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Maybe I could add one of the addition facts set to music CDs that are out there just to make sure all the bases are covered. She's going to be starting addition in school in a couple of months so I don't know if she'll need the addition facts more than a kid who's just doing Miquon for math.
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I wouldn't say anything. It's not like you're friends with her. I would certainly warn people away from her though!
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If she does tell her parents and they ask you why you knew & didn't tell them, I think I'd go along with the PP who suggested saying, "I encouraged her to tell you" and leave it at that. And/or I'd be inclined to say, "I told about a couple of things I consider far more serious/dangerous than a FB page and you acted like you weren't interested in hearing about them."
Kind of sounds like the parents are interested in controlling her, but in denial that anything really wrong or serious could go on in X's life. I know some people like that.
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They look interesting, especially the math facts ones and the character classics. Has anyone used any of their learning CDs?
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My 5 YO has just started on the addition sheets in the orange book. I'm not sure when I should be adding in facts practice. Do I wait til she's does with the addition section, or start now?
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I think maybe I will just use the Librivox audio of This Country of Ours (well the 2/3 of it that's up anyway) and use the TOC of that to pick a picture book for some of the chapters. That way she can listen to it on her time or car time, and it won't bug me so much if she doesn't retain anything. Or maybe I will get a basic US geography book and go through that with her...she's been interested in maps lately.
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I'd like to do some sort of history with my almost-6-year-old, but I'm having trouble finding something she's interested in. I tried SOTW 1 but it was over her head. I tried A Little History of the World but I think it was over her head too. Now I have Child's History of the World. It's not over her head but she's not very interested in it. I read her the sample pages from Elemental History (American history) and she's not very interested in those either.
She LOVES to learn about anything and everything and it's not like she's only interested in picture books (we read the Bible regularly and she loves the Boxcar Children & Little House on the Prairie books we've used as read-alouds). But I think maybe she'd be more interested in history if it came through books with pictures. Is this just a maturity thing? Should I press on with CHOW or maybe Elemental History & supplement with picture books, or just use picture books? Or is there a history program that has pictures to go along with the text? I feel more comfortable using a spine myself. I know she doesn't need any history at this point but I do think she'll enjoy it and want more once I figure out the right way to present it to her.
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Have not read the responses so this may have gone off into a different direction entirely, but have you considered a Church of Christ? They are the only churches I'm aware of that follow the Bible only without any man-made doctrines. Which is not to say that some of them don't soft-pedal the truth or go with the mega-church mentality...but there are some good ones out there.
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DD is going to a private school for kindergarten. It's a half day program (the whole school is a half day school actually). They're currently doing a learning-to-read program but she learned to read about a year ago so she's a bit bored. She has to sit in her office the entire day (except for breaktime). I'm trying to think of some activities/workbooks/etc to send for her to do when she's not doing schoolwork. Right now she does puzzles, reads books, and colors during her downtime. She says she doesn't want to bring more books to school. She loves doing workbooks. I'd love to come up with something educational or something that would go along with our afterschooling to send with her and not just busywork but busywork would be better than her being bored.
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I've thought of this, taking everything out of her room except the bed and her clothes, but do I take away the pencils and notebooks too? Because she would be perfectly happy just to draw all day in an empty room.
I haven't dealt with it, but I'd say, if that's what she really wants to do, that's your leverage right there. No drawing, no writing stories, until her schoolwork is done. Which means removing absolutely everything she can use to do it (and I guess if she's still doodling in the margins I'd consider making her do everything orally). If she doesn't get it done one day, she goes to bed at bedtime and starts right back up with it first thing in the morning. If possible, don't even take her out of the house until her schoolwork is done for the day.
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never heard of a degus.
gerbils (and other small rodents) are nocturnal. If you play with them regularly, they don't bite. they are VERY smart (unlike hamsters, which are stupid), and ours were little escape artists. They are very territorial, so you cannot add any once you have some.
Gerbils actually are NOT nocturnal like hamsters are. They're awake during the day. And I used to put new gerbils into existing gerbil cages all the time (had a regular gerbil farm at one point with probably 20-30 gerbils). Sometimes they fought, but most of the time they got along ok. It works best to introduce the new gerbils together outside of the cage (ie bathtub, playtime on the floor, etc) and change the bedding in the cage before you put them in the cage together.
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What on earth is a degus? I had gerbils growing up and they made great pets (although they did sometimes nip, especially if you didn't wash your hands before holding them). They do jump like crazy.
I'd like to get my kids a guinea pig but they're supposed to have such large cages that I've given up on the idea--we have no place to put anything larger than a 10 gallon tank.
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We're only afterschooling, but DD really likes Miquon math. It can be used as a stand-alone program or a supplement. And we're going to start A Child's History of the World next week. It's the first history program I've looked at that's simple enough for a 5 YO (IMO anyway). We tried SOTW and it was over her head. A Little History of the World is too much also. I'm very tempted to add Elemental History (American history) too but that's probably too much for afterschooling.
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I've decided not to use SOTW but can't decide whether to sell the Activity Guide with it when I sell it. I do like the maps but a friend gave me her student pages so I have those. Is it worth keeping the AG just for the booklists, or are there other booklists out there (online?) that would do just as well?
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My very active one is almost three, but he loves "obstacle courses". I set up kitchen chairs in various positions (to climb over, step from one to the next, jump from one to the couch, etc), couch cushions, blankets, pillows, boxes to step in, etc and that entertains him for a while. It only takes a couple of minutes to set one up.
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I'm trying to decide whether to get something like WWE for next year (1st grade) for afterschooling. We'd probably do copywork regardless. I have a basic scope & sequence chart for the curriculum DD's school uses and this is what it says for English:
1st grade: review vowels & consonants
2nd: punctuation, parts of speech, reading comprehension
3rd: types of sentences, parts of speech, cursive
4th: basic grammar
5th: basic grammar, 8 parts of speech
It's a work-at-your-own-pace program and I expect that she will be a little bit ahead and have finished the 5th grade program by the end of 4th grade. Does it sound like she'd need more grammar than that, or would copywork alone be enough?
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We let her climb either in a low enough area that she won't get seriously hurt or we have a hand on her when she does something like climbing a ladder, yes she has climbed to the top of a 6 foot ladder with hands holding onto her just enough to keep her from falling.
If you have a climber, you have a climber. Your ILs may not understand that you can't stop a climber if they've never had one. DS1 was about 16 months last time we visited my ILs and would climb to the top of a probably 8 foot high slide near them without hesitation. I'm sure it made my MIL really nervous! (OK it made me nervous too but I stood at the bottom of the ladder to catch him if necessary.)
Personally I wouldn't worry too much about the babying unless they see her very frequently. A visit every couple of weeks or less, or even a couple hours every week, are not going to confuse her or undo what you're trying to do with her. I would have issues with MIL stepping in and trying to directly or indirectly interfere when you're trying to train your DD...not so much just comments that are made at a later time iYKWIM.
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No, but my last 2 cycles I've had a week of PMS before I ovulate. What's up with THAT?
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Absolutely yes. Saxon is almost devoid of creative problem solving.
If you start with Miquon you will see the difference between a math program that encourages a child's reasoning skills, and one that does not.
You will probably want something to get you beyond the "plug provided numbers into provided formula" approach in Saxon.
Bill
Any suggestions?
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We afterschool and DD's school uses Saxon math (or will once she starts 1st grade). She's doing Miquon at home and I play to have her go through all 6 workbooks in the next 3-4 years. Is there any reason to do supplemental math after that, or will the Saxon be good enough?
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As an aside because I am curious:
What did you find inaccurate about SOTW 1? My own education had very little history, so I want to improve that for my children. I just started SOTW for my 4 and 6 year old, and so far it is working well for us.
I've only read the first few chapters and then skimmed some of the rest, but I found some of the Bible stories included, particularly those about Abraham, to be inaccurate. There's no indication in the Bible that Abraham (or his father) believed in or prayed to many gods. I understand sort of fleshing out Bible stories and adding details to the story, but not making things up. That makes me wonder what embellishments have been added to the rest of the text. There are several mentions in the reviews for SOTW 1 on Amazon of historical inaccuracies as well, though I don't have enough knowledge of history to be able to pick those out myself.
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Wondering why you're not considering SOTW. Totally not time-consuming; almost every activity is optional, and you can even listen to the Jim Weiss CDs in the car. Add whatever library books you want and imo, it's a complete 4 years of history, with only 1-2 SHORT sit-down readings / narrations a week.
It's way over her head right now and I'm not sure she'll be ready for it in a year either. Also, I've found inaccuracies in the 1st one, and I'm not much of a historian, so it really makes me question how accurate SOTW is overall. Plus I want something that incorporates a Biblical worldview a little more.
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I'm already trying to figure out next year's history. I'm considering Truthquest, Queen's A Living History of Our World, or the SCM history guides. Has anyone used two or all of these to compare them? This would be for afterschooling a couple of days a week so I need something that's not too time-consuming.
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DH did...but after he proposed. I asked him to ask my dad because I thought my dad would appreciate that so he did.
Quandry!!! What would YOU do?!!?
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Could you go to a beauty college or Cost Cutters type place instead of a salon? I guess it depends on your hairstyle whether you'd be ok with something like that or not.