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    DS, 7 told me that he didn't need to learn to read he needs to learn to spell

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    A little back story, ds, likes to play pc games but has trouble spelling passwords, game names etc...

    We use SWR. This is our first year using it. I believe it has done a great job of helping my dc to read, but it's not done very much in the spelling department. Should I keep chugging along with SWR and hope that spelling will finally click for him? Or should I use something else for spelling.

    Shurley Method vs Shurley Homeschool

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    A friend's co-op that uses LFC stopped using Shurley because grammar was covered so well in LFC. We're doing LFC & I bought only the Shurley chant CD. We listen to it during our morning time to learn the definitions and chants, but we aren't using the Shurley program.

     

    Really? LFC covers grammar that well? Wow! I need to investigate this further. Thanks.

    Shurley Method vs Shurley Homeschool

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Thank you! That is exactly what I needed to know.

     

    How long would you say the lessons take each day?

    I have used FFL 1-3 and love that the lessons are short and sweet. I am considering switching to Shurley for a couple of reasons. 1). We are joining a co-op that uses Latin for Children, which incorporates some Shurley.

    2) I thought that FFL would expand into Advanced Language Lessons, but alas that is not to be. I want to use something that will be long term as I will have a 3rd and 4th grader next year.

    7th Grade US History - MFW, HOD, BF

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by classics4us
    added more info

    If you are on a budget and you already have all other subjects covered, I don't think I would spend $300+ just for a history program which is what you will pay for MFW, HOD, Sonlight etc. If you have a decent library I'd recommend Truthquest Am History I, II and III spread out over two years. If you do not have a good library, buy used.

     

     

    Just a FYI as a general rule literature based curriculum is more expensive than textbooks. Like others mentioned try buying used either online or homeschool bookfairs/used bookstore. HTH

    Combining History Curriculums (SL, BF, TQ)

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We are using My Father's World Exploration to 1850. MFW weaves the bible beautifully into their curriculum Especially in Creation to Greeks and Rome to Reformation. This year MFW has us memorizing the entire book of James (at least that's the goal ;))

    I also plan on using Sonlight books from core D instead of book basket books (book basket is used in MFW, it's basically a weekly list of books that correspond with that weeks lesson)

    long shot... Campgrounds around Chattanooga, TN

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I live near this area and am familiar with several nice campgrounds,

    Chester frost park is on the lake (Hixson)and has all your amenities listed. It located North of Chattanooga.

    Booker T Washington is across the river in Harrison Tn.

    If you don't mind a 45min drive to Chattanooga, there is Cloudland Canyon, it is very nice with lots of walking trails.

     

    Here's a few websites,

    Chester Frost is ran by the Hamilton county.

    http://www.hamiltontn.gov/parkrec/Maps/CampingMap.aspx

     

    Booker T Washington is a state park

    http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/BookerTWashington/

     

    Cloudland canyon is in GA

    http://gastateparks.org/info/cloudland/

     

    Please let me know if I can be of any assistance to you. Happy camping!

    MFW Explorers-1850-it's too easy for my 7th grader

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    Hi Karie,

    I will have a 7th grader next year and have the same question. I wanted to ask you after using Exp to 1850 for a year (school year) did you find that the assignments got (for a lack of a better word) harder? I guess I want to know if it challenged your child or did you still need to add to it to beef it up? If you did beef it up what did you decided to do? Thank you for your time.

    Any insight to my lefty daughter?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by classics4us
    to many errors, ugh its late g'nite

    I am a lefty, my mother is a lefty and my son is a lefty.

    It sounds to me that your dd is living in a right handed world. This is said gently. You can't help it, you're a righty. ;) If you would like to experience what your dd may be going through I suggest that you buy a pair of left handed scissors and try using them with your right hand. :) Not an easy task. Cars are made for righties too the ignition switch and gear shifters and radio controls are on the right side! :D

    I'm thinking that she may have been taught to tie right handed and her brain is not computing the info in a way that she understands. Does she hold her loop or bunny ear with her right hand or left hand? I hold the loop with my right hand, my left hand does all the wrapping and pulling and tugging. If she was taught to hold it with her left hand and have her right hand do all the work it may be the cause of her problem. (only in regards to tying)

    Im just throwing things out there, if you are concerned take her to a specialist. Mother knows best.

    WWYD, co-op teacher used the "F" word to my daugther

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by classics4us
    editing to let everyone know that I am really going to bed this time...lol

    I would extend that--the vulgarity of the non-uttered, supposed "ending" to the phrase ISN'T INHERENT either. If it's made vulgar by USE, then *not* using it would certainly not be vulgar. What's fair for the adult should be fair for the child.

     

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    So, let me get this straight. In many minds here, it's perfectly ok to substitute words that are derived from the originals--it's ok for the kids to say "heck" or "hey". But it's not ok to simply leave a blank space and say nothing? I don't get it.

     

    I'm on the side of those who say we hear "heck" or "stink" or something like that in our minds. I occasionally use the f-word, but even so, that's not what comes into my mind when someone says "what the?" I would argue that it has become a stand-alone phrase--to me, "what the" is a lot like "my bad". My bad WHAT? That phrase is not finished! And yet people use it all the time (blech!!) and it has simply come to mean, "I'm sorry; my fault." To me, "what the" is the same. I like it. I think it sounds funny.

     

    I also have a problem with people getting their underwear all tied up in knots (yes, I said "UNDERWEAR", and we all know what that covers up!!) about the f-word. I don't like it much--and have to be extremely angry to utter it--but people are running around in circles because it means copulation. Oh noes! Not THAT act! Why, that's foul! That's disgusting! Wait a minute...

     

    So why the deep, deep offense over a word that means such a useful and wonderful thing?

     

    Offense is in the eye of the beholder, so to speak. We can't tiptoe around everyone in the world. Maybe it offends me that so many people kill kittens with their apostrophes, but you don't find me all up in arms about it, do you? :chillpill:

    Exactly

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