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Where in TN do you live?
I was just struggling with how to explain classical hs'ing to curious people.
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Once your child is pretty well able to write all their letters with no problem, do you continue with a formal handwriting program? Or does copywork in various subjects cover the need for practice? Becca would rather write something with meaning than copy letters and words over and over. I have her write short definitions for grammar, history, and science, and she writes for SWO as well. We're almost done with My Printing Book in HWT.
Also, how do you gauge when to introduce cursive? What skill level should be reached before starting it? I don't intend to start her soon, but I want to know what to look for.
Should I confess that handwriting was my worst subject in school? :glare:
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This is all fun for Rebecca, so she's eager to start! :D My plan is to go year-round and scatter shorter breaks throughout the year rather than have a long summer break. Becca does best when she has things to do.
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Becca was reading to me tonight and I noticed her slurring words together. She's always been a very clear speaker, so I just chalk it up to her mind working faster than her mouth can (which is, as I've said, quite a feat!).
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Wow, I had no idea giftedness was a "disability" in TN! I live in the state too, but never even realized they'd consider a waiver for early K admission.
I hope your DD does well and loves it! :)
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Becca is a lot like your DS - actually, she turned 5 in March too! She would be entering K but I have 1st grade work set up for her. I've been looking forward to doing SOTW with her. We're going to be project and activity heavy because I want her to have fun. I don't expect her to retain a ton of info (though she is amazing with what she can remember). I do want her to come back around to ancients in fifth grade and remember making sand clay pyramids, baking sebetu rolls, etc. Plus, I'm dying to mummify that chicken. :D
In working a grade level ahead, there's a freedom - we don't have to finish it in one year. I'll deal with later periods of history when we get there - Sylvia could be ready for actual ancient study by then, or there could be a modified, gentler modern history curriculum available. Isn't SWB working on one?
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If you don't use a total boxed curriculum (and I would guess a lot here do not), how do you answer this question? I need to become more articulate in my response. It doesn't look so good that I am homeschooling my child but get tongue-tied in trying to explain a classical education. :001_huh: It's a lot easier for me to type it out than answer in person!
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For the earliest years, it would be really hard to compare in history ("social studies") and science. The classical approach is so different from anything she'd get in public school, or any private school in the local area.
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My DD Becca has been giving me the best compliment possible lately. Every time someone asks what she wants to be when she grows up, her reply is, "A mommy."
Can't get any better than that! :001_wub:
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As a pre-teen and young teenager, I had to endure many insensitive and rude comments about my lack of, um, "development." Many still stick with me to this day... I wish I had the money to get them surgically enhanced, because I'd sure do it.
When I was maybe 12 or so, my class in school was practicing Christmas carols. I let slip a wobbly note and my friend (?) sitting next to me turned and said, "Did you have to make that noise?" I won't sing in front of people now. I make halfhearted squeaks when singing Happy Birthday and will only sing to my girls if no one else is around.
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If the idea of a tadpole, an ant farm, and a container of Sea Monkeys in your house grosses you out... homeschooling might not be for you.
If you cannot abide piles of books everywhere and posters stuck all over your walls... homeschooling might not be for you.
If you think learning looks a certain way or happens in a certain environment... homeschooling might not be for you.
Or I could turn it around and say,
You might be a homeschooler (and your kids might be homeschooled) if...
They insist on taking piles of books to bed with them.
You're the one who's eager to mummify that chicken, even if your five year old might not totally get the concept.
Even though you know what Sea Monkeys really are, you still bought some... just to relive your childhood a bit.
Your child was really disappointed that the butterfly she brought home from preschool wasn't real - so you promised to grow real butterflies.
You intend to give your child a day off school work, yet she picks up a math workbook and starts to work on it independently.
This is fun! :D
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Super newbie chiming in too - The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child by Linda Dobson has been helpful. I really valued the side notes of "What I wish someone had told me about the first year" from experienced hsers. Another good resource for me has been Home Learning Year by Year by Rebecca Rupp. It's got simple, clear-cut goals for each year listed in parent-speak, not "teacherese." :001_smile: Going the WTM way, I end up ignoring the "social studies" goals, but it's great for making sure I have language & math basics covered.
And WTM of course...
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It could be Saxon's style, which is spiral (or incremental) that feels too repetitive. I don't know what their higher levels are like, but I tried Math 1 for Becca and it was way too slow for us. She was just bored, so she wasn't focusing on it. I'm moving her over to a mastery program, which moves faster.
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You could be my mom. She got an early start, but she's 49.
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Oh, the Loveless Cafe is off I-40! I think it's around exit 188, 192... I should know it but I don't remember exactly. :001_huh: I live off I-40 too.
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The law should not mandate religion; it should mandate behavior. Extremist Islam nations mandate religion: non-Muslims risk major persecution (even at times, death) in those countries. An amendment to our Constitution defining marriage as the union between a man and woman is not the same as the religious oppression of Islamic nations. Wouldn't you agree?
If the law should not mandate religion, then why are so many pushing for a law that mandates behavior on a purely religious basis? As Mrs. Mungo pointed out, I have yet to hear an argument against homosexuality that doesn't involve religion.
And I disagree as well with your last statement - I'm curious about your reasoning there. :confused:
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Oooooh, great idea! I might need to have DH make a little stop on his way home. :D
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I can't imagine walking in those.
I, um, don't think they are made for walking... if you know what I mean... :blush:
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I am just full of math questions! :001_huh: If you use Singapore and Miquon together, how do you do it? I hate to pile math on my poor girl, so I'm having trouble picking and choosing.
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We just took pics when we went to the aquarium. The girls will enjoy looking at them and it's amazing what they still remember. I worked on teaching them ocean animals before we went, so they had the seeds planted just enough to really love the trip.
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If you feel badly about $24, come over here and beat me up for realizing (too late) that Saxon was not the math program for us! :ohmy: Great big expensive mistake.
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Or has the reason and definition changed? If so, why is it so important to name it or catagorize it as the same thing?
Why is it so important to make it different?
When women wanted the right to vote, do you think a special "women's ballot" would have cut it? No - we wanted the same thing, the same weight. Separate but equal didn't cut it for racial relations, because it just doesn't work. Why ostracise and alienate and divide? Share the water fountains!
And as far as sexual or non-sexual relations within the context of marriage - when's the last time the government knocked on a married couple's door and asked how frequently they had sex? Whether or not it's there or its frequency doesn't determine the validity of a marriage.
For me it just goes back to what I mentioned before and what other posters have pointed out as well - no matter what the origins of marriage are, the fact is that a hetero couple married without any religious input whatsoever is still considered to be married in the eyes of the law. So unless people want to start tangling with invalidating marriages not performed by a religious official*, I find "the definition of marriage" to be problematic.
*(Or does it have to be a specific religion? Should we prohibit Buddhists from marrying under their particular religion because we don't personally agree with it, or it's not what has always been done?)
This is a topic I'm really passionate about. :)
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If a heterosexual couple is considered "married" whether they did so in a church or a courtroom, then a same-sex couple should have the same right. I'm not sure what the societal hangup is on that word, "marriage." What is truly the difference between a marriage and a civil union?
I don't think the government should step in and legislate this. It's a religious issue 99.9% of the time. If churches don't want to recognize or perform same-sex marriages, then I fully support their right to do so. But where is the line? Should the government decide that someone who committed adultery go to jail, because it's "immoral" and against many religious beliefs? What about marrying someone who is of a different faith, a Catholic marrying a non-Catholic for example? That's the Catholic church's business, not the government's.
Again - the whole country can acknowledge that a heterosexual couple married in a courtroom with even zero religious involvement is married. Not a "civil union," they are married. So as far as governmental, legal staus goes, same-sex couples should be afforded the same rights and status.
As far as plural marriages go, I'm not into the whole idea, but if it's all consenting adults involved, then why should it be legislated? If the man consents and the woman consents, and they're both legal adults... it doesn't matter to me. Like "open marriages" - not for me, I don't understand it, but who can really make a law against it?
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I'm a boring Midwesterner with my food. An occasional bit of salt, and garlic salt on almost anything that's not sweet.
I've seen:
Ketchup on macaroni and cheese... :001_huh:
DH likes ketchup on his hash browns. I guess logically it might make sense, but I still raise my eyebrows at it.
DH and MIL will salt to death anything that stands still. Really, seriously salt. DH isn't as abundant with it, but the both of them will add salt to country ham. :ack2:
Looking for the check-off list for schoolwork that someone posted
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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This looks just like what I was wanting as well! Now how can I edit it to put in the subjects I need?