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  1. I think the biggest thing that helps with the complaining is predictability. I would be just as happy to clean as we go, but my kids don't work that way. They need to know when things are getting done and what exactly they have to do. If I just randomly tell them to do something, that is when the nagging, bargaining, and complaining begins. I am sure that may just be a discipline issue, but they really just do better knowing what to expect. Another thing about this system that helps is she really stresses that you work with your kids when cleaning. That way we are all working together for a common goal. I can supervise how well they are working and help them when necessary. The other part about this chore system that works well for us is that most of the work is in the set-up. Once that is done it works very easily. I don't have to mess with things- the kids know what we clean on each day and what jobs they are completing. I hope that helps! I am sure there are families that don't necessarily need a chore chart, but this one has helped us a lot. All of those little jobs that we never got to (like wiping down baseboards) are now getting done:)
  2. I finally found one that works!!! This chore system is so flexible and can work in many different ways. Our daily chore time is no longer a battle ground:) Just thought I would share in case anyone else might be interested! http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/tired-of-battling-over-chores-i-have-the-solution-easy-peasy-chores-a-review/ **just so you know...the family that created the chore system shuts their website down one day a week to observe some down time from social media. They are always back up the next day:)**
  3. Here is our wordless: Happy 10th Birthday, Caspian! And our worded: When the Love of Learning Starts to Fade... Now off to pick some apples!!!!
  4. How about a lapbook? We are using a few from A Journey Through Learning and the kids love it! Check CurrClick...they have some great options:)
  5. My wordless: http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/time-to-climb/ My worded: http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/virtue-training-bible-a-review/
  6. Wordless: http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/sometimes-you-just-have-to-play-in-the-rain/. I already shared my worded in another post (a review for A Child's Geography volume 3).
  7. Since my oldest is 9 we used it as our full curriculum. But we also do a lot of other reading (for example, every night we read a story from a history book- currently "A Child's History of the World"). I would think it would be pretty easy to add to another curriculum. Just keep in mind that this curriculum is divided by country and not chronologically. I think we may cycle back and do volume 2 since that is set up the same way. There is a decent amount of history in it. The book highlights some of the main historical events, but doesn't go into too much depth. But, I love how these historical events connect with the geography and culture, and show how one has influenced the other.
  8. Have any of you purchased this to use this year? I was fortunate enough to be on the launch team, and let me tell you...it is AWESOME! My son, who has never enjoyed history, will now tell you that history is his favorite subject:) I have a review up on my blog if you want to learn a little more about it, and there are also a couple of chances to win a free digital copy of it! http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/a-childs-geography-explore-the-classical-world-a-review/
  9. Do any of you use this? I just started the online interactive math with my almost 5 year old and he loves it! They are having a one day sale and you can get a whole year for just $50!!! You can find out some more details (along with some free printable) here.
  10. Ellie, you make a good point about PP...one I didn't consider. We school Mon-Thurs. with other random days off when we did it. I would rather have a day 1, day 2... schedule than a Monday, Tuesday... schedule. I am curious why you would recommend volume 2 in KONOS. Everyone seems to recommend volume 1 to begin. And I do love the look of the timeline!
  11. Thank you, ladies! As I look more into the options I will probably come back with more specific questions:) It sounds like they will both be great...I will just have to see if my son will enjoy reading ALL of the LH books! I think with all of the activities included he would be just fine. I thought of a question:) Does anyone know the difference between the old and new editions of KONOS? Thanks!
  12. I am really leaning toward doing some unit studies with my kids. I have been doing some reviews on my blog for a few things that are unit studies and the kids seem so much more excited about school work! So I am looking into either KONOS or the Prairie Primer. Can you help me figure out the pros and cons of each? Has anyone used both? Are they similar enough that it would be a toss up between the two? My kids ages are in my signature if that makes any difference. Thanks so much!
  13. www.worksheetworks.com: just go to English language, and then writing skills...you can create your own worksheets!
  14. When we did the tests/ quizzes (which wasn't every time) we just did them orally or used a cut page protector with a dry erase marker. If you are doing MOH1 I have some noetobooking pages I made to go with the book. You can find them here under Ancient History worksheets (I had to change the order so I didn't follow the TOC in MOH but they are all there:) http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/notebooking-pages/. As far as the challenge cards, I debated using them because they look really neat, but in the end I am not sure that we would have actually used them.
  15. I put together my own that I will be using with my 2nd and 4th graders:) It is WTM style but there are some fun extras! Link is in my siggy.
  16. We are just getting ready to start the Caroline study and my daughter is SO excited!!! I will post a review on our blog when we finish it (probably in October).
  17. Thanks for getting this posted...you beat me to it:) Hope you all enjoy our MSB science as much as we have!
  18. Here is my ridiculous list of all the books I have. http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/getting-the-most-out-of-scholastic-ebooks/. I am refusing to even look this time:)
  19. We are reading Because of Winn Dixie right now and the kids LOVE it!!! They beg for more every night:)
  20. This is what we do: I use the SCM system for poetry and Bible verses I have the other subjects in a binder and every day we go over the newest memory work in each subject Each day of the week is dedicated to review of one of the subjects: Monday: review all previous memory work for English/ Latin Tuesday: review math memory work Wednesday: review history Thursday: review geography Friday: review science This system has worked very well for us and doesn't take a whole lot of time:)
  21. What kind of time are you talking about...learning the method or teaching it? For me, it is worth the time. I never had a spelling program where my kids have had so much improvement in their spelling skills. But I also try to make it easy on myself by using the following routine: Day 1: introduce 30 spelling words and writing them with the markings in the notebook Day 2: they enter their spelling words into Spelling City (typing practice too:)) Days 3-5: they practice their words with the games on Spelling City (I usually let them do this until they are very comfortable with the words Day 6 (give or take a few days): they take their spelling test on Spelling City I know this doesn't work out to be an even week's worth of work, but we only school Mon.-Thurs. anyway. So really I only have 1 day per week at the most where I have much involvement in their spelling. This might not be Spalding approved, but it works for us:)
  22. Here is my wordless A Wink and a Smile (with a reminder to enter the contest for a FREE ticket to the Old Schoolhouse Expo). For my worded I posted our curriculum plans for the year: PreK curriculum 2nd & 4th grade curriculum
  23. This is what we will be using for ds9 and dd7. http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/our-2013-3014-literature-selections/. This is only for literature. They also read picture/ short chapter books for science and history. As far as buying the books or not, I try to find used books at garage sales or library sales (since I can usually get them for about 25 cents), but if we can't do that I just borrow them from the library.
  24. I finally finished putting together our Middle Ages History curriculum for next year. Here it is http://wateronthefloor.wordpress.com/middle-ages-history/. Hope this is helpful:)
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