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I am using the unit study Further Up and Further In to teach a Narnia class at our homeschool co-op. It has TONS of projects from all of the books.
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In SWB's thread about MCT, a couple of people mentioned using a separate Writing program along with MCT. I have the entire MCT Island level, and we have only started the Grammar portion so far.
If you use a different Writing curriculum, which one do you use? Oh, and my kids are 2nd and 4th grade. I know the 2nd grader is a bit young, but she is following along as much as she can/wants to.
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We also have co-op once a week and we don't do regular school work on those days. We just double up occasionally. But we also don't start Lesson 1 at the beginning of a school year. We just keep going where we are.
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I don't want another 2 story house. Although, as my kids become teenagers, second floor bedrooms may be good for not sneaking out windows!!!
Our current house - the previous owners jerry-rigged every.thing. So we have had to really fix so. much.
No more 1980s construction.
No more tiny kitchens.
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We use Google Calendar. DH and I both add things to it and we can see each other's stuff. I have my own paper planner, but it just has my To Do lists and Notes in it.
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Love it! Here's what we are doing:
1. Ditch all of the hands-on projects. I spend so much time and money tracking down supplies and then we never finish the project.
2. Combine all 3 kids as much as possible. My K'er is going to tag along with history, geography, and anything else I can think of.
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Not sure if you are aware of this but your health insurance may pay for your kids' orthodonia since it is related to a malformation.
A lady at church told me that she had paid for her sons' braces out of pocket and didn't realize that health insurance would pay until years later.
Yes, in fact, we live in a state that mandates medical insurance coverage for orthodontia as a result of cleft palate. Our orthodontist filed for us and we are all set. Thank you!
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I hear you. I have 2 DDs with cleft lip/palate. My oldest DD has just started her orthodontic work, but she has a looooong road ahead of her. Just getting her palate expander on was hard enough for me. My baby girl, 7 years old, so tiny in that huge chair, with big tears rolling down the side of her face. We have a long way to go.
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My DS - almost 9 and VERY science-y - wants to learn about Animal Classification, including Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, etc. All of it.
Is there a Biology curriculum that would cover these? I've looked at a few that cover animals, but we have been there and done that. Even a Logic stage curriculum could work for him. Even just a booklist or calendar that outlines everything would work.
Thank you!
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The samples on the Barefoot Meandering website have the book lists and the first 3 weeks of the Term. Is that the one you're looking at?
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I tear all the pages out and re-bind with my Proclick. I'm a tad obsessed with books laying flat.
I tried tearing the pages out and just giving out the page that needed to be done. But then pages got mixed up and I never knew where anything belonged.
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Some people are able to pull off doing 2 different History cycles at once, but there is no way I could. Zero. Nada.
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We love Skrafty!!! Whenyouriseup.com
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We had the exact same issue last year. Both kids started with Ancients and we are going in order.
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I'm not entirely sure how to phrase my question, so bear with me!
My DS9 is a very STEM-type kid. I am a math professor, DH is a computer programmer, so it must be genetic. :lol: Anyway. I fully expect him to end up in a field like engineering or computer science, maybe Robotics. He loves all of that - he has done a little bit of coding, loves science, very advanced in Math, etc.
The thing I am struggling with is how to provide a well-rounded education, yet allow him plenty of time to explore his own interests. (I also have DD7 and DD5 [both adopted from China] who are showing signs of being interested in STEM-type fields as well, but they are a tad young.)
We are currently using Tapestry of Grace, and I think it may be too history-heavy for us. I think history is important, and I have enjoyed learning about some historical things that I either never learned, or had forgotten! I'm thinking of switching to Wayfarers - maybe that would give us more flexibility to study history, but have a little more time for other things.
If you have a similar kid, talk to me about what his or her schooling looks like. Or maybe what you wish you had done?
I hope that made some kind of sense. It doesn't make a lot of sense in my brain, which is why I'm struggling! :laugh:
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Wayfarers Modern is coming, but SOTW is the spine for that, too.
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Ergh. I just started planning for ToG for next year and the libraries near me don't have very many of the Year 2 books. Maybe I'll switch over to Wayfarers :)
I actually didn't know much about Wayfarers until this post. It's been a great discussion of all of these options!
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We are currently using K Enrichment and we LOVE it.
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We use ToG - currently my kids are K, 2nd, and 4th grades. I don't use the Teacher's Notes that much - I will use those much more as my kids get older.
If Wayfarers had been around when I started with ToG, I think I may have tried Wayfarers first. It would have been perfect for the Grammar stages. But for Dialectic and Rhetoric stages, I will need to Teacher's Notes that are in ToG. Unless I'm missing that there are Teaching Notes in Wayfarers.
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Finally, I read a great thread BEFORE the item goes on sale!
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Going gluten free did the trick for me. It was probably 3 weeks or so before I noticed the migraines were gone. I didn't go gluten free for the specific purpose of getting rid of the migraines, so I wasn't paying real close attention.
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:grouphug: I want to come, too.
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Sea Bands have been a godsend for my carsick prone DS.
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Thanks everyone! I finally got her to drink a chocolate Ensure-type drink. And now I can give her some liquid Ibuprofen since she will drink.
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Anyone care to help me plan my Narnia study?
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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C.S. Lewis expressed a mild preference for reading them in chronological order - MN, TWW, HB, etc. but then he said that it didn't really matter. We are doing MN first.