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Phew! Thank you all. We do discussion/narration and maps for each chapter too. It feels like enough for me. I guess we'll just keep on keeping on. ;)
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This. In fact there are a few subject matter items I prefer not to have dd read about. Incest, infanticide, genocide and torture of innocents. Any guess what book I have decided is not appropriate?
Yes! :iagree:
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We love banned books. And we named our first Atticus. :D
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I think the situation is Art Reed is pretending not to be Art Reed, and the rest of us have been driven to drink :tongue_smilie:
Bill
:cheers2::cheers2::cheers2: :lol:
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Here is the list we are working through right now:
(1)*Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
(2)*Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
(3)*A Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
(4)*Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
(5)*The Castle Diary of Tobias Burgess, by Platt
(6)*Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
(7)*Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
(8)*The Great and Terrible Quest by Lovett
(9)*A Single Shard by Park
(10)Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly and Janina
(11) White Stag by Kate Seredy. Compare with 10.
(12) Proud taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Read aloud:
(ra)*Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean*
(ra)Castle by David Macaulay
(ra)*Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney
(ra)*Book of Norse Myths by the D’ Aulaire’s
(ra)*Marguerite Makes A Book by Bruce Robertson and Kathryn Hewitt
(ra)*Good Masters, Sweet Ladies
Tales from Shakespeare* by Charles and Mary Lamb
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Come on folks. Don't leave me feeling like an underachiever at bed time. :D
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Printable worksheets: http://www.homeeducationresources.com/FREEpreschool.htm
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How much of the additional readings and activities do you do? We are reading fiction set in the time period we are studying (Middle Ages). We do one or maybe two of the activities. We do a notebooking page once a week alternating random topics or scientists. I am good about checking the additional readings out, but after one extra book on each topic ds's eyes are rolling back in his head. He gets it, he gets it! I see people mention that they read all of the extras and do all of the activities. Aren't your kids bored to tears with the repitition? Is my son missing something here?
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Draw from a hat and :auto: away from the curriculum board. :lol:
Can you just divide them up and spread them out and see how that works?
I'm using FLL and GWG right now. We do 3 days and 2 days. For Math, Singapore and Miquon...we do 4 and 1. Etc. I have issues too. :auto:
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Thanks for all the imput! I'm still undecided, though...
I can take a few pictures this week and add to my blog. I'll try to update here. :001_smile:
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How do you turn off the time feature? We've had this for a couple of years but never stick with it because ds gets so frustrated with it because of the time and giving his low grades because of it.
:001_huh: I'll have to take a look. I'm pretty sure when I entered the level it asked if I wanted to set a time. I'll let you know if I can find it later. You can always email and ask them. We can see the clock, it just doesn't do anything. :001_smile:
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This looks fun too. Dip yarn in watered down glue and cover balloon. Pop balloon when dry. As seen here: http://juicy-bits.typepad.com/juicy_bits/2011/02/173-unicorns-and-rainbows-party-part-1-the-details.html
How old are your kids? Are you in Chandler, AZ? We might be neighbors. :)
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Family Fun has all sorts of simple projects: http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/
I'll be back with more!
http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/
Bath tub soap crayons: http://www.kiboomu.com/2011/04/02/were-making-bathtub-soap-crayons/
Galaxy play dough: http://fairydustteaching.blogspot.com/2011/05/galaxy-playdough.html
Super balls: http://makingmemorieswithyourkids.blogspot.com/2011/05/homemade-super-balls.html
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We use it with ds5 who is a very reluctant reader. We turned the time feature off. He can takes much time as he needs. If I put him on it alone, he guesses. If I do it with him, he does quite well. My only complaint is that they use a lot of proper nouns to describe people that ds is not familiar with (I.e. Pam, Tim, etc.)
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Here's a list I made of popular secular curriculum choices. She can look at the right side of my blog to see what we're using for 2nd grade.
I'm a little embarrassed about how many of your blog posts I have bookmarked Angela. :001_smile:
All of the 2nd grade goodies in my signature are secular. I came across one lesson with a religious poem in FLL2(skipped it) and there's a song on SSL that I skip over as well, but other than that, no problems.
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We love it too!
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Subbing. Great ideas!
Tonight I dabbed 12 different colors of paint into an egg carton so the young kids can do a scavenger hunt throughout the house to find things that match each color.
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No. We don't fit in. It seems most here are either too "unschoolish" or too religious. We probably wouldn't have time anyway. We go to gym one day each week and that's enough for me. I hate running around town.
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Also consider that Gerber is owned by Nestle and make sure that's a place you would want to put your money. :glare:
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ETA: With lists like this I don't know if they're talking about independent reading or read-alouds or what. Obviously most 3 year olds aren't going to go sit and read The Blue Fairy Book independently, so the list starts out as read-alouds. When does it change, or does it? That is never clear to me.
I don't know, but 8/12 books for 2nd grade on that list are Little House. I'd prefer a bit more variety.
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Is this helpful? http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153829&highlight=book+list
So much to read, so little time. Sigh.
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Here, too!!! Forget curriculum shopping, I am now going to be spending an enormous amount of time punching/binding everything in sight! Ha...another way to avoid laundry!!
Check out what I've been doing on my blog!
I love it! :D
Anyone else have trouble with time off?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I even hate to slow down for the weekends. :lol: We love time with dh, but the kids just seem much more well-behaved if they are engaged in mental activities in the morning. I try to stick to games and puzzles and sometimes experiments for fun.