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  1. We teach Latin for the purposes our covering of logic (and diligence) and grammar as well as building vocabulary. Studying Latin also requires we think critically about and improve our English. For us, just covering roots would leave so much on the table.
  2. Pick a curriculum and work through it this summer. I'd prefer to be half a year ahead. Not currently succeeding...
  3. The Great Courses has a ton of fantastic history courses on Audible.
  4. Singapore is mastery vs. spiral. It uses more of an Asian style math which emphasizes learning the underlying concepts vs. teaching algorithms. I seriously get panicky to this day seeing a Saxon book. I truly hated Saxon growing up but it clearly works for a lot of people.
  5. Math--AOPS Pre-Algebra via WTMA Writing--Classical Writing Homer Grammer--Harvey's Latin--Latin Alive 1 Science--BFSU + living books and biographies Spanish--Homeschool Spanish Academy History--Ancient Egypt and Early American History via living books and biographies Geography--Africa via SCM program Other--Piano and art lessons plus artist and composer study
  6. So far 3 and 5. I will be very surprised if TheMonkey isn't at this point by the end of this school year (5).
  7. Best dictionary with etymological references? Or a separate reference guide for etymology? We have a good college dictionary but it's missing that piece.
  8. Maybe Latin Alive? I'm finding the videos are really helpful.
  9. Ancient History and the one one everyday life for people living in ancient history.
  10. First step is to evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses. So for example, I received an exceptionally poor math education. That's a tough thing to fix at almost 40. Thankfully my partner is great with math and we can afford to outsource starting with pre-algebra. Meanwhile language arts in general is my strong point. I did a crash course in diagramming a few years ago (I love it but let's face it, it'd been awhile!) I've also been utilizing Audible and Great Courses (mostly through Audible) to remediate my literature and history knowledge.I'm currently working through Latin Alive. I'm only a few weeks ahead of LegoMan at the moment but hope to increase my lead over the next month or two. It's a never ending process!
  11. Which teacher? **Never mind. Just saw it was Mrs. Quintero.**
  12. At the beginning of each chapter, the student is supposed to break the new vocabulary words into syllables complete with marking short vs long. I understand this would be crucial for parsing out pronunciation. But if you have the DVD's (and thus access to learning correct pronunciation), is there a reason to continually do this beyond cementing the rules? I have a child who doesn't do tedious repetition well (mastery and move on).
  13. Working through Latin Alive 1, listening to classical literature via Audible. Hopefully will get through the SCM DVD series and Classical U lectures while I'm nursing a baby 23 out of every 24 hours each day mid-summer.
  14. Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding.
  15. Good point. I honestly don't think he's ready for any online Latin class today (I wish). We are working on anxiety issues mainly and he's still fairly young (not even 10). I do think one day (year or two down the road) it will be fine--he's a very academic kid--just needs to work through a few things first. That being said, you're right, there are other providers. I'm just thinking we plan to aim high and if that doesn't work out then we can look at a different class.
  16. I'm a practical girl. We want our children to thoroughly study Latin but I recognize my lack of training in this area means outsourcing to Lukeion long term must be the plan. I have an accelerated rising 5th grader. I would like him to start Latin this fall but due to anxiety issues, I don't see him being able to handle Lukeion's intense format until 7th grade. I have both Latin Alive 1 and Henle 1. I can use either. I have zero background in Latin and want to decide now so I can study over the summer. Would one be significantly better than the other? Would either be 1) more practical to teach (LA appears to be at a glance) and/or 2) better prep for Lukeion's classes. **posting here as these are all high school programs so hoping to get more relevant feedback.
  17. I have an almost 5 year old who seems to be terrified of failure. She's currently in an excellent Montessori preschool and will be home this fall for kindergarten. A few months ago her teachers stared having concerns that she was avoiding the more challenging work. Now it's that they don't feel she's retaining. So I've been trying to feel her out and I'm pretty sure she is simply scared to fail or give the wrong answer. She clearly knows the materiel (letter sounds, formation, etc). I'm pretty darn confident there's nothing her teachers are doing that's exasperating this--I think it's her personality (LegoMan wouldn't walk until he could go it perfectly at 15 months). How do I encourage her to try? To not be so afraid of making a mistake or admitting she doesn't know something?
  18. We haven't seen much of our uber STEM kid since we got him a Lego Mindstorn set almost a year ago.
  19. I promise, I've just spent hours upon hours reading Latin threads LOL I have an rising accelerated 5th grader with no previous Latin experience. For a number of reasons, I think we could benefit from making Latin a core subject next year for both him and his rising 3rd grade sister (once I'm very sure we are done with phonics). For the 5th grader, if the goal is to have him take classes from Lukeion starting in 1-2 years (we'll see how the maturity thing goes), what would you use now? Lively Latin? Looking at the first book I think he'd blow through it--which is fine--but the second should slow him down. Latin Alive? Henle? Side note: I have no Latin experience so I'm asking now so I can spend the summer working through whatever we're going to go with. Meanwhile, thinking about Lively Latin or LFC-A for my rising 3rd grader. Opinions welcome here as well. Would prefer secular but I am willing to make do if needed.
  20. Thank you! I have A and B as I attempted to use them with my son years ago so I suppose it might be time get over my own fear of tons of manipulatives and look at the upper grades.
  21. My job situation is likely going to change drastically over the next few months which will allow me to go back to homeschooling our kids (I'm so excited!!!) I am having some heartburn about our rising 3rd grader. With our son I've used SM, BA, and now AOPS. But my daughter has thrived in the Montessori environment and I feel like math is something I need to be thoughtful about. I'd prefer to use SM and BA but I worry it will be too big of a jump. It does appear that many of the manipulatives they use in her classroom (checker board, racks and tubes, etc.) are available as iPad apps so that could help bridge the transition. If you were going to move a child who had completed 1st and 2nd grade in a traditional Montessori school to being home schooled, which math curriculum would you seriously consider?
  22. If LegoMan doesn't have a photographic memory, he's got something close going on. Because he can literally remember every single detail (and sometimes recall full sentences from a passage)--we are having a really hard time getting him to explain the main point of a piece. We would like to move him on to WWS in the fall and I have some hope that outlining will appeal to his strong sense of organization. But if anyone has run into this before and has suggestions, I'd appreciate it.
  23. I'm in a challenging situation and I need a high quality, open-and-go, secular history curriculum for a logic stage kid. I really want to piece together a beautiful WTM style history cycle but I need to accept that I'm not in a position to do so. DH is doing the homeschooling for the next few years and he needs open-and-go. Was just looking at History Odyssey but are there alternatives? ETA: If there aren't good alternatives, any BTDT advice on HO level 2 would be appreciated.
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