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    SOTW activity guides?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We just made the switch from A Child's History of the World to SOTW and I regret not doing it sooner! My children love the activity guide pages. SOTW is much more engaging than CHOW. I printed a set of the activity pages for each child, put them in the folder, and they color while I read and we do the discussion questions and map work. I really like for each of them to have their own map. Since they LOVE history again, I went ahead and purchased some of the suggested books for Greek history.

    D'Aulaires' Greek Myths

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    My children are 7,6,6,4 and we are covering greek myths this year. We read Usborne's Greek Myths for Younger Children and my children loved it! They kept asking for more myths so I ordered the D'Aulaires book. I myself am learning so much because I only covered these in Jr.high and HS and by then I was intimidated by Greek mythology, especially Homer! I am sure your kids will enjoy reading them and whatever they do get out of it, it will prepare them for more in depth study later.

     

    Blessings!

    Sonlight removing religious content for use in public school program

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Exactly my thoughts, expressed more eloquently then I ever could.

     

     

    I think their customers (myself included) are upset because they tried to hide their plans to offer a secular program. When the article was published they were quick to try to distance themselves from the "evil parent-company" InquisiCorp when in fact Sarita Holzmann is the President of that company! Here is the link to where they finally admit it. https://forums.sonlight.com/topic/332043-inquisicorpsonlight/

     

    A simple e-mail or newsletter announcing their plans to branch out into the public school market would have been better PR. But to lie and say that Greg Thewes (the man interviewed in the article) is not a SL employee when in fact his smiling photo is on the SL employee page, is pretty unethical!

     

    I think the outrage comes from the lying and hiding not from the the fact that PS will have a secular SL curriculum.

    Sonlight removing religious content for use in public school program

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    If you read one of the comments to the article you see Judy Wnuk's response. She is trying to distance Sonlight from the "parent company" Inquisicorp when in fact Inquisicorp's address is listed as the same as Sonlight. The she says Greg Thewes is the CFO for InquisiCorp and not Sonlight, when in fact he is listed on Sonlight's employee page, only a few spots below Sarita:

     

    http://www.sonlight.com/employee-profiles.html

     

    In a recent Sonlight forum post, Judy, a Sonlight administrator, admits to Sarita Holzmann is in fact the president of InquisiCorp!!!

     

    https://forums.sonlight.com/topic/332043-inquisicorpsonlight/

     

    How in the world did they think their customers would not find out!?

    Read-aloud books in two languages...

    in Bilingual Education Board

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    I try to give my children good quality books in German and English, but not really the same book to read twice. If a book was written in English then we read it in English, if in German, then we will read it in German. I'm pretty sure, if an older child will have to read the book twice, he will rebel.

     

    Yes, my idea of reading the same book twice worked well when we read The Story of Ping in English and then Spanish. Now we are reading Pinocchio and I can see that it might not be as easy as it seemed. It will work with short "picture books" but not longer, dense books.

     

    Like you, I want to read quality books in "the language", but how do I find a good list of Children's books in Spanish? What are Classical home educators in Spain or South America reading to their first graders? Translations?

     

    Where did you find your German books? Are they books/titles you read as a child? I don't remember much reading from my elementary years

     

     

    Why don't you try to find books about the same topic in either language? That normally works quite well. In history it actually gives the child not just a different language, but also a different perspective on the topic

     

    Yes! I like this idea of adding a book in the other language about a topic we are studying for history or science. I will have to try this! This is exactly what I am trying to accomplish. I want them to be able to discuss history/science/Christianity in either language and not just be limited to casual conversational Spanish!

    Read-aloud books in two languages...

    in Bilingual Education Board

    Posted

    Hello,

     

    I was wondering if anyone had tried to duplicate their English book list for the school year in another language and read the same books twice, once in English and once in the other language.

     

    I am a native Spanish speaker and spoke to children in Spanish until we started formal homeschool last year. They know all the basics and a lot of commonly used words (for their age). I am beginning to worry that their vocabulary has not grown much since we switched to English. I do try to check-out books from the library in Spanish but I don't recognize a lot of the book titles. And I want to make sure I only read quality books to them. It just clicked today that I could look for books titles that are on my Sonlight or Ambleside book list but in Spanish, check out both copies (English and Spanish) from the library (or buy from amazon, etc…) and read both books.

     

    I know at some point the amount of reading will be too much to keep up with but at that time they will be able to read independently and therefore I could assign them to read both versions.

     

    Has someone tried to do something similar to this? :001_smile:

    No more Spanish curriculum!

    in Bilingual Education Board

    Posted

    You speak Spanish, right? What if you spoke Spanish at home with him on Sat./Sun. or in the evenings? Just picking a designated time when you both agree to ONLY speak spanish.

     

    We've started doing that with our children. We speak Spanish on the weekends at home. If they don't know how to say something, they ask me, I tell them and they have to repeat it back to me.

     

    Do you still read to him at this age? Maybe try reading to him books he enjoys in Spanish.

     

    My children are very young so I don't know if your son would enjoy to do the same but its worth trying.

     

    :001_smile:

    Just read The Read Aloud Handbook. WOW!

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    So....the book is about more than just reading to your children and the importance of doing so, right?

     

    I haven't read it, but from reading this thread, I understand that the book is about reading quality material to your children? And he has recommended book lists?

     

    Reading out loud has been a struggle...just finding the time to do so. I try to read a story before they go to bed...but honestly, by that time of the night, I'm ready for them to just go to bed, kwim?

     

    I know EXACTLY what you mean! My children are '05, '06, '07, '08. I felt like a bad parent for a long time because I could not get "enough" read-aloud time in our day. This past year things have been SO much better. I have the energy to read a few chapter at night! One year has made a tremendous difference in the amount of read-alouds we can do. My children are about one year older than yours so I just wanted you to know that it does get easier with time. :-)

    2 grade math

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    My oldest will be starting second grade as well. I've tried Singapore and Right Start Math, then we found Saxon Math and we both love it! I am confident she is learning a lot. A lot of people don't like the drill work but it hasn't bother either of us.

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