its in the mail:)

Latin is the one area I am not sure about. DS will be in 1st grade. I'd like to expose him to Latin next year even if it is minimal. He is a very 'academic' child. He's been reading since 3 1/2. He will be doing Singapore Math 1A/B, RC History Connect Vol 1. Ancient Times for History and Old Testament Religion, AAS starting w/ 1 and going to 2 when ready, St. Joseph's Catechism, and FLL for grammar. I also have Living Memory to aid us in memory work. Based on our other choices, what would be a good fit for us? Thanks

I'm so glad you had a good experience!!! :) How did your son like it?

idk it sure looks like they carry it i was surprised to find it there

thanks that was very helpful where are the new CWP being sold? EDITED: never mind. i found it at St. George where I will order history items.

If you got the extra practice and/or tests was it worth it? Did you use them/not need them? Thanks

www.adoremusbooks.com They sell Singapore and All About Spelling as well as much much more!

Hi, I'm ordering my Singapore for next year. DS1 will do 1A and 1B, so I am ordering Early bird for his younger brother to have something to do, too. Is the Activity book enough? Are the textbooks worth it? I don't mind paying a little extra for him to have something that makes him feel like he's keeping up w/ his brother. (And when I borrowed several Singapore textbooks to see if we like them he would sit for 30 min at a time and look at the 1A and 1B texts.

Here are some more links Vatican Goes on The Offensive Against the NYTimes Here is another press release and it clearly shows that the Bishop in Wisconsin is the one to blame here. Post by Thomas Peters that shows some fairness in the media which Includes NBC apologizing!!! Fr. Thomas Brundage (the canon lawyer that presided over the church trial sets the record straight

I use games made from the Carson Dellosa books, though it looks like the books are going out of print.

I am Catholic, and I don't always like how he presents himself. I do appreciate that he points out inaccuracies and bias in the media. For example a Rabbi in Brooklyn was found guilty on 8 counts of sex abuse with a male earlier this month and the New York Times did not report a single word on it. There are so many instances where stories are wrong or biased that even though I'm not fond of the man I am grateful for much of his work.

I haven't read the thread and won't have time to keep up w/ it, but I want to make sure that I include this link: Catholic League For Religious and Civil Rights' Op Ed Ad in New York Times Regarding misinformation in the media March 30, 2010 other new releases from the Catholic League are here.

I've tried so many, most of what was mentioned and i Love my hotsling. It is so easy to stuff in the diaper bag and so easy to put the baby into it. I never pay full price for them. I always find bargains online.

I wait to pull out any of our official Easter items (egg window clings, Easter DVD's) until Palm Sunday. I did not have a problem w/ DS going on an Easter egg hunt at a nursing home last Friday. I would NOT let the children do anything like that on Good Friday. We will be at church from 2:30-4:30 anyway. Best wishes in your decision

where is the best place to buy All About Spelling?

Thanks

Tammy, As many have said Easter will be overwhelming w/ how many people show up that don't normally attend church. You also might want to look at a sunrise service if you can get up that early:) If your son was going to an Assembly of God church in VA, then a more liturgical church will not feel the same for him. However, I wanted to mention that a lot of Catholic churches down that way have LIFETEEN masses on Sunday evening followed by Lifeteen youth ministry. They will differ depending on how great the leaders are; I know of several Lifeteen programs around FL that are phenomenal. I've also seen some that come of more 'cheezy' than anything else. Again, this is true of any denomination. But I really miss the music ministry at Lifeteen masses. It is more modern/charismatic. That is the music ministry I grew up on, and I have such a hard time feeling the Holy Spirit when I hear an organ unless it is accompanied by an out of this world choir. Also, the homily will likely be more applicable to your son depending on his age (I don't think I saw how old he is in the thread.). If you did decide to try that out some day down the road, keep in mind that when Catholics attend mass on Sunday evening, they don't also go on Sunday morning. It is the same liturgy. That is confusing to people from other churches that go to a service on Sunday morning and back again for Sunday evening service.

Thanks for this thread. I think I'm going to go w/ AAS and Megawords sounds like a nice follow-up.

well you are in Maine:). (The population there is not as high as other places, and I did say on average:) Our current parish has 9 jampacked weekend masses and has 14,000 members. This cracks me up, because it is a normal size church building. I onced lived in city with a mega church that always made it known that they had over 14,000 members and had a huge stadium type sanctuary. Often people don't realize that many Catholic parishes have enough parishoners to be a "megachurch" The last county I lived in in FL (not there currently) had 11 parishes. Most of them were big. Some that were in smaller communities were like you are describing.

I remember visiting a Baptist church once and they sang something called 'Doxology'. Everyone knew it by heart and didn't need a hymnal for it. I felt very weird, since I didn't know it and my friend's mom said, "And here we thought we didn't have traditions." LOL. I also felt the same way when my friend took me to a living Christmas tree and everyone stood during Handle's Messiah. I had no experience with that either and had no idea why we were standing:) Once I learned why though I thought it was neat.

If you equate liturgy with formal, than a Catholic church will not be up your alley. Mainstream Protestant (Presbyterian, Methodist, etc...) will have elements of liturgy but less than Catholic. Evangelical, Baptist, Non-denom will have much less liturgy and be much less formal. Also, on average Catholic parishes are very large. There are usually many mass times between Sat. night, Sun. morning, and Sun evening, so even though the church building might be the same size as a non-denom church with one service there will be at least 5 times as many members. In my experience, even in a large parish, there are those that are very active and once you meet them it can feel like a smaller parish after you get involved. No matter what kind of church you visit some will be more welcoming than others. This is not a characteristic that is exclusive to one denomination. And a final thought about the projector. I remember you mentioned that the priest had a think Spanish accent. Maybe that was to help people understand him?? Still it is very unusual. Best of luck in your search.

As some have mentioned, Palm Sunday is not a good time to get a first impression of a church. Many people that only come out 4 times a year show up. Also, I'm sending you a PM, because I'm familiar w/ many parts of FL and can direct you to some wonderful parishes that you can visit for a better experience. I'm going to crack up if I happen to have been to this parish you went to today.

I know this is an old thread, but I recently came across the THE CURRICULUM OF THE BOSTON LATIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL (1712) and thought of this thread.

Commitment I have...I think I'm going through the process of letting go of the modern mindset of education and moving towards a true Classical education. This is a major paradigm shift. I am a teacher by trade, and all of my research into homeschool curricula has taught me how poor my teacher training was. (ie: whole language, etc....) CLAA is another major shift, but I have a feeling that God is calling us there. I've asked my DH to look at the site, and he won't have time until the weekend. DS1 learned to read so early that I have not pursued more intensive phonics with him. I was planning on getting back to that this year for his 1st grade year. He is showing some bad habits of guessing at words, because it has been so long since he has had phonics instruction. Here is where my confusion lies. Do I begin petty school and have him learn some phonics in Latin? Will that confuse him? Should I do more English phonics first? I am planning on doing a Catholic Classical Co-op next year, but it is more along TWTM/Classical Conversations Classical. Now I'm questioning if that is too much curricula for him after looking at CLAA. The simplicity of CLAA is very attractive. We watched the Petty school sample Math lesson online today. He was interested in counting to three in Latin and even repeated it to me at dinner on his own!!!! He is a very book smart child, and I know he would thrive with this education. I appreciate any feedback you may have.

that was my DS1 when he was 4:)