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We like WinterPromise for history... it's sometimes described as Sonlight with hands-on but not quite so intense.
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Fruit leather handle! Excellent twist. Congrats on the cake success!
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This is not a recipe, but it works.
Put frozen chicken breasts in crock pot.
Top with undiluted cream of chicken (or mushroom, or celery, or onion) soup.
Cook on low for 12 hours. (if chicken is thawed, 8 hours should be enough).
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If she likes A Lion to Guard Us, there are lots more Bulla books that are great, such as Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims, Viking Adventure, Pony Express... Childhood of Famous Americans books are in that range too, I believe.
My little boy (7) has recently been chuckling over Judy Blume's Fudge books. (Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is the first in the series). I cringed when I realized there were some references to the facts of life talk, so maybe you want to wait on those. (nothing too descriptive, I think it went over my ds's head).
Look at the curriculum lists for companies that use "real books" for readers. Heart of Dakota, Sonlight and WinterPromise come to mind. Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims was my ds's first reader in second grade this year.
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That sounds like BJU Math to me. On the up-side... if you decide you need the support of the DVD program for 8th grade and up, you can get it.
I *thought* I knew what I wanted.... CLE, but it is not the auditory/kinesthetic/visual type of math you are describing. After faltering around with MCP and SIngapore, we have landed on BJU and it appears (after 4 units) to be our "forever math" program. I LOVE how supportive the teacher's manual. It also follows the model I was taught in my elem ed methods class: Concrete, Pictorial, Equation. Very strong concept development and problem solving skills are taught, and there is extra practice or enrichment offered in the 3rd edition teacher's manual with the CD (Make sure you get third edition whenever possible).
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I tend to agree with your view on the situation. I wouldn't go so far as to say what they are requesting is unethical but I don't appreciate from some the implication that ignoring the request of the publisher is unethical (and I've never bought or sold any WP materials).
I hope I didn't imply this? I certainly didn't mean to. I personally wish they would get rid of the request. I find it embarrassing. I think a person can do whatever they want. A request is nothing but a request.
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We ditched the schedule for I'm Ready to Learn preschool (I thought we would). We just do "the next thing" whenever.
Our history started out on a two-morning intensive schedule with a "guest student". His mom requested a one day session instead and there was just now way to work a whole week of American Story 1 from WinterPromise into one day. So we are switching our "guest day" curriculum to Galloping the Globe and will be doing AS1 daily. Woo hoo!
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Rose, have him take the placement test for TT6. If he passes, let him go for it. If not, maybe skip to the section of Singapore 3A where he finds challenge?
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We homechurch with many families, and while there are many lovely young ladies there (one our son has really noticed) but they "appear" to have a strong preference that their children marry (1) a quiverfull person and (2) a self-employed person. Our son has considered being self-employed (he found it very beneficial to work with Dad and feels it helped his manhood in addition to his bank account), but he feels that how many children he has is a personal matter between his wife and him. He longs for a spiritual wife along with a thinking wife -- if that makes sense.
This is something I would just pray about. This young lady he has "really noticed" is the most likely prospect at the moment. Wait another year or so, while cultivating Christian friendship, and he may find that the young lady is a Spiritual and Thinking one and that she shares his beliefs about listening to God's leading about children and employment.
Just one more thought... is it possible you could find another church that more nearly reflects your own beliefs about children and employment?
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I think there are various versions of Mastery style curriculums, some of which are more "spirally" than others.
For example, you mentioned doing Addition, then 2-digit addition, then 3-digit addition before moving on to subtraction. IMO that would be a rare program. Perhaps Math U See does it that way?
BJU math and Singapore math, both of which I would call mastery programs, introduce a topic like single digit addition, then practice it (with variations) for a unit (perhaps two weeks). The next unit might deal with single digit subtraction, the one after that with clocks, and so on. Double Digit Addition comes later in the year, as does Double Digit Subtraction. I guess that spirals a little, but the fact is you are doing mostly one operation for a length of time, like a couple of weeks. You ARE still revisiting it at a higher level, but it is after spending time on other concepts first.
I guess there are differences between Spiral and Incremental? CLE seemed just like Saxon to me, but I have heard Saxon called incremental while CLE is mostly just called Spiral. I know Horizons and Abeka are considered Spiral. They are a little different from Saxon and CLE in that they don't review *Every* concept every lesson? Is that right?
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How about The American Story? That looks like it would make a great spine for that age level.
WinterPromise uses this. It's called American Story: 100 True Tales and it's by Jennifer Armstrong. It's a very modern, well illustrated book. Some folks think it's too politically correct (lots of multiculturalism), and I will be re-wording the story about Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening, but we are liking this book.
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I believe there is plenty of room in his future for him to pick up his piano. You are likely to be surprised to find that he plays for pleasure, going over his repertoire even without lessons.
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The WTM board is the closest thing I have to adult conversation every day. To have it declared a politics-free zone would really stifle my experience here, even though I tend to lurk much more than I post about politics.
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I agree with the thought that it's a good goal to get to "the basics" daily. In our house, that would be Readin', Ritin', and 'Rithmetic. I don't stress (as much) about the rest.
OT: Did you ever read my PM at the WP forum? Just curious. I figured out what I was going to do without your answer. ;)
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We have a full finished basement but I know myself well enough to know we would not do school efficiently there. My kitchen is the heart of my home and we all just naturally gravitate there. We had a two year experiment of using one of our bonus rooms back the hall from the kitchen as our school room... it still contains our computer and weekly-used school books. I moved two desks into the corner of our dining area (open floor plan with the kitchen), moved in a three drawer Sterilite storage set, converted 3 existing dining room drawers into school supply drawers, and now we're not constantly running back the hall to get things from the "school room".
With all that in mind, I recommend you make yourself a space in your main living area where you can all be comfortable.
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There are still US troops based in Germany (or were when I was growing up... has that changed?), and they have been an important ally since the end of WWII. I believe the terrible failure of the post-war exit strategy for WWI (which led inevitably to WWII) should have taught us to provide long term continued support for nations after war.
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My MIL has this, along with vag**al prolapse. She would have a hysterectomy, but she's a kidney transplant recipient and her transplant team nixed surgery. It was not worth the risk to her kidney.
So her doctor fitted her with a pessary to keep her in place. I hope it will be a good solution for her and I am so glad she's not having surgery because she does not heal easily at all.
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I *prefer* the TP to come over the top, however, I have been known to put it the "wrong" way for a season to foil a cat or toddler who enjoyed rolling it off onto the floor. Did you know that if you're bored on the potty, you can merely flick your wrist and cause a huge pile of TP on the floor when it's loaded the *right* way? Now you know why the people you switched TP on didn't speak to you for a week.
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We like WinterPromise I'm Ready to Learn at our house. (soon to be 4yo who loves to "do school" because his older brother does).
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I have always been a non-Hooter Hider mom. Now, before you think that means I'm a flasher, I'm just more comfortable going to a private area or finding a shielded spot most times. I have nursed in restaurants, just stayed in a booth with babe on the wall side. There have, however, been times when I thought, "Boy it would sure be convenient to just nurse right here" rather than find a private area.
Recently, I saw a wife of a friend using a cute little apron type cover-up... it was crocheted or knit, some kind of openwork or mesh, so not terribly suffocating. My problem (besides not wanting to mess with it) has been that my kiddos never want anything covering them up. I think I'd like to try the crochet/knit version though, even if just on occasion when in public places.
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Never mind selling, my ds has thrice CRIED over me lending out books. Books that sit on the shelf otherwise.
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We are members at our local YMCA. Like a previous poster, I have decided we will make it more often if I make it a daily event. Thankfully, I found their Family Fun Pool is going to be open from 10-1 on MWF instead of T-Th, which is going to make it a much easier goal. Here is what we will be doing, starting today:
M, W, F: Go to the family fun pool right after lunch (likely 11:30 or 12), stay an hour
T, Th: Right after lunch, the kids will go into the adventure room for 45 min, I will work out on the elliptical and toning machines.
Once I get this base laid, I'd like to join a water aerobics class. Right now I just want the basics.
For us it is imperative that there be quality child care. We have found it works better mid-day when the "day shift" child care workers are on duty. Also there are fewer children in the room, which is better for my boys.
My dh goes often before work, and occasionally takes the 7yo from 5:30- 6:30 or so (there are special hours for Youth Fitness).
If they have "Homeschool PE" class again, I will give the 7yo the option to do that in place of swimming one day per week.
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I'm less outgoing IRL than on forums.
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You could be describing my 7 yo in some ways. He also gets discouraged with small spaces to write. I gave him the option to write the sentences on notebook paper if he'd like. He mostly chooses to just write in the margin instead. I think with boys especially it is just a maturity issue. My approach is to lighten if the assignment is overload or redundant (our phonics book frequently has him writing the same word twice in different sections for no apparent reason) but to insist he does do a fair amount of the work so that his work ethic will grow. He can be fairly lazy if allowed to be.
He's teaching himself cursive and I think that could be a help if he will master it. We'll see. (the spacing would work itself out, IMO). His cursive is actually nicer looking than his printing.
Hideaway in History question
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Maybe the other poster was talking about I'm Ready to Learn or Animals and Their Worlds.