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    High School Plan

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    I spent yesterday afternoon pondering the exact same question after receiving my Sonlight catalog this week and then speaking with a friend Sunday morning about some other options. There are just so many different ways to go with History/Bible/Literature and I waffle in my confidence to put something together on my own, which was my plan last week before the Sonlight catalog came in the mail. I'm not going to use Sonlight though I thought about it and read reviews and researched it. I ended up landing on MFW...again. I know I had landed there a few months ago and then changed my mind. :tongue_smilie:

     

    All that to say your plan sounds very similar to mine except at the current moment I'm going to use MFW straight up and once I get comfortable with it I will look into adding on other things that I just hate to miss. I don't even know if there will be time. I typically bite off more than I can chew. I just need High school to be consistent and less planning work for me, so that it will actually get done. I'm wondering if I can fit Windows in starting tomorrow (no school today - birthday :001_smile:) through the end of the school year because I'm afraid to tack anything on to MFW until I've used it.

     

    Science: (Apologia with Dive CD's...AP wherever we can get it)

    AP Biology (with the Dive CD's) and I think it was you who linked that program in another thread...Thank you! :001_smile:

    Chemistry

    Physics

    ds's choice...maybe Meteorology as that is what he wants to major in...someone on here linked what looks like a fabulous text for this.

     

     

    I have a couple questions...what are the Dive CD's and why do you do it with Apologia? This is our first year using Apologia (dd in 8th gr. is using their General Science text this year), so I'm wondering if I'm missing out on something?

     

    Also MFW...could you tell me a bit about this and how it differs from Sonlight? After you read reviews and researched Sonlight, what did you find out about it that made you decide to put it aside?

     

    Thanks!

    How have non-Reformed Omnibus users worked around the theology? Other O. questions 2!

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Well, I am super-duper Reformed :D, but I can answer the second part.

     

    I am ripping it apart and using it with WTM's high school sequence. I use the essays, questions, and a few writing assignments. We are doing a whole OT study in addition to our Ancient lit, so I use the essays on Biblical books in that.

     

    However, I would say this about the schedule: By the time we are using Omnibus, we are at the point where I am using more of a university-like schedule. So I am meeting with dc 1-2 days a week in each subject. I don't really break thing up in daily amounts for them. So they follow the syllabus I created, and they are responsible for dividing up a week's worth of reading and writing, with me telling them when we will discuss what in order for them to be readt.

     

    Thanks, Angela. :)

    How have non-Reformed Omnibus users worked around the theology? Other O. questions 2!

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    I'm curious...I'd like to use Omnibus this year but we don't have a Reformed theology - it's more Baptist. I was reading a review of Omnibus and it kept saying it's great for Reformed Christians. I love the idea of something like Omnibus holding my hand through the high school years. I wonder if I would just skip the theology...or have dd answer and discuss according to what we believe? If you're using Omnibus but are not Reformed, how have you tweaked it to make it work for you? (For example, have you skipped books that are very theology heavy, such as Chosen by God?)

     

    I'm also wondering about how Omnibus users are using their schedule. Are you following their suggested schedule exactly? In week one kids are to read and work on Genesis and Chosen by God. Since it's not divided by day how does one determine how much to tackle every day to get it all done in a week but also ensure it's not plain old overload?!?!

    I know I'm not overreacting, but I'd love some feedback

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    I'm running out the door so can't respond as fully as I'd like to (I'll try to do so later) but I just want to encourage you that you're doing the right thing. You're absolutely right to think that this is not appropriate, especially for the venue you describe. I'm looking forward to hearing how others respond with wisdom for you. :grouphug:

     

    :iagree: I'm not the most diplomatic person to ask advice from since I'd probably start the meeting with, "Are you out of your freaking mind?"

     

    I will pray! That I can do!

    What are your favourite cookbooks?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    My favorite cookbooks don't tend to have illustrations, but they *do* have fabulous recipes!

     

    1) The cookbook I started cooking with when I was around 10 was How to Cook Like A Jewish Mother & many of its recipes are part of our repertoire (including the *best* blintz recipe!).

     

    2) Our first cookbook favorites as a couple were the Vegetarian Epicure I and II - delightful books we still use every week. They don't reflect modern sensibilities about limiting fat, etc, but they are easily adaptable and well worth it. The most recent entry is The New Vegetarian Epicure - filled with even more wonderful recipes (these use olive oil rather than butter, but are just as yummy)

     

    The Vegetarian Epicure books have no photos, but they are fabulous, very accessible recipes - The Winter Vegetable Stew from the 2nd volume and the lentil soup from the New VE are treasures... and the pierogi dough and garlic broth (given in more than one book) are essentials here. (we use the broth as the base for our Matzo Ball Soup (but the matzo balls themselves are made from a recipe in Spice and Spirit.)

     

    3) Spice and Spirit - challah, kugels, desserts, knaidlach, knishes, kishke, baba ganoush, some of our basic salads all come from here. We've adapted some of the recipes (I couldn't do the noodle kugel without a dash of lemon juice and a little grated lemon peel, for example), but it is in regular use here. ...it is also the source for most of our basic dessert recipes. Every recipe we've ever tried has been a resounding success.

     

    4) If you want some of the tastiest recipes and don't mind lots of cheese, sour cream, and butter- Horn of the Moon and Beyond the Moon have a fantastic selection of recipes. These books have some our favorite choices and they are very user friendly - these have gotten such heavy use that we have had to replace each of them.

     

    5) We use Lorna Sass's Complete Vegetarian Kitchen all the time - the recipes are so simple, but the results are rich and complex (and vegan!)

     

    The Lorna Sass book also doesn't have photos, but I think everyone who likes whole food cooking should own this book... it is unmatchable in the combination of ease, simplicity, and great flavor... we make at least one of her soups a week - with a pressure cooker they are even easier, but even without they are still *so* easy!

     

    6) Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Vegetarian Suppers, and Vegetarian Soups are all regularly used treasures here. [All 3 have photos.]

     

    7) Her successor at the Greens restaurant has two great cookbooks of her own. We use Everyday Greens, if not actually everyday, at least quite often and Field of Greens has a number of well loved selections.

     

    8) Another favorite which gets regular use is The Vegetarian Times Cooks Mediterranean. [some photos]

     

    9) Andrea Chesman has a number of really great cookbooks! 366 Delicious Ways to cook Rice, beans, and grains is marvelous... and her Roasted Vegetable and Zucchini Cookbooks are favorites here - though I don't think we use them as frequently as the ones above.

     

    10) Vegetarian Planet and its 'sequel" Entertaining for a Veggie Planet.

     

    11) The Voluptuous Vegan recipes take more time (the first time through one it seems very time consuming, but after that they don't feel as involved), but they are give complex, satisfying results with great nutritional profiles (I *never* thought a vegan lasagna would become something we made often! But this one is scrumptious!). The author has a book for "flexitarians" called the Healthy Hedonist - it's a little more user friendly in its layout and almost as inventive in its recipes.

     

     

    Desserts

     

    Our basic cake recipes, for example, are mainly in Spice & Spirit (see above) - it has a *fabulous* chocolate cake recipe, a moist, spicy honey cake, the perfect carrot cake, a simple spice cake, a basic white cake, scrumptious cheesecake, and so much more. We do cut the amount of sugar in some of the cookie recipes, but many of our favorites are here too: chocolate-chip apricot bars, hamentaschen... Our favorite rhubarb pie and cinnamon orange rolls and the best chocolate mousse ever.

     

    There are some desserts we've loved in the various Vegetarian Epicure books - peach mousse in chocolate cups w/ raspberry coulis... chocolate nut tart... a chocolate cheesecake.

     

    My favorite dessert cookbook is Sweet Miniatures - and it has *beautiful* photos - I've made these miniatures when we catered my brother's wedding for him (they loved it, but it was a mistake... cooking for 100 people and then transporting it all from Seattle to the Oregon coast... never again!), for bar & bas mitzvahs, and other special occasions. I own both the old and new editions, they are a little different (different photos, a few different recipes, and different formats), but either would work. We own the author's other two books as well. (Simple Art of Perfect Baking & Baking for All Occasions)

    {We have number of other miniature cookbooks, but Flo's is the best by rather a lot}

     

    Rose Levy Beranbaum's cookbooks have wonderful recipes & detailed instructions & some photos. Cake Bible, Pie and Pastry Bible.

     

     

    We have a few King Arthur's baking company books... (here's one)

     

    The Fanny Farmer Baking book has a comprehensive selection.

     

    I know we have more wonderful dessert book, but I have a semi-sleeping feverish baby here, and can't go look...

     

    Eliana...what a detailed response. Thanks so much -- I'll be seeing if my library has these suggestions. I hope your little one feels better soon. :)

    What are your favourite cookbooks?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I haven't replied to everyone individually....for those posters that I haven't replied to I want to give a big thanks for your suggestions. I've been able to find 90% of the suggestions in my library and have a HUGE hold list going (yay for being able to do it online!). I want to peruse the many suggestions and narrow down what might be a good fit for our family. Now that I'm armed with these suggestions I feel like I have some direction!

    What are your favourite cookbooks?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook is my (and my family's) favorite. Many of my go-to recipes are from this cookbook. It's full color with lots of pictures and demonstrations of how to complete certain steps.

     

    A close second is The New Best Recipe from Cook's Illustrated (published by ATK). It has more recipes, usually more complex than those in the ATK Family Cookbook. It has fewer pictures but has in-depth descriptions of how each recipe was developed into what they feel is the best version.

     

    I also love the magazines put out by ATK--Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country. I don't subscribe but hunt for them at library book sales. I also like the blog http://www.melskitchencafe.com. Mel adapts a lot of ATK recipes but also features recipes from other sources. She has lots of great pictures, and I've found her recipes to be very family friendly.

     

    They look good!

    What are your favourite cookbooks?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I have one to share

     

    Desperation Dinners by Mills & Ross.

     

    (This is my first time ever trying a link, sorry if it doesn't work!)

     

    I pull this off the shelf many times. They are recipes that you can get on the table in thirty min. or less. Some of our family favorites are from here and I have even served these recipes to guests. It includes lot of different catagories of recipes from appetizers to dessert!

     

    ETA: I just checked amazon and it is under $6.00!!

     

    The link worked...thanks!

    What are your favourite cookbooks?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Ladies...thank you so much....I love your favourite suggestions and have either the majority of them on hold at the library or on my amazon wishlist ready to buy!

     

    FYI...we're Canadian and haven't been exposed to many different tastes...dh was a pastor's kid, so any casseroles are nixed in our home...I'm not a seafood fan either...other than that we're wide open....lolol!!!!

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