yrs. the PR rule tunes have peeked my interest though. i also found the history of English that i saw on the site interesting. ETA: the thought of having a complete program in PR2 has also peeked my interest, which is annoying me, bec i really do like AAS. is this going to be like math with me (not being able to decide on one great program and combining the best of 2???)

Thanks. I already do this, too.:001_smile:

Thanks. My son finished 100 EZ lessons as an early 4 yr old, so I'm not planning on using any reading instruction; just good literature and the Faith and Freedom readers. He's been an advanced reader for sometime. I just wanted to add that for the sake of those that will reply below.

I just started reading through Level 1, and I like it as much as I expected, too. I'd planned on using FLL to go with it. I don't know if I will use any writing or not for 1st grade. I may just do copywork initially. I really don't want to take on too much for our first official year of homeschooling. I've been reading some other threads as well and have a second question. Do your children get the spelling rules from AAS? I really want my children to have that very ingrained in their minds, because I was such a horrible speller.

does anyone have another?

I don't want to submit a curriculum plan. I don't mind testing once a year. I just don't want to have to do anything else.