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    Re-using Workbooks!!

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    What a great idea! One of those that you know is brilliant because, in retrospect, it seems obvious.

     

    Here's the link to the Reading Rainbow version, by the way. They cost $1.75, but look pretty durable. (Now I wish I hadn't already made my RR purchase for the year. Oh, well, I have plenty of cheap page protectors I can massacre!)

     

    For the slippage problem--have you tried paper clips or the mini binder clips? Is there just not enough there to "grab"?

     

    Those look awesome! Definitely adding them to my order.

    SOTW, WWE, FLL and other reproducibles

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    For SOTW I do copy. We don't do coloring pages so it is mainly aps and a few activities. I just got my new proclick, so I put them all together in a nice little book. :) We are only on FLL2, but by the looks of the level 3 workbook, I think we will be buying one for each kid. For WWE2 we use the pages for ds1. For the others I will just do it on lined paper, writing the copywork sentences myself.

    s/o Have you challenged a book?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Just chiming in here to add a little information about book buying at libraries. My husband manages our biggest county library here in the Phoenix area and he rarely has a say as to which books to order. There are departments of people, normally called "collection development," who take care of the ordering. It was the same at the ASU library and at the city library I worked at. The exception is when there is a special allocation of funds, such as from the Friends of the Library, to purchase books.

     

    Also, I did merchandising and displays at independent bookstores for over 10 years. When doing Banned displays, I did not choose books because they had rape scenes or other questionable plots to get people's undies in a twist. I picked books that I thought most people would think, 'why in the world is that banned?" That's the response we got from most people.

    Singapore, SOTW and ???

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Hi, I am just starting out on this homeschooling journey and have just bought our curriculum for the fall. My boys will be in K and 2 as well. I did hours and hours of reading/comparing/etc. all the different options out there for curriculum (and still haven't seen it all).

     

    Here is what we are doing:

     

    DS 7 - Gr. 2 - SOTW, Singapore Math 2A/2B, Handwriting without tears (printing power - for Gr. 2), FLL 1 (we will see how this goes ! ), WWE (he is a very reluctant writer so we will take this very slow), AAS (he is a terrible speller so I have high hopes for this program :) ), Explode the Code (around book 3 for him) Real Science Odyssey (probably life science but I also bought earth science so we will see what they are more interested in), and just lots of reading for fun.

     

    Ds 5 - K'er - SOTW, Singapore Earlybird Math, Handwriting without tears, Real Science Odyssey, ETC (starting right at the beginning), working our way through BOB books for early reading, and just lots of other reading for fun.

     

    Ds 3 - just having fun :D

     

    We are in the middle of 2nd and K and use a lot of these (see my siggie :)). My ds5 is a young Ker and RSO Earth wasn't working out for him. I think it is a combination of him not being able to read and having a know-it-all big brother involved.

    Wool soaker question

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    As long as you lanolize your wool properly, after a few pees (the original break-in), they shouldn't feel damp at all with normal use. I tell people to let baby wear the wool with nothing covering it for the first few pees to give the urine a chance to react with the lanolin to create the waterproof barrier. When they do stay damp or start to take on the smell of urine it's time to wash and lanolize. The ones you linked look nice. I have used wool with all 4 boys. I love wool! I can talk wool all day! And I worked in a cloth diaper shop for a few years. Let me know if you have more questions. :)

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