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Nothing set in stone yet here...
MM 6
Rod and Staff Grammar
AAS 7 or use Spelling Power (since I have it already)
WWS 1 or CW.
Not sure on science...
History: Modern times. I'm trying to decide if I want to try Sonlight core E . A friend of mine raves about SL and has offered to let me use her core. Not sure I want to read all that historical fiction, though.
Lit: Doing discussions and some lit guides. Planning on using the following books so far: Westing Game, Across Five Aprils, Number the Stars, King Arthur by Green.
Latin: Getting Started with Latin. (attempting this for the 3rd year.) :glare:
Maybe Wordly Wise for vocab. This is another one my friend recommends....
Logic: Fallacy Detective?
Artistic Pursuits
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Dh only reads the newspaper and hunting magazines, while reading is probably my favorite past time. However, he can build bookshelves like nobody's business....one whole wall is bookshelves in our house. He also surprised me with a kindle I didn't ask for. He's a keeper in my book. :)
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Yes, you need to add word problems (but I think you need to with most programs that I've considered. MM recommends adding them in, and Singapore has the extra CWP books to buy etc.) We just use the CWP books from Singapore and use them a level behind (SM teaches concepts in a different order, so we found this works best for us.)
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Which section of the WTM has the reading questions? I was wanting more of these too!
In the 3rd edition of WTM the questions are on pg. 345-346 for logic stage.
(I have the page dog-eared) ;)
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Like others have said, we have made read-aloud, using really good literature, a non-negotiable part of our day. I read to the kids a few times a day and then dh has his own book he reads at bedtime. I've also tried to eliminate as much busywork as possible. When they do independent work, I strive to make it meaningful (for instance, while I'm working with one on math, the other two are doing a mix of typing lessons, reading with their sister, quiet reading, or a daily narration). I'm also working on getting rid of the "check the box" mentality in favor of using materials and engaging in activities/lessons that guide us in the true, beautiful, and good.
This. I'm still trying to get over my "check the box" mentality. That's been the biggest struggle.
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Still lots of planning to do here. My youngest is easy, but my oldest is moving into 6th and I'm getting nervous. ;) We'll stick with our grammar, spelling and math. I have WWS for 6th and CW for 4th already, so at least writing is taken care of. I think for science we'll stick with Apologia, probably using Zoo 3 and either botany or Anatomy. History/Reading is my main thing I'm trying to figure out. We've been using a combo of Ambleside (Lit) and AO/BF/TQ for history and while we liked the books a lot, it seemed rather piecemeal. I want something more planned out for me. I'm looking at maybe moving to Sonlight next year. Possibly. Really I just want the instructor's guide cuz I'm cheap. And Latin! I've always said we'd do latin every year and it's never happened for longer than a couple of months. Grrr!
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My kids play them at their friends' houses, but we don't have any kind of gaming system. We do have Angry birds, temple run, Fruit Ninja and a couple of things like that on my ipod that they play for fun (and a few educational games on the ipod and computer like Stack the States etc.) We're not opposed to them (well, the violent ones, but not the rest) but just have never gotten them.
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Don't give up hope yet! My ds is 10 and I thought he would NEVER EVER learn grammar. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last year was horrific. And then this year rolls around and not only is he understanding it, but he's getting A's on his tests and says he LIKES it. :svengo: Sooo.... miracles never cease!
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Revenge and Once Upon a Time
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I didn't vote b/c I have boys (that have zero interest in dolls). But do they still have the Skipper dolls that they did back in the 80's? They were the teen girl looking ones (basically they didn't have a figure AT ALL) and they had cuter teen type clothing. I remember that I like that one b/c she looked like a kid. I think I had little twin toddler dolls that she was suppose to be babysitting...
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For my kin./vis. boy, Rightstart Math and All About Spelling.
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Well, I don't force mine to eat food they hate. They do have to try a bite of whatever foods we cook, but they have no sensory issues like others have mentioned.
However, I HAVE forced myself to eat a food I hated. :) When my oldest was 3, he went through a phase where the only veggies he would eat were peas and broccoli. I HATED both, although I like almost every other kind. But since he ate them, I started making them regularly so that he'd eat some vegetables. And of course he'd ask me in his cute little 3 yr. old voice if "Mommy wasn't gonna eat her 'roccli too?" So I grinned and ate the nasty stuff. Now I don't mind eating them, although they aren't my favorites.
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Well, we used it all the way through so for us it was worth it. A lot of people on the boards seem to switch after level B, but honestly E was my favorite level. It taught fractions in a way that made so much sense. We did end up using MM as a supplement b/c I didn't have time to use the games as often as we needed, and my one son needed more practice. I never felt like the amount of manipulatives was a big deal, but everyone is different. We just put them all in a rubbermaid tub by my desk and used RS completely open and go. The only time I had a problem with this method was when we were doing measuring volume and I needed empty containers. :)
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Lori D, THANK YOU!!!! What an awesome list of ideas!!!!
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I was just wondering if the Hobbit was appropriate to read to my 2nd grader! Now with that awesome list, I'm going to start it today!!! Woohoo! Thank you!
I'm reading it to my 3rd grader and he loves it. :)
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I'm using the Paragraph Book series (4 books in all) with my 5th and 3rd grader right now. My 3rd grader is doing very well with it. It seems to cover everything they want in ps. You can check it out at Rainbow Resources.
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Great idea!! Thank you! This is exactly like what I was looking for.
Anyone else?
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I know there have been several Hobbit threads this fall, but I'm starting another b/c I haven't found specifically what I'm looking for yet. :)
A friend and I are going to meet for a couple of Fridays before the movie comes out and we want to do activities for the Hobbit (we're reading it to our kids at home right now.) We aren't wanting a "literary" discussion, vocab, or anything like that. This time is to strictly be fun! I found on one thread a decoder for the runes, which looks fun. But I'm hoping to get ideas for cooking, art/craft activities etc. We have ages 7-10, grades 1, 3, and 5 (with a tag-a-long 4 yr. old.) :)
If anyone could point me to websites, blogs etc. that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!
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Please tell me what SSL is. I looked up the abbreviation sticky doc and I don't see it listed there.
Song School Latin
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This is hard. We're actually having a really good year this year. But I think over the past 5 yrs., I'd have to go with Rightstart Math used in combination with Math Mammoth. (The things I was frustrated w/ each on their own was solved when I combined them.) ;) (like how I got to answer two but count it as one? :laugh:
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Abeka and HOP. Phonics Pathways brought tears here.
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I had seen this one as a part of some curriculum (maybe HOD?) but I don't know anything about it. I need to find one too. It says it is for ages 8-12. It is $7.95 at Yesterday's Classics (the price on amazon is over a hundred?!)
The Story of Napoleon by H. E. Marshall
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We have changes but they are planned ones. :D
We just added in Apologia Zoo 2 which will be 2 or 3 days per week, and Elemental Physical Science will only be done 1-2 days. (We're cutting out quite a bit of ES)
Also switching writing programs, but that was also part of the plan. We are doing the first two Paragraph Books, then moving into CW and WWE for the last semester.
Supplementing RS with Singapore word problems
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Yes, we use them a year behind b/c Singapore introduces multiplying and dividing earlier than RS.