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A rather strange one, but my children absolutely love the Audiobook by
Christian Light Publications called Benjie. We are starting to wear the c.d.s out on that one!
They also love Farmer Boy, which I have read over and over again but they still like hearing it in audiobook form.
I distinctly remember my 4th grade teacher reading to us 'The Phantom Tollbooth', I just put it in my cart at Amazon!
Thanks!:)
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For my 4th grader this year we are using:
Math: Saxon 5/4 & CLE 4 Math (Saxon is only 120 lessons so we will pick up CLE when we are done w/Saxon. I prefer CLE but I had Saxon sitting on the shelf.;))
Reading: BJU Reading 4 + literature books from the library
Grammer/writing: Rod & Staff English 4
Spelling: Spell to Write and Read
Bible/Geography/Science: ECC from MFW
Music:Private Piano lessons & Choir practice each week
History/Latin: Classical Conversations
We are lacking art and a more intense writing curriculum. I'm going to talk to her grandmother about private art lessons (grandma is an artist) and I am still deciding about a writing curriculum. Probably Writing Tales starting in January.
So far I have been happy with all my choices and the year is going rather well. :)
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I do use SWR and I like it.....but there is a major learning curve. I taught it a few years ago and there was still a learning curve with doing it again.
I use it for phonics and spelling. I really do supplement with reading instruction since I find it lacking in that regard.
Look at the W.I.S.E. guide. Read the preliminaries. It basically tells you what to present that week.
For your 6 year old, I would spend 10-15 minutes reviewing the phonogram cards listed in the preliminaries. Then I do a written quiz on the phonograms.
Then I dictate the first 5 words listed. I do the fingerspellings and then they write it and then they repeat it back to me. You can find the dictation process written out in the back of the SWR guide, on the back inside cover. Even if you don't do it exactly, they get the point. They write it in their primary learning log. I write it on a dry erase board and we mark any phonograms and I point out any rules.
I have a 9 year old and she can do 20 words in one sitting but she is very familiar with the phonograms and the process goes really fast for us. She has benefitted the most from the program. She does two lists a week, although I am sure she is capable of doing three.
Then you can do some of the spelling enrichment activities if you feel inclined. You can review the words right away or the next day.
It sounds complicated, but I think the key is to jump in and just keep working at it until you develop your own rhythm.
/ng/ phonogram sound is just /n/ with your nose plugged/stuffed sounding
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I very occasionally want to say (but don't) "No.. you couldn't. Please don't consider it." :lol:
:lol::lol::lol:
So, so funny!
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I would put Adventures on the shelf until next year. You are supposed to be working on the three R's at this age. (At least that is my opinion.) I was a typical overachiever when my oldest was 6. A total waste of time, I don't think she retained any of the "extra" stuff I taught her. Health is basically having your child brush their teeth, wash their hands, take a bath, comb their hair etc. You are doing that every day! Science is observing nature, and reading books about animals. You are probably already doing that. Handwriting you can do right along with English and spelling. Make them erase anything sloppy and re-write it, easy.
Don't put too much pressure on yourself, you have a BABY! Enjoy that baby and your children! They are learning WAY more by observing that baby than you could ever imagine!
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I combine my 6yod & 8yo for math and SWR. The only reason is because my 8yo has some learning delays, so it works well for them. They still do reading apart, since they are at different places
My 9yo does most of her work independent.
We do our Bible/history/geography/science together. It is our 'fun' school! ;)
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Of course you don't need a curriculum, but one is always helpful.;)
I taught my 6yo and 8yo using Cursive First this year. My favorite part of the "curriculum" is the individual cursive flash cards. We use them and still do to solidify what the cursive letters look like. It really helped with association between the manuscript and cursive letters since we played matching games with them on the floor using the cursive cards and manuscript cards. They still want to play even though they know them all! :)
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I would go with it for 3rd. We are currently in ECC. I have a 2nd grader and 4th grader (as well as several more little ones). My 2nd grader is just as plugged in as my 4th grader.
A word of caution though. I love, love, loved Adventures last year and I am just now starting to love ECC. It is quite a bit different (as you can see), but I have found that utilizing the Book Basket to the fullest extent has really helped us enjoy it more.
So when you do start and if you don't love it right away, just give it some time, it will grow on you. :)
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We do have t.v. but it is very restricted. Right now, we watch the Waltons, but that is it. I would prefer we didn't have t.v. but I do enjoy a good movie now and then.
Our children are compeletly aware that we are NEVER going to get a Wii or any kind of video gaming. We have seen the distructiveness of gaming far too often.
Our kids are weird. I don't think they know they are weird yet, but I hope someday they appreciate that being different is actually a good thing. I homeschool my children so they can become who they really are, not what society deems them to be. I am so thankful that they are not dictated by what others think of them. That to me is true freedom!
P.S. What is wrong with free entertainment these days? My children all have runner sleds and they LOVE to go sledding! Even this morning our son came in at 8 a.m. to announce to the rest of the household that the sledding conditions were perfect! Who needs gaming?
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My suggestion would be to use CLE as a supplement and keep plodding slowly through through the BJU 5.
My daughter was 'behind' when I started CLE. We worked on one lesson everyday (even Sunday!).
I would start your daughter in grade 3 and just try to get as much done as you can. I think working on her level in CLE and then pushing her with the BJU 5 may work. Also, I would do CLE first thing in the morning. That really helped my dd not dread math, we got it done and over with and could move on to other things.
I can't say enough good things about CLE helping my daughter catch up in math!
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No....he really doesn't, and he loves interrupting me during the day to give me messages, which irritates me. :glare:
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I have to admit I have a huge bias, we are organic dairy farmers.
We eat a similar diet to yours, but....we drink our raw organic milk. I am so thankful that we remain healthy, even when so many people around us get sick. It is a rare day when someone in our house is even mildly sick. The raw milk is the only constant in our diet. We waver back and forth on other things but this is the one thing that never changes and I am so grateful for the benefits from it.
P.S. I also make and drink Kombucha, I think if you can't find a source of good raw milk this would be my second choice!
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I have only used SWR and so I can't compare it to Phonics Road (which looks like a solid program). My fourth grader is doing fabulous. She loves it!
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You sound exactly like me!!! I have been on that very path. I really, really, like CLE. However, I have found it to be pretty fast for 1st grade so we are a year behind.
Try it, I think you will like it!
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:iagree:Go with Boxed! I have spent thousands of $$ on curriculum. I am finally starting to get my footing and feel secure in my decisions but it has taken years! I would have saved countless dollars, time and energy if I would have picked something and just went with it.
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The first one. We have a salad/dessert potluck and that is always a hit with our ladies!
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Monthly, non-denominational
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Becky,
I use SWR, which is essentially an offshoot of WRTR. I also use the "think to spell" method when dictating the word. However, I use the W.I.S.E. Guide(one leg of Spell to Write and Read method), which lists the word, with a sentence, rules used, and when to use the "think to spell method". I find that it takes a lot of the guesswork out of the WRTR method, it just simplifies it for the teacher.
The way the think to spell method was explained to me is that almost everyone who writes Wednesday uses "think to spell" when they write the word. I still think WED-NES-DAY to myself instead of how I actually pronounce it, Wenz-day, when writing the word.
Hope that helps.
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Yes, we put our Faith foremost into Christ, but we believe that He established the Church as the means of bringing the world into communion with him, via preaching of the Gospel and the sacraments, and that He has promised that the Holy Spirit will lead the Church into all Truth, and that he promised Peter and the other Apostles that what they bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, and we believe this promise continues to their successors the bishops, then yes we put a great deal of faith in the Church, because of our faith in Christ. A Catholic believes strongly that the Church, in a very real way, is the Body of Christ, and that faith in the Head of the Body (Christ) is inseparable from faith in the rest of the Body (the Church). So your mother sounds confused because you are approaching the issue from a way that makes absolutely no sense to a Catholic. Faith in Christ means having faith in His Church, and having faith in His Church means that one has faith in Christ, who is the Founder and Head of the Church. From the Catechism:
Thank you Becky! :001_smile: I really didn't want to have a theological debate, just wanted some answers, which you graciously provided me. Thank you!
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Farmwife, I highly recommend finding a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Everything you ever needed to know about where the faith comes from and what, exactly, it is you can find in that book. Additionally, it will reference something called the Compendium, which will have the texts/documents quoted throughout the Catechism in full. There is rarely a short and complete answer to any question about faith, religion or Roman Catholicism. :glare:
Lamamaloca said it well, we draw upon Scripture, Tradition, the Magesterium and the Holy Spirit for the fullness of the truth.
I do own a Catechism, it's a tad bit over my head to be frank. I guess where I struggle in my understanding specifically is the faith matter. I have these discussions with my mother who is "very catholic". (I quote it only because I realize that it is a judgement of the amount of catholicism I witness in her life). We can talk the same talk to a point. Then we come to odds when we speak specifically about our faith. She puts a lot of her faith into the church. Where I specifically put my faith in God, and ultimately Jesus Christ. She claims to be a follower of Christ, yet puts a lot of faith in the church and the priest himself. When I ask her specifically about her faith she can't tell me where exactly her faith lies. Is it in the church or in a Savior? She can't answer that because she just doesn't know.
That's where I get lost and confused. :confused: I want to 'get' my mother's faith and I want to come to a place of understanding. Probably not agreement, but understanding.
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I am slightly confused by the cards right now, so maybe someone else can answer you better. I think the intention on the science card design if for the picture to jog the memory of the memory work. They are the Science version of the VP History cards. However, our group/tutors do not introduce the science memory work using the cards so to our children they are totally unrelated. Maybe if you were using the science cards at home you could incorporate the science cards into the introduction of the material to better utilize them.
I have the Ecology/Astronomy/Physics set. I really think the Astronomy portion (6 cards) will be helpful since they are showing pictures of the actual object, moon, stars, planets, etc. But the vast portion of Science is devoted to Physics (16 cards) which is sometimes hard to capture with a picture. kwim?
Having said that, I am keeping them because they may come in handy down the road, but for now....not so much. :)
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As the OP, I just want to say that although generally in our house we aim not to expose our boys to just twaddle or worse for reading, I have allowed them some video game time each day (30-45 minutes, earned time depending on how they do during the day). We don't have a Wii but now that our youngest is getting older and feeling a little left out, I am starting to waver. But reading this article will likely put me firmly back in the no-Wii camp and try to keep our video-game time each day to a small amount. But it's very hard for me to imagine our boys not playing any at all. Do you all do so??? I'd love to hear more!
My husband and I are passionate about not allowing video gaming to corrupt our children, particularly our son.
I have two examples to share.
#1. We have friends who homeschooled their son, they allowed him full access to video gaming (letting him stay up all night to play!)...much to his detriment. He currently lives in their basement with his wife and children still playing video games, not having worked a day in three years (not seeking employment either). So, so, so...sad.
#2. We have a college student currently working for us part time. He has trouble sleeping at night due to the video gaming that his roomate chooses to engage in during the night hours. His roomate is totally addicted to the powers of video gaming.
I have a few other examples of the negative impact that gaming has had on particular individuals we know, but I will spare you the sad and depressing details. I think the above examples clearly speak of the cultural influence that video gaming has had on the next generation of men. They represent a vast number of young men who have chosen to waste their life playing a game...just a game.
For reasons mentioned above as well as many others, we as a family have made a stand NOT to allow the video game in our home as a distraction to our children.
The secret to raising boys who read, I submit, is pretty simple—keep electronic media, especially video games and recreational Internet, under control (that is to say, almost completely absent). Then fill your shelves with good books.
I love the above quote from the article, thank you for sharing it! I would have to add to that, give them free reign to the vast outdoors. Take a hike, build a fort, catch frogs, get a pet. Let boys actually be real boys and eventually men! ;)
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Yes! I can help :001_smile:!
Do NOT buy the science cards, they are pretty....but my children do not like them and are not introduced to them in class, so they pretty much don't associate their science memory work with the cards.
What to buy...(I wish someone had told me this)
Foundations Guide, a must!
Audio C.D.'s, also a must!
VP History Cards!
This is essentially all you NEED to do Classical Conversations at home!
Are CLE and Saxon (54 - 87) really all that different?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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We are using Saxon 5/4 after finishing CLE 3. I am very disappointed in Saxon. It is so easy for my dd. She loves it, of course. She keeps saying, I know all this stuff already Mom. I think CLE is very rigorous compared with Saxon. I also have a couple of the other texts that I bought cheap and thought I would use but now I am considering not using them at all based on our limited experience. I think CLE has much higher expectations than Saxon does.
If I were you I would contine using CLE. I am probably just going to do two Saxon lessons a day until we finish it out and then start up CLE 4.