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A couple of folks have mentioned that Latin helps develop logic and critical thinking skills. Would anybody care to elaborate on that? I'm having a hard time connecting the two disciplines, unless the reference is towards the technical terms of logical argument.
Otherwise, I don't see it?
Have you studied Latin?
I'm only just a little bit ahead of my oldest and learning with henle. HOWEVER, Latin really does test your critical thinking ability even in the beginning because you can't just change the English word to Latin word and that works. You have to evaluate each word, the function of the word in the sentence, which ending to use, etc.
I studied Spanish in high school and grew up in a predominantly Spanish speaking area. Most of learning Spanish is remembering to place the adjective AFTER the noun, learning your conjugations, and then a bunch of vocabulary. Latin isn't that way.
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I have a Fitbit Charge 2 that I wear regularly. I charge it once a week when I'm watching TV. I love the text notifications and the like on it.
My two older boys have a Garmin (the junior version). My oldest son is a competitive swimmer so he's definitely tested how waterproof it is! It runs off a watch battery which is fairly easy to replace.
I chose Fitbit over Garmin because Fitbit has more networking with it and that can be pretty motivating. I did but a Fitbit Zip to see how much I'd use it before plunging into a Charge.
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If you buy it in the lingerie section, not pants. Anywhere else that sells clothes? Pants.
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I'd be super careful. My husband had something that looked like a spider bite. It ended up being MRSA and landed him in the hospital for a week on very strong antibiotics. It can probably wait until morning, but I'd head to urgent care tomorrow to get it looked at. Signs to watch for would be sudden fever, swelling, pain in areas other than the affected area. For infection, you can soak it in a warm bath and it will help draw it up.
If it's truly a spider bite, you probably should still have it looked out because obviously you're reacting poorly. Watch for trouble breathing.
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Zombie thread!
FWIW, two of my kids have a Garmin vÃvofit jr and I love it. The band is replaceable. It is waterproof so they never have to take it off. It takes a watch battery which is cheap and easy to replace.
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Eh... Next year we will have first, third, fourth, and sixth. It's nearly impossible to combine anything skillwork (math, spelling, grammar, writing) for my kids. We combine science with my oldest doing extra summaries, projects, and/or definitions. We do the same history time period, but my oldest goes further and deeper. We do keep up with the same read alouds and memory work. I think that helps things feel a bit more unified. And because we're in the same time period and same science study, it makes memory work pertinent to everyone's studies.
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We had Sound Literacy when we were doing AAS. It worked well.
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My daughter has been using Latin Prep I for the last two years. She has made slow, but steady progress. It's not too hard for her, but she drags her feet with the writing portion. And I have to hold her hand to do it. I would like something that pushes drill more (something not me). She'd love it to be a bit more incremental.
I really like the look of CAP's programs because they don't look as dry. If I went this route, would I start her with LFC and try and push her through A and B within one year? She's gone over the first three declensions (she's pretty strong with the first two), past imperfect, perfect tense, and past perfect. She has a strong grammar base in English and can translate sentences well within the areas of Latin she has studied (both English to Latin and Latin to English). Or should I place her directly in Latin Alive? I think starting over as it were will be motivating and encouraging, but I don't want it to be too easy. She would prefer the approach to be more incremental/spiral. (Think: Saxon vs Singapore)
OR! I could start her with First Form Latin. I am entertaining this one because it is so highly regarded. Is LA just as well done? I don't know that she'd like FFL because it feels like drill and kill and somewhat dry. LA looks more fun...
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I'd see if you could upgrade the tents. Especially if none of them have a rain fly. We like to put a tarp under the tent so it keeps the bottom clean.
Besides a tent, sleeping bag, pillows, clothes, air mattress (not necessary but so nice). And a plug for your phones/devices that is car compatible.
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My daughter experienced this through WTMA. There is even more opportunity since they also participate in the lectures.
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We used Teacher Created Resources which had a good spread of stuff. I liked that there were 180 days per book (one book per grade 1-3).
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I have a kid that was like this at three. In fact, my four-year-old is also similar, but because I have had another child like this and the fact that he's my fifth kid, I have some hindsight and tools in my toolbox.
Firstly, my stubborn/intense child is highly to profoundly gifted. This is so hard. Everyone thinks being gifted is a good thing, but it has it's own round of issues and concerns. It's an area where most people and, even healthcare specialists, don't understand some of the difficulties.
My kid has been explored for ADHD. It's still a maybe for him. But, I can tell you that he was not any more active than most three-year-olds. He was extraordinarily capable physically, however. He began both swimming and riding a bike (a regular two-wheel, pedal bike, no training wheels) at two. Nearly anything he tried, he could do.
But, at three, an ADHD diagnosis would be pretty rare. And if he can hold it together well for PreK the chances of them diagnosing anything in that realm are low.
The most helpful book I read when I was where you were, was Aaron's Way. Unfortunately there's not much practical advice, but it did make me feel better that my kid was really stubborn/intense/strong-willed whatever...and that it was different than typical kids.
For my son, I try to consistently follow-through. Which means, if I'm going to assign a consequence, it's got to be something I'm willing to enforce.
I also learned to almost never draw a line in the sand, meaning, I almost never say, "Whatever you do, don't touch this," because it was basically an invitation to do what I said don't do. In fact, even if I attached a consequence to it ("If you touch that, I will take it away for five minutes.") he'd still do it. It's like he has to constantly check and make sure that I'm going to be consistent because at one point, I may not be.
He's also the kid that refused to choose between two undesired choices. If he didn't want to go to church, it didn't matter if I was asking him if he wanted to wear the blue pants or the brown pants. He'd reply, "Neither." And then if I made the choice for him, he'd have drama.
So, when he's throwing a fit or not doing what he needs to, we tell him to take some time away. I made the mistake of telling him at first to come back when he was ready to talk, but we ran into the issue where he would come back before he was ready. In hindsight, I'd escort him to his room and then wait for him to calm down before allowing him to come out, holding the door handle if necessary.
My only other observation is that my son IS affected by red dye, but only in hard candies. I'm not sure if the combination of sugar and red dye is what does it, but it's not worth it to allow those sort of candies.
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Crocs has an amazing selection now! TBH, my kids have worn this brand and they lasted maybe a season. I'd go with Croc brand if you want them to last.
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I love this thread so much! 😠I've been looking for inspiring books to recharge.
I will resort or school shelf, figure out a Morning Time routine, and read through some of my sixth graders literature books so we can really discuss things.
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My son started at 5. He swam twice a week until we moved out of state and joined a USA club. Almost five years later, he swims four or five days a week and still loves it.
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I'm not overly worried about her getting grammar. I just know she's not in a place that my other two were with starting FLL 3. And I love FLL 3 so I don't want to not do it.
My other kids did TC in conjunction with FLL; which was a lot of grammar and overkill for most, they had no problem with it. The copywork in TC is not gonna work for her. I could have her not do the copywork in TC and just parse the sentences...but I feel she'd be best waiting until next year. I feel like FLL is gentle enough that she'd be fine with it. In fact, I believe diagramming would help her understand parts of speech even more because she is a very visual learner.
So my options for her would be: ELTL 2 with FLL 3, FLL 3 with another writing program and reading good lit, ELTL 3 and do FLL 3 and TC next year.... I still want her to do grammar, but she needs some spiraling back. I know FLL will do that and she woups thrive with the scaffolding.
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Rod and Staff is still highly recommended. SWB did write a 3&4 of FLL that are awesome. And she's coming out with a middle grades grammar program his fall.
But R&S will get the job done. My kids just complain that it's dry.
I believe the biggest reason for updating TWTM is to offer replacements for our-of-print items. The process, however, is the same.
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If you go to WTMA they have grammar classes that will start this fall using the new curriculum. It's a four year course. The syllabi from those classes will give you a hint as to what is covered.
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VP has a great program for modern history. It is two years long, but it wouldn't be extraordinarily difficult to condense it to one for the younger years.
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My #3 (8 in July, 3rd grade in the fall) has been through all of FLL 1 and 2 and still struggles to remember her parts of speech. She can point out the parts if I remind her what they do or start her with the definition: "Can you find the verb? A verb is a word that does..." or whatever. It just seems like the labels (noun, verb, pronoun) are gibberish she can't remember. She can tell me the function of the word, though. She's working through MCT Island with me this summer.
FWIW, she also struggles holding a pencil, penmanship, and letter formation/sizing. Dysgraphia is not off the table.
I know FLL will cycle back in level 3 and I really love, love FLL so I want her to do that.
However, I think the copywork/dictation in WWE 2 will be too much for her hand and I don't know if I can stomach going back to WWE 1. I could break up the dictation and copywork... She does get narration practice through history and science.
So this year I'm thinking I will move her to working with ETLT (level 2 maybe? So it's easier and a review... though I'm not opposed to 3). If she did ELTL 2, would it be too heavy on grammar with FLL 3? I guess I could drop FLL for this year and use ELTL and pick FLL next year when she's had more time to mature.
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So this is SWB said about it in Feb:
This is the newly completed and fully developed Advanced Language Lessons! It is a four-year program that takes students all the way through the mastery they need for rhetoric. The same Instructor Core Text is used for all four years, but each of the years has a separate student workbook and key, so that students can both review the information they've learned *and* practice them on new material.
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We chose to go with WTMA's classes with SOTW. you could look at a syllabus and kinda figure out how to structure the around that. My daughter works a lot out of Kingfisher, but SOTW drives what she's learning so she keeps in step with my other kids.
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My son is also good at seeing patterns but they don't always stick. With SS, he's picked up a lot of patterning. He knows the words he's writing will all have the same stem if you will but he also gets caught up on simple things that he shouldn't. (I have repeated, "when adding a vowel suffix, double the consonant to protect gr short vowel" until I'm blue in the face. This is one my kids most often forget.). BUT, I haven't found that level one constantly hits some high frequency words and spirals back to them so he doesn't have much time to forget them - does, could, would, should, walk, etc. He may not remember ALL of the patterns but a lot of them transfer to his original writing. And if he misspells a word, it's still a pattern they've drilled (cote vs coat). I don't have to spend two hours on spelling for him to forget the rules the next day. And because he's writing them over and over again the muscle memory and visual memory are improving a bit.
We're just finishing up level 1, but I'm pleased and have plans to continue him with it next year. I do really feel like this is a "spiral" spelling program vs the "mastery" approach of AAS, which was not effective here.
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The world history one is my daughter's favorite history supplement. It's light information but is colorful and bright and she uses it as a jumping off point to other encyclopedias.
Am I doomed?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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WTMA does SOTW for the middle grades, but it's supplemented. Extra reading with Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, quizzes, summary assignments, a timeline, outlining, and primary source evaluations. Basically it is everything mentioned in WTM with SOTW as a springboard.