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  1. Wonderful ideas! Keep them coming. Jessica what translation is this scripture? I've never seen it worded with "perfection" before. Interesting... I was changing some of your scriptures over to NAS and that jumped out at me :) !!! 10. Always do your best. 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, good-by. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
  2. I'm compiling some for our children. I would like some ideas. Thanks!
  3. One thing to consider is that many public school use Direct Instruction for reading resource. The programs they use, Reading Mastery and others are by the authors of 100 Easy Lessons . If you used that he would be familiar with the terminology and markings. I also used SSRW, and Starfall & Leapfrog DVDs for reinforcment with my pdd-nos, mild mr son. He still is at a ;ate 1rst grade reading level at age 10 and started full time special ed this spring. I recently read Stanley Greenspan's Engaging Autism - he recommends highly just what you all are doing. 1/2 day at school and 1/2 at home for academics. I hope you have a wonderful year!
  4. She can't really move on, because we are in this bible study together...
  5. I've never understood why Building Spelling Skills by Christian Liberty Press isn't super popular with homeschoolers. It's rigorous, easy to use, phonetically based, and inexpensive. I love it! CBD has samples... http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/easy_find?N=5100+1030413+4294961778&Ne=12000&Ns=product.number_sold&Nso=1%CE%9D=product.endeca_rollup&event=AFF&p=1012563 HTH!
  6. Do you think the Indiana movies were edited at all for Tv? I DVR'd them this weekend and my 7yo son watched all 3 this week. He fast forwarded the scary parts, but it seemed a little less intense than I remembered anyway. He fast forwarded quite a lot at the ends though for each one! Those endings are scary!
  7. There are some 10 year olds in Ballet 3. Ballet 3 also has a Ballet 3 point class. So, those girls are usually a bit older. Ballet 3 is a beautiful, graceful and coordinated class level. It is where everything starts coming together. I know she is really looking forward to dancing like they do someday... Several of the girls in her class were her age. I think the younger girls all had trouble with the technique bc I saw no difference between them. They became good friends, I'm guessing that was part of the problem!
  8. I guess using the term the teacher "hates her guts" was a little strong. I just didn't like that she said she "constantly" had to tell her to ... I have a hard time believing that she could be so disruptive, when she never has in any other setting. Seems so strange. The Ballet 2 class this year was ages 8-15 based on ability. Next year they changed it to ages 9-15 yo. My daughter just turned 9 yo this week, so she's one of the younger girls in the class. So, anyway - the "good" in the middle 5 score range had me confused too, bc it would also translate to mid range or average. So, all of her 4's would be below average. She really wants to keep dancing to dance on pointe. This is an excellent company - nothing else compares, probably in the state. My husband said this is probably why!
  9. Yikes! This is my daughters 4th year of ballet - at rigorous classical schools - thought the first year at this particular conservatory. She is 9 and was placed in Ballet 2 which was a bit of a stretch but we thought she would grow into it. Well, her evaluation was shocking - in tone and how bad it was. The rankings are from 1-10. Poor is a 1, 5 is good,10 is excellent. She got 10's for attendance, and policy adherance. She got a 9 for attitude, a 6 for rehearsal and performance etiquette. She got 5s for turnout and concentration. She got 4's for flexibility, foot structure for pointe work, level of ability required to execute require vocab for class, aesthetic awareness, level of attention with regard to direct and general corrections, assimilation of corrections, level of discipline and self-control, a 3 for coordination. Under the comments and recommendations it says: " " is a social butterfly. She talks a lot, but is sweet and well liked by her friends. I have constantly had to ask her to stop talking and pay attention. She is not able to get legs and feet straight or get combinations very well." That is all it says. I must admit, I'm FREAKING out. My daughter was crying! I didn't let my daughter know my inner struggles. I just told her that this was a learning opportunity for her to continue to grow in discipline and hard work - ballet class is not a social club. I'll follow up with her teachers, and if she continues to talk in class and not pay attention we'll have to re evaluate lessons - it's up to her discipline and hard work. Not neccessarily how good of a dancer she becomes, just how hard she works. I had no idea she was talking in class! No one had ever told me. She has never done anything like that in Sunday school, and I NEVER would have labeled her a social butterfly in a gazillian years. I want her in Ballet bc I have MS and I'm pretty disabled, I would love to develop her strong and flexible muscles from her youth ... My dream. I was an uncordinated child - and I'm not expecting a prima ballerina out of her. Does that make sense? Maybe one word of improvment after a year of lessons would have been encouraging. The teachers sounds like she hates her guts :(
  10. I didn't read all the replies but I would talk with him along these lines. I would give it my good faith best effort to honor his preferences for neatness and basic cleanliness in all the major areas of the house. Then, I would share with him that any fine cleaning details that need tending that he notices such as the inside of the fridge of top of cabinets etc - he can have access to a fully stocked cleaning box under the kitchen sink at all times to pitch in and take of those things whenever they bother him. I really think that when the basic cleanliness and neatness are managed consistently, tackling those finer cleaning duties shouldn't take but a few minutes here and there a day - and the keener eye should be the one to do it :)
  11. I LOVE Raising Maidens of Virtue by Stacey Macdonald. For a fiction book, Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter is wonderful for cultivating thankfulness and many other virtues. Sweet book - much better than the movies!
  12. I saw a bunch of novels about boys and basketball by Mike Lupica at Barnes and Noble this week. I ordered them from the library to pre read for my basketball loving son.
  13. When I'm out and about at the doc or dentist and people make small talk about American Idol, I almost hate to say I've never seen it. I'm definately not super high brow, I just don't like reality tv. I have watched Felicity - all 4 seasons twice through. I even have a hankerin' to get them again from Netflix this summer. I would be a little embarrassed to admit that to most of my real life friends though :). Do you have any series like that?
  14. I would personally save them for an easy reader later. There are better choices of excellent literature to be read aloud - to train their tastes and teach vocabulary. Maybe you can choose from the same time period if they are interested in it. I wouldn't make a hard and fast rule of it if they were really wanting American Girl and begging for it.... It's just that easy chapter books are slim pickings when you are ready for them - you don't want to have already have read them all out loud!
  15. Faerie Gold anthology by Kathryn Lindkoog (and study guide both published by P&R publishing) is outstanding. Wonderful reading material for 2nd -4th graders to read out loud to mom, and the comprehension guide is excellent also. http://veritaspress.com/prodinfo.asp?number=460300
  16. I would look into some online safety things. We live in an upper middle class neighborhood in a medium size city. Our city has had a huge increase in home invasions in this year. 3 on my street since January in broad daylight. Can you believe that! Anyway, we have a siren for the children to sound off if they get scared - you could hear it from a mile away :), mace, and a taser for me. Crazy world.
  17. Actually Veritas covers the cycles 3 times also. Their 1rst history level is 5 years (Grammar stage 2nd-6th). Then, Omnibus 1-3 (logic stage 7th-9th) and Omnibus 4-6 (still being written for rhetoric stage 9th-12th).
  18. This book is wonderful for what you are needing. http://www.amazon.com/War-Words-Communication-Struggles-Resources/dp/0875526047 Bless you!
  19. Tami, Are you happy with the spelling portion of CLE also? Should I keep on w/ CLP spelling to supplement? Thanks!
  20. I feel like CLE LA looks so much more doable than my Lang. arts routine of R&S English Christian Liberty Press Spelling Copywork and A Reason for Handwriting Worldly Wise That took a long time w/ 2 children. But - I'm worried CLE LA won't be rigorous enough for spelling and grammar for the long term. I'll add the new Peace Hill Press writing program. I love CLE Math. It just fits my teaching style and gives peace and order to our days. We'll do the 3 r's with CLE math, LA, and reading. Did I do the right thing??!!!
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