aliall
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My kids got Nook Colors for Christmas. We set them up to boot off of an SD Card (we did it ourselves). We had to troubleshoot a little bit, but got them to work. We didn't root them by overwriting the nook interface and if we take out the memory card they still boot up as a stock Nook Color.
My daughter can text her friends using Google voice and the kids have access to Android Market apps as well as the Amazon app store. They can check out library books over WiFi and use both the Nook and Kindle apps to read books. They also can watch Netflix, check email, update Goodreads and do math flashcards.
We considered Kindle Fires, but thought they would have more options with a device that worked more like a tablet.
The OS that we used (CM7) can be a little unstable at times, but nothing that hasn't been fixed by restarting. I understand that rooting them is more stable and most of the issues are caused from booting from the sd card, but rooting voids the warranty and we wanted to see how it worked from the sd card first.
Overall we are pretty happy with the results.
ali
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I used to have problems with damping off. It is always heartbreaking to see them keel over and die :)
Three things that I think have helped are running a fan in the room, watering from the bottom, and spritzing the top of the soil occasionally with chamomile tea (an antifungal).
Last year I didn't lose any to damping off and I bet I started around 100 plants.
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Our district in Iowa allows the kids to participate in classes that have specific time frames. For example, at the elementary level, they can participate in specials (Spanish, PE, Music, or Art) because they are at a set time each day. Math or reading could be taught at any time, so from a practical point of view, I wouldn't be able to get my child there whenever math is going on especially if the teacher has a flexible schedule. Makes sense, I think although I don't know what the actual state laws are on this. My son had an IEP for speech therapy a few years ago and was able to do this at the schools.
Once kids are in jr. high/high school and classes have set times, they can take as many classes as they like, as far as I know.
We didn't do any classes at the schools last year, but my ds8 is doing PE every 4 days and my dd10 has band lessons every couple days and band rehearsals every other day. (I bought a smart phone with a calendar to deal with this scheduling headache!)
Kids are allowed to do sports and extracurriculars. We sign up as "dual enrolled" students so that we can participate, and the schools get a certain amount of funding for my children based on how many classes they take.
It is pretty reasonable, I think, and has been a great way to get us involved with the school community in a way that we are comfortable.
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We do rec level sports in our town or at the local schools. This year dd9 did 2 soccer seasons, 1 baseball season and a week long volleyball camp. Ds8 did 2 soccer seasons and was on the same baseball team as dd. Ds5 did a soccer league and will start T-ball this month. The older two do swimming (stroke) lessons during the school year in the mornings.
It ties up a lot of our evenings, but they are usually only doing one sport each at a time (one practice and one game per week for soccer, a bit more for baseball). It was great to fit the older two into the same baseball team. It saved us two nights a week. They love it and we see the value in team sports.
The kids are starting to ask to join the more competitive leagues and we are on the fence. The amount of time (and money) they require is significant and multiplying it by 3 kids seems daunting. Dh and I also run and do tris, so that takes up some of our weekends too, but I think we will have to cut back on some of that as the kids get more involved.
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Another one who has done the writing for mine until they were ready to no adverse effects. My ds 8 is finally doing all of the writing in his Sing. 3B workbook (will start 4a next week). He is a lefty and his writing is tidy but takes forever and he hates it. I think he sensed I was doing him a favor and seemed to complain less with his copywork. :)
Ds 5 is halfway through 1A and he will write the answers to the first problem or two and then I take over.
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Has anyone mentioned Seterra yet?
It is free and has states, countries, flags, continents etc. Just a basic quiz game, but dd learned all the states from it.
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I hope ours come today! I ordered all four. I am planning on using them with my 5 year old. dd10 is working on Fractions.
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We are just continuing through Level 2. We started FLL1 when my son would have been half way through kindergarten, so we are almost done with FLL 2 (He would be in 1st grade). I figure we might as well get ahead now while the lessons are relatively easy for him, so we have time to space things out if things get more difficult later on without feeling like we are "getting behind".
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We love the workbook and might not do it without it. I have used levels 1, 2, 3 and will be starting 4 tomorrow with my oldest. My middle guy is working through 1 now. I have used the workbook for each level and I find that it is one less thing I have to prepare ahead of time.
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We read it along with SOTW. It is a really nice big picture approach and written quite eloquently. The kids will drop everything and listen when I start reading from it. I think that reading both reinforces the names, places and happenings during the time period we are studying.
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We use both FLL and WWE and it picks up in the 3rd level. We often did two FLL lessons/day early on, but couldn't do that now in the 3rd and 4th levels.
I seems repetitive, but I am amazed at how much they have retained and can apply in later lessons.
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We like Singapore. Now that my oldest is in 4a we are slowly adding Life of Fred Fractions as a supplement.
My 7 and 9 year old are also starting to work through the math modules at Khan Academy and really love it.
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We have used a few of the Classic Starts. I think they give a good retelling of the story even though the language and magic isn't there. I have been trying to read a passage or two from the original once in a while so they do get introduced to the original.
The plan is obviously to follow it up with the original when they are a bit older. Honestly, I don't think the complex language in some of those books would hold their attention right now, but they find the stories captivating. We are reading Treasure Island now and recently finished Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
ali
For those who have 'rooted' your Nook Color . . .
in General Education Discussion Board
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I think the Fire runs an Amazon shell over Android, so you are running the Amazon version of Android. When you root the Nook you are just running Android.
Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with either for most applications.
For those that do run Android off an SD card on the Nook, do you get occasional "force close" errors?