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We have Maxwell House in the fridge and it says 8 tbs per 10 cup, we have a 12 cup and I put 10 heaping tablespoons, it was quite strong but we like it a little strong, the heaping I think made it a bit much :lol:
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Soo....if you all had 4 needing to learn this, probably only needing 2 levels, would you use PR or SWR?
Kim
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It sounds like PR has the corner on ease of use, but I hate watching videos. I am as bad as ds about not wanting to sit still. :D
Heather
You know...I like watching the videos. I don't know what this means about me :001_huh: but....if I have to read a "book, like pages and pages and pages" before getting started or to "understand" what I am supposed to be doing and how, and then go back every lesson and try to figure it out..IT WILL NOT WORK, my brain is tired!!
PR sounds great but my goodness, it is a 4 year committment and $200 a wack at that, Alpha PHonics and ETC are looking pretty good..ha!
Kim
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There is only one Spalding. :)
Aww...very true!! I forget about the Spalding website!! :willy_nilly: Oh boy...
Kim
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Phonics Road, SWR etc...
What do you all like and what would you use if you had 4 or 5 children to use it with AND you wanted to get more done in one day than just that :001_huh:
Kim
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What would be a good reference book? I have ABC's and all Their Tricks but...
I thought about using the Alpha List from SWR to look up words but I would love to have a simple "spelling rules book" or phonics rules book!
Kim
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What Spalding approach are you using?
I am using Saxon Phonics (probably not very CM'ish either but...) I am feeling guilty for using it but love the TE manual!
I do not like certain aspects, like the use of the Schwa and would love more of a Spell to Write and Read approach for spelling BUT..could not use SWR, too overwhelming for my already heavily taxed brain :001_smile:
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If you are using the CM way of learning what do you use for teaching reading? I seem to have complicated that quite a bit ...I really need something that is planned out to use daily w/ review, that just helps me a lot.
Kim
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I was just looking at a book on Amazon called When Children Love to Learn and it looks like some of the people from Childlight, at least one, had contributed to that book, anyone read it?
Kim
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I never saw this one before...looks really nice. Thanks for posting!
Faithe
How does the childlightusa website work? Do they advise you on curriculum, is it information? Just curious...
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Yes, it is scheduled, but that doesn't mean I am bound to follow everything as scheduled. It is not set on stone. Math, LA, etc progression is sooo personal, nobody can schedule it, not even you for your own children. You might make a tentative plan, but it is them, the children that dictate the pace. And that's why we homeschool - so we can set the page.
I wouldn't let this minor part influence your decision. HOD is a wonderful program... at least for our family
See...I wanted to do Preparing but we were not at the LA and Math level but definitely at the comprehension/reading levels so...I also wanted to do the Bible study part of it, maybe I should just buy the guide and forget about the Math/LA side of it and follow their readings.
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library may have it) is For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macauley, which I highly recommend. She explains the CM methods from a biblical perspective pretty well. (Not sure if you're looking for biblical perspective... mentioning it just in case, though.)
I forgot to mention, I have owned that book for years and got it out this evening and am going to read it!!!
I LOVE the SCM website but for some reason I just seem to complicate this thing.
I really WANTED HOD to work and it might still, I just felt sort of well...having LA, Math and everything scheduled was just too much because my kids are at different "levels" in different subjects. I really would love everything "scheduled" as far as History, Science, read a louds, art, picture study, but not math and LA as we seem to be all over the place and I don't think I would do well doing several different levels of any of the curriculum.
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Donna..yes, absolutely from a Biblical perspective, that is very important in our house.
Thank you for the post, very helpful!
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Hi,
I have been reading and reading on different websites about Charlotte Mason. I love the "idea" behind it but my mind is overwhelmed. What is your favorite CM website or curriculum, which ones do you NOT like? I have been looking at Ambleside Online, Simply Charlotte Mason, Lindafay's website, Higher Up and Further In and her blog Charlotte Mason Help etc..
Just curious....
Thanks!
Kim
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Ok...so...mark them to help them "read and spell" them but once they know they they do not need to, that makes a LOT of sense!!
I agree to that "think to spell" may not work for every child!
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Hi again,
Homeschooling6....do you find all the "marking up sentences" in Saxon..worth it? I look at a sentence they have marked up and start thinking "is this really necessary"?
Also...If I could have 1 reference book, like SWR or whatever, that really goes over the hows and whys, like..I think you mentioned...how said is really apart of "say". I think in anther program once I learned the reason "hi" ends in an I is because it is really just a shorter word for hello. See..this stuff is interesting to me. I don't think I would go into that great of depth w/ all kids, some don't seem to care about all the extra stuff...but..it would be good to know and have a reference book to help them w/ the think to spell aspect or other ways of helping them remember how to spell certain words.
Thanks a bunch..
Kim
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That is great, I do think whatever works....
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Also a word like Random, where the o would be taught as a short u sound or schwa, I would teach to spell that the A in Random says its short sound, the O in Random says its short sound, thinking to spell but when we say it quickly, or normally how we speak, it makes it sound like Randum, but "think to spell" Random, short o sound.
I also read, I think in ABC's and all Their Tricks, which I found very interesting. In a word like democrat, the O would say short u but if you think about the word democratic you hear the O.
Kim
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Oh no, I did not take it that way, I have had a lot of responses from Heather and appreciate her insights always!!
No..my comment about AAS was mainly because I have considered it so many times so...just mainly re-affirming in my own mind that I do not want to switch again :001_smile:. I do that too much! I know there is not a perfect curriculum so...
This schwa thing and the syllables is hard for me to understand, maybe I am making it too difficult and the kids will completely get it, I just don't, I guess!
Sorry if my comment came across weird, it was mainly me saying that for myself...reminding myself I do not want to change again even though AAS has always sounded great.
I really do want an excellent spelling program, I love learning how all of this works. I just don't want to go through AAS w/ an older child or do I HA!!!!:lol:
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Okay...so...I like the way Saxon has its lessons, I need that. I also really like how SWR explained things about the English LA, connected words to other words etc...
But..I could NOT use SWR and tried several times, my mind just doesn't work that way, I need daily lesson plans.
So..is there a good reference book, should I get the WISE Guide or something that covers the "good stuff", that I personally enjoy learning..they whys and hows.
I do not think I will use AAS. I don't like having to get 6 or 7 levels, especially when I have an older child I want to remediate w/ spelling/phonics rules, which is why I decided on Saxon Intervention.
Oh..I can really complicate things, I just really don't like ALL the sight words and the schwa for so many words that really don't need it.
I am not going to buy something different, I just can't. I have Saxon Intervention and Saxon 1 and 2 for my younger ones so....I need to use it, would just like to tweek it a BIT.
Kim
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Hi,
I have decided to use Saxon Phonics, I want OG approach but I have also really needed how Saxon is put together, I love the lesson plans. When I started YEARS ago I tried Spell to Write and Read. I love the idea of it but it drove all of us completely nuts. I like an approach more like what Saxon does however, I am getting hung up on the "schwa" because I often spell words myself w/ the "think to spell" method, like February etc.. I have been looking through the Saxon, I also have Intervention, which I am not sure I need now but..still thinking on that....and I don't like how they do the schwa as, to me, there are words that can be "thought" to spell w/out going into the complicated schwa thing. It seems complicated to me.
I really want to use Saxon so..anyone else have the "schwa" struggle and what do you do. I can't keep switching curriculum because I believe Saxon is the closest I have come to what I want.
Should I just teach the words I think can be "thought to spell" that way?
Does this make sense?
It is sort of like they teach "sink" as the I says its short sound, I would prefer teaching ink as a unit.
Anyway...
Would love to hear suggestions!
Thanks,
Kim
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That might have been a good idea. The way it reads now, it's sort of saying, "I suspect that everyone for whom Saxon didn't work is too stupid to read the directions or to think of helping their dc."
I am glad that it has worked so well for you!
Just a quick word to the OP, I did not take it that way at all...didn't even cross my mind that you could have meant it that way...
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Spalding programs...which one do you like or not like and why...
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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You know....I like that idea, I had someone who was a trained SWR person tell me I could use WISE Guide for spelling, eliminating the main guide. Now...this was with a son who I needed to get moving reading and well...long story.
I had also talked to a lady who used AP to teach her children to read and then went to SWR for spelling, I am leaning towards this option because I had a BAD experience w/ SWR when my son was oh....9 maybe or 8, he HATED, HATED writing...was not good. I do wish I had stuck w/ it though...it was just such a fight everyday, I wish I had just taught him to read in short little lessons.
I love the "idea" of PR, the illustrating of their stories etc...sounds great but I don't have an hour a day to spend at 2 different levels and cover everything else.
I also need to remediate my sons spelling, he is 13 and don't want to have to take him through 4 years of a program, or even 3 years. It is said you can go through Level 1 and 2 in one year w/ an older student but...still.
I appreciate all the posts, by the way!!
Kim