[Sugar Cube Pyramids]

We made two sugar cube Pyramids to go along with our curriculum. We glued the cubes together with white Elmer's glue. They've sat out side through two rains and they are hardly dissolving. My dd is concerned that they won't disintegrate. Now, I'm worried too! Perhaps I used too much glue? Will these things be outside on the deck all through our Ontario winter? How long did it take for you pyramids to dissolve?

[What to do? Ds9... *warning* a little TMI.]

That's exactly what was going on with my son. For some reason when I saw he needed larger sized pants I bought him new pants, it didn't cross my mind to buy bigger underwear too. Since, I don't see him in his underwear any longer I didn't put two and two together. Now, every time I buy him new pants I ask before we head into the store, if he needs larger underwear also.

[My plans for a week off from formal math]

My ds10 loved Sir Cumference and the Knight of Angleland , isn't there other books by the same author also?

[is this the usborne to use with sotw?]

I'm trying to watch our budget.

 

If you had to chose between

The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

and

Encyclopedia Of World History

 

Which would you buy?

 

Neither one is available at my library! Unless I want to do an Inter-library Loan which only allows me limited time to actually use the book. So, purchasing one is a better option.

 

We've been The story of the world for the past 5 weeks without these. Will my 10ds and 8dd enjoy looking at it or is this more for Mom to research extra for the lessons.

[boxes around words]

Hi Kirch,

 

That's the site! Thank you so much!

[boxes around words]

I've tried to google this for over 20 minutes and I can't find it. What would you call it when you draw a box around a word to emphasis if it has taller letters like l, t k, h and if it has letters that hang below the line like q,p,y,j ?

 

I know I had found a website last year that let me put my own word list into the program and it printed out the correct boxed shape so my dd could just print the letters into the boxes. But I can't find it now. Any suggestions? I'll check back tomorrow, perhaps if I go to sleep, the answer will come to me.:blink:

[Schoolhouse Planner on CD]

I was looking at the main one and the special needs one. Do they overlap? Do I need both or just the special needs one?

[Schoolhouse Planner on CD]

I noticed the Schoolhouse Planner on CD is on sale. I've never bought it before and I was wondering if this planner is dated so that the whole CD is useless to me next school year. Has anyone bought it before and can you use the forms for multiple years? Or do I need to buy a new one each and every year?:confused:

[The Crimson Covered Farm Life]

You can find me over at http://thecrimsoncoveredfarmlife.com/

[A Child's Geography: Explore His Earth]

I'm using Ann Voskamp's Volume One right now. We are in lesson 5. The kids are loving it! I was able to order about 75% of the suggested additional reading books from our local library which is a huge cost savings. But you don't need these book to use the curriculum effectively.

 

In the lesson about the layers of the atmosphere, I made my own wall chart of the layers of the atmosphere for the kids because they just couldn't visualize it on their own. But they had a great time pretending to be walking through the layers and floating out into space with me. We are a very kinetic household when it comes to learning! LOL

 

I was able to find youtube videos or free interactive games that went along with every lesson. You can find my bookmarks for these videos and such here: http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/crimsonbelovedgeography . I've used symbaloo for years and it's user friendly interface makes creating visual bookmarks easy for my children to find exactly what they need without messing with my own bookmarks.

 

I also bought book two but I haven't had time to read it yet.

[Science History Timeline clipart]

Thanks! That helped!

[Who has a blog that is NOT a homeschool blog]

I have a blog where I talk about forgiveness after rape. I was assaulted as a child and I've come to the point where I have chosen to forgive the teen who assaulted me. At times, I've written how this experience has affected how I raise my own children. I also write book reviews. I just started homeschooling so I just announced to my readers that I was officially homeschooling.

 

My blog is http://thecrimsoncoveredfarmlife.com

[Science History Timeline clipart]

I am looking for some History timeline clipart which specifically deals with the Science strand. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Moral/ Values Training]

Hi! I'm looking for a suggestion or two of curriculum that you have used to teach your children about morals or values. (ex: honesty, obedience, etc) any suggestions?