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Have you seen this Farrar?
I think it is pretty clever, fun, and explains robots and programming in a way that even very young kids can get it. It would totally work in a co-op setting.
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Spelling workout workbooks are completely independent. Books A and B are very basic, so I would say look at C or D as your starting point.
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So, the topic is "experiments with air", and the "get ready list" includes 2 saucers. What on earth is that? I associate the word saucer with UFOs, but I'm pretty sure that's not what they are talking about lol. It really doesn't sound like a common household item.
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Fascinating thread.
Hunter, I wish there was a way for me to click "follow" on your username on this board. You've shared so much wisdom. Thank you. If you lived anywhere near me, I would have loved to invite you over for some wine and conversation. I'm going to bookmark this thread and frequently turn to your wise words, anytime that I try to drive myself batty over timeline stuff.
Thank you.
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Farrar do you have any Pre-History book suggestions where the archaeological evidence is presented?
I usually really like your book suggestions.
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So, in addition to SOTW I really like the style of "Child's History of the World", and "Builders of our World". I'm considering reading the Pre-History parts of those books to my children, but in order to do that I really need to know what is the real evidence that those chapters were written on? I have an older sonlight IG that says that the first 20 or so pages of "Child's history of the world" are a fairy tale. I am not opposed to reading a fairy tale to my children, but when they ask "Is this true?", or "Did that really happen?" I want to have a good answer for them. So really, how much of the Pre History stuff we know for sure to be true (and based on what evidence)?
And also for those of you that are Christians, what exactly in there (aside from the YE vs. OE which is not an issue for me at this time) contradicts Scripture?
I'm thinking things like: use of language, first writing etc.
If the list of things in the prehistory "fairy tales" that contradict the Bible is too long for this thread, can someone point me in the right direction in terms of a good book to read to familiarize myself with that topic?
And again, I'm not looking for YE vs. OE stuff, just all the rest.
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PlumCrazyMomof3 thank you!
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I think this is the link you were trying to post:
And I have read that, but I was curious about the implementations by some of the members of this forum
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Thanks for trying. That link gives me an error. But I also seemed to recall that the post was started by Wehomeschool, but I am having trouble finding anything about it on her blog.
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Someone on here posted the details of how they've gamified their homeschool, and I really want to find that thread. It was posted sometime this summer I think.
Does anyone know what I am talking about?
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Never mind. I figured it out:).
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So this year, we are making this lapbook from the Chronicle of the Earth blog:
http://runofthemillfamily.blogspot.com/2010/04/story-of-world-lapbook-for-volume-one.html
I don't have a color printer, so I'm sending this out to be printed. My printing place charges a 10$ minimum per file and this lapbook has 44 files.
They told me that it is possible to merge these pdfs into one big pdf, but I don't have the Acrobat program because we use linux.
Would someone who uses mac or windows be kind enough to merge these files for me (into a single pdf), or tell me how to this on linux?
Thank you so much for all the help!
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There are so many different story collections/treasuries/storybooks floating out there. What is the best one to buy for a K and 1st grade kid to enjoy? Is there one with particularly beautiful illustrations? Is there one recommended by SWB (Susan Wise Bauer)?
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Thanks! That's probably it.
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most of those are not the original versions but the somewhat watered down versions, especially the covers. Those stories drawn by Alex Blum and Henry Kiefer are the original art. I advise you to read them over yourself first though, since some of the original drawings are pretty scary for children. I still have a picture in my mind's eye after 60 years of some of those violent images, but most of those images do not seem to occur here.
Unfortunately also some of my favorites like #3 Count of MC are not here either.
Do you mean to say someone redid the art and also took out the violent pictures?... I don't know anything about this series, but from the looks of it... it has a very 50s feel to it... it doesn't look non-original at all..
How can you tell which ones are original and which ones are not?.. I can't see the name of the artist anywhere.
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Hey guys, in the WTM book Susan mentions a "lavishly illustrated" version of the Illiad that Jessie read to her kids, and they liked it so much that they enacted it later. She doesn't say which version this was. She only mentions the Oddesey and Trojan Horse books in the resource section of the book.
Does anybody know what Illiad she is talking about?
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Thanks for the advice guys.
So does anyone have suggestions for "how to draw what you see" type books?
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We live in Northeast Ohio, so I need books that teach how to draw the trees, plants, animals and landscapes of this region.
The kid that will be doing this will be 7 year old.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. We are aware of the Draw Write Now, but it only teaches how to draw a few of the trees, animals and birds from this region (evergreens, chipmunk, frog and fox are all it has I think), so we need something more than that.
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We are going to start nature study for the first time this year as well. I've been reading "The last child in the woods" to get myself motivated because we've mostly been an indoors kinda family. What I'm getting from the book is for a connection with nature to occur I need to give my kids unstructured time to explore, dream, build in nature. I think especially if you have the kind of kids (like my kids), who would much rather play inside than outside, giving them as much freedom as possible when in nature, and not making it schooly might be the best way to start and then later on in the year, once they are drawn in and have learned to enjoy being in nature that's when I would start asking them draw/write about what they observe. Actually, I will send them out with loops and paper in case they themselves want to do some recording/drawing, but I will not give them any specific assignments at first.
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I've taken the first level test of either DELF or DALF (I can't remember which one, but it was the easier one of the 2) many many years ago (when I was in high school).
I don't remember much about it though unfortunately. However you should definitely do some research and decide whether it is DELF or DALF you want. One of those is much harder than the other, and from what I remember you have to pass a level, to take the next level and there were several levels. I don't know if it is still done the same way though. This was at least 15 years ago or more.
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Oh and one more thing. All "technical" terms that you encounter as you study different subjects, I would make sure I give her both the English and Romanian word for them so that she can talk about them in Romanian when she wants to discuss those things outside your family environment. In other words, whenever you encounter something in your studies that would have been a new word for her even if the subject had been taught in Romanian, I would teach her that Romanian word along side the English one.
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At this age (6), I would do reading and writing instruction in Romanian and everything else in English. Understand that at the beginning, her main benefit from the English part of the curriculum would be gaining a mastery of the English language. I wouldn't worry about how much science/history/etc she learns and would keep teaching it all in English knowing that there is plenty of time for her to master all those subjects in future years and being happy that when that point in time comes her mastery of english will open to her a world of resources that otherwise would be unavailable to her, if she didn't know English well.
I know of a family in Bulgaria with the same age children as your child who homeschools very successfully in English, and this has been their approach.
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this:
http://www.sonlight.com/CH02.html
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this:
And if they are not the same, is it worth it getting both, or do they mostly repeat the same information and pictures?
If you would get only one, which one and why?
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:seeya::hurray::cheers2: Another Linux User!!! (Hi!)
Yay!... I'm glad I'm not the only one!
who is the autor of challanging word problems from Singapore math?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I have level 1 with author Dr Andrew Lee and a very suspicious looking level 2 (perhaps an older version?) with author Joseph D. Lee.
Who is the author of your level 2? I just want to make sure I have the correct workbook. It seems much thinner than level 1. I bought it used for 5$ and thought I got a good deal, but now I am wondering whether it has the same problems inside as the current edition or not.