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I purchased the ebook long ago. I wish there was a discount to get a "real" copy after you have purchased the ebook. I found out I really need reference books as real/paper copies rather than ebooks.
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I would of thought both of the ancient history ones would be the same (did you check the publication year? Perhaps one of them is the newer version of the same thing)
The usual guideline is Usborne - Younger, Kingfisher - Older. So it would depend on the age of your kids. K-Grades 4/5 is good for Usborne (perhaps later too, depeding on what you want out of it) and from Grade 4 Kingfisher would be suitable (again, depending on what you want from it).
Right now, we love Usborne and wouldn't use Kingfisher unless there was an area lacking. (But you can see the age of my kids below)
HTH xxx
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We're not starting AAR till Mid-May, so I figured we'd be okay waiting for 2. Its nice to hear they have a date now.
Any in-between time, I would probably use a free online resource till the next one comes out, we have Happy Phonics and OPGTR here, so I suppose we'd probably use that as the go-between. It is kind of a pain though, but thems the troubles of using a new program.
I believe Merry suggested on the AALP forum to just continue with AAS as the go between and the Level 2 readers, until the program comes out.
I love AALP :D
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I think you need lots & lots of :grouphug: and some re-assurance.
Everything will be ok.
All we have to do here is remember to send in a form every year to say we're homeschooling (plus a few other bits and pieces at tax time, and when each child is of school age) so I can your worries, but I'm sure everything will turn out fine.
My daughter was counted as Kinder/Prep last year, and we had a fallout with trying to get her to read (long story involving nothing working). This has gotten a few people breathing down my neck, but I'm not worried as I know the children in school aren't reading yet (and the ones who are, are using sight reading and not phonics) Each person has there own reason for homeschooling, the reason why its right for them and their children. Hold onto that reason.
Rather then getting the ocassional report and some silly craft sent home, you actually get to see your children learning day in day out, you can decide when to take photos (real and not staged ones). Your children can put on concerts for you every week (free of charge too :tongue_smilie: ) You get to see that lightbulb moment when they get something. Sometimes, if your lucky, you even get to learn alongside them (which to me, is brilliant, children get to know learning is a life long thing, its no worries if you don' know the answer, my favourite response is "Well I don't KNOW :001_huh: Lets go look it up! :D ) which can lead down some wonderful rabbit trails that both you and the children are excited about.
My education was lax, and even with my children asking questions everyday, I get to learn new things as well. As soon as Daddy gets home, they fly onto him to tell him all the cool things they found out today. They can go off and do there own topics away from your plans, and its still exciting, as its something they want to learn (we haven't begun the new year yet, and my daughter knows about Egyptian Afterlife, embalming, and has done several activities I planned for SOTW already, just came upto me with them. She created a wrapped barbie (using gold ribbon) and pronounced she had anointed it and made canopic jars and now want to make a sarcophagus "could she please have some cardboard?" I gave it to her and off she disappeared again. :D
What I get to have with my children is worth much more sacrifice. We get to be around them in the preciously small years before they grow up. If I was closer, I would come round and give you a giant hug :001_smile: Sorry I don't have any more info, but I am crossing my fingers that everything goes great with you :)
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I've planned Story of the World for 5 days a week. This is for our own personal reasons. Others tend to schedule it for 2-3 days a week (read chapter, do activity and possibly read some reference material).
I can't exactly remember as it tends to differ, but mine goes something like this: Monday Read Chapter, do colouring page. Tuesday: Reference Books, poss. an activity, Wednesday: Movie Day. Thursday: Library Books. and maybe an activity Friday: Internet Links, Lapbook & Audio.
I found my online library has a "my lists" that people were talking about in another thread. So I created weeks 1-36 and put all the books I am interested in in the appropriate weeks.
What I like to do is schedule and plan as much as possible, actually with a bit of extra/excess activities. I do the same with the library books, excess. As I like the ability to choose even when doing that week, rather than being stuck in a rota of having do to listed items. The excess gives me the ability to pick and choose even at the last minute. So I may have multiple activities listed down, but when we get to that week, we can pick and choose what we want to do then (Sort of like a planned Tapestry of Grace)
I have the review Cards, they are printed out and in the back of my Teachers Binder. I have to print out the timeline cards, but this is more for the kids, they like to check off things, so putting up a timeline card for chapter we just finished is exciting to them ;)
REALLY, it doesn't need to be that planned at all, depending on what you want to get out of it. I see a lot of people who just read the story, and either do an activity or read another book. End of week. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want. So I would suggest having some tea, some deep breathing, and just going with the flow :)
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Sounds completely weird......but I'm excited about cleaning and organizing :D
we moved into this house a year ago, and the rooms are such weird shapes that I really ended up ????? over where to put everything. Now its like everything's clicked into place and I have this perfect setup that appeared in my head.
See, the trouble is we don't really have a schoolroom, and when the kids are older that would be fine, but right now I need lots of space and places to do things. So I've figured out a way to work *with* the houses design and create special nooks/learning spaces incorporated through various areas of the house.
So I have one month till school begins (21st May) and planned on doing a deep cleaning anyway, so now have been completely emptying rooms and re-arranging every room to something completely different. The kids are actually "helping" me throughout the whole process, as they know once its done, we start school (obviously they know we're starting a certain date, but its a lot easier for them to understand the timetable with relation to the house.
So for I have converted the study, kids bedroom & lounge room (and the kids closet for which I deserve a gold star :p ) tommorrow I'm going to work a bit on the bathroom and move some stuff I'm storing in my bedroom into the other storage room. Both the kids and I are unbelievably excited to be doing this, and they were happily playing in the "unfilled" lounge nook, squealing with excitement....then my enrichment box (whole bunch of activities, games etc for history) arrived in the post....and there was even more squealing...so now I am having some quiet time :tongue_smilie:
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I read too many books to keep track LOL. I started a book journal....but it only worked for 3 books.
Anyhoo this is our read-aloud/lit list for the coming school year (copied from my blog)
Picture Books:
The Golden Kangaroo - Valentine
Fraser Dingo - Jill Morris
Wombat Stew - Marcia Vaughn
The Kangaroo played his Didgeridoo - Nigel Gray
Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie
Guess how much I love you
Warren & the Great Carrot Race
The tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddleduck
Farmer Schulz's Ducks - Colin Thiele
The Bunyip in the Billycan - Mavis Scott
Moving on - Penny Matthews
The Big Book of Love - Trace Moroney
Red Tractor - Sue Graves
Burke & Wills - Roland Harvey
The Willy-Willy and the Ant - Cecilia Egan
The Secret Garden
Firefighters (eyewitness readers)
Bright Star - Gary Crew
Tom Tom - Rosemary Sullivan
The Whalers - Bronwyn Bancroft
The Rainbow - Felicia Law
The Great round-the-world Balloon Race - Sue Scullard
Ottoline at the British Museum - Sally Craddock
Possum Magic - Mem Fox
Commotion in the Ocean - Giles Andreae
A Bad Case of Stripes - David Shannon
Imagine a Day - Sarah L Thomson
Imagine a Night - Sarah L Thomson
Grandad's Prayers of the Earth - Douglas Wood
Flat Stanley
Love you Forever - Robert Munsch
All About Ping
Where the Wild things Are - Maurice Sendak
Chapter Books:
Alice in Wonderland - 12
Through the Looking Glass - 12
Charlottes Web - 22
The BFG - 23
Wizard of Oz - 12
The Magic Faraway Tree - 26
The Hundred Dresses - Eleanor Estes - 7
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We're starting 21st May. I have a few more supplies to pick up (I decided to try an experiment of purchasing most of the non-perishable supplies we'll need for the entire year) and I will be purchasing all that stuff locally round the 15th. Its also given us a month to do a nice big deep cleaning of the entire house and yard, as well as re-organizing the school areas (I'm basically completely clearing out each room, and re-organizing where stuff will go) So far I have completely overhauled the library and cleared the lounge. The plan for today is to clear out the kids room, and switch several large items (kids kitchen to verandah, cat tree to kids room, wooden furniture to lounge etc). I'm so excited, as one I finish we'll hopefully have several school learning nooks/spaces and lots of storage room and play areas (We used a box curriculum last year and only moved into this place last year too, and the layout was quite confusing for me, and its sort of taken this long to figure out how to lay-it-out).
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Since its the first time round for my girl, and our library is regional, and doesn't have much stock in the way of more classic material, what I will be doing is this:
- Getting one recommended version of the book (from SOTW AB or HO etc) or another version (I really can't be picky at our library, there were no gilgamesh books for example)
- A lot of the books in question are available at my library as graphic novels, so we are going to get one of those too.
- Audio - I manged to find most of the stories on Audio.
If the first book is too heavy for her, we'll do the graphic novel, and mom will read the first book and summarise or add further details. If the graphic novel doesn't suit for whatever reason, I'll just play an audio version in the background :tongue_smilie: whilst we colour, craft etc.
All we're trying to do for the first time round is "introduce"/overview the stories & people. 2nd & 3rd time round are more for in depth stuff.
So maybe you could try either graphic novels or audio.
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I second this:
http://www.christianbook.com/gods-design-for-s-ex-books-revised/stan-jones/pd/060130?event=SERIES
Just as note though, I would count the material at the later end of the recommended age groups (i.e. first book is 3-5yrs = 5yrs second book 5/6-8yrs= 7/8years) the second book is quite GRAPHIC in its description. We are a very open household, and even my DH (who started reading it to the kids) went to start reading something and went ahhhhh.....and went to the next page :tongue_smilie: I think there were two double pages (so four pages) that we skipped from the second book, not sure if there were any from the first. And we were mainly reading it for my 6yo, so that gives you a bit of an idea. I don't blush at many things, but the description of those two pages (I think it was the s*x page and the birthing page) were very....descriptive and the drawings very...graphic. And my daughter was at the nether end for both of her siblings births, so she knows how they come out ;) and I still skipped the birthing page lol.
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I do a few things that other OPs have mentioned, as well as my own thing.
Firstly I re-read WTM, and Top 100. I then usually go around to Duffy's site as well, and to homeschool reviews and look at the categories.
I always try and keep it simple with just 1 main goal in mind for the year and 2-3 smaller ones.
Once I get upto later/middle grades, I would probaby input a 4 year plan, I usually have these ideas roughly in my head anyway (I have goals all the way to yr12 right now, but thats just rough guidelines in my head of what I want the end goals to be)
I don't mention ANY specific curriculums when I do long term goal planning, I just mention the goals (i.e. Latin for Primary, Spanish for secondary, Italian or Mandarin if time at the end. Good basis in Science & Maths, aware of correct grammar usage etc) Since I use the WTM rotations, I tend to do more drafted goals in 4 year increments. At the end of the year, I re-evaluate current position of child, and re-do the rough guide for next year as more of a grid plan.
For now I make use of my memory & never turns off brain, in that I am constantly calculating & re-calculating goals. I don't really have to write them down. But for middle grades, I would definitely have a list of subjects that need completion and when to implement them, and what I want my goal to be at the end of those 4 years, that way two years in, I can be fully aware of anything that may of been covered and what I have yet to cover and be able to make a more guided schedule to achieve this.
Something like the 4 year highschool planner from Well Planned Day might be useful (I have'nt looked at this so don't know the specifics of it) or Donna Young if she has similar plans.
Also I try to implement stuff early. If say my goal for next terms/years school is say, I don't know, Addition let's say, then I would "introduce" it slowly this year, more as simple overview/introduction, to get a head start, see how the child responds to this etc, and this also helps me when choosing a program for the next year. When doing this, I implement at home/no purchase DIY options. This way, I can see the way the child learns, any areas she would struggle with, and can duly research and find a program for her, knowing ahead of time the sort of thing that would suit, rather then making guesstimates.
Since my kids are so young, i don't really have to think much right now, but if you asked particular questions about subjects/timetables or plans for the next 4 years for each child, I could easily respond with the answer. I've been thinking I should pobably write the goals down somewhere, but for me, right now, theres no point. I'm there with them, I see what they're struggling with, and can respond appropriately. That along with my rough head guide, is enough for me for now.
Oh, and of course, I find Pinterest a life saver. I can come across anything from curriculums, resources, books or even a thread on here, and just pin it for looking at later.
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Do you sew? I wonder if you could sew a colored ribbon/band onto the sides? Or even super-glue if you didn't mind permanently attaching something--you could do a ribbon either width-wise (like where that top seam is on each side) or length-wise (just inside the colored band).
Could you see a name written on the side if you either attached a fabric label or wrote right on the side of the bag with a fabric pen?
Just some thoughts, can't wait to hear if you come up with a solution! Merry :-)
I thought about your idea overnight, and I think what I'll do is get the really wide ribbon and tie a bow on the handle at the side of the bag. I already have colour co-ordination for the kids, so I think that should solve it. I don't think theres a colour strip on the side (to tell whether aas or aar) so I may add a little strip ribbon of yellow or light blue into the fatter one. Atlas - Red, Chaos - Navy Blue/Blue. Eve - Green. Thanks for the idea, I really wanted to stay with those tote bags (as I explained its super hard to find nice totes round here) but my brain froze, as far as I got was labels, and I thought they wouldn't be quite viewable (possibly with my glasses on but with my glasses off I need something skin to a giant red stop sign :D ) I may actually get the ribbons when I do the supply shopping on the 15th, as I can get used to them or change the idea over the year if it doesn't work.
Thank you so much Merry :)
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this is a question about tote bags?
you paid 14$ for a tote bag from AAS?:001_huh:
That woman is a marketing genius.
Yes, its a question about tote bags.
schmeh *shrugs* each to their own. I happen to like her bags, they are big, sturdy, and withstand the knocks and bumps, and don't feel cheap. Considering our Bratz & Cars Polypropelene (sp?) tote cost $6 and they are no where near the quality, I honestly don't have a problem paying for it. They have been more useful then the Jujube bags I used to have and those cost a LOT more LOL. (Jujube a momma/baby bags). I am often seen with all three totes attached to me carting them back and forth across the house. I could probably carry 6-7 of those filled tote with no dramas, where as my tubs I have for manipulatives are a pain, two tubs and your at absolute maximum.
The tote bag, for being something simple, I have found it to be better quality than 90% of the available tote bags in my town. The remaining 10% are ones priced at insane prices like $30-50. So, yes, considering the availability and the hassle, I do find the AALP totes easier. I was asking for suggestions, and if not, then recommendations for totes as I don't want to get one then find out its going to rip/tear or feels cheap.
I got the deluxe kit, which yes, comes with the tote bags. And gets my children excited about reading and spelling. Which to me is priceless. My youngest (3) happily carries around the tote, and we ended up with an extra lot of review cards & box for the pre-level, so shes taken over that, and its her personal "game".....I'm not sure exactly what the game is, but no-one is allowed to touch that box. And the puppet is amazing, all of them want to sit there hugging ziggy. Considering I don't really spend any money on myself, actually lately none at all, I don't feel guilty in splurging in stuff that will excited my children, no matter how weird it may look to others :)
So....in summary, yes, its all about the tote bags :tongue_smilie: :lol:
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Thanks, will look into those options :)
The sides are the bit viewable from the shelf, next year I may move them to another room, but they will still be above head height level.
I prefer the separate bags for everything, I have to be super organized and everything separated here, elsewise stuff somehow gets intermingled.
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80% of the stuff in my tub & 20% of the stuff I still have to purchase LOL, so not sure whats in there without checking.
- Counters (fun animal ones) and curcle ones (clear bingo & opaque)
- Base 10 blocks
- Preferably 2 or 3 weighing scales (balance, mini kitchen type one, and the more advanced one that has manual weighing movement thingies (gosh my vocabulary is startling today)
- Link Cubes
- Geared Clock
- Dice, different type (6 side number & dots, 12 or other number)
- Geometric Shapes
- Ruler with different measurements (inches one side, cm on other etc)
- Measuring Cups
- Hundreds Board
- Flash cards, Hot dots or similar fact cards
- Cusinaire Rods
- Geoboards
- Tangrams/Pattern Blocks
- Place Value Cards
- Number Cards
-Dry erase/Magnetic Board
- Fractions manipulative
- Geometry Ruler Set
- Mass/Weight Sets (good for general balance/weighing and also for calibrating if needed)
- Tape Measure
- Metre/Yard Stick
- Protractor
- Compass
Theres probably a couple of things I have forgotten. You can get away with wayyy less than this, and also DIY quite a number of items. It also depends on the program you use to when these would be needed. This is probably about a k-6 list.
I mean you can do the following:
- Use dried beans as counters or anything else you have lying around
- Use household items for geometric shapes
- Have your tape measure be the yard stick
- Most phones have certain manipulatives built-in
- Stuff like place values & hundred boards can be printed out
- And theres a lot of stuff thats more enrichment type things, and aren't needed for basic math (or as I said you could get away with using household items)
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This year its already bad, next year it will be even worse.
This year:
AAR Pre-level Tote with all supplies (Yellow) - This is for all the kids this year (Atlas is following along just cause she wants to)
AAS Tote for Atlas (Blue)
AAR Tote for Atlas (Yellow)
Next year it will be:
AAR Prelevel Tote (Yellow) Eve
AAS & AAR Totes (Blue and yellow) Atlas
AAS & AAR totes (Blue and Yellow) Chaos
So this year I already have two yellow totes and one blue tote. Next year I will have 2 blue totes and 3 yellow totes.
What are my options for it looking nice, but being able to tell them apart?
- I may think about getting separate totes from elsewhere, in fact this may be the only option, but was just wondering if there were others I hadn't thought of.
- I put them on the high shelf in my teachers closet, so a little tag or sign is not going to be viewable.
IF getting OTHER totes is the only option, what would you recommend (I want something nice looking and very sturdy, as those bags sometimes get really heavy)
I will end up needing 5-6 separate totes that can be easily identified for each of the kids, I would think thirty-one, but am in Aus, so really need something from Amazon or that is worldwide,
Thanks :)
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Well I purchased my stuff for this year, after getting my tax back last year......And I am still not sure how I spent all those $$$, it just doesn't add up. So I would count this as a very expensive, not sure why year :tongue_smilie: This year after taxback, I will be watching every penny carefully, as really need to stock more "supplies" than curriculum (pencils, markers glues, I need to have a giant storage area in order to put a whole bunch of weird things) I'm guessing I must of purchased the new printer at that time and some other expensive things from the Office place, as just adding up the curriculum I purchased, it really makes no sense.
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This is what I did for my DD who is currently using HWOT PK:
I bought the Teachers manual and the student book. In the teachers manual, there are templates that can be used to create your own "wood" pieces (mine are made from foam.
This blog has some awesome ideas for making the manipulatives cheaply.
HTH!
Thats....thats my blog! :w00t:
Guess I don't need to link to it after all :lol:
This is my idea that I'm planning to use next year, as I love all the manipulatives (my kids respond best with mutiple angles) but even with the amount I have for my budget, I cannot really justify getting all those great little things, as I tallied it all up in my cart once.....and had to go take some panadol :tongue_smilie:
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GLUE. Every sort of glue known to man LOL. Clag, Sticks, Craft, Super
Paper - Copy, Tracing, Construction, Card, Heavyweight
Artists Sketch Book for Nature Journaling
Tape - Masking, Nomal, Invisible, Duct
Writing & Colouring Implements - Pencils, Pens, Markers, Crayon, Chalk
Prismacolour Pencil Sharpener (I really want one of these, I'm sick of breakages with normal sharpeners)
Dictionary
Ipad - Not necessary, but can become your best friend
If planning to use the computer, a fairly good pair of speakers.
Food Colouring (For some reason I always need a lot of food colouring)
Start saving everything - Jars (like peanut butter etc) can be used to keep small craft items in, egg cartons have a billion and one uses
Storage Totes, Tubs and Baskets - Of all sizes. One can never have too many of these.
Paint Smocks or something to keep their clothes clean when paint, experimenting or anything else.
Giant bottles of Primary Colour Paint (plus black and white)
Buckets with handles
paintbrushes.
Labeller
I need way more storage totes and little tubs/buckets. This is a biased list though of stuff I Constantly seem to need :D
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Kaiden
Kendall
Kristopher
Kristoff
Kay/e
Kaz
Kalvin
Kam
Kas
Kew
Kerry
Karson
Karo
Ken
Kent
Kellion
Kermit
Key
Kim
Kid
Kit
Kye
Kommander
Kog
Kue
Krew
Krell
Kross
Sorry for any repeats, they are just from my head.
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I know its not exactly what your after, but heres some resources I have been gathering/pinning for next year:
http://pinterest.com/missed/history-2013-middle-ages/
Oh and if you keep an eye on that, you may also want to keep an eye on this:
http://pinterest.com/missed/curriculums-to-look-at/
As this is where I toss all my stuff before researching into it more (I then delete if not good or transfer to the appropriate folder if its good)
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Ours is more like what you used to have (since we have younger DCs)
i.e.:
- Supplies other than "everyday" stuff is stored in the library. Filing Cabinet has labelled drawers for supplies needed for hist/science etc, so they each have their own drawer. I cleared off our center bookshelf and this is going to hold extras/enrichment activities/books/toys etc, each shelf has labelled subjects. We also have an at cabinet where we store all of our paper supplies. Forgot to mention top filing cabinet holds art supplies and craft tools (paintbrushes, sponges, paint etc)
- Supplies needed for that week is stored in the teachers closet in the "schoolroom" aka dining room. This has mummy tools (laminator, punch etc), archive boxes holding supplies for the weeks crafts for all subjects, a tub with current weeks library books, math mainpulatives tubs, and a whole bunch of other more everyday tubs. Up on the higher shelves everything is congregated into baskets for what they are (crayons, pencils etc)
- My Teachers desk - holds my binders, current books, and all the other assorted stuff that somehow makes its way there.
I had an idea the other day for something. As we use it as a dining room, all evidence of work must be easily removed and contained (less DH spill ketchup on it :lol: )
So for when they are older my thought immediately went to this:
Pencil case, and all other assorted bits into a chair bag that hangs over the back of the chair i.e. something like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XUyWl4_vCbw/S7ZydqaSwzI/AAAAAAAAAGM/bg6BVbkLkOU/s1600/DSC07342.JPG
I have seen ones made out of jeans which would be pretty cool ,as the fabric is sturdy and it has extra pockets. Now where the "head" of the chair is, I would have a little slit in the middle.
I would then have hooks on the inside of my teachers closet. At the end of the day, they can clear and pop all their stuff into the chair bag, I just lift the bag off the chair, put a hanger inside so the neck of the hanger comes through the slit, and hang it on the hooks inside my cabinet., close cupboard door and voila, evidence concealed :lol:
I haven't really thought it through, it was just one of the misc ideas that lightbulbed into my head, but its a place for them to store it when they are not currently using it, but still easily accessible for them, doesn't take up any space for storage, and means they always know whats theirs.
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There are many brilliant replies here.
I definitely also agree with OhElizabeth. We used Sonlight + Handle on the Arts last year, thinking that I knew my kids love books and they love crafts. In theory, yes they do, but reality is a different situation.
We got to about Week 15, before I quit SL. Their Language Arts required too much writing for Atlas, yes they love books being read to them, but not the whole school day revolving around reading books (they tuned everything out and didn't want to listen in the end), and I really underestimated how MUCH they loved arts, crafts or anything to do with their hands.
I think it really takes half a school year (sometimes less, sometimes more) to really realize what is going to work for your child/ren. EDIT: to clarify, its also a constant evolving thing. Childrens learning styles change, interests come and go, and you'll always be juggling with what works best. What I am trying to say is the first year usually a lot of experimentation is going on with working out levels, styles etc, so its best to work on that first, before purchasing things.
For history, in our school, its going to revolve more around *some* books, lots of different movies & docos, and heaps of crafts and online interactive links. Science is the one area that obviously hits all their learning styles and makes them go crazy with glee, so we spend a lot on enrichments, extras and outside of school time fun.
I would go with curriculum as simple and free as possible, at least for 15-20 weeks, just for time for you to research and watch how your kids learn. Having a tight set budget, and it being the first year, I would just advise you to take it slow, keep that money for as long as possible, and just get aquainted (sp?) with your kids learning styles.
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If I concentrated on everything, I would have probably gone insane.
I use pinterest to pin sites & curriculum of interest.
When planning I do something akin to this:
-Concentrate on one subject at a time
- Choose a "spine" resource/item (something I'll use to work out the scope & sequence for the year)
- Then I'll write down in my notebook or computer, all the other resources I am interested in
- I may at this time, remove some resources if the list is too long or overwhelming.
- Then I purchase whats needed for that subject, or write down whats needed to purchase.
Then I move to the next subject. Once the items I need arrive:
- Again Concentrate on one subject at a time. Use the spine item to re-arrange and other resources to fit.
- Divide spine item for number of weeks using it
- Once its been weekly planned you can see the amount of resources you would have for that individual week, you can then pick and choose to pick the subject of that week and how you want to approach it, this eliminating more resources.
If thats not exactly what you were after, let me know. My flu is making it hard to comprehend things :)
Iphone 3GS/Otterbox Defender & Speakers?
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I thought may be someone here would know (less chance of getting someone really technical who says words I don't understand :tongue_smilie: )
I am MAJORLY confused :001_huh:
In short, what I want to do, is play SOTW Audio on my iphone. The built-in speakers won't be loud enough (or tend to distort). I have an Iphone 3gs (I think they may be different from iphone 4 models in regards to this, I have no idea) and an otterbox defender cover (which dock extenders etc don't fit into unless you hack them apparently)
All I want is some sort of speakers so I can play the audio! grrr. I also have to be wary of buying stuff that goes into the headphone jack, as again, with the defender, the jack needs to be that *little* bit longer to settle in there properly (or that may be the iphone itself. I've had headphones that won't fit in there (same mm) because of the cosmetic end design of the metal jack bit).
I don't care about having a dock or it standing up, I just want speakers. I've been trying to understand this whole thing for months, but have given up with one very long headache.
Does anyone here know a solution? I'm very close to just going out and buying a cheap mp3 player as its ridiculous how technical and confusing its getting just for a simple pair of spekers! But I really don't want any more technology I have to recharge!
Thanks :grouphug: